The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo rises to four

Image copyrightGetty Images Jay-Z says he cried with relief when his mum told him that she is gay. “I was so happy for her that she was free,” the rapper told David Letterman on his new Netflix show. Jay-Z raps about the moment in the song Smile, on his latest album 4:44. Jay-Z cried when…

Image copyrightKOALA RESCUE QUEENSLANDImage caption The incident has drawn widespread condemnation Australian animal welfare authorities are investigating the discovery of a dead koala that was screwed to a wooden post, in an act criticised as “sick”. The incident has caused widespread anger after a photo of the marsupial was posted on social media. Council workers…

On Monday, a week after the new budget took effect, protests erupted in more than 10 towns across the country. In Tebourba, an ancient town about 20 miles west of Tunis, the capital, a 45-year-old man, identified by residents as Khomsi el-Yerfeni, died on Monday night during protests at which the police fired tear gas….

Image copyrightFriends of Mana IslandImage caption Nigel (pictured with two replica birds) won the hearts of visitors to the island Nigel “no mates”, a lonely New Zealand gannet who lived his life on the edge of the cliffs of an uninhabited island, has been found dead alongside his partner – a concrete replica bird. Nigel…

The German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has ratified the ban on the neo-Nazi group Brigade Lobo 44, which proposed the restoration of the Nazi regime, as the government department’s spokesman, Steve Alter, reports from his Twitter account.