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Police say the pilot was killed when separatist rebels rounded up those on board the helicopter when it landed in an isolated area. 

A spokesperson for a separatist group holding a New Zealand pilot hostage in Indonesia's Papua region say they plan to release him in August or September.

Police in the north of England struggle to hold back a group of far-right activists seeking to break into a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers, as anti-immigration protests continue to erupt around the UK. 

Tensions have been soaring in recent days following the death of Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas.

Andrei Pivovarov and Ilya Yashin, who were freed from prison as part of the major East-West prisoner swap, say they are already thinking about returning to Russia to continue their activism. 

The Ukraine military says it also attacked a southern Russian airfield and hit oil depots and fuel and lubricant storage facilities in the Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov regions.

A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep undercover that the children found out they were Russians only after the flight took off, according to the Kremlin.

Thailand's reputation as a "queer paradise" may do more than just line the pockets of wedding vendors.

Hamas initiates a broad consultation process to select a new leader following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.

Kamala Harris's campaign team says Donald Trump is trying to back out of a debate scheduled to run on a rival network.