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Deadly storm blasts across Europe, killing three

 Winter storms are sweeping across western Europe, causing three deaths and widespread disruption.

Mexico fireworks market blasts kill at least 31, injure scores

A series of massive explosions destroyed a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital on Tuesday, killing at least 31 people, injuring dozens and leaving the market a charred wasteland.

Belgians hunt Islamic State suspect after blasts kill 30

 Belgian police are hunting an Islamic State suspect seen with two supposed suicide bombers shortly before they struck Brussels Airport in the first of two attacks that also hit the city's metro,

Nigeria blasts: Dozens dead as Maiduguri mosque targeted

At least 30 people have died after two explosions at a mosque near the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, an emergency official says.

Volgograd blasts: New deadly explosion hits Russian city

 At least 10 people have been killed and 10 others hurt in a suspected terrorist attack on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd, officials say.

Iraq blasts kill 20 as year's death toll passes 5,000

 Bombings in Iraq killed 20 people Sunday and brought the year's toll to more than 5,000 dead in a surge in violence that authorities have failed to curb, officials said.

Series of blasts kill 11, wound 50 in north Iraq

 A series of blasts rocked Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Sunday night, killing at least 11 people and wounding 50 others, a local police source told Xinhua.