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Authorities in Ghana say nine people are dead after a stampede during an Eid celebration to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Russian officials say at least seven militants and one law enforcement officer have been killed in clashes in Russia's restive North Caucasus region.

Nine people died Wednesday night during a stampede at a party marking the end of Ramadan, the BBC reported, citing local media.

British police say five men have been killed in an accident at a scrap metal recycling plant in central England.

Russia’s accident-prone aircraft carrier is set to be put to the test — if it gets there. Its history of embarrassing breakdowns may see an anticipated mission to Syria backfire.

The Latest on Europe's migration crisis (all times local): 2:40 p.m.

Police say a 2-year-old male lynx has escaped from a zoo in southwestern England.

A Philippine military spokesman says government forces, backed by rocket-firing helicopters and artillery fire, have killed up to nine Abu Sayyaf extremists in battles against the militants in two southern provinces.

Prosecutors say that an Algerian man who was allegedly tasked by the suspected ringleader of November's Paris attacks with reconnoitering the Balkan migrant route last year is in custody in Germany.

The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): ___ 12:20 p.m.

Islamic extremists in Bangladesh hurled homemade bombs and engaged in a gunbattle with police guarding a large Eid prayer service at the end of the holy Muslim month Thursday morning.

A man has admitted to killing a fellow Muslim in Scotland because he felt he had disrespected Islam.

Serena and Venus Williams will be back on court, separately, to play for a spot in the Wimbledon final.

Human Rights Watch says Burundi's intelligence services have tortured scores of suspected government opponents at their headquarters and in secret locations.

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency says the Revolutionary Guard has killed two Kurdish insurgents who have been on the run since last week.

The Latest on Britain's vote to leave the European Union (all times local): 11:30 a.m.

A spokesman for the Russian president says Vladimir Putin has signed into law controversial counter-terrorism amendments that have sparked alarm among rights activists.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ukraine aiming to reassure the former Soviet republic that the United States stands by it in its territorial disputes with Russia.

Activists and state media are reporting continued violence around Syria, despite a day old truce, including a government offensive on a rebel-held supply line in the northern province of Aleppo.

Iran's official IRNA news agency is reporting that firefighters have extinguished a fire at a petrochemical factory in the southwestern oil-rich province of Khuzestan.