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US gunman kills three, self in Oakland
A gunman has fatally shot three people inside a house in Oakland, California, before killing himself.

A gunman has fatally shot three people inside a house in Oakland, California, before killing himself.

A US Democratic senator says President Barack Obama has not yet obtained a clear strategy in Syria.

Daesh claims responsibility for the murder of a Bangladeshi policeman.

Iran’s ex-envoy to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi, who has been missing since a crush in Saudi Arabia, may have been kidnapped, his brother says.

Three Cambodian soldiers confess to beating and injuring opposition lawmakers last week.

The Japanese premier invites Iran’s President Rouhani to visit Tokyo on a state visit.

Myanmar’s opposition figure Suu Kyi says she will take a post “above the president” if her party wins forthcoming polls.

Police fatally shot a male student at the University of California, Merced, after he stabbed and injured four people.

People protest in London against a planned visit by the Egyptian president to the UK.

Croatians will vote in general elections this weekend as the East European nation faces an ongoing influx of refugees and a stagnant economy.

UN experts says that the warring sides in South Sudan are violating a peace deal by continuing to carry out crimes.

Russia has deployed missile defense systems to Syria to protect its military forces and equipment there, the head of the Russian air force says.

The Palestinian ambassador to the UN says Israel is “harvesting” the organs of Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli forces.

US intelligence officials say a conventional explosive device had been planted in the Russian passenger plane in Egypt.

Efforts are still underway to find the people trapped under the rubble of a collapsed factory building near the Pakistani city of Lahore.

Two senior US diplomats said there is no “viable option” to set up a “safe zone” inside Syria.

Moody's rating agency has cut Volkswagen’s credit rating one step down as the German tycoon’s emissions scandal unfolds.

Thousands of people have attended a rally in Romania to demand early elections and eliminating government corruption.