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California earthquake: `A sea of wine` in Napa wineries as bottles crash to the floor

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 14:21

As California was hit by the largest earthquake in more than two decades, knocking off power lines and causing gas-triggered fires, hundreds of wine bottles crashed to the floor.

Light aircrafts collide in Switzerland, 6 injured: Reports

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 08:29

Two light aircrafts collided mid-air on Sunday leaving six people with serious injuries, reports said.

Nigerian town seized by Boko Haram `part of Islamic caliphate`: Abubakar Shekau

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 08:03

Boko Haram`s leader said a northeast town seized by the insurgents earlier this month has been placed under an Islamic caliphate, in a video on Sunday.

Central Peru rocked by 6.9 earthquake: USGS

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 07:45

A day after quakes rocked Chile and US` California, a major earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale struck a sparsely populated area of central Peru early on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.

US strikes targets in northern Iraq near Arbil, Mosul dam

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 07:27

The United States on Sunday used aircraft and drones to strike targets in northern Iraq to try to rein in Islamic State militants, who have seized a large swath of territory in the region.

Air strikes pound Gaza as Israel presses offensive

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 07:52

Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza Sunday, killing at least 16 people, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the bloody offensive would continue as long as necessary.

Three killed in France race accident

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 06:28

Paris: A road race turned to tragedy in France Sunday when three people were killed by a racing car veering off course during practice.

Three dead in Spanish police rescue helicopter crash

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 06:26

Madrid: A police helicopter flying to rescue a mountain climber with a broken ankle crashed in Spain on Sunday, killing all three crew members on board, emergency services said.

US hostage Theo Curtis freed in Syria: Kerry

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 06:25

Washington: A young American who has been held hostage for two years by an Islamic rebel group in Syria was released Sunday to UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, US and UN officials said.

`No evidence of jihadis in Mexico`

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 06:24

There is no evidence to support the comments by Texas Governor Rick Perry that jihadis could enter the US via the southern border, Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Jose Antonio Meade said Saturday.