Austrian far-right leader urges fight against 'population exchange'

Austrian far-right leader Heinz-Christian Strache has asked voters to support his Freedom Party (FPO) in European Parliament elections and help counter migration flows that he called an unwanted "population exchange".

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Strike-hit SAS cancels more than 1,200 additional flights

Scandinavian airline SAS canceled more than 1,200 flights scheduled for Monday and Tuesday as a pilot strike that has already affected tens of thousands of travelers dragged into its third day on Sunday.

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Indonesia election: More than 270 election staff die counting votes

Scores of election workers have died, mostly of fatigue-related illnesses, an official says.

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Philip Hammond to decide on future of 1p and 2p coins

The results of a consultation into the mix of coins in circulation will be revealed this week.

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Iran says leaving nuclear treaty one of many options after U.S. sanctions move

Iran said on Sunday it could quit a treaty against the spread of nuclear weapons after the United States tightens sanctions, while an Iranian general said the U.S. Navy was interacting as before with an elite military unit blacklisted by Washington.

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Israel frees two prisoners to Syria after Russian mediation

Israel released two prisoners on Sunday, sending them back to Syria in what Damascus described as Russian-mediated reciprocation for the repatriation of the body of a long-missing Israeli soldier.

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US synagogue shooting: One dead, three wounded

A gunman has opened fire in Poway, north of San Diego, leaving one dead and three more injured.

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Spain votes in wide-open election after tense campaign

Voting started on Sunday in Spain's most divisive and open-ended election in decades, set to result in a fragmented parliament in which the far-right will get a sizeable presence for the first time since the country's return to democracy.

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Thousands take to Hong Kong streets to protest new extradition laws

Thousands of people marched on Hong Kong's parliament on Sunday to demand the scrapping of proposed extradition rules that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial - a move which some fear puts the city's core freedoms at risk.

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Swiss avalanche kills four skiers from Germany

Four ski trekkers from Germany have died in an avalanche in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland, police in Valais canton said on Sunday.

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Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed in gun battle

The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago, police sources and a relative of the suicide bombers told Reuters on Sunday.

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New IRA says Brexit has provided it with opportunity: Sunday Times

Brexit has provided the militant Irish nationalist group that admitted killing journalist Lyra McKee with a chance to further its campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland, the Sunday Times quoted its leadership as saying.

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UK government must move on Brexit red lines in talks with opposition: Labour

Talks between the British government and the opposition Labour Party aimed at finding a consensus over the way forward on Brexit have been productive but the government needs to move on its red lines, Labour's business spokeswoman said on Sunday.

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Ukrainians will reject Putin’s passport offer: President-elect

Russian President Vladimir Putin should not expect many Ukrainians to take up his offer of a Russian passport, Ukraine's President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, while offering Ukrainian citizenship to Russians.

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Deadly synagogue shooting suspect in California linked to mosque arson

A 19-year-old man who authorities said gave himself up to police shortly after carrying out a deadly shooting in a Southern California synagogue filled with Sabbath worshippers is also under investigation in connection with an unsolved mosque arson.

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First swastikas, then synagogue attack: U.S. no safe haven for Israeli family

For one family caught up in the California synagogue shooting, a move from Israel to the United States in search of a safer life has been a journey "from fire to fire".

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The Iranian artist who worked with Warhol

Iranian artist Monir Farmanfarmaian, who worked with Andy Warhol, has died aged 97.

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