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Hamilton puts hammer down to win in Japan
Lewis Hamilton blazed to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg on Sunday to strengthen his ...Putin says US support for Syria rebels illegal
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday branded U.S. support for rebel forces in Syria as illegal and ineffective, saying U.S.-trained rebels were ...Catalan separatists win majority in regional election
Separatists in Catalonia claimed victory Sunday in a regional election that they have vowed will lead to them declaring the region independent ...17 Syrian refugees die off Turkish coast
Seventeen migrants drowned when their boat sank on Sunday off the Turkish coast while headed for the Greek island of Kos, the ...Hajj stampede beyond human control, says top Saudi cleric
Saudi Arabia\'s top religious leader says a stampede which killed 717 pilgrims was beyond human control, official media reported on Saturday, the ...Switzerland bans sale of Volkswagen cars
Swiss authorities said Friday they had temporarily banned the sale of new Volkswagen brand diesel-engine models potentially equipped with software capable of ...Saudi prince facing sex assault charge in Los Angeles
A Saudi prince has been arrested in Los Angeles for allegedly trying to force a woman to perform oral sex on him ...House speaker John Boehner resigns from US Congress
Bitter internal divisions in the Republican Party boiled over Friday with the resignation of House Speaker John Boehner, who spent years repelling ...Obama, Xi agree on climate but clash on rights, islands
US President Barack Obama and China\'s Xi Jinping vowed to fight global warming and halt commercial cyber-theft on Friday, but exchanged sharp ...Ukraine bans Russian airlines as part of war sanctions
Ukraine is banning flights by Russian airlines from Oct. 25 as part of a wave of sanctions against Russia over its support ...