Austria Cross-border medical centre set up for Austrian and Czech patients Where the iron curtain once prevailed, doctors and interpreters now care for patients from both Austria and the Czech Republic. 17/10/2021
India Heavy rains, landslides leave 18 dead in south India Torrential rains swept through villages and flooded roads in the southern Indian state of Kerala. 17/10/2021
Iran Court upholds new 1-year prison sentence for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe An Iranian appeals court has upheld a verdict sentencing an Iranian-British woman long held in Tehran to another year in prison, her lawyer said on Saturday. 17/10/2021
Haiti US religious group says 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti A group of 17 U.S. missionaries including children was kidnapped by a gang in Haiti, a religious group said. 17/10/2021
Russia Russia reports highest daily number of COVID-19 cases Russia reported its highest daily number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic as the epidemic worsens in the country. 17/10/2021
United Kingdom Spotlight on politicians' safety after fatal stabbing of British MP Amess was stabbed at a constituent meeting known as a surgery in Leigh-on-Sea on Friday and died at the scene. In 2016, MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed while on her way to a surgery. 17/10/2021
Ireland Irish baron turns estate he inherited into wildlife oasis Randal Plunkett, the 21st Baron of Dunsany, has allowed his hereditary estate in the east of Ireland to return to the wilderness. 17/10/2021
USA Robert Durst hospitalised with COVID-19, his lawyer says New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who was sentenced in a two-decade-old murder case, has been hospitalised after contracting COVID-19. 17/10/2021
USA NASA spacecraft takes off to visit asteroids around Jupiter A NASA probe called Lucy was launched into the sky to start a 12-year mission to explore asteroids, believed to be "fossils" of the early Solar System. 16/10/2021
France Macron calls 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protest 'inexcusable' French President Emmanuel Macron said the deadly police crackdown on a 1961 Algerian protest was "inexcusable" but did not issue a formal apology. 16/10/2021
Hungary Hungary's opposition vote to select who will run against Viktor Orbán The political catchphrase amongst the opposition parties in the run-up to the spring election is "anyone but Orbán". 16/10/2021
Italy Tens of thousands demonstrate in Rome against neo-fascists The protest comes a week after right-wing extremists forced their way into the headquarters of Italy's most powerful labour confederation. 16/10/2021
World Turkey's Erdogan bids farewell to Merkel after 16 years Angela Merkel’s final visit to Turkey as German chancellor saw two of Europe’s longest-serving leaders pay tribute to one another. 16/10/2021
Germany CDU leader Armin Laschet takes 'responsibility' for election loss The Christian Democrats obtained the worst result in their history in Germany's September legislative elections. 16/10/2021
Romania Romania's hospitals overwhelmed with unvaccinated patients "Some 90 per cent of the hospitalised patients are not vaccinated," Adrian Marinescu, medical director of the Matei Bals Infectious Diseases Hospital said. 16/10/2021
France France pays tribute to beheaded teacher Samuel Paty one year on French government officials paid tribute to teacher Samuel Paty who was beheaded last year by an 18-year-old Chechen refugee. 16/10/2021
Russia Russia reports record 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day Russia's COVID-19 deaths and cases have been mounting for weeks, reaching record highs since the beginning of the pandemic. 16/10/2021
USA U.S. vows to pay relatives of Afghans killed in drone strike The US Pentagon said that it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in an errant drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August. 16/10/2021
Afghanistan Islamic State claims mosque bombing in south Afghanistan The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed 47 people and wounded scores more. 16/10/2021
Norway Norway’s newly-elected PM visits bow-and-arrow killings scene It was a sombre first full day in office for Norway’s new prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre as he visited the close-knit former mining town of Kongsberg - that’s been torn apart by a bow and arrow attack that left five people dead. 16/10/2021
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