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A rare Islamic atlas discovered in the attic of a historic home has sold for more than four times its estimate at auction, BBC News has reported.

The atlas was one of only 50 produced and it was discovered at Weston Hall in Northamptonshire, home of the Sitwell family for more than 300 years.

The non-governmental organization "Proactiva Open Arms" announced that it received those shocking photos from eyewitnesses, not wanting to reveal their identity, noting that the photos show people who tried to reach the EU via a deadly route, across the Mediterranean.

British journalist Martin Bashir, who is being investigated over how he obtained an explosive 1995 interview with Princess Diana, is stepping down from his role as the BBC's religion editor, the corporation said on May 14. 

The health system in Brazil is on the brink of collapse as pressures from the Covid pandemic show no sign of easing, according to the country's leading public health research institution.

A pigeon that was to be put down by authorities in Australia after reportedly crossing the Pacific Ocean has been saved after officials found he was "highly likely" to be a local bird, a Turkish tumbler, the BBC News has reported.

Stephen Wamukota's ingenuity has earned him a presidential award.

Romanian prosecutors have indicted Prime Minister Viktor Ponta as part of a long-running corruption investigation.

Ponta faces charges of document fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering.

The prosecuting authority informed Monday that Ponta's personal assets had been temporarily frozen.

Egypt-born actor Omar Sharif has died at the age of 83.

Sharif, best known for his roles in "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago," suffered a heart attack in a hospital Cairo, according to his agent, Steve Kenis.

Earlier in 2015 his agent announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, according to reports of the BBC News.

Polling stations across Turkey opened at 8 o'clock local time in the country's general elections.

The elections are deemed crucial for the plans of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to change the constitution and turn Turkey into a presidential republic.

Tariq Aziz, Iraq's former deputy prime minister and foreign minister, died Friday after suffering a heart attack.

Aziz, 79, was Iraq's foreign minister between 1983 and 1991 and deputy prime minister between 1979 and 2003.