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• Russia Withdraws From Plutonium Disposal Treaty

  

  Photo President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at the Kremlin in Moscow last month. He signed a decree on Monday pulling Russia out of a plutonium disposal treaty. Credit Yuri Kochetkov/European Pressphoto Agency MOSCOW — Saying relations with the United States have deteriorated into a “radically changed environment” of threat and instability, President Vladimir V. Putin withdrew Russia on Monday from a plutonium disposal treaty that was one of the framework nuclear disarm..

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• Hurricane Matthew: Jamaica and Haiti brace for 'life-threatening' storm

  

  Hurricane Matthew, a slow-moving storm now within roughly 300 miles of Jamaica and Haiti, is expected to dump dozens of inches of torrential rainfall on both islands starting Monday. After that, Matthew is expected to plod north toward Cuba, where it's expected to make landfall near Guantanamo Bay Tuesday night."This rainfall will produce life-threatening flash floods and mudslides," the National Weather Service said late Sunday night. "Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed ..

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• Taliban launches major assault on Afghan city of Kunduz

  

  "This time, the Taliban won't be able to capture any part of Kunduz," said Mahfoz Akbari, spokesman for the police in Kunduz, speaking to CNN by telephone. A Taliban spokesman and Afghan government officials gave similar descriptions of how militants launched a pre-dawn attack on the city from four different directions."Our Mujahideen are advancing rapidly inside Kunduz," Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed in a phone call with CNN.Heavy fighting continuesAn aid worker living in Kunduz d..

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• Colombia rejects deal to end FARC conflict: What happens next?

  

  Likened to the fallout from the United Kingdom's "Brexit" referendum, the vote's unexpected failure has left the Colombian political classes reeling and unsure how to respond in order to save four years of hard negotiation with the Marxist militia.And while a meeting of the deal's principals is scheduled for Monday morning, FARC's financial disclosures -- and possibly a disarmament campaign that began last week-- have been questioned.In the weeks leading up to Sunday's vote, many Colombians were..

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• Women in Poland strike to protest proposal for abortion ban

  

  WARSAW, Poland –  Polish women donned black, waved black flags and took to Poland's streets on Monday, boycotting their jobs and classes as part of a nationwide strike waged to protest a legislative proposal for a total ban on abortion. Many men also joined women on the streets of Warsaw, Gdansk and elsewhere across the largely Catholic nation on what has been dubbed "Black Monday." The country already has one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws and opinion surveys show very little suppo..

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• Pakistan and India are exchanging artillery fire after militants attacked an Indian army base

  

  An Indian army soldier stands guard on a road on the outskirts of Srinagar, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Ismail SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - At least six militants attacked an Indian army camp in Kashmir on Sunday night, killing one border guard, Indian officials said, two weeks after a similar attack killed 19 soldiers and ratcheted up tension between India and Pakistan. The attack on the camp of India's 46 Rashtriya Rifles in Baramulla, which also houses a unit o..

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• Syria: 2nd hospital destroyed by 'bunker-buster' bombs; 7 killed, more trapped

  

  At least seven people were killed after airstrikes destroyed the M10 hospital in Aleppo on Monday, activists from the opposition Aleppo Media Center said.An unknown number of people are still trapped in the rubble, activists said.The hospital, in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, has been bombed three times in the past six days. On Monday, bunker-buster bombs dropped from warplanes caused the M10 hospital to collapse and rendered it completely out of service, according to hospital staff.The seven kille..

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• WATCH: ISIS Shares Gruesome Aftermath of 'US' Airstrike Near Mosul

  

  WATCH: ISIS Shares Gruesome Aftermath of ‘US’ Airstrike Near Mosul Published 10:07 am EDT, October 3, 2016 Updated 10:10 am EDT, October 3, 2016 Comment By S.J. Prince In a new video purportedly released by the Islamic State, graphic footage of the aftermath of an alleged United States coalition airstrike in “Wilayat Nineveh,” or “Ninawa,” Iraq is shown. The video was released on October 2 on ISIS terrorist channels. Mosul has been under ISIS control since June 2014. R..

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• Hungary's Referendum On Refugee Resettlement Is Overwhelming — But Invalid

  

  Enlarge this image Hungarian women wearing traditional costume cast their ballot at a polling station in Budapest, Hungary, during a referendum on Oct. 2 on refugee resettlement. Arpad Kurucz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Arpad Kurucz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Hungarian women wearing traditional..

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