Netherlands, Italy to Share UN Security Council Seat and other top stories.

• Netherlands, Italy to Share UN Security Council Seat

  

  UNITED NATIONS— The Netherlands and Italy took the rare step Tuesday of agreeing to share a two-year seat on the U.N. Security Council, after a contest that ended in a dead heat. After five rounds of voting, the countries were tied with 95 votes each. Neither was able to reach the two-thirds majority needed to secure a seat. After discussions, the two European Union members offered to split the seat allocated to the “Western Europe and Others Group” for one year each. FILE - “I think it’s a sig..

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• Home explosion kills 1 in Toronto-area town

  

  MISSISSAUGA, Ontario –  An explosion leveled one home and damaged at least two dozen others Tuesday afternoon in a town west of Toronto, killing one person, authorities said. One woman died at the scene of the blast in Mississauga, Ontario, and about a dozen other people were treated for minor injuries, a Peel paramedic spokesman said. He said none of the injured had to be taken to a hospital. Photos of the scene show heavy damage to nearby homes and debris spread over a wide area. Police set u..

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• 'Brexiteer' Farage booed in rowdy EU parliament debate

  

  BRUSSELS Leading Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage was booed and heckled in a raucous special session of the European Parliament on Tuesday as he accused the EU of imposing a superstate on its citizens and predicted other countries would leave the bloc like Britain.Facing Farage, who sat with a British "Union Jack" flag planted on the table in front of him, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker asked: "Why are you here?"When Farage interrupted Juncker's speech to applaud the results o..

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• Queen Declares, Im Still Alive After Brexit Drama

  

  Keeping calm and carrying on, the Queen displays an enviable sense of perspective as she issues a measured judgment on the Brexit drama.The Queen is thought to be a Brexiteer, having told dinner guests to giver her 'three good reasons' why Britiain should stay part of the E.U., but it appears even her Majesty has been roiled by the past few days of national political drama in the U.K.During a meeting with Northern Ireland's First Minister Martin McGuinness, McGuinness inquired how she was doing,..

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• Syria rebels battle IS at Iraqi border, aim to cut 'caliphate' in two

  

  AMMAN/BEIRUT Syrian rebels advanced into an Islamic State-held town at the border with Iraq on Wednesday, a rebel commander told Reuters, in a new U.S.-backed offensive aimed at cutting the jihadists' self-declared caliphate in two.The operation aiming to capture the eastern Syrian town of Al-Bukamal, which began on Tuesday, adds to the pressure facing Islamic State as it faces a separate, U.S.-backed offensive in northern Syria aimed at driving it away from the Turkish border.The offensive is..

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• S Korea, US and Japan in first ever joint missile drill

  

  Image copyright AFP Image caption North Korea's recent missile tests have alarmed the region South Korea, the US and Japan have conducted their first joint missile-tracking drill, in the waters off the US state of Hawaii.The move follows North Korea's repeated tests in recent months of mid-range ballistic missiles.Most tests have ended in failure, but the apparent success of the sixth last week alarmed the region.North Korea, which has also conducted ..

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• The Latest: German Security Chief Condemns Airport Attack

  

  Mogens Lykketoft, president of the 193-member U.N. General Assembly, expressed anger and grief at the attack."Once again we experience the senseless killing of innocent and peaceful civilians," he said. "The international community must — through much closer cooperation — redouble efforts to contain and fight radical and violent extremism."___3:10 a.m.Turkey's prime minister says 36 people and three suicide bombers have died in the attack at Istanbul's Ataturk airport. Prime Minister Binali Yil..

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• David Cameron: UK 'will not turn its back on Europe'

  

  Media captionDavid Cameron said the EU and Britain wanted to maintain a "close relationship" as it left the union David Cameron says Britain "will not and should not" turn its back on Europe as it leaves the European Union.After discussing the vote to leave with other EU leaders, he said trade and security co-operation would be vital whatever the shape of future links.But he said immigration was a "great concern" among UK voters and squaring this with access to the EU single market would be..

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