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Two police among dead in Canada shooting
Canadian police say a suspect is in custody after at least four people – two of them police officers – ...
Germany lifts ban on video games swastikas
Nazi symbols can now appear in video games in Germany, ending a long-running and frequently ridiculed censorship. Germany bans symbols ...
City under assault in Afghanistan
The Taliban have launched a major night-time assault on the Afghan city of Ghazni, a provincial capital on the key ...
North Korea lashes out at US over sanctions
North Korea’s foreign ministry has lashed out at the US for not lifting sanctions against the country. It said it ...
Several dead in Fredericton’s Canada shooting
Canadian police say at least four people have been killed in a shooting in the eastern city of Fredericton, New ...
Standoff over China Mosque demolition
Hundreds of Muslims in western China are engaged in a standoff with authorities to prevent their mosque from being demolished. ...
Erdogan calls on Turks to buy lira for ‘national battle’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Turks to exchange gold and hard currency into lira on Friday, framing Turkey’s currency ...
Iran aide doesn’t see ‘any reason’ for Trump-Rouhani talks
A semi-official Iranian news agency is quoting an aide to the country’s president as saying that he doesn’t see “any ...
France rescues 1,600 campers from floods
Heavy floods have forced the evacuation of 1,600 people – most of them campers – in southern France, officials say. ...
Strike on Yemen bus kills 29 children
At least 29 children have been killed and 30 wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen, the International ...
