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A US drone strike carried out overnight, Saturday August 28, has killed an Islamic State "planner", two days after the group claimed a deadly bombing outside Kabul airport. Among the 92 killed in Thursday's suicide blast, claimed by Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate, were 13 U.S. service members, the most lethal incident for U.S. troops in Afghanistan in a decade. According to the Pentagon, there were no civilian casualties from the strike and US forces were prepared for more attacks from ISIS even as they continue to airlift people out of the war torn Taliban controlled Afghanistan.   "Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties," the U.S. military said in a statement, referring to the overnight drone strike. U.S. Central Command said the strike took place in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul and bordering Pakistan. It did not say whether the target was connected with the airport attack. Acco...

The draw for the group stage of this season’s Europa League was conducted on Friday. The event took place in Istanbul, Turkey a day after the Champions League’s version was made. Leicester will face Napoli, while Celtic will come up against Leverkusen, Real Betis and Ferencváros.     Monaco are in Group B along with PSV, Real Sociedad and Sturm graz. 2021/22 Europa League group stage draw: Group A: Lyon, Rangers, Sparta Praha, Brøndby Group B: Monaco, PSV Eindhoven, Real Sociedad, Sturm Graz Group C: Napoli, Leicester, Spartak Moskva, Legia Warszawa Group D: Olympiacos, Frankfurt, Fenerbahçe, Antwerp Group E: Lazio, Lokomotiv Moskva, Marseille, Galatasaray   Group F: Braga, Crvena zvezda, Ludogorets, Midtjylland Group G: Leverkusen, Celtic, Real Betis, Ferencváros Group H: GNK Dinamo, Genk, West Ham, Rapid Wien

A dad told his wife that she could kill their deformed baby boy because it had been "spawned by the devil." Bajeneza Liberata, from Rwanda, was abandoned by her husband and her family after she gave birth to the deformed baby. The dad insisted he had no responsibility for the child and called it the devil’s spawn before walking out on her.   This left the mother stranded as she struggled to care for herself and her child, alongside her other children. Bajeneza told Afrimax English that she had given birth to several other children and had not experienced any issues. As she couldn't keep up with life in the city, a good samaritan eventually offered to drive Bajeneza and her baby back to her village. Since she returned to the village, other villagers have been tormenting her, making fun of the baby and calling it a monster and an "alien". Bajeneza has been struggling to care for herself and her son who appears to be in a lot of pain. She said she doesn'...

A two-year-old boy has died after he was forgotten inside a hot car for three hours by his babysitter.   Arthur Oliveira dos Santos was being looked after by babysitter Glaucia Aparecida Luiz, 35, who reportedly ran an "unauthorised daycare centre" in her home in Sao Paulo, Brazil, police said. According to police statement, Arthur was tragically forgotten and spent the afternoon in a boiling hot car under the scorching sun, outside the suspect's home.   Officers rushed to the scene on Wednesday, August 25, after the boy was discovered, The Sun reports. They rushed the boy to the hospital but he was confirmed dead on arrival.     It is thought the child died of suffocation and dehydration, but an autopsy to confirm the exact cause of death will be taking place soon. Police say the suspect and her daughter took care of more than 10 children in their home and described it as an "irregular daycare centre". The babysitter has been...

Cristiano Ronaldo has posted an emotional farewell to Juventus supporters after leaving the club.  Manchester United have agreed to re-sign Ronaldo in a £19.4million deal, with his three-year spell at Juventus coming to an end. On Instagram Ronaldo posted a video of some of his most memorable moments in a Juventus shirt which was accompanied by a message. Ronaldo wrote: 'Today I depart from an amazing club, the biggest in Italy and surely one of the biggest in all of Europe.  'I gave my heart and soul for Juventus and I'll always love the city of Turin until my final days. The 'tifosi bianconeri' always respected me and I tried to thank that respect by fighting for them in every game, every season, every competition. 'In the end, we can all look back and realize that we achieved great things, not all that we wanted, but still, we wrote a pretty beautiful story together.' Ronaldo signed a four-year deal with Juventus in 2018 and proceeded to score 101 ...

Lagos has ranked 56th safest city in the world in a research list published by The Economist The research, which is published by The Economist every two years, ranked Copenhagen in Denmark as the safest city in the world, a position previously held by Tokyo.    The report ranked the safety ratings of cities around the world based on five distinct categories: Digital Security, Health Security, Infrastructure Security, Personal Security, and the newly incorporated Environmental Security.  Copenhagen outranked former leaders Tokyo in four out of the five categories, with the Japanese capital only ranking higher on health security.  The Danish capital received an overall safety score of 82.4 and was closely followed by Toronto which was scored 82.2. Despite this, the Danish capital only led the world one of the five categories - Personal Security. When asked in the report about what makes Copenhagen such a safe city, lord mayor Lars Weiss said: 'One key ...

A woman and her husband are shocked after ordering an at-home DNA test that revealed the husband is not their son's biological father. Donna and Vanner Johnson jokingly decided to do the DNA test last year as they thought it would be a fun thing to do as a family. But they didn't expect the results to turn their lives totally upside down. Speaking to ABC4, the couple, from Utah, USA, explained how they had conceived their 12-year-old son through IVF.     However, it was only when they received the results from the test that they found out Vanner wasn't the boy's biological father. Recalling the moment he saw the papers, Vanner said: "When I looked on that page and saw mum for him and father unknown, I thought 'what do you mean father unknown?' "I am his father."     After contacting the clinic where they'd received their IVF treatment, it was confirmed that Donna's egg had been fertilised with a stranger's sperm. The dad...