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Police in the German capital have shot dead a man who attacked another resident with a knife in a refugee shelter.

A closely watched survey shows German consumer confidence has dropped slightly amid concerns over Britain's decision to leave the EU and extremist attack threats.

A massive typhoon left one person dead in eastern China on Wednesday, a day after killing four and injuring more than 600 in Taiwan, where authorities remained on alert for the possibility of a landslide.

Officials say police in Spain, Belgium and Germany have arrested five people that allegedly formed part of a cell that spread propaganda and sought to recruit militants for the Islamic State armed group.

Officials say Dubai International Airport closed for a half hour after a drone flew by its airspace.

The following world figures will attend Shimon Peres' funeral in Jerusalem on Friday, according to Israel's Foreign Ministry: — U.S. President Barack Obama — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — Pope Francis — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry — Britain's Prince Charles — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — French President Francois Hollande — German President Joachim Gauck — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto — Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

A powerful Libyan general whose forces recently captured several key oil facilities has rejected a U.N.-brokered government and said the country would be better served by a leader with "high-level military experience." In a series of written responses to questions from The Associated Press this week, Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter said his army only recognizes the authority of the Libyan parliament based in the east, which has also rejected the U.N.-backed government in the capital, Tripoli.

In an unprecedented seven-decade political career, Shimon Peres has filled nearly every position in Israeli public life.

Up to eight inmates fought at the Philippine national penitentiary Wednesday, leaving a high-profile Chinese drug lord dead and four other inmates injured, officials said.

Indonesian authorities have evacuated more than 1,100 tourists after Mount Barujari on Lombok island spewed a massive column of ash into the atmosphere and are searching for several hundred others possibly still in the area.

The Latest on the death of former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres (all times local): 7:10 a.m.

Shimon Peres, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was prime minister of Israel on three separate occasions before becoming the country's president, died Wednesday. He was 93.

At every corner of Israel's tumultuous history, Shimon Peres was there.

Human Rights Watch says prison guards at a maximum-security facility in the Egyptian capital that holds political prisoners routinely abuse them in ways that may have contributed to some of their deaths.

Puerto Ricans are buying rice produced on the island for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Shimon Peres, a former Israeli president and prime minister, whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state and who was celebrated around the world as a Nobel prize-winning visionary who pushed his country toward peace, died early Wednesday, a person close to him confirmed.

Shimon Peres, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was prime minister of Israel on three separate occasions before becoming the country's president, died Wednesday. He was 93.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau approved Tuesday a $27 billion liquefied natural gas project on British Columbia's northwest coast in a decision that's considered a litmus test for a government that has vowed to do more for the environment.

The call to British military security forces came early in the morning, shortly after 1 a.m., and could not be ignored.

A woman accused of being a witch was burned alive on a bonfire in an indigenous community in a remote part of the country's Amazon rainforest, authorities said Tuesday.