News of the Day From Around the World
1 Deadly slides: A string of avalanches and snowstorms has killed scores of people in Afghanistan in the past two days, blocking key roads across the country and canceling all flights at Kabul Airport, officials said Sunday.
Antiterrorism police in Turkey have detained 445 people for alleged links to the Islamic State group, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported Sunday.
Turkey, which endured a failed coup attempt and dozens of bloody attacks linked to Islamic State or Kurdish militants last year, has been intensifying its antiterrorism efforts.
3 Fatal fire: A fire at a foot massage parlor in eastern China on Sunday killed 18 people and injured two others, state media reported.
An Egyptian man suspected of charging soldiers at Paris’ Louvre museum with a machete was questioned by French investigators Sunday for the first time since the attack.
The prosecutor’s office said the suspect, who allegedly shouted “Allahu akbar” while rushing toward the soldiers and was shot four times after slightly injuring one, remained silent during the interview and will remain in custody.
Two soldiers were wounded in fighting with rebels in Ukraine’s separatist east, but artillery attacks were significantly lower after a week in which fighting surged, authorities said Sunday.