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At least 10 dead, thousands evacuated as massive wildfires hit California   More than a dozen wildfires fueled by powerful winds swept through California, destroying at least 1,500 homes and businesses and forcing the evacuation of...

Trump visits Las Vegas after the deadliest shooting in modern US history     Air Force One landed at the airport near the famed Las Vegas strip just days after a gunman on the 32nd floor of...

US-Turkey row escalates with tit-for-tat travel and visa restrictions Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul   US restrictions appear to be linked to arrest of consulate employee in Istanbul over alleged links to Gülen movement. The US and Turkey...

New Orleans, along with three other US states brace for Hurricane Nate     Nate has already halted 92 percent of oil output and 77 percent of natural gas production in the US Gulf of Mexico. It...

Q&A: Catalonia's independence push explained   MADRID -- The most serious threat to Spain's national unity in decades is likely to come to a head in the coming days with attention focused on whether Catalonia will...

Fighting for human rights with banks, not tanks: New bill angers Russia   http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1225058   Canada shouldn’t put too much stock into Russia’s angry statements over a new bill that would enable sanctions on foreigners who violate international...

Catalonia's Puigdemont 'not afraid' of being arrested   Catalan President Carles Puigdemont defiant after organising referendum as Spanish government rejects calls for mediation talks. The leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, said he was not afraid of being...

Dozens of Syrian civilians 'killed in Russian airstrike'   Human rights monitor says nine children were among victims, who were trying to cross Euphrates river to escape fighting. A Russian airstrike has killed 38 civilians as they...

EU executive calls for Spanish-Catalan talks after referendum violence Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Sam Jones in Barcelona European commission vice-president says violence is ‘never a solution’ but Madrid has right to uphold law. The EU’s executive...

Amber Rudd: viewers of online terrorist material face 15 years in jail   Alan Travis Tightening of law around viewing terrorist material is response to increasing frequency of UK attacks. People who repeatedly view terrorist content online...