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Car Hits Pedestrians in Helsinki amid Security Fears

Four people were injured when a car ploughed into pedestrians amid heightened security in Helsinki on Saturday, but Finnish police said it was apparently an accident. The incident happened in a car park near a railway station, and the driver was arrested, police told the Finnish news agency STT. “There ...

December 31, 2016

Live News

Car Kills Three in Fall from 5th Floor Japan Garage

An SUV drove off the fifth floor of a parking garage in Japan Saturday, killing three of its five passengers, local media reported. The vehicle fell around 1:00 pm (0400 GMT) from the parking garage in Yokosuka city, south of Tokyo, according to media witnesses’ accounts. Television footage showed a ...

December 31, 2016

Europe

Russia Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

96 Russians Forced to Leave US over Diplomat Expulsion: FM Spokeswoman

The US’ decision to expel 35 Russian diplomats has affected 96 people, including the officials themselves and their families, the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The Russians forced to leave the US includes some pre-school children, FM Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “One can only hope that this was ...

December 30, 2016

Europe

Putin Denies Russia Intention to Expel US Diplomats

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would not expel any US diplomats, a surprise decision after Washington turfed out Russian diplomats over alleged interference in the US election. “We will not create problems for American diplomats. We will not expel anyone,” Putin said in a statement released ...

December 30, 2016

Live News

China to Build $1.5 Billion Power Line across Pakistan

China’s State Grid Corporation is set to build a $1.5-billion power line across Pakistan to enable the transmission of 4,000 megawatts of electricity from the country’s north to south, the government said Friday. Pakistani and Chinese officials signed an investment agreement in Beijing on Thursday to build the country’s first ...

December 30, 2016

Americas

Pentagon Says ‘Possible’ Civilian Casualties in Mosul Airstrike

An air strike by the US-led coalition near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul hit a van in a hospital compound parking lot and could have killed civilians, the US military said on Thursday. A van carrying ISIL militants was targeted and hit in the air strike, the Combined Joint ...

December 30, 2016

Live News

Eight Dead, Scores Missing after India Mine Collapse

At least eight workers were killed and scores more feared trapped on Friday after a massive mound of earth caved in at a coal mine in eastern India. The collapse buried at least 23 miners and dozens of vehicles under the debris as hundreds of emergency workers battled overnight to ...

December 30, 2016

Live News

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Chun Hua Ling

China Hails Syria Ceasefire, Calls All Parties to Join

Chinese Foreign Ministry welcomed the ceasefire announced in Syria, calling on all armed groups to join the recent agreements in this regard between the government and the armed opposition factions. “China welcomes the agreement between the Syrian government and the opposition and support all positive steps in this direction,” Chinese ...

December 30, 2016

Europe

Police and emergency workers stand next to a crashed truck at the site of an accident at a Christmas market on Breitscheidplatz square on Monday, Dec 19

Berlin Truck Attacker ‘Considered Going to Rome’

Suspected Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri considered heading to Rome before finally plumping for Milan where police shot him dead, Italian media reported Friday. The Corriere della Sera daily said that security cameras at Turin station had twice recorded the 24-year-old searching for trains either to Rome or Milan. “In ...

December 30, 2016

Europe

Russia Moves to Expel 35 US Diplomats: Lavrov

Russia’s foreign ministry has requested President Vladimir Putin turf out 35 American diplomats from the country in a tit-for-tat response to a similar move by Washington, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. “Russia’s foreign ministry… has requested that the Russian president approve declaring as personae non gratae 31 employees of ...

December 30, 2016