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Eleven people struck by lightning in Paris, six seriously hurt INTERNATIONAL

Eleven people struck by lightning in Paris, six seriously hurt

Nine children and two adults were struck by a bolt of lightning in a park in Paris on Saturday and four of them have suffered life-threatening injuries, a spokesman for the French fire-fighting service said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Air-sea search intensifies for missing EgyptAir plane ASIA

Air-sea search intensifies for missing EgyptAir plane

A massive search is under way for an EgyptAir plane that disappeared over the Mediterranean with 66 people on board, with suspicions swiftly focusing on a terrorist motive.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo missing with 66 on board ASIA

EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo missing with 66 on board

An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean, Egypt's national airline said. Officials said they believed the jet has come down in the sea.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo disappears from radar ASIA

EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo disappears from radar

A search and rescue operation was under way on Thursday after an EgyptAir Airbus A320 with 66 people on board vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo, the airline said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Hollande postpones Middle East conference to summer ASIA

Hollande postpones Middle East conference to summer

French President Francois Hollande said an international conference due in late May in Paris to relaunch peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis had been postponed but would take place this summer.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Strolling and selfies as Paris' Champs-Elysees goes car-free INTERNATIONAL

Strolling and selfies as Paris' Champs-Elysees goes car-free

The sight of cars thundering down Paris's most famous boulevard was replaced on Sunday by people strolling, cycling and taking selfies in the sun as the Champs-Elysees went traffic-free.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
New violence as Paris police break up youth protest INTERNATIONAL

New violence as Paris police break up youth protest

Several dozen youth protesters clashed with police in the early hours of Friday in a central Paris square after refusing orders to disperse, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Thieves use 4X4 in ram raid on Paris Chanel store INTERNATIONAL

Thieves use 4X4 in ram raid on Paris Chanel store

Thieves used a 4X4 to ram their way through the security grill of a Chanel store in central Paris in the latest brazen robbery on a luxury store in the French capital.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar signs Paris climate deal ARABIA

Qatar signs Paris climate deal

Qatar has signed the Paris climate agreement. HE the Minister of Municipality and Environment Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi represented Qatar in signing the agreement during a ceremony at UN headquarters

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Twelve arrested after clashes at Paris youth protest INTERNATIONAL

Twelve arrested after clashes at Paris youth protest

Twelve people were arrested overnight in Paris during clashes between the police and anti-government demonstrators following the nightly "Nuit Debout" sit-in, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
First Air France flight in 8 years lands in Iran ASIA

First Air France flight in 8 years lands in Iran

The first Air France flight between Paris and Tehran for eight years landed in the Islamic republic's capital on Sunday, bearing a government minister and a business delegation.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sleep tight and don't let the sharks bite at Paris aquarium INTERNATIONAL

Sleep tight and don't let the sharks bite at Paris aquarium

The house rules are clear: No swimming at night, keep your head and feet in the bedroom at all times, and avoid watching "Jaws" beforehand. It might put you off the sharks circling your bed.

4:45 AM November 25 2016