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A teenager who went viral after appearing to confront a Native American man has said he was trying to calm tensions rather than increase them.

WhatsApp is limiting the number of times a message can be forwarded on in a bid to combat the spread of fake news.

Israel's military says its jets have come under missile fire after it attacked Iranian targets in Syria in the early hours of Monday.

Ten United Nations (UN) peacekeepers have been killed and at least 25 more are injured after gunmen attacked a village in Mali.

A six-year-old boy has been mauled by a pack of dingoes at Fraser Island, a popular tourist spot in Australia.

Picture China's economy and you might be thinking of massive factories, gigantic airports or train stations built from scratch in 24 hours.

Zimbabwe's president has cut short his overseas trip after a deadly crackdown on protesters in the African country - which his government has called "just a foretaste of things to come".

Up to 170 migrants are feared dead after two accidents in which dinghies sank in the Mediterranean after leaving North Africa for Europe.

Donald Trump has offered to extend temporary protection for people brought to the US illegally as children in a bid to end the government shutdown.

A bomb has exploded outside a military checkpoint in the Syrian capital Damascus.