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Vienna shooting: What we know about 'Islamist terror' attack

Four people have been killed and 23 others have been wounded in a gun attack in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

The gunman was shot dead by police.

Japan and China both claim these islands as their own. Now the US is showing Tokyo how it can help defend them

Hong Kong (CNN)Tens of thousands of US and Japanese troops will begin a massive island-landing exercise in the Pacific this week as part of joint military…

A 12-year-old boy was among several killed in Nevada shootings, police say

(CNN)The victims in a triple homicide at a Nevada apartment complex Tuesday included a 12-year-old boy that a gunman was holding hostage in a car,…

US election 2020: Little faith in Trump or Biden, suggests Arab poll

Neither of the two US presidential candidates will be good for the Middle East and North Africa - so says a recent survey of Arabs in the region.

In pictures: Evacuations as two wildfires rage in California

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image captionResidents of Yorba Linda watched the Blue Ridge Fire burning

Two fast-moving wildfires in the US have triggered…

Syria war: 'Russian air strikes kill dozens' in Idlib

Russian air strikes in northern Syria have killed more than 50 Turkish-backed militia fighters in the mainly rebel-held province of Idlib, reports…

Italian held in France on suspicion of 160 rapes and sexual assaults

A 52-year-old Italian man wanted in Germany on suspicion of carrying out 160 rapes and sexual assaults, mainly on underage girls, has been arrested…

Is the world entering a new Cold War?

Multilateralism is in serious disarray, as the former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has observed.

President Donald Trump's America First…