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Hurricane Hermine hits Florida with strong winds and flooding
Hurricane Hermine swept onto Florida\'s Gulf coast early Friday with winds and heavy rain causing flooding and cutting power to tens of ...Launch pad blast destroys SpaceX rocket, Facebook satellite
An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad during a test in Florida on Thursday, destroying a satellite that ...Powerful earthquake strikes in New Zealand
Evacuations were under way in New Zealand Friday after a tsunami warning was issued following a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck ...Two killed at opposition HQ in post-election Gabon
Two people were killed and more than a dozen injured as Gabon security forces stormed the opposition\'s headquarters early Thursday, as violence ...Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan hit by suspected suicide car bomb
A suspected suicide car bomber rammed the gates of the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on Tuesday, killing the attacker ...IS-claimed bombing against Yemen recruits kills 60
A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 60 people Monday at an army recruitment centre in ...Suicide attack kills 18 in Iraq oasis town
Attackers armed with suicide vests, rifles and grenades killed 18 people in the Iraqi oasis town of Ain al-Tamer, many of them ...Colombia FARC rebels announce definitive ceasefire
The commander of Colombia\'s biggest rebel movement said Sunday its fighters will permanently cease hostilities with the government beginning with the first ...Turkish airstrikes kill 35 civilians in northern Syria
Turkish shelling and air strikes killed at least 35 civilians in Syria on Sunday, the fifth day of an incursion against Islamic ...Germany expects fewer than 300,000 refugees this year
The head of Germany\'s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) told a German newspaper that he expected a maximum of 300,000 ...