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Reports of renewed action come amid expectations of a major assault on the last rebel-held province.
BBC News – Middle East

Eleven Latin American countries will let in Venezuelan migrants even if their passports have expired.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A man who stabbed two American tourists in Amsterdam was shot moments later, police reveal.
BBC News – Europe

The men accused of the Salisbury poisonings are believed to be from Russia’s military intelligence service.
BBC News – UK

The president says the picture of a White House in chaos is made up of “lies and phony sources”.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UN-brokered accord follows a week of fighting in Tripoli that forced thousands to flee their homes.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s bullpen-game approach held the Yankees scoreless over six innings before Jeurys Familia walked in the game-tying run in the seventh and Fernando Rodney offered up a go-ahead homer to Luke Voit to open the […]

The A’s bested the Yankees in the first installment of a potential Wild Card Game preview Monday afternoon. Trevor Cahill wasn’t his sharpest in the early goings, but neither was his counterpart, and the A’s took […]

The governor of the Bank of England will be asked whether he intends to stay on until a Brexit deal is done.
BBC News – Business

A “reckless” attack could mean the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians, the US leader says.
BBC News – Middle East

The fire wrecked Brazil’s main museum and one of the region’s largest natural history collections.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Top German bands performed at the concert in Chemnitz, which has seen recent far-right protests.
BBC News – Europe

Its ruling body will discuss whether to adopt a widely recognised definition of anti-Semitism in full.
BBC News – UK

Colin Kaepernick ignited controversy in 2016 when he refused to stand for the US national anthem.
BBC News – US & Canada

China’s president announces $ 60bn (£42bn) in aid and loans to boost development in Africa.
BBC News – Africa

Edwin Jackson recorded a quality start and Stephen Piscotty homered twice as the A’s beat the Mariners in the series finale. After allowing one run on three hits in the first, Jackson kept Seattle quiet over the […]

The bank’s chief executive says it could shed European business customers in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
BBC News – Business

An electrical fault, not Israeli air strikes, is to blame for the explosions, state media say.
BBC News – Middle East

A UN human rights mission in Nicaragua has been asked to leave by the government.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Theresa May says she will stick to her Chequers plan and not “give in” to calls for a second referendum.
BBC News – Europe