Saturday, October 8, 2016

Indian and Pakistani troops exchange fire in Kashmir and other top stories.

  • Indian and Pakistani troops exchange fire in Kashmir

    Indian and Pakistani troops exchange fire in Kashmir
    Indian and Pakistani troops fired at each other in disputed Kashmir on Monday, as Indian troops searched an army camp elsewhere in the region where suspected militants killed an Indian paramilitary soldier.Indian army Lt. Col. Manish Mehta said Pakistani troops fired without provocation using small arms and mortar shells in the Poonch sector of the Line of Control separating the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir. Pakistan's army said in a statement that its troops were respondi..
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  • Hurricane Matthew: Jamaica and Haiti brace for 'life-threatening' storm

    Hurricane Matthew: Jamaica and Haiti brace for 'life-threatening' storm
    Hurricane Matthew, a slow-moving storm now within roughly 300 miles of Jamaica and Haiti, is expected to dump dozens of inches of torrential rainfall on both islands starting Monday. After that, Matthew is expected to plod north toward Cuba, where it's expected to make landfall near Guantanamo Bay Tuesday night."This rainfall will produce life-threatening flash floods and mudslides," the National Weather Service said late Sunday night. "Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed ..
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  • Syria: Cave hospital destroyed in suspected bunker-buster attack

    Syria: Cave hospital destroyed in suspected bunker-buster attack
    At least seven people were killed after airstrikes destroyed the M10 hospital in Aleppo on Monday, activists from the opposition Aleppo Media Center said.An unknown number of people are still trapped in the rubble, activists said.The hospital, in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, has been bombed three times in the past six days. On Monday, bunker-buster bombs dropped from warplanes caused the M10 hospital to collapse and rendered it completely out of service, according to hospital staff.The seven kille..
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  • Hungarian Referendum On Refugees Is Overwhelming — But Invalid

    Hungarian Referendum On Refugees Is Overwhelming — But Invalid
    Enlarge this image Hungarian women wearing traditional costume cast their ballot at a polling station in Budapest, Hungary, during a referendum on Oct. 2 on refugee resettlement. Arpad Kurucz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Arpad Kurucz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Hungarian women wearing traditional..
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  • Colombia rejects deal to end FARC conflict: What happens next?

    Colombia rejects deal to end FARC conflict: What happens next?
    Likened to the fallout from the United Kingdom's "Brexit" referendum, the vote's unexpected failure has left the Colombian political classes reeling and unsure how to respond in order to save four years of hard negotiation with the Marxist militia.And while a meeting of the deal's principals is scheduled for Monday morning, FARC's financial disclosures -- and possibly a disarmament campaign that began last week-- have been questioned.In the weeks leading up to Sunday's vote, many Colombians were..
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  • Taliban launches major assault on Afghan city of Kunduz

    Taliban launches major assault on Afghan city of Kunduz
    "This time, the Taliban won't be able to capture any part of Kunduz," said Mahfoz Akbari, spokesman for the police in Kunduz, speaking to CNN by telephone. A Taliban spokesman and Afghan government officials gave similar descriptions of how militants launched a pre-dawn attack on the city from four different directions."Our Mujahideen are advancing rapidly inside Kunduz," Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed in a phone call with CNN.Heavy fighting continuesAn aid worker living in Kunduz d..
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  • Brexit: where we are now in Britain's decision to leave EU

    Brexit: where we are now in Britain's decision to leave EU
    Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May waves to part members assembled to hear her speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, England, Sunday Oct. 2, 2016. Britain will trigger the formal process for leaving the European Union before April 2017, May said Sunday, putting to rest weeks of speculation on the timing of the move. (Ben Birchall / PA via AP) (Associated Press) By Danica Kirka | AP October 3 at 9:51 AM LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May has outlined a broa..
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  • Russia Withdraws From Plutonium Disposal Treaty

    Russia Withdraws From Plutonium Disposal Treaty
    Photo President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at the Kremlin in Moscow last month. He signed a decree on Monday pulling Russia out of a plutonium disposal treaty. Credit Yuri Kochetkov/European Pressphoto Agency MOSCOW — Saying relations with the United States have deteriorated into a “radically changed environment” of threat and instability, President Vladimir V. Putin withdrew Russia on Monday from a plutonium disposal treaty that was one of the framework nuclear disarm..
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  • Women in Poland strike to protest proposal for abortion ban

    Women in Poland strike to protest proposal for abortion ban
    WARSAW, Poland –  Polish women donned black, waved black flags and took to Poland's streets on Monday, boycotting their jobs and classes as part of a nationwide strike waged to protest a legislative proposal for a total ban on abortion. Many men also joined women on the streets of Warsaw, Gdansk and elsewhere across the largely Catholic nation on what has been dubbed "Black Monday." The country already has one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws and opinion surveys show very little suppo..
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