Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed nearly 150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting women preparing food at home, witnesses say.
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ORMOC CITY, Philippines - A ferry loaded with nearly 200 people has capsized off a central Philippine port, killing at least 38 people in the latest of the country's long string of maritime tragedies.
ATHENS - Greece's top administrative court, the Council of State, is to rule on the legality of the government's rushed bailout referendum set for this weekend, judicial sources say.
TUNIS - Tunisia has arrested eight people in connection with last week's jihadist massacre at a seaside resort, as the remains of more British victims were set to be flown home.
LONDON - British energy giant BP says it has agreed to pay a record $US18.7 billion ($A24.47 billion) to compensate the US government and five states for damages stemming from the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
LOS ANGELES - Health authorities have announced the first US death from measles in 12 years, after an autopsy showed a woman's fatal pneumonia was caused by the contagious disease.
MIAMI - If left unchecked, global warming will cause irreversible damage to marine life in the world's oceans, forcing fish to search for cooler waters and destroying valuable coral reefs, an international study says.
