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Kabul attack kills US, Romanian soldier, 10 Afghan civilians
Kabul, Sep 5 (AP/UNB) — A Taliban suicide car bombing in Kabul on Thursday killed a U.S. service member, a Romanian soldier and at least 10 Afghan civilians in a busy diplomatic area that includes the U.S. Embassy — the second such attack this week underscoring Afghan government warnings that a preliminary U.S.-Taliban deal on ending America's longest war was moving dangerously quickly.
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon want asylum in Canada
Beirut, Sep 5 (AP/UNB) — Waving Palestinian and Canadian flags, hundreds of Palestinian refugees gathered outside the Canadian Embassy in Beirut on Thursday requesting asylum in the North American country.
Former Egyptian president Morsi's son dies of heart attack
Cairo, Sep 5 (AP/UNB) — Physicians say the youngest son of the late former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has died of a heart attack.
China says trade talks with US to take place in October
Beijing, Sept 5 (AP/UNB) — US and Chinese envoys will meet in early October for more talks aimed at ending a tariff war that threatens global economic growth.
US adds new sanctions and reward to further pressure Iran
Washington, Sept 5 (AP/UNB) — The Trump administration stepped up pressure on Iran on Wednesday, imposing sanctions on an oil shipping network with ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and offering a reward of up to $15 million for anyone with information that could disrupt its faltering economy even further.
Worried European leaders confront Pence on Brexit, climate
Iceland, Sept 5 (AP/UNB) — Vice President Mike Pence is receiving a tongue-lashing from European allies as he plays understudy to the president on the world stage.
Family of 5, teens among 34 presumed dead in dive boat fire
Santa Barbara, Sep 4 (AP/UNB) — High school students, a science teacher and his daughter, an adventurous marine biologist and a family of five celebrating a birthday are among those presumed dead after a fire engulfed a scuba diving boat off Southern California's coast, trapping dozens of sleeping people below deck.
Erik Larson's next book centers on Nazi blitz of London
New York, Sep 4 (AP/UNB) — Erik Larson's next book tells a story he knows has been heard before.
Defiant UK lawmakers move to bar 'no deal' Brexit
London, Sep 4 (AP/UNB) — Britain's Parliament will attempt to defy Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit plans on Wednesday as lawmakers seek a way out of the impasse that has gripped the nation since the 2016 vote to leave the European Union.
Brexit breathes life back into Scottish independence push
Stirling, Sep 4 (AP/UNB) — When Scotland voted in 2014 against independence, that seemed to settle the issue: The hauntingly rugged region where Britain's royal family spends its holidays at its vast Balmoral estate would remain with England, Wales and Northern Ireland in a United Kingdom governed from London.