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London tube bombing: PM says terror threat level raised to critical   Police say bomb caused blast that sent fireball down carriage at Parsons Green station, leaving dozens injured. https://youtu.be/R3QdLW_xubs 'A fireball singed my hair': what Parsons Green...

London Tube terror attack injures 22   UK police and London ambulance services are responding to the incident at Parsons Green station, in the capital's southwest. Officials have declared it a terrorist incident, saying it was...

Russia launches massive war games in eastern Europe   Military drills involving nearly 13,000 troops are being carried out on the territory of Moscow’s ally Belarus. Russia on Thursday began huge joint military exercises with Belarus along...

Defying Madrid, Catalonia continues preparing for independence referendum   Spanish police have orders to prevent preparations for the ballot, while anybody collaborating in its organization is also legally liable. Tension is mounting between Catalan and Spain's national...

London police investigating terrorist incident on subway train, multiple riders injured   London Metropolitan Police are investigating a terror incident after what an eyewitness called a "minor explosion" took place on a subway train at the...

Florida residents return to scenes of devastation after Irma   Residents of the Florida Keys return to a completely different landscape. More than 25 percent of the homes are destroyed while 65 percent suffered major damage. Evacuees...

Singapore names first woman president amid concerns over election process   Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament from the Muslim Malay minority, was 'elected' to the largely ceremonial post. But critics expressed dismay that other...

Kenya's election rerun faces major hurdles   The courts may have agreed with Kenya's opposition that there were problems with the election and ordered a rerun. But this poll may too be scuppered if concerns in...

Turkey starts paying for Russian S-400 missiles   President Erdogan says that he and his Russian counterpart will see the missile deal through; and first deposit has reportedly been paid. Ankara has already paid a deposit to...

Huge increase in badger culling will see up to 33,500 animals shot   Ministers say culls are vital for cutting TB infections in cattle but scientists say there is little evidence to support the policy. Up to...