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Deaths, numerous injuries in Manhattan crash; authorities treating attack as terrorism 31 Oct 2017 - 11:05 pm

New York: Several people were killed and numerous others injured in New York on Tuesday when a suspect plowed a vehicle into a...

No chateau: Catalan leader’s modest Belgian exile 31 Oct 2017 - 10:47 pm

BRUSSELS: At 70 euros ($82) a night, with the rumble of the Brussels metro thrown in, Carles Puigdemont is hardly living the high...

US welcomes China, South Korea bid to improve ties despite anti-missile 31 Oct 2017 - 10:35 pm

WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department welcomed a decision by China and South Korea on Tuesday to resume normal ties after a year-long standoff...

Russia, Turkey and Iran agree to plan for Syria 'congress' 31 Oct 2017 - 10:28 pm

Astana, Kazakhstan: Russia, Turkey and Iran pledged Tuesday in Kazakhstan to bring the Syrian regime and its opponents together for a "congress" to...

Egypt says bombs militants responsible for Western Desert attack 31 Oct 2017 - 10:22 pm

CAIRO: Egypt’s air force killed a large number of militants responsible for a deadly attack on a police convoy 10 days ago, the...

Hate campaign shuts down French anti-harassment hotline 31 Oct 2017 - 07:59 pm

Paris: French feminists who set up an anti-harassment phone line announced Tuesday they had been forced to shut it down after just three...

UN names new coordinator to unblock aid for Myanmar 31 Oct 2017 - 06:22 pm

United Nations, United States: The United Nations on Tuesday named a new interim relief coordinator in Myanmar as the government continues to block...

Body recovered after Arctic helicopter crash: Norway 31 Oct 2017 - 05:38 pm

Oslo: Norwegian authorities said Tuesday they had recovered the body of one of the eight people aboard a Russian helicopter that crashed in...

Islamic state claims responsibility for blast in Afghan capital Kabul 31 Oct 2017 - 04:27 pm

CAIRO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an explosion in Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday which killed multiple people,...

Afghan security personnel investigate the site of a suicide bombing in Wazir Akbar Khan in Kabul on October 31, 2017. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR

Croatian village gives shelter to abandoned bears 31 Oct 2017 - 03:49 pm

Kuterevo, Croatia: Orphaned, abandoned or abused: Croatia's brown bears that are unable to survive in the wild are finding a new home in...

Sacked Catalan leader Puigdemont says accepts snap election, not seeking asylum 31 Oct 2017 - 03:32 pm

BRUSSELS: Sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday said he accepted the snap elections called by Spain's central government in Catalonia and he...

Belarus opposition leader Statkevich detained 31 Oct 2017 - 02:44 pm

MINSK, Belarus: The wife of a leading opposition figure in Belarus says her husband has been detained by the police. Marina Adamovich says...

UN bracing for 40,000 Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria 31 Oct 2017 - 02:41 pm

Geneva: Thousands of people have fled Cameroon's violence-hit anglophone regions into neighbouring Nigeria in recent weeks, the UN said Tuesday, adding it was...

Axed Catalan president to break silence in Brussels 31 Oct 2017 - 02:34 pm

Brussels: Catalonia's dismissed leader Carles Puigdemont was due Tuesday to give a press conference in Brussels, with speculation swirling that he might seek...

At least 12 killed in east Libya air strike: medical source 31 Oct 2017 - 01:40 pm

Benghazi, Libya: At least 12 people have been killed in an air strike in Libya's besieged eastern jihadist stronghold of Derna, a medical...

Syria activists say 4 children killed in government shelling 31 Oct 2017 - 01:15 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian activists say at least four children have been killed when government shelling hit their school in a rebel-held town outside the...

Palestinian shot dead after alleged car attack attempt 31 Oct 2017 - 12:48 pm

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian man died Tuesday from his injuries after being shot by Israeli forces during an alleged car-ramming attempt in the occupied...