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Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico with 155-mph winds
Hurricane Maria made landfall Wednesday in southeast Puerto Rico, ripping trees out of the ground and entangling two-thirds of the island in hurricane-force winds.
‘I knew them, yet they were killing us’
The men who came to kill Arafa Khatun were also her neighbors. “The Rakhines and the Hindus, they joined with the military. I watched them coming over the hill, like a team. As they came towards us to attack, I saw faces that I recognized. I knew them, yet they were killing us.”
Second suspect in London subway attack arrested; terror threat level downgraded to ‘severe’
A second suspect was arrested on Saturday in connection with the subway attack at London’s Parsons Green station that left 30 people injured, officials announced on Sunday as the city’s terror threat level is downgraded to “severe.”
France attacks: man shouts ‘Allahu Akbar,’ assaults two people; knife-wielding man attacks soldier
A knife-wielding man attacked a French soldier Friday and, in a separate attack in France, two women were assaulted by a man with a hammer who shouted “Allahu Akbar.”
Terrorist Device Detonates on London Subway, Injuring Commuters
A device that triggered a rush-hour fire aboard a subway train in the British capital was being investigated as terrorism Friday, police said.
Mystery deepens in Cuba over covert device used to cause ‘health attacks’ on Canadian, U.S. diplomats
The blaring, grinding noise jolted the American diplomat from his bed in a Havana hotel. He moved just a few feet, and there was silence.
Twin suicide attacks leave dozens dead in southern Iraq
Shooting and car bomb attacks claimed by ISIL kill at least 50 people in southern Thi Qar province.
Russia launches Zapad war games in Belarus
Russia and Belarus have launched a large-scale joint military exercise, called Zapad-2017, which has made nearby Nato countries nervous.
North Korea threatens to sink Japan and turn US to ‘ashes and darkness’
Tokyo condemns ‘absolutely unacceptable’ provocation, as Pyongyang reacts to imposition of new UN sanctions following missile tests.
The Latest: Multiple ambulances sent to school shooting
1 killed, 3 injured in shooting at high school in Washington state.
