At least 15 dead in Kazakhstan aircraft crash
A Kazakhstan plane with 98 people aboard crashed soon after takeoff early on Friday morning, killing at least 15 people, officials in Almaty said.

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What's 50 Cent's number? The weird enquiries made to the Foreign OfficeWhat's 50 Cent's number? The weird enquiries made to the Foreign Office

It's hard to see why 50 Cent's phone number would be a vital component of one's time abroad but a Briton thought it was so important that they turned to the Foreign Office for help.

The enquiry for the rapper's contact details was among the weirdest made by Britons to the Foreign Office in 2019.

Others included a complaint from a traveller about the

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A police chief has been arrested in connection with the massacre of three women and six children in Mexico.

The women and children were from families of Mormon origin in Sonora state and they were killed by suspected drug cartel hitmen on 4 November.

Mexican media outlets reported that Fidel Alejandro Villegas, police chief of the municipality of

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The streets of one of the first towns to rise up against the Syrian regime lie empty and broken after most of its residents fled an expected advance by Russia-backed Syrian forces.

The retaking of Maraat al-Numan in Idlib province would be a deeply symbolic victory for the regime of President Bashar al-Assad almost nine years after it fell under

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A dramatic video has captured the moment South African road cyclist Nicholas Dlamini was roughly detained by rangers in a National Park - after which an X-ray showed he had broken his arm. 

The footage was taken by a fellow cyclist and appears to begin with Dlamini pleading for the altercation to be videoed, before he is pushed against the side of

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Costa del Sol deaths: Mother says 'something was wrong with the pool'Costa del Sol deaths: Mother says 'something was wrong with the pool'

A mother who lost her husband and two children in an accident at a Spanish resort says she believes "something was wrong with the pool" where they died, which made it difficult for them to swim.

Olubunmi Diya said her husband Gabriel Diya, 52, son Praise-Emmanuel, 16, and daughter Comfort, nine, all knew how to swim - contrary to some reports.

The

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