A diplomatic source tells the BBC there is credible evidence that at least 500 people had died.
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US strikes on alleged drug boats violate law, UN human rights chief says
Volker Türk said the strikes were “unacceptable” and urged Washington to halt them immediately.
‘Can’t go back’ – families in violence-hit Indian state fear resettlement deadline
Families displaced by the ongoing ethnic conflict are anxious as a government deadline to shut down relief camps nears.
The American adoptees who fear deportation to a country they can’t remember
Thousands of US adoptees do not have citizenship despite being brought to the country as babies decades ago. Now many fear deportation.
Apartheid police assault killed Nobel laureate Luthuli, South Africa court rules
The court sets aside the 1967 inquest that found that the anti-apartheid hero was hit by a goods train.
Nasa hits back at Kim Kardashian’s moon landing conspiracy
In a recent episode of her TV series, the reality star said she believed the moon landing was fake.
Russia’s new nuclear weapons – real threat or Putin bluster?
This week alone, the Russian president unveiled two nuclear-capable weapons – but their value may be more symbolic than military.
Hurricane Melissa death toll rises as aid struggles to reach parts of Jamaica
Authorities report at least 30 people have been killed in Haiti and 19 in Jamaica as a result of the devastating storm.
Apple claims ‘tremendous’ global uptake of latest iPhones
Apple’s thinnest iPhone, the Air, plus the latest 17 models helped boost sales in September.
Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis protest against conscription
Demonstrators take to the streets over changes to an exemption from military service in one of the biggest protests of its kind for years.