Thursday 23 May 2013
A tornado of rare power, that may be among the largest and most destructive in US history, has roared through an Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 51 people, flattening neighbourhoods with winds up to 200mph and destroying at least one school.
The search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb raked by a massive tornado is almost complete, a fire chief says.
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died at 74 after a battle with cancer.
A monstrous tornado up to a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighbourhoods with winds up to 200mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on a school.
Earlier this month, several employees of the satirical news website The Onion received what looked like harmless unsolicited emails, containing apparently innocuous hyperlinks.
A divorced British father with a history of drunkenness and domestic violence has been formally accused of killing his two children, found with their throats cut in his flat in southern France.
Television footage shows flattened buildings and fires after a mile-wide tornado moved through the Oklahoma City area.
An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her over a property scheme has told jurors she had qualms about suing the developer-turned-TV star given his power and influence.
Iran is to ban physically weak candidates from next month's presidential election, seen as a way of excluding a former leader who is a threat to hard-liners.
A string of car bombs and shootings have ripped through Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq, killing 70 people and escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodshed.
Two tourists died and 23 others were injured when two hot air balloons collided in mid-air during a sightseeing tour in Turkey, causing one to crash.
A woman running a private banking operation in China has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of defrauding investors.
A small Florida town is excitedly waiting to find out which of its citizens has won an enormous £388.6 million lottery.
The grief-stricken father of a five-year-old girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt fought back tears as he spoke of how he was left to make the first attempts to resuscitate his daughter.
A wave of attacks has killed up to 80 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years.
Syrian troops have pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air.
Rescuers recovered four more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death total to 15.
Hezbollah launched a major offensive in support of the Assad regime yesterday, with fighters from the Lebanese militant group playing their most significant role yet in Syria’s two-year-old civil war.
Bashar al-Assad has dismissed the prospect of new peace talks in Syria leading to a lasting settlement and stated that he has no intention of stepping down.
Two FBI special agents on the agency's elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia.
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A soldier was murdered by two suspected Islamists yesterday who attempted to behead and disembowel him as he left a barracks, in the first deadly attack in Britain since the 2005 London bombings.
A teenager had to be rescued by the fire service after falling down a chimney.
A mobile phone, a rubber duck and a £20 note have all ended up inside dogs' stomachs, according to a new survey.
Christian Wade was "shocked and humbled" to learn he had gone one better than Jonny Wilkinson by scooping a unique double at the Rugby Players' Association awards.
Former Manchester United and England defender Brian Greenhoff has died, aged 60.
Mike Tindall is relishing the chance to test his experience against Gloucester's youth when he lines up for the Barbarians against England on Sunday.
Apprentice reject Uzma Yakoob has said it was far more stressful being on the women's team than working with the men.
The Rolling Stones' return to Hyde Park will see them team up with former guitarist Mick Taylor, but there will be no reappearance of the white dress Mick Jagger wore at the original 1969 gig because he has lost it.
The Hangover III star Heather Graham says she will miss playing sexy stripper Jade because the excitement makes up for her "boring" real life.
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