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Transylvania music festival offers free tickets to people who donate blood.

At least nine people are killed in explosions at Eid prayers in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Damaturu, the army says.

One of South Korea's most controversial mergers is given approval by shareholders of construction company Samsung C&T.

Painting Mandela's life, eating caterpillars and fencing duels

A Chinese guru known for his celebrity clients is arrested over the kidnapping and murder of one of his disciples, Chinese state media report.

Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic apologises after being charged with resisting arrest and trespassing in Miami.

Author Sir Salman Rushdie asks an Indian parody account to change its name from @RushdieExplains, prompting accusations that he is trying to quash freedom of expression.

US police search the house of a 24-year-old man who was killed after shooting dead four marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Ash spewing from two volcanoes in Indonesia prompts the closure of three more airports, which means five are now shut as millions head home for the Eid holiday.

Legendary Uruguayan forward Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia, who scored the winning goal against Brazil in the World Cup in 1950, dies at the age of 88.