15% increase is largest single-year percentage leap since 1918, when tens of thousands of US soldiers died in World War I and hundreds of thousands died in flu pandemic

Europe becomes world's first region to pass 500,000 virus deaths, joining US as epicenter of pandemic again

Government report shows 2,586 more people died than during this period last year -- approximate number of virus fatalities; most significant excess mortality among 70-79 group

TV star dies following fall at his home, Jewish News reports; once joked he was the only person named O'Connor to have had a bar mitzvah

Top political adviser and writer who announced PM's assassination is eulogized at funeral for his willingness to help anyone who asked, inspiring next generation of reporters

Former journalist and top political adviser wrote many of assassinated PM's most memorable speeches, including his 1994 'Soldier of Peace' US Congress address

Islamic Republic sees 4,019 new confirmed cases on Tuesday, bringing total cases to 483,844; overall death tally now stands at 27,658

Austrian-born writer was known for critically acclaimed accounts of her time in concentrations camps, including 'Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood remembered'

British two-time Grand Slam doubles champion had Jewish heritage and was targeted by anti-Semitic abuse during her career

Essam al-Erian, 66, was arrested in 2013 following army's ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, on the back of mass protests against his brief rule