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Suspected poachers eaten by lions after breaking into game reserve to hunt rhinos in South Africa Shehab Khan     A head and a number of bloodied body parts found in the Sibuya Game Reserve. At least three suspected poachers...

World Refugee Day: 69 million people displaced   The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says the South Sudan, Congo and Rohingya crises have raised the overall figure of forced displacements in 2017 to 68.5 million. Rohingya children...

Liquid water lake discovered on Mars   Scientists say have spotted what they say appears to be a large salt-laden lake under ice on the southern polar plain of Mars, a body of water they called...

At least 18 injured as vehicle ploughs into pedestrians in Shanghai   The minivan carrying gas tanks ploughed into pedestrians near a prominent park in downtown Shanghai after catching fire. Police believe the crash was accidental. At...

Hurricane Irma churns through Caribbean, possibly en route to Florida   Considered Atlantic's most powerful storm in a century, Irma churns across the northern islands, packing winds of 295 kph toward St Martin. Hurricane Irma, the most...

Mammoth task: billionaire Peter Thiel funded effort to resurrect woolly beast Olivia Solon   The Silicon Valley titan, who has openly challenged death as an inevitability, invested $100,000 in a project to bring the extinct mammoth...

Florida residents return to scenes of devastation after Irma   Residents of the Florida Keys return to a completely different landscape. More than 25 percent of the homes are destroyed while 65 percent suffered major damage. Evacuees...

EU leaders claim breakthrough deal on migrants   All 28 members of the bloc agreed to ease pressure on point-of-entry nations like Greece and Italy by screening migrants in North Africa for asylum eligibility and setting...

Millions of eggs removed from European shelves over toxicity fears Daniel Boffey in Brussels   Recalls in Germany, Netherlands and Belgium and criminal inquiry launched as tests show high levels of insecticide fipronil. Millions of eggs are...

U.S. quits U.N. human rights body, citing bias vs. Israel, alarming critics Lesley Wroughton, Michelle Nichols   WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States withdrew from a “hypocritical and self-serving” United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday...