Gunfight at Afghan wedding kills at least 22

At least 22 people were killed when a gunfight broke out at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, highlighting the fragile security situation in the war-torn country.

The province has recently been plagued by growing insecurity as the Taliban insurgency rapidly spreads north from its southern and eastern strongholds.The clash, allegedly triggered by quarrels between guests over a young "dancing boy", erupted late Sunday in Deh Salah district in the once-tranquil province of Baghlan.

Rita Ora and pals pictured with bag of suspicious looking herbal substance at London dinner party

Rita Ora and her pals have been photographed with a bag of a suspicious looking herbal substance.

The 24-year-old singer and actress enjoyed a meal with friends on Saturday night and a picture from the gathering shows a plastic resealable bag filled with what appears to be a green plant on the table under a packet of cigarettes.

'X Factor' judge Rita is sitting at the opposite end of the crowded table and there is no indication that the bag is hers. 

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Prison worker accused of helping killers escape due in court

York prison worker accused of smuggling hacksaw blades in frozen hamburger meat to two killers who later broke out and spent more than two weeks on the run is due in court Tuesday for arraignment.

The 10 biggest tech billionaire yachts on the high seas

When it comes to buying a yacht, bigger is always better.

Megayachts belonging to tech billionaires like Larry Ellison, Mark Cuban, and Paul Allen are among the biggest privately owned boats in the world. 

They have some pretty out-of-this-world features, too. One even has a special deck that can be transformed into a nightclub, while others have multiple helicopter landing pads and submarines nestled inside.

We've ranked the biggest yachts owned by executives in tech. 

Nigerian boy survives being crushed to death after moving car drags him on a UK street

5 year old Nigerian boy, Omobolade Ogundare, was hit by a car on Bennett Street in Gorton and dragged along the street for a few kilometers on Saturday July 25th. He survived being crushed to death after two men stopped the car and managed to lift the vehicle off him.

Take a tour of the most expensive house for sale in America

Courtesy of Christie’s International Real Estate

The property's woodlands and nearby pond serve as a habitat to swans,

egret, heron, and other wildlife.

This 1930s-built estate, called "Briar Patch," in East Hampton, New York, is the most expensive home for sale in the US, according to Zillow Group, the largest real-estate network on the web.

Perched on a well-manicured knoll, the $140 million property skirts 1,156 feet along Georgica Pond and offers views of the Atlantic Ocean. Built in 1931 and renovated in 1990 by renowned architect Peter Marino, it has even earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. 

The current owners, Chris Whittle and his wife Priscilla Rattazzi, bought the 10,000-square-foot home in 1989. Once the publisher of Esquire magazine, Whittle is the co-founder of Avenues: The World School, an elite private school in Manhattan. Peter Turino of Brown Harris Stevens, associated with Christie’s International Real Estate, holds the listing for the Briar Patch.

Killer robots: Tech experts warn against AI arms race

Stephen Hawking has warned about the dangers of artificial intelligence.

More than 1,000 tech experts, scientists and researchers have written a letter warning about the dangers of autonomous weapons.

In the latest outcry over "killer robots", the letter warns that "a military AI [artificial intelligence] arms race is a bad idea".