A small artisanal gold mine collapsed in northern Angola at the weekend, claiming the lives of at least 28 miners, nearly half from one family, reports and officials said.

Over 1.5 million Muslims began filling a vast tent city in the holy city of Makkah yesterday for an annual hajj pilgrimage carried out against the backdrop of hopes for an end to the war in the Middle East.

Iran and the United States yesterday played down hopes for an imminent breakthrough in efforts to end their three-month-old war, with the top US diplomat saying Washington will either get a good agreement or deal with the country in “another way.”

Deal with Iran will either be a great and meaningful one, or there will be no deal, Trump says

The start of the hajj came as US President Donald Trump continued to send mixed signals over a possible agreement to extend an uneasy ceasefire with Iran and a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Despite travelling all the way from Egypt for the annual pilgrimage, Gamal said it was just too hot to spend much time outside during the day, where temperatures crossed 40 degrees Celsius

Marco Rubio said a deal to end the war with Iran could materialise "today"

Ebola has killed more than 15,000 people across Africa in the past half-century

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Joint statement calls humiliation a violation of international law

A gunman who fired at a White House checkpoint was shot by officers and died after being taken to the hospital on Saturday evening, the Secret Service said.

More than 1.5 million Muslims will begin the annual hajj pilgrimage in the Saudi holy city of Makkah today.

President Donald Trump said yesterday that he had told US negotiators “not to rush into a deal” with Iran, amid anticipation that an agreement to end the war in the Middle East was close.

Negotiations 'professional and productive' but unresolved issues persist

'Time is on our side,' Trump says

European leaders welcome progress, hope for energy market relief

"I do think perhaps there is the possibility that in the next few hours the world will get some good news," Rubio told reporters in New Delhi.

Number of ships transiting Hormuz will return to pre-war level in 30 days under potential deal: Tasnim

Army servicemen were among the victims in the attack in the provincial capital Quetta, which left more than 50 people injured

The man was met by an ambulance but died shortly afterwards, the spokesperson said, without identifying him.