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US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been treated for pneumonia, her doctor says, after she was taken ill at a 9/11 ceremony. Dr Lisa Bardack said she was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday and given antibiotics, but had become dehydrated at the New York event. The doctor’s statement said she was now re-hydrated and “recovering nicely”. But a campaign ...

Turkey has a duty to defeat the so-called Islamic State (IS) in neighbouring Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. He called it a “binding duty”, to ensure the militants were “unable to carry out actions inside our country”. Turkey’s military said its warplanes killed 20 IS fighters during air raids over Syria on Saturday. A 10-day truce is due ...

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has killed at least 13 people and injured 203 in northern Tanzania, the authorities say. The quake struck close to the border with Uganda and Rwanda near Lake Victoria. Images posted on social media showed significant damage to buildings in Bukoba, a city of more than 70,000 people where most casualties were reported. Tremors were felt ...

US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has apologised for calling half of Donald Trump’s supporters “deplorable” people. But the Democrat launched a furious attack on her Republican opponent and promised to keep fighting “bigotry and racist rhetoric”. Mr Trump had responded by saying the comment was “insulting” to “millions of amazing, hard working people”. Opinion polls suggest Mr Trump is gaining ...

Turkey and the EU have welcomed a nationwide truce for Syria brokered by the US and Russia but have warned that further action is needed. Turkey said aid must be delivered from the very start while EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini looked towards a “political transition”. The deal provides for a 10-day truce from Monday followed by co-ordinated air ...

At least 15 people have been killed and more than 70 people injured in a huge fire that broke out at a packaging factory in Bangladesh. Police said about 100 people were working in the four-storey building in the town of Tongi, just north of the capital Dhaka, at the time. The blast was caused by a boiler explosion, and ...

Russia and the US have announced an agreement on Syria starting with a “cessation of hostilities” from sunset on Monday. Under the plan, the Syrian government will end combat missions in specified areas held by the opposition. Russia and the US will establish a joint centre to combat jihadist groups, including so-called Islamic State (IS). The announcement follows talks between ...

World leaders have reacted with anger after North Korea carried out its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. The South accused the North’s leader Kim Jong-un of “maniacal recklessness”. China “firmly opposed” the test, Japan “protested adamantly” and the US warned of “serious consequences” including “new sanctions”. The UN Security Council will meet later behind closed doors to discuss the ...

Donald Trump has showered Vladimir Putin with praise as he and rival Hillary Clinton took pointed questions from military veterans. The Republican presidential nominee told the forum the Russian president “has been a leader far more than our president [Obama] has been”. It came on the same day the chief of the Pentagon accused Russia of sowing the seeds of ...

Paris police have arrested a man on the terrorism watch list after his car was found near the Notre Dame Cathedral with seven gas cylinders inside. The Peugeot 607 was found with its hazard warning lights flashing and without number plates, police said. One of the canisters, on the front passenger seat, was empty, and there were no detonating devices ...