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September 21, 2016

Samsung says 3 reports of China phone battery fire

Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it has received three reports of Galaxy Note 7 battery fires in China and investigated two ...

September 21, 2016

Mexican officials confirm Spanish woman killed

Prosecutors in Mexico say a Spanish woman who was reported kidnapped last week was found slain, apparently by her captors.

September 20, 2016

Berlin politician, younger man found dead in apartment

A well-known member of Berlin's Pirate Party was found dead in his apartment after apparently taking his own life, along with ...

September 20, 2016

Prominent Ukrainian separatist killed in Moscow

Russian police are looking for a gunman who fatally shot a prominent Ukrainian separatist figure at a suburban Moscow ...

September 20, 2016

5 Cuban volleyball players convicted of rape in Finland

A Finnish court on Tuesday convicted five members of Cuba's national volleyball team of aggravated rape and ordered them to ...

September 20, 2016

Israel: Palestinian killed after attempted stabbing

Israel's military said its troops shot and killed a knife-wielding Palestinian on Tuesday who tried to stab a soldier at the ...

September 19, 2016

Israeli police: 2 Palestinian attackers killed in West Bank

Two Palestinians were killed on Monday as they tried to stab Israeli police in the West Bank city of Hebron while a third ...

September 18, 2016

Administrator urges Vatican to remove Guam's archbishop

A Roman Catholic administrator is urging the Vatican to remove Guam's archbishop, who has refused to resign amid accusations ...

September 18, 2016

Palestinian stabs Israeli officer amid new surge in violence

A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli army officer in the chest near a West Bank settlement on Sunday, moderately wounding him ...

September 17, 2016

Pakistan court adjourns case of British woman's murder

A Pakistani court on Saturday adjourned the case of a British-Pakistani woman's murder until Sept. 23 to give police more ...

September 16, 2016

Woman allegedly lured on FB and gang-raped near Eiffel Tower

French officials say three men have been charged and jailed after a woman was allegedly lured on Facebook by one of them and ...

September 16, 2016

2 Palestinians, Jordanian killed after attacking Israelis

A Jordanian man was shot dead after he tried to stab police officers in Jerusalem on Friday, while in the West Bank, one ...

September 16, 2016

UK man convicted of Islamic State-inspired murder of imam

A British man was sentenced Friday to at least 24 years in prison for the murder of a Muslim cleric who practiced a form of ...

September 16, 2016

Swedish appeals court upholds detention order for Assange

A Swedish appeals court on Friday upheld a detention order for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, dismissing the latest ...

September 14, 2016

Finnish police arrest 2 asylum-seekers for alleged murder

Finnish police say they have arrested two Iraqi asylum-seekers on suspicion of murder and robbery. The district court in ...

September 14, 2016

Organized crime group that had police sentenced in Bosnia

A court in Bosnia has sentenced 17 members of an organized crime group to 101 years in jail combined for a series of murders ...

September 14, 2016

Sweden: Date set for questioning of Assange in rape case

Swedish prosecutors say an Ecuadorian official will interrogate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on their behalf next month ...

September 14, 2016

Munich ramps up Oktoberfest security after summer attacks

Munich authorities are ramping up security precautions for this year's Oktoberfest to reassure the millions of visitors ...

September 14, 2016

Mongolia police arrest suspect in killing of British tourist

Police in Mongolia on Wednesday announced the arrest of a suspect in the killing a British tourist in a rare case of violent ...