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A private jet crashed into an empty office building in Milan on Sunday, killing all eight on board. The aircraft hit the building in the industrial suburb of San Donato Milanese, close to the city’s Linate airport. According to the LaPresse news agency, two crew members and six passengers, including a boy, died in the crash. The fire service tweeted that no one other than those on board the plane is currently believed to have been hurt or killed during the incident, which took place on Sunday afternoon. Several nearby parked cars were set ablaze but it is thought that…

Former French President, Sarkozy convicted of illegal campaign financing A Paris court has found Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s former president, guilty of illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 re-election bid. Thursday’s ruling came six months after the 66-year-old was handed a one-year prison sentence for corruption in a separate trial. Sarkozy was accused of having spent almost twice the maximum legal amount of 22.5 million euros ($26m) on a re-election bid that he lost to the Socialist Party’s Francois Hollande. Some of the outlay was used to fund extravagant campaign rallies and then hire public relations agency Bygmalion to mask…

French President Macron ‘Stoned’ With Egg By Protester Shouting ‘Vive La Revolution’ Emmanuel Macron was struck by a small projectile believed to be an egg while surrounded by the press and members of the public in Lyon. The object struck the French president on the side of the face before bouncing away during a visit to the Eurexpo convention centre. According to Lyon Mag, whose reporters filmed the incident, the young man who threw the object made a gesture of protest and shouted “vive la révolution”. He can be seen being placed in handcuffs by security services in their video.Top…

Former Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio, who made national history in 2005 with extraordinary use of his powers to dissolve parliament and oust an unstable majority government, died on Friday at the age of 81. The cause of death was not disclosed, though Sampaio had been hospitalized since Aug. 27 with breathing difficulties. After an uneventful first term in 1996-2001, the affable Socialist former lawyer won another five-year mandate that turned out to be more turbulent and showed the might of presidential powers in what is usually a ceremonial office. With the budget deficit rising and Portugal teetering on the verge…

  The Taliban has declared Afghanistan an “Islamic Emirate”, and formed a new government to be led by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund. Akhund is one of the founders of the group, which took control of Afghanistan mid-August. “We know the people of our country have been waiting for a new government,” Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesman, said while unveiling the cabinet. Abdul Ghani Baradar will be the deputy leader and Sirajuddin Haqqani, son of the founder of the Haqqani network, has been named as interior minister. Baradar was previously head of the Taliban’s political office, and oversaw the signing of the…

Soldiers Seize Power In Guinea, Detain President President Alpha Conde of Guinea is currently in detention in what is believed to be a coup by soldiers. Guinea’s special forces claimed Sunday to have captured President Alpha Conde and “dissolved” the country’s institutions. “We have decided after having taken the president, who is currently with us (…) to dissolve the current constitution, to dissolve the institutions; we have also decided to dissolve the government and the closure of land and air borders,” said one of the uniformed and armed coup plotters in the statement, The statement has been widely circulated on…