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Rapper Jay-Z will perform at the Super Bowl half-time show in February, the NFL has announced.
The hip-hop star will follow in the footsteps of other recent half-time performers including Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, Usher, Rihanna and The Weeknd.
Jordan has struck what its military says were "terrorist organisations" in Syria in retaliation for an attack on a Christian funeral last week that killed nine people.
Syrian health officials told state media five people, including women, children and an elderly man, were killed
Apple has acknowledged some of its iPhone Duo handsets have developed problems with their screens, just days after the smartphone went on sale.
Photos posted on social media show lines that appeared on the screens of the technology giant's first ever foldable device.
The US justice department illegally fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, a federal judge has ruled.
Judge Jesse Furman ruled on Monday that the Trump administration must reinstate her and that she must be given back pay.
A Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) assembly member has joined MP colleague Carla Lockhart's calls for Stormont's First Minister Michelle O'Neill to be "removed from office".
It follows unionist anger over the first minister's involvement in protests on the Garvaghy Road.
Harry Kane became the first English player to win the Ballon d'Or since Michael Owen in 2001 after being crowned the world's best player at a ceremony in London on Monday night.
To celebrate Kane's success, the Wembley arches were lit up in gold on Monday night.
Consultant doctors in England are to stage a two-day strike next month in a dispute over pay and working conditions.
The walkout will begin on 25 November at 06:59 GMT, with consultants staffing emergency care only.
Funding is set to double to support a pledge by the prime minister to give every rough sleeper in England a route off the streets by Christmas.
Ending rough sleeping was one of Andy Burnham's first promises when he entered Downing Street.
Pensioners on low incomes will be shielded from income tax by Chancellor John Healey in his first Budget on Wednesday
The flat-rate state pension is expected to increase by 3.9% to £13,036.40 a year from April. This would take the payment above the £12,570 personal tax allowance
A nurse has been killed and another health worker seriously injured in an attack as they were responding to an Ebola alert in Democratic Republic of Congo.
The two were targeted by local youths who accused them of contaminating water sources and spreading the Ebola virus.
A clean-up operation is under way in parts of the UK after Storm Boelo caused flooding and property damage, leaving thousands without power.
Two men were killed by falling trees during the storm on Sunday - a man in his 20s whose car was hit in north London and a 60-year-old man
Former Premier League footballer Jermaine Pennant says he needed more than 50 stitches after being mauled by a dog.
The 43-year-old was walking his two dogs in north London last week when he was attacked by a German Shepherd.
Eric Bauza, the voice artist behind Looney Tunes characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, has died aged 46.
A statement from the Emmy award-winning star's family posted on Instagram said he had died "suddenly".
Storm Boelo is bringing more wet and windy weather to large parts of the UK - a day after Storm Austen hit the country
The Met Office has issued six weather warnings covering much of the UK between Saturday and Sunday - three are already in effect.
The Met Office have named a new storm, Boelo, which is set to bring another round of stormy weather to the UK
Storm Austen is expected to bring strong winds to south-west England during Friday morning. Boelo will bring wet and windy weather across the whole of the UK on Saturday
BioWare, the video game studio behind sci-fi epic Mass Effect and fantasy saga Dragon Age, has been closed down.
The Canadian developer specialising in role-playing games was founded in 1995 and found millions of fans with its complex, branching narratives.
The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and their families to leave Saudi Arabia as attacks escalate, with three people killed in strikes across the country.
Authorities said debris from a drone intercepted during an attempted attack on an oil field killed two people
Rosalind Franklin is the only female scientist named in GCSE and National 5 science exam specifications in the UK, according to new research.
A Cambridge study found that of the 86 scientists named by UK exam boards, English chemist was the only woman.
