Ten illegal immigrants died Wednesday and 30 were injured when the driver of a packed minibus refused an order to stop and crashed into a shop in northwest Turkey, local officials and media said.

10 migrants dead, 30 hurt in Turkey bus crash: Official

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US President Donald Trump admitted that there had been past difficulties in his relationship with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, but said: "right now it's outstanding".

Trump says relations with Macron 'outstanding'

The president of France and prime minister of Britain on Thursday said "thank you" to D-Day veterans and those who died in the landmark invasion exactly 75 years ago.

Macron and May attend D-Day memorial inauguration

As bullets flew around him, pinging off the metal ramp of his landing craft, US Army medic Ray Lambert scanned the chaotic scene for some place to take cover, and to which he could bring the wounded.

D-Day US Army medic reunited with "his" rock

Millions of people were set to mark the milestone of the Normandy landings in a series of events in the UK and France today. Second World War veterans also attended the national commemorative event in Portsmouth on Wednesday.

Queen, world leaders honor veterans on D-Day anniversary

The Normandy landings took place on 6 June 1944 and it was one of the biggest seaborne invasions in history. The operation against Nazi Germany was a combined effort, and included support from the UK, US and Canada, and it is considered to be a key component to securing victory during the Second World War.

World War II D-Day: What is 'Operation Neptune'?

The Queen and other leaders of the wartime Allies joined some 300 World War II veterans at the seaside ceremony in Portsmouth on Wednesday.

World leaders pay tribute to valour of D-Day forces

Donald Trump hailed Queen Elizabeth II as a "great, great woman" as the British monarch threw a lavish banquet for the US president on Monday to kick off his three-day state visit.

Donald Trump calls Queen Elizabeth a 'great, great woman' at state banquet

Russia marks 74th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany with tanks, military parade

Secret headquarters of world's most sophisticated spy services revealed

Thai teen idol Namsai feared being booted from her band after a photo of her wearing a t-shirt with a Nazi swastika went viral, but without the uproar she says she would have remained ignorant about the offensive implications of her fashion choices.

Swastikas and statues: Southeast Asia's fixation with Nazi iconography

Germany is still making payments to more than 2,000 people worldwide under a law that provides for "war victims", including those who collaborated with the World War II Nazi regime.

Germany making disputed Nazi war payments to over 2,000 people

The sailor pictured kissing a woman in Times Square as people celebrated the end of World War II has died at age 95, his daughter told The Providence Journal. George Mendonsa had a seizure Sunday after falling at an assisted living facility in Middletown, Rhode Island, his daughter Sharon Molleur said.

'Kissing sailor' in iconic New York picture dies at 95

The leaders of Russia and Japan fell short of agreement Tuesday over a disputed island chain that has long prevented a peace treaty to formally end World War II.

Putin, Abe talks fail to break island impasse

The leaders of Russia and Japan were meeting in Moscow Tuesday for talks over a disputed island chain that has long prevented agreement on a peace treaty to formally end World War II.

Russian President Putin, Japan PM Shinzo Abe hold summit to break island impasse

The European Union imposed chemical weapons sanctions on nine Russian and Syrian officials on Monday, including the chief of the powerful GRU military intelligence agency.

European Union sanctions Russia military intel chief, Syrian officials over Skripal

Germany "takes total responsibility for crimes committed" by the Nazis in Greece, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday on a visit to Athens. Tensions linger over wartime reparations for the Nazis' World War II occupation of Greece with Berlin arguing the issue was settled in 1960 in a deal with several European governments.

Merkel says Germany takes responsibility for Nazi crimes in Greece

In a rare emotional address ahead of his abdication next year, Japanese Emperor Akihito said he took "deep comfort" that his long reign had been one of peace as he remembered the "countless lives" lost in World War II.

Japanese emperor stresses his peaceful reign ahead of abdication

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