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What we know, and don't know, about the New York terrorist attack - 11/01/2017

New York - A man driving a pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists in Manhattan on Tuesday, in what is being described as the deadliest attack on New York since the events of September 11,...

Israel prepares to release new aircraft to combat Hezbollah - 10/31/2017

Israel’s F-35 “Adir” aircraft is preparing to become fully operational in the country’s Air Force (IAF) next month in an effort to stymie Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iranian-backed proxies in Syria,...

Seven killed, 11 injured in Israeli strike on Gaza tunnel - 10/30/2017

Gaza City - Seven militants were killed and 11 others injured after Israel destroyed a tunnel stretching from Gaza into Israeli territory, a Gaza health ministry spokesman said.   The incident...

Trump campaign aides face charges in Russia probe - 10/30/2017

Washington - US President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was charged on Monday with conspiracy and money laundering related to his lobbying work for a pro-Russian party in...

Bosch must face US auto dealers' case in VW emissions scandal - 10/30/2017

San Francisco - Bosch's request for a dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed by hundreds of US Volkswagen dealers for alleged complicity in the emissions-cheating scandal was rejected by a US...

Cambridge website crashes after Hawking fans devour free thesis - 10/30/2017

London - A Cambrige website crashed because so many people wanted to read an online doctoral thesis by British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, the university said late on Monday.   The site went...

Iran: Rowhani turned down meeting with Trump - 10/29/2017

Tehran - US President Donald Trump wanted to meet his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rowhani, at the UN General Assembly in New York last month but was turned down, according to Iran's Foreign Ministry....

US service member, 9 police die in separate incidents in Afghanistan - 10/28/2017

Kabul - By Mohammad Jawad and Abdul Qadir Sediqi, - One US service member has died and nine Afghan policemen were killed during separate incidents in Afghanistan's restive south-eastern Logar and...

Mayor of Turkish capital resigns under pressure from Erdogan - 10/28/2017

Istanbul – The outspoken mayor of the Turkish capital, Ankara, was resigning on Saturday, amid growing pressure from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on local officials ahead of elections in 2019....

Seven years of strife: 12 key dates in the Catalonia crisis - 10/27/2017

Madrid - The secessionist region of Catalonia is at the centre of Spain's biggest political crisis since a failed coup d'etat in 1981. Here is how the stand-off has developed, in 12 key dates.  ...
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