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US East Coast on hurricane alert
Areas along the US East Coast declare states of emergency as Hurricane Earl churns towards the region, forecast to brush land on Thursday night.
No CommentsStrike ‘kills Afghan civilians’
Ten election campaign workers have been killed in an air strike by Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, Afghan officials say.
No CommentsExplosion on Gulf of Mexico rig
An explosion rips through an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the blast in April that caused a huge oil spill.
No CommentsBid for Middle East peace begins
The US Secretary of State tells the Israeli and Palestinian leaders they have the “opportunity to end this conflict” as direct peace talks begin.
No CommentsEcuador in migrant massacre row
Honduras accuses Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa of risking the life of a Honduran migrant who survived last month’s Mexico massacre.
No CommentsMan held over Russia club blaze
Police in Spain arrest a Russian man wanted for questioning about a fire at a Russian nightclub that killed more than 150 people in 2009.
No CommentsRed Cross asks for more Pakistan funds
ICRC increases its Pakistan floods appeal by $76m as it warns that only a fraction of humanitarian needs are being met.
No CommentsManila in hostage coffin ‘mix-up’
The Philippines vows to probe claims that coffins of three of Hong Kong’s eight victims of last week’s hijacking in Manila were wrongly labelled.
No CommentsGerman banker ’should be fired’
The German central bank calls on the country’s president to dismiss one of its board members over comments he made about immigration and Jews.
No CommentsRussia extends grain export ban
Russia will consider lifting its grain export ban only after the next year’s harvest has been reaped, Vladimir Putin says.
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