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German, Austrian leaders meet on migration ahead of EU talks
Berlin, Sep 17 (AP/UNB) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz are meeting to discuss migration before an upcoming European Union summit on the topic.
Kurds opt out of first local elections in Syria since 2011
Damascus, Sept 16 (AP/UNB) — Syria held its first municipal elections since 2011 on Sunday, amid tensions with the country's self-administered Kurdish region, which refused to allow polls.
Dozens feared trapped in Philippine landslide
Hong Kong, Sept 16 (AP/UNB) — A Philippine police officer says at least 40 people, mostly gold miners, are feared to have been trapped in a landslide in the country's north and seven bodies have been dug out by rescuers.
Syria: Israel launched missile attack on Damascus airport
Damascus, Sep 16 (AP/UNB) — Israel attacked Damascus International Airport with missiles Saturday night, Syrian state media said, adding that air defenses shot down some of them. A war monitoring group said the attack targeted an arms depot for Iranian forces or Lebanon's Hezbollah group.
Iranian Embassy in Paris damaged; Tehran knocks police work
Paris, Sep 16 (AP/UNB) — The Iranian Embassy was damaged by a crowd that a local police official said Saturday was made up of "individuals," while Iran's Foreign Ministry accused them of being extremists and charged that the response by authorities in Paris was slow and weak.
Typhoon lashes south China after killing 28 in Philippines
Hong Kong, Sep 16 (AP/UNB) — Hong Kong and southern China hunkered down under red alert Sunday as strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Mangkhut lashed the densely populated coast, a day after the biggest storm of the year left at least 28 dead from landslides and drownings in the northern Philippines.
Skepticism rising in S. Korea ahead of 3rd summit with North
Seoul, Sep 16 (AP/UNB) — The shine is starting to come off South Korean President Moon Jae-in's engagement strategy with the North.
2 storms, Florence and Mangkhut, different as water and wind
Washington, Sep 16 (AP/UNB) — Nature expresses its fury in sundry ways. Two deadly storms — Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut — roared ashore on the same day, half a world apart, but the way they spread devastation was as different as water and wind.
Gunmen wearing mariachi garb kill 5, wound 8 in Mexico City
Mexico City, Sep 16 (AP/UNB) — Mexicans heading into the weekend's Independence Day celebrations were jolted by a brazen shooting by men dressed as mariachi musicians who killed five people and wounded eight in Garibaldi Plaza, an iconic square in the capital where the bands serenade tourists.
Kashmir man, 5 rebels die in anti-India clashes, gunbattle
Srinagar, Sep 15 (AP/UNB) — A young man was killed and more than a dozen other people were injured on Saturday when government forces fired at anti-India protesters in Indian-controlled Kashmir after soldiers killed five rebels in fighting, police and residents said.