At least 74 people were confirmed dead Friday after a platform at a power plant's cooling tower collapsed during construction in eastern China. State news agency Xinhua reported that the victims of Thursday's incident at the Fengcheng Power Plant in the city of Yichun in Jiangxi Province...

Germany’s leading airline Lufthansa cancelled nearly 830 flights scheduled for Friday as pilots continued a strike for a third consecutive day. Lufthansa said the industrial action would affect all flights within Germany and Europe, and ground 830 short- and medium-haul flights. Since...

Hurricane Otto battered Nicaragua and Costa Rica with powerful winds and torrential rains on Friday, damaging homes, forcing thousands to evacuate and causing an undetermined number of deaths. The hurricane, which weakened rapidly after hitting the southeastern coast of Nicaragua, became a...

 Iraqi hospital and police officials say the death toll from a car bombing south of Baghdad claimed by the ISIS has risen to 73, including about 40 Iranian pilgrims. The officials said Friday that 65 people were wounded in the attack. Earlier, they had put the death toll from the...

(Sky News)- A US serviceman has died after being wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Syria, officials have said. The man was fatally injured near the town of Ayn Issa, the US military's central command said.  In a statement, Lieutenant General Stephen...

German police arrested a 20-year-old Syrian refugee who sympathized with Islamic State after he tried to cross into Denmark with potential bomb-making materials, a spokesman for the Stuttgart prosecutor's office said on Thursday. The man, whose name was not disclosed, had been in Germany for...

(The Daily Star)- The Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc issued a statement Thursday calling for solidarity with Syrian refugees in Lebanon, state media reported. “[With regards] to the Syrian displaced brethren, and in particular, the dismantling of some encampments where they are staying...

(The Independent)- Israeli authorities have revived plans to build hundreds of new homes for Jewish settlers in Israel-annexed East Jerusalem, a move which a leading charity says has been encouraged by the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency.  “The political significance of this...

Former Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard has called time on his playing career at the age of 36. Gerrard spent 17 years at his hometown club Liverpool, where he won seven major trophies, before ending his time on the pitch with an 18-month spell at LA Galaxy. "Following recent...

(The Telegraph)- Britain's exit from the EU could be blocked, Tony Blair has said, as he ruled out a return to frontline politics because there is “too much hostility” towards him. The former Labour prime minister said he had been accused of “treason” for suggesting that Britain keep its...

A senior U.N. aid official says his team has received written approval from Syrian rebels in the besieged opposition-held parts of the city of Aleppo to allow aid in and evacuate the wounded. Jan Egeland told reporters in Geneva on Thursday that the U.N. also has "verbal support" from...

A suicide bomber detonated his car bomb at a gas station in al-Hilla city, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 12 civilians and wounding 10 more, police and medical sources say. The attack took place at gas station with an adjacent restaurant used by Iranian...

(The Daily Star)- Suspects arrested last weekend in France under anti-terrorism measures had been planning to launch attacks on Dec. 1 at important and landmark sites in and around Paris, according to a source close to the inquiry. Police sources said that among the targets were France's...

MODI'IN, Israel An easterly wind whipped up more forest and brush fires across Israel and the West Bank on Thursday, temporarily forcing the closure of a highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and a senior minister said he suspected many blazes were deliberate. A lack of rain combined with...

(The Daily Star)- Iraqi Kurdish and Shiite forces agreed to coordinate movements after cutting off Mosul from the rest of the territory held by ISIS in western Iraq and Syria in support of a U.S-backed offensive to capture the city, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Thursday. The agreement...

A group of election lawyers and data experts has asked Hillary Clinton's campaign to call for a recount of the vote totals in three battleground states - Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania - to ensure that a cyberattack was not committed to manipulate the totals. There is no evidence that...

German airline Lufthansa cancelled over 900 flights scheduled for Thursday as a strike by its pilots entered a second day. In a statement released late on Wednesday, the airline said the strike had grounded a total of 1,800 flights scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, affecting more than...

A soldier was martyred in a PKK terror attack in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak on Thursday, according to security sources. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, said a soldier was martyred when PKK terrorists exploded a...

The president of the European Parliament has announced that he will leave his post and go into German politics, where he could become the main opponent to Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year's elections. SPD Socialist Martin Schulz made the impromptu statement at the EU legislature and his...

(Al Jazeera)- France has accused Syria and its allies of using political uncertainty in the US to launch "total war" against opposition-held areas in the country and called for new sanctions on Bashar al-Assad's government for the use of chemical weapons. Making the accusations after a...