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The Israeli government has ordered its army to prepare for a full closure of the occupied West Bank following a shooting near Hebron which killed two soldiers.

A terror investigation is under way after one person was shot dead and four others injured in an outer suburb of Paris.

At least seven people have been killed after gunmen opened fire during a funeral a church in Jordan, reports say.

A cluster of European football giants will convene in London next week for talks as they try to finalise a string of deals for European basketball teams worth billions of dollars.

The first human case of the Shamonda virus has been detected in France in a person who later died, according to authorities.

North Korea says it plans to resume propaganda broadcasts targeting South Korea within days along the heavily-armed border between the two countries.

Pope Leo's doctors say final tissue and molecular tests have confirmed his lung cancer was localised, and no further treatment is needed, the Vatican said in a statement.

A Garda investigation has been launched after two bodies were discovered in Ireland.

A drone strike on a fuel depot in a disputed region on the Sudan-South Sudan border has killed at least 153 people.

Nigeria has recorded its first case of Ebola during the current outbreak, the country's health ministry has said - as the virus continues to spread internationally.