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Authorities say a gunman has shot and killed a top member of the Afghan peace council in Kabul.

Germany's most populous state holds an election today, with polls showing good chances of victory for a centre-left regional government that Chancellor Angela Merkel has sought to label as irresponsibly spendthrift.

Greece's president will meet with political party leaders today in a last-ditch effort to broker a deal for a coalition government and avoid another general election.

Brad Richards and Michael Del Zotto scored, Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves, and the New York Rangers advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 2-1 victory in Game 7 over the Washington Capitals.

The death toll from hail and rain storms in a mountainous area in northwest China has risen to 40.

Two suspected U.S. drone strikes kill 11 al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen, Yemeni military officials say.

Two private planes carrying five people collided in the air northeast of Saskatoon, killing everyone on board, RCMP say.

Hundreds of outraged Turkish soccer fans stormed the field and clashed with police after scoreless game Saturday that gave Galatasaray the championship title over rival Fenerbahce.

A video posted online in the name of a shadowy militant group late claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the Syrian capital this week that killed 55 people.

Thousands of Spaniards angered by their grim economic prospects and political handling of the international financial crisis turned out for street demonstrations in the country's cities, marking the one-year anniversary of a movement that inspired similar pressure groups in other countries