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Australian police say stabbing attack linked to terrorism

Friday, 9 November 2018, 12:24 Last update: about 9 years ago

A knife-wielding man stabbed three people, one fatally, in Australia's second-largest city on Friday in an attack police linked to terrorism. The attack during the afternoon rush hour brought...

Letter shows a fearful Einstein long before Nazis' rise

Friday, 9 November 2018, 08:02 Last update: about 9 years ago

More than a decade before the Nazis seized power in Germany, Albert Einstein was on the run and already fearful for his country's future, according to a newly revealed handwritten letter. His...

Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy freed in Pakistan

Thursday, 8 November 2018, 08:25 Last update: about 9 years ago

A Christian woman acquitted after eight years on death row for blasphemy was released but her whereabouts in Islamabad on Thursday remained a closely guarded secret in the wake of demands by radical...

Watch: White House bans CNN reporter after confrontation with Trump

Thursday, 8 November 2018, 07:50 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The White House has suspended the press pass of CNN correspondent Jim Acosta after he and President Donald Trump had a heated confrontation during a news conference. They began sparring Wednesday...

More bones unearthed at Vatican embassy as coroner weighs in

Wednesday, 7 November 2018, 10:26 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

More bones were found on the grounds of the Vatican embassy in Italy, adding grisly new evidence to the growing mystery over who was buried on Holy See territory and why. As police returned to...

Updated: Democrats seize House control, but Trump's GOP holds Senate

Wednesday, 7 November 2018, 07:35 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Democrats seized the House majority from President Donald Trump's Republican Party on Tuesday in a suburban revolt that threatened what's left of the president's governing agenda. But the GOP gained ground in the Senate and preserved key governorships, beating back a "blue wave" that never fully materialized....

6 arrested in suspected plot to attack French leader Macron

Tuesday, 6 November 2018, 15:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

French security agents have arrested six people on preliminary terrorism charges for allegedly plotting to attack French President Emmanuel Macron, according to a French judicial official. The...

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