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Russian officials said an 18-year-old student attacked his vocational school Wednesday in Crimea, going on a rampage that killed 17 students and left more than 40 people wounded before killing himself. One student said the shooting went on for at least 15 minutes. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PF58Z8

Facebook said Wednesday it was reviving the cult MTV reality show "The Real World" as its secret weapon to lure viewers away from YouTube. The social media giant said it was also trying to harness the formidable online power of the "cute kitten" factor with a new show called "World's Most Amazing Dog" on its new Facebook Watch platform. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RXMQnA

"We'll have a decision on that shortly but some of the sanctions that were put in place were directly connected to pastor Brunson and there's a logic to now removing those as well," Mike Pompeo told reporters as his plane refuelled in Belgium. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ahtlzv

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Rights activists say Egyptian authorities have disappeared dozens of people in recent years, part of a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent launched after the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsi, an elected but divisive Islamist president, in 2013. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PDKd8F

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Sergei Aksyonov, the regional leader in Crimea, said that the student killed himself after the attack. He didn't name the man, saying only he was a local resident and was acting alone. Aksyonov's statement follows Russian officials' report that an explosive device ripped through the college in Kerch in eastern Crimea in a suspected terrorist attack. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QXX0mS

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The former Punjab chief minister has been in the NAB's custody since October 5 in connection with the housing scam. The NationalAssembly Speaker Asad Qaiser last week had ordered the NAB to bring him to the assembly after the opposition requested him to convene a session, Dawn reported. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ylMezA

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Turkey's President and Foreign Minister on Wednesday to discuss the disappearance of a Saudi journalist as pressure mounted on the kingdom to provide answers following Turkish allegations he was killed. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2S1uWAi

Pro-government Turkish media published gruesome new allegations Khashoggi was killed by being gradually dismembered by a Saudi assassination squad, some of whom the New York Times said were tied to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2EpoArq

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Saudi Arabia has agreed to waive 2,000-riyal tax imposed on Pakistanis performing Umrah every year on the request of Prime Minister Imran Khan, a media report said Wednesday. The Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs was informed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Khan had requested Saudi Crown to abolish the tax imposed from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2P3a38V

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In a statement, Pompeo said he "had direct and candid conversations" with the king and the crown prince, as well as Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. Trump tweeted that the Saudi Crown Prince "told me that he has already started, and will rapidly expand, a full and complete investigation into this matter. Answers will be forthcoming shortly." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NMtdLB

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The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has opened the possibility of extending the one-year transition period in an effort to unblock talks stalled on the thorny issue of the Irish border. The offer was revealed on the day British PM Theresa May is to meet her 27 EU counterparts in Brussels to discuss the talks that are at an impasse. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ClVAON

Khashoggi, a US resident and a critic of the Saudi crown prince, vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Turkish officials say they believe he was killed there and his body removed, which the Saudis strongly deny. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NN7rrr

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Muscling in on a country dominated by France for years served as a statement of intent about Moscow’s renewed push for global prestige and influence, and is part of a wider campaign shaking up long-standing power dynamics on the continent. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2COsCbw

The Magen David Adom medical service said a woman and her three children, whose home in Beersheba was struck, were being treated for shock after they fled to their shelter upon hearing warning sirens. It said two others were injured during the panic to seek cover. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ykU4to

Dennis Hof, America's most famous pimp and a Donald Trump-style Republican who won a GOP primary for a seat in the state Legislature this year, was found dead in one of his Nevada brothels at the end of his 72nd birthday celebrations. His body was found Tuesday morning. His last nights at celebrations drew notables from politics and the sex industry. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yK4UZz

The fighting ended on October 17 last year, when the city finally fell to the Syrian Democratic Forces, which then handed it over to the Raqa Civil Council (RCC) to govern. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yhGjf9

Canada became the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday in Newfoundland. Canada has had legal medical marijuana since 2001 and PM Justin Trudeau's govt has spent two years working toward expanding that to include recreational marijuana. The goal is to better reflect society's changing opinion about marijuana and bring black market operators into a regulated system. Uruguay was first was the first country to legalize marijuana. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CkO86t

Anna Burns is the first writer from Northern Ireland to win the 50,000-pound ($66,000) prize, which is open to English-language authors from around the world. The 56-year-old Belfast-born novelist said she was "stunned'' to have won. Burns said her books took a long time to complete, and she has often struggled financially since her first novel, "No Bones,'' was released in 2001. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Af178B

Five years ago, a group of university students in Spain's Basque Country decided they wanted to shake up a sector -- any sector -- but preferably one to do with food or drink. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2pWtz92

This week's summit in Brussels was billed as a "moment of truth" for negotiations on Britain's exit from the bloc -- but it seems the truth is that the two sides just cannot agree. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2P8CBOI

Mohammad Imran was hanged Wednesday morning in the eastern city of Lahore in the presence of the father of 7-year-old Zainab Ansari whose rape and murder shocked Pakistan in January. Imran was arrested two weeks after he threw Zainab's body into a garbage dump in the city of Kasur in Punjab province. After his arrest, Imran confessed to the other slayings and was convicted. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2pU0lrr

Lagarde had been set to participate in the kingdom's Future Investment Initiative conference that has been boycotted by global business and media leaders since the suspected death of Jamal Khashoggi, who was last seen at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NLq7Yv

Matthew Marchetti, co-founder of Houston-based CrowdSource Rescue, which had hundreds of volunteers on the ground, said he expects the death toll to rise as phone service is restored and roads are cleared. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OqqVHg