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43 killed in Syria army shelling of rebel town: monitor
Fierce government bombardment of an opposition-controlled Syrian town has killed 43 people, among them children and medical staff, a monitoring group said ...Twenty foreigners killed in Bangladesh cafe attack
Twenty foreigners were killed by their captors after being taken hostage at a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka and most of ...Serbian man kills five, injures 22, in cafe shooting
A man shot dead five people, including his wife, and injured another 20 in a cafe in northern Serbia early Saturday, police ...Australians vote in tight general election contest
Polls have closed on the Australian east coast on Saturday in general elections in which the ruling conservative coalition expected to lose ...Austrian court overturns presidential election result
In a potential new challenge to European Union unity, Austria\'s highest court on Friday ordered a rerun of the country\'s presidential election, ...Paris bans old cars from streets in pollution crackdown
Paris cracked down Friday on ageing polluting cars, with vehicles registered before 1997 no longer allowed on the streets from 8:00 am ...At least 10 dead on migrant boat sinking off Italy
At least 10 people died after an inflatable dinghy loaded with migrants began sinking in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the Italian coastguard ...Taliban suicide bombers kill 27 in attack on Afghan police cadets
Two Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 27 people and wounded around 40 in an attack on Thursday on buses carrying recently ...Turkey detains 13 suspects over Istanbul airport attack
Turkish police on Thursday rounded up 13 suspects over the triple suicide bombings at Istanbul\'s international airport that left 42 people dead, ...North America leaders defend free trade, resist isolationism
The leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico pushed back Wednesday on calls for walling off their nations from free trade, ...