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Shaban Abdel Rahīm, a Egyptian pioneer in the Sha’abi, or popular, genre of music is famous for his politically…

The controversial British photographer David Hamilton, best known for nude images of young girls, has died in Paris…

Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, his brother has…

A bus carrying elementary students home from school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, crashed on Monday afternoon, killing…

An Israeli civilian and a policeman have died after a Palestinian gunman opened fire from his car in an attack in…

Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, 93, died in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, prompting U.S.…

Shimon Peres, who served twice as Israel's prime minister and once as president, has died at the age of 93. Mr…

American actress Charmian Carr, who played the eldest von Trapp daughter Liesl in the film The Sound of Music, has…

Five Egyptians died in Saudi Arabia on Monday during pilgrimage, the Egyptian Ministry of Health announced in…

Another Egyptian died in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday during pilgrimage, the Egyptian Ministry of Health announced in…

A day of national mourning has begun in Italy for the almost 300 people who died when a powerful earthquake hit…

Egyptian scientist, Nobel Prize Winner and father femtochemistry Ahmed Zewail died Tuesday at age of 70. Zewail was…

Gloria DeHaven, the perky singing actress who starred in a parade of breezy Hollywood musicals in the 1940s and…

Eight people died in a fire at a hydrocracker unit at the Ufaneftekhim refinery in the Urals city of Ufa, RIA news…

At least 11 people died and dozens were injured when two passenger trains collided head-on in the southern…

Singer Christina Grimmie, who had competed on the US TV programme The Voice, has died of her wounds after being…

The National Football League's Twitter account was hacked on Tuesday and a false tweet was sent that Commissioner…

Almost 40 people drowned and 75 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off Turkey's western…

At least 63 people, including nine children, have died in air strikes believed to be carried out by Russian…

A Russian passenger airliner crashed early Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula, with 224 people aboard, officials said.…

The Russian crashed plane is completely destroyed and the most of passengers are likely to have died, a security…

Egyptian acclaimed novelist Gamal El-Ghitiani died Sunday after being in a coma for almost two months. El-Ghitani…

U.S. civil rights leader and former head of the NAACP Julian Bond, who also held elected office in Georgia for two…

The Egyptian contemporary actor Nour El-Sherif passed away aged 69 years old. Nour El-Sherif was born on April 28,…

Egyptian legend Omar El Sharif has passed away on Friday aged 83 after suffering heart attack.Omar Sharif was…

A military funeral will be held for Egypt's prosecutor general, who died in hospital after a bomb targeted his…

Five people have died and hundreds are missing after a cruise ship carrying 458 people capsized on the Yangtze…

American Express said its president, Ed Gilligan, died after becoming ill on a flight to New York. Mr Gilligan…

Rioters hurled bricks, looted businesses and set fires in Baltimore on Monday in violence that injured at least…

The economic costs of Nepal's devastating earthquake, which has claimed the lives of at least 3,200 people so far…

Three Americans died in a massive avalanche triggered by the devastating Nepal earthquake, the U.S. State…