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One dead, six wounded in France after suspected knife attack

One person was found dead and six others wounded on Saturday in the city of Villeurbanne, near Lyon, central France, after a suspected knife attack, a local police source told Reuters.

Belgium

Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert killed in race crash

Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert killed in race crash

France

Lyon stabbing suspect charged for 'murder' and 'attempted murder'

Lyon stabbing suspect charged for 'murder' and 'attempted murder'

USA

Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water cannon as protests turn violent

Fears of clashes were running high ahead of the demonstrations, aimed at marking the fifth anniversary of a decision by China to curtail democratic reforms in the former British colony.

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USA

Taliban attack Afghan city amid peace talks with U.S.

President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. had good negotiations going on with the Islamist group but had not yet reached a deal on on U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

USA

India leaves nearly two million people off citizens' list

Critics accuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Hindu nationalist party of stoking sentiment against immigrants and misusing the register to target even legal Muslim citizens.

World News

Twitter co-founder @jack has own account hacked

Twitter co-founder @jack has own account hacked

USA

Huge spike in migrants trying to make perilous journey to Europe

Number of people attempting to cross usually rises in summer, but the latest increase comes amid a crackdown in Turkey and intensified fighting in Syria.

USA

Congolese girl with Ebola dies after traveling to Uganda

The World Health Organization said that the outbreak has neared 3,000 cases since it was declared in August 2018.

USA

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, others arrested

Organizers of a march scheduled for Saturday also called the demonstration off after an appeals board denied permission for the event.

USA

Trump cancels Poland visit to deal with Hurricane Dorian

President Donald Trump cancels Poland visit to deal with Hurricane Dorian

France

Virgil van Dijk and Lucy Bronze win UEFA’s player of the year awards

Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk and Lyon’s Lucy Bronze win UEFA’s player of the year awards

USA

Police searched years for a serial rapist, then found a suspect among their past recruits

"Had he not attempted to join the ranks of the Clayton County Police department, it's questionable as to when we would have apprehended him," police said.

USA

Right-wing power grab thwarted as Italy inches toward new government

Matteo Salvini, the anti-immigrant leader of the League party, had called for early elections in hopes of enabling his party to govern alone.

USA

'Fine margins': How Israel's shadow war with Iran could risk a wider conflict

"If you infringe on their sovereignty — how much are they going to tolerate it?" said Yossi Mekelberg, a professor of international relations.

USA

Italy's Stromboli volcano erupts, spewing fiery lava

Rumbling almost continuously, Stromboli sends out streams of lava, whose red-hot glows can be seen from offshore at night.

USA

China rotates troops ahead of Hong Kong planned protests

Chinese state media described the troop movement as routine but the timing is likely to hit nerves in the former British colony.

USA

Officials comb building after deadly cobra escapes apartment in Germany

Roughly 20 snakes were confiscated from a man's apartment in Herne, Germany, while officials searched for the fugitive reptile.

USA

An abuse of power or bending the rules? Boris has involved the queen in Brexit.

"For one month before one of the most important moments in Britain's constitutional history, Parliament will not be sitting. That is quite extraordinary."

USA

Epstein accuser says Prince Andrew should 'come clean'

Andrew strongly denies he had any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex trafficking.