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4 Arabs stabbed by 'mentally ill man'

[2015-10-10 08:12]

An Israeli man stabbed four Arabs on Friday morning, police said, as spiking tensions in Jerusalem and the West Bank threatened to spread throughout Israel.

Stolen pickup trucks 'being sent to IS'

[2015-10-10 08:12]

The Toyota Hilux compact pickup truck has been the most commonly stolen vehicle in the past two years in Sydney, and authorities said they were being shipped in containers to Turkey and then into Syria to be used by extremists, media reported on Friday.

Hero who thwarted French train attack injured in brawl

[2015-10-10 08:12]

US airman Spencer Stone, celebrated as a hero for helping to stop a terror attack on a French train over the summer, was stabbed and seriously wounded outside a bar in his hometown early on Thursday in what police said was an alcohol-related brawl.

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[2015-10-10 08:12]

Officials say one person is dead and three others are wounded following an early morning shooting at Northern Arizona University.

Children of 'Red Duchess', widow spar over estate

[2015-10-10 08:12]

Spain's "Red Duchess" capped off an unconventional life by marrying a much younger woman just hours before her death in 2008 - and making out her will to her new spouse.

Govts to step up expulsions of migrants

[2015-10-10 08:12]

European Union governments agreed on Thursday to step up deportations of illegal immigrants and discussed creating an EU border force, among other measures, to cope with hundreds of thousands fleeing Syria or other countries.

Heat wave poses threat to coral reefs

[2015-10-09 07:42]

Corals reefs are suffering a severe underwater heat wave this year for the third time on record, including a mysterious warm patch in the Pacific known as "The Blob", scientists said on Thursday.

Scotland Yard's crime collection goes on show

[2015-10-09 07:42]

From the first case solved thanks to a fingerprint in 1905, to the ropes used to hang prisoners, a new show in London displays hundreds of exhibits previously kept under wraps by Scotland Yard.

Alliance chief says troops could be sent into Turkey

[2015-10-09 07:42]

NATO said it was prepared to send troops to Turkey to defend its ally after violations of Turkish airspace by Russian jets bombing Syria.

Kurdish fighters report exposure to mustard gas

[2015-10-09 07:42]

Several Iraqi Kurdish troops tested positive for mustard gas after battles this summer with the Islamic State group in northern Iraq, a spokesman for the paramilitary group said on Wednesday.

Jakarta says it will accept world's help to battle forest fires

[2015-10-09 07:42]

Indonesia agreed on Thursday to accept international help to combat forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in haze, after weeks of failed attempts to douse the blazes that have infuriated its neighbors.

Death sentence upheld for 'blasphemy' killing

[2015-10-09 07:42]

Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence given to the killer of a politician who sought reform of the country's blasphemy law. The verdict was hailed by moderates as a blow against religious extremism.