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Police in Venice have been told to ‘shoot anyone who shouts Allahu Akbar’.

The first meeting of Nigeria's cabinet since the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from three months of medical leave in Britain has been cancelled, his spokesman said on Wednesday without explaining why.

The Great British Bake Off returns to our screens in five days' time and, in keeping with tradition, consumers are already snapping up baking tools and equipment in anticipation.

At least eight people have died and dozens more injured in Guinea when a rubbish dump on the outskirts of the capital, Conakry, collapsed after heavy rain.

With the elections approximately six weeks away, the winner of the popular vote will be entitled to just a brief moment to gloat and then get down to the business of assuming leadership of the country.

Donald Trump says he will close down the US government if necessary to build his wall along the Mexico border.

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in the Saudi city of Jeddah for dancing to the Macarena song in a street.

The boy was accused of "improper public behaviour" for enjoying the 1990s pop hit as he crossed a road.

Mecca  police said the unnamed boy also disrupted traffic. It was unclear if he was going to be formally charged.

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In a 45-second video clip, shared widely on social media, the boy stops halfway across the road and starts the well-known dance routine.

The footage was first posted last year, but his arrest was reported on Monday.

Some said the boy was a "legend" and "hero", while others apparently agreed with the Saudi authorities, stating that he behaviour was "immoral".

 

Earlier this month, a singer was arrested in the religiously conservative Islamic kingdom for using the 'dab' move in an onstage dance.

Abdallah al-Shahani performed the dance at a music festival in the city of Taif in southwestern Saudi Arabia.

The dance had been banned in the Kingdom by the National Committee for Drug Control, on the grounds that it advocated or encouraged drug abuse, according to Saudi media.

A young woman was arrested last month after footage emerged of her wearing a miniskirt and crop top at an archaeological site.

The unnamed woman was detained by Saudi Arabia’s vice and virtue police on charges of wearing “indecent clothing”.

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A newly-created board will review the case of a convicted murderer, after Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens issued a stay of execution on Tuesday in light of new DNA evidence.

"Some remains" of 10 missing US sailors have been found after the collision between the US destroyer John S. McCain and an oil tanker near Singapore, Navy Adm. Scott Swift said Tuesday.

Four men accused of belonging to the cell behind the attacks in and around Barcelona are appearing at the high court in Madrid.

A California jury has ordered drugmaker Johnson & Johnson to pay $417million (£324m) to a woman who claimed she developed terminal ovarian cancer after using the company's talc-based products.

A spokesperson for the Clara Lionel Foundation told BuzzFeed News the entirety of the story reported in Barbados Today and Global News is "untrue and completely inaccurate".

A Danish prince was temporarily denied entry to a bar in the Australian city of Brisbane because he did not have proper identification, local media say.