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Hawaii judge blocks Trump’s third travel ban

Hawaii judge blocks Trump’s third travel ban

BBC 2017-10-18 02:30:01

US President Donald Trump's latest bid to impose travel restrictions on citizens from eight countries entering the US has suffered a court defeat. A federal judge slapped a temporary restraining orde...

Explosion hits Swedish police station, none injured

Explosion hits Swedish police station, none injured

Reuters 2017-10-18 02:08:15

An explosion overnight in the southern Swedish town of Helsingborg caused extensive damage to the entrance of a police station, authorities said on Wednesday. Nobody was injured in the explosion, whi...

Suicide bomber, gunmen attack Afghan police HQ

Suicide bomber, gunmen attack Afghan police HQ

Reuters 2017-10-17 12:32:43

At least one suicide car bomber and a number of gunmen attacked a provincial police headquarters in Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility. An exact casualty toll...

39 dead in Portugal, Spain wildfires

39 dead in Portugal, Spain wildfires

Reuters 2017-10-17 12:05:46

At least 36 people died in wildfires raging through parched farmlands and forests in Portugal and another three in neighbouring northwestern Spain on Sunday and Monday. Firefighters were battling 50...

Bomb kills journalist Caruana who exposed Panama Papers link

Bomb kills journalist Caruana who exposed Panama Papers link

Reuters 2017-10-17 12:00:00

Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta’s best-known investigative journalist, was killed on Monday when a powerful bomb blew up her car, police said, in a case that stunned the small Mediterranean island...

Cairo 'most dangerous' megacity for women: Survey

Cairo 'most dangerous' megacity for women: Survey

-- 2017-10-17 12:00:00

The Egyptian capital Cairo has been described as the ‘most dangerous’ megacity for women. The finding comes from the first international poll on how women fare in cities with over 10 mill...

11 die in Mexico border gunbattles

11 die in Mexico border gunbattles

-- 2017-10-17 11:41:16

At least 11 people were killed in a series of gunbattles in the northern Mexico border state of Tamauilpas, authorities said. Officials said the shootouts in the border city of Reynosa and the nearby...

Pakistan EC suspends 261 MPs for concealing assets

Pakistan EC suspends 261 MPs for concealing assets

PTI 2017-10-17 11:39:06

More than 260 lawmakers in Pakistan, including ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's son- in-law, were on Monday suspended by the country's election commission for not providing details of their assets...

SDF takes 'control' of Raqqa

SDF takes 'control' of Raqqa

-- 2017-10-17 06:09:11

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) says they now control so-called Islamic State's one-time capital of Raqqa, with only a few dozen militants remaining in the city. The US-backed forces said they had...

Spain detains two Catalan pro-independence leaders

Spain detains two Catalan pro-independence leaders

BBC 2017-10-17 02:48:31

A Spanish judge has jailed two key members of the Catalan independence movement. Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart, who lead prominent separatist groups, are being held without bail while they a...

New satellite image shows mass destruction in Rakhine

New satellite image shows mass destruction in Rakhine

-- 2017-10-17 02:28:54

Newly released satellite images revealed that at least 288 villages were destroyed by fire in northern Rakhine State in Myanmar since August 25. According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), the destruction...

Louisiana oil rig explosion injures at least six

Louisiana oil rig explosion injures at least six

AP 2017-10-16 12:42:57

An oil rig exploded Sunday night in Lake Pontchartrain in St. Charles Parish, a Louisiana police department said. Kenner Police Department spokesman Sgt. Brian McGregor said Sunday evening that rescu...

Five die in Bengaluru building collapse

Five die in Bengaluru building collapse

Reuters 2017-10-16 12:34:20

A multi-storey building collapsed in the south Indian city of Bengaluru on Monday, killing at least five people and injuring several, officials said. The accident occurred in a densely populated resi...

Vietnam braces for typhoon Khanun

Vietnam braces for typhoon Khanun

Reuters 2017-10-16 12:00:00

Vietnam braced for typhoon Khanun on Monday after destructive floods battered the country’s north and centre last week, killing 72 people, the disaster prevention agency said. Last week’s...

Somalia car bomb death toll rises to 276

Somalia car bomb death toll rises to 276

AP 2017-10-16 12:00:00

The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia's capital killed 276 people with around 300 others injured, the country's information minister said early Monday, making it the deadliest single...

Hurricane Ophelia heads to UK

Hurricane Ophelia heads to UK

BBC 2017-10-16 12:00:00

The Met Office has warned of "potential danger to life" as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia head for the British Isles with 80mph (130km/h) winds. An amber warning for Northern Ireland, where all sc...

Dozens dead in Portugal, Spain wildfires

Dozens dead in Portugal, Spain wildfires

-- 2017-10-16 12:00:00

At least 27 people have died in a series of wildfires in Portugal, the country's civil protection service says. In Spain's Galicia region, at least three people are dead, reports BBC. A spokeswoman...

UK PM May to dine with EU chiefs

UK PM May to dine with EU chiefs

BBC 2017-10-16 11:50:00

Theresa May is to travel to Brussels later for a dinner with EU leaders in a bid to end a stalemate over Brexit. The meeting, with chief negotiator Michel Barnier and Commission chief Jean-Claude Jun...

‘IS’ kill seven soldiers in Egypt

‘IS’ kill seven soldiers in Egypt

-- 2017-10-16 10:49:16

At least seven soldiers were killed and 37 others injured as suspected Islamic State (IS) militants attacked six checkpoints in the turbulent north of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on Sunday, officials...

Catalonia leader gives ambiguous statement regarding independence

Catalonia leader gives ambiguous statement regarding independence

-- 2017-10-16 06:16:29

The President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, failed to clarify Monday whether his administration had officially declared independence from Spain and instead repeated his call for talks to resolve th...

China's Communist party congress Wednesday

China's Communist party congress Wednesday

Xinhua 2017-10-16 03:48:23

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is scheduled to open at 9:00am Wednesday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the media centre of the congress announced Monday....

11 feared dead as boat capsizes in India

11 feared dead as boat capsizes in India

Xinhua 2017-10-16 01:38:49

At least 11 people were feared killed, while six others swam to safety Monday after a boat capsized in eastern Indian state of Bihar, local officials said. The boat capsized in River Gandak in Panapu...

Deadly wildfires kill at least 40 in California

Deadly wildfires kill at least 40 in California

Reuters 2017-10-15 12:00:00

Fast-moving fires spread by shifting winds forced thousands more Californians to evacuate their homes on Saturday as the death toll from the deadliest blaze recorded in the state's history rose to at...

Briton dies while taking photos at Indian temple

Briton dies while taking photos at Indian temple

BBC 2017-10-15 12:00:00

A British man has fallen to his death while taking photos at a temple in India during a year-long world trip. Roger Stotesbury, 56, was visiting Orchha, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, with hi...

Austria set to elect 31-year old Kurz as Chancellor

Austria set to elect 31-year old Kurz as Chancellor

-- 2017-10-15 12:00:00

Austria is expected to vote in the world’s youngest leader in Sunday’s parliamentary election, after a campaign that has been dominated by immigration. If the opinion polls are correct, 3...

At least 230 dead in Somalia blasts

At least 230 dead in Somalia blasts

-- 2017-10-15 12:00:00

A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu has killed at least 230 people, officials say, reports BBC. Dozens more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated...

Egypt frustrates North Sinai militant attack, killing two

Egypt frustrates North Sinai militant attack, killing two

Xinhua 2017-10-15 11:20:01

The Egyptian armed forces on Saturday frustrated a terrorist attack that was targeting a security check point in the North Sinai city of Arish, killing at least two militants, the army said in a state...

Catalan leader calls for calm ahead of Madrid deadline

Catalan leader calls for calm ahead of Madrid deadline

-- 2017-10-15 07:34:45

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Sunday called for calm less than 24 hours ahead of a deadline from Spain’s central government for him to clarify whether he has declared independence for Cata...

Hurricane Ophelia heads toward Ireland, UK

Hurricane Ophelia heads toward Ireland, UK

-- 2017-10-15 06:29:15

Hurricane Ophelia picked up pace as it marched toward Ireland, where it's forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rains this week. Ophelia weakened from a Category 3 to a Category 2 hurricane early...

Somalia car bomb death toll mounts to 85

Somalia car bomb death toll mounts to 85

Reuters 2017-10-15 03:20:06

The death toll from two bomb attacks that tore through busy junctions in the heart of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has risen to 85, making it one of the deadliest attacks in the country since Isl...