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November 5, 2018 12:14 PM

Canada: One dead after planes collide near Ottawa

<span style="color: #222222;">In Canada, the pilot of a small passenger plane died after colliding with another aircraft and crashing into a field near the capital Ottawa.</span><br />'' <br />'' <sp...

November 5, 2018 9:04 AM

UK to urge United Nations Security Council to act on Yemen

<span style="color: #222222;">Britain has announced that it was urging United Nations Security Council partners to act over the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, saying there now appears to be a window for a peace deal. <br />''<br />...

November 5, 2018 8:55 AM

Iraq: Blasts across Baghdad kill six people

<span style="color: #222222;">In Iraq, blasts across Baghdad have killed six people and injured several more. Police said, two civilians were killed and six wounded by a blast near a bus stop in Aden roundabout area, while a bomb in Tarmiyah neighbourhood targeted a m...

November 5, 2018 8:53 AM

5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido

<span style="color: #222222;">A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido today. The US Geological Survey said, the quake hit at a depth of eight kilometres and 107 kilometres northeast of Shibetsu. There is no report of any casualty...

November 4, 2018 6:12 PM

Indonesia: Data recovered from crashed Lion Air flight recorder

<span style="color: #222222;">In Indonesia, investigators have succeeded in retrieving hours of data from a crashed Lion Air flight recorder. Deputy chairman of National Transportation Safety Committee told a news conference in Jakarta that 69 hours of flight data was...

November 4, 2018 4:54 PM

Bahrain opposition leader jailed for life over Qatar spy case

<span style="color: #222222;">In Bahrain, an appeals court today sentenced the country's opposition leader to jail for life over charges of spying for rival Gulf state Qatar. Sheikh Ali Salman, who headed the now-outlawed Al-Wefaq movement, had been acquitted by ...

November 4, 2018 2:11 PM

Italy: Ten died in floods around Palermo on southern island of Sicily

In Italy, ten people, including a family of nine, have died in floods around Palermo on the southern island of Sicily. Rescuers today said the bodies of the family, including three children, were found in their house in Casteldaccia next to a small river which had burst its banks. &...

November 4, 2018 12:22 PM

US-led coalition strikes kill 14 civilians in east Syria

<span style="color: #222222;">In Syria, at least 14 civilians have been killed in US-led coalition air strikes on the Islamic State terror group's last holdout in eastern Deir Ezzor province. </span><br />'' <br /&...

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