Canadian authorities will investigate whether a whale caused the sinking of a tourist boat that killed five Britons and left an Australian missing.
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MOSCOW - The Russian passenger jet that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board came down due to "external" factors, the airline says, as relatives began identifying their loved ones in Saint Petersburg.
ANKARA - The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has charged in a damning report that Turkey's election was marred by a media crackdown, violence and other security concerns.
MOSCOW - Russia's air force has struck the area around the Islamic State-held ancient city of Palmyra, the defence ministry says, as Moscow presses on with its bombing campaign in Syria.
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WASHINGTON - US environmental regulators say that Volkswagen also included "defeat devices" to skirt emissions rules on certain larger diesel engines, in addition to the smaller 2.0 litre engines reported earlier.
JERUSALEM - Four Israelis have been stabbed in separate attacks, the first outside Jerusalem and the West Bank in 10 days, while a Palestinian teenager who tried to knife a soldier was shot dead.
MIAMI - Astronauts have celebrated 15 years of circling the Earth aboard the International Space Station, a new milestone for an orbiting space lab that some say deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
