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World News For The Year 2018 and Month Jul

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'I met my Islamic State captor on a German street'

Ashwaq Haji, a young Yazidi woman, says she ran into her Islamic State group captor in a German supermarket in February. Traumatised by the encounter, she returned to Iraq the following month. In their ancestral region of Sinjar in northwestern Iraq, thousands of Yazidi women were killed or sold off as sex slaves.
2018-08-18 06:27:56 Read More

Batting for ballots: Sports stars turned politicians

Imran Khan's anointment as Pakistan's new prime minister caps a more than two decade transformation from a World Cup winning cricket captain to a world leader, placing him in charge of a nuclear armed state. But he is not the only one to have swapped playing fields for the hustings. There are five other sport stars who have made a similar switch.
2018-08-18 03:48:32 Read More

Ex CIA directors issue unprecedented Donald Trump condemnation

In a statement, ex-CIA bosses appointed by Republican and Democratic presidents -- including Robert Gates, George Tenet, Porter Goss, Leon Panetta and David Petraeus -- denounced Trump's decision to strip Brennan of his security clearance.
2018-08-17 16:50:46 Read More

Five people still missing after Genoa bridge collapse

Five people are still unaccounted for following the collapse of a motorway bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa this week, the civil protection agency said on Friday, as rescuers continued to search for survivors under the rubble. At least 38 people died when the bridge crumbled on Tuesday and five are seriously injured in hospital.
2018-08-17 16:47:42 Read More

Donald Trump says Turkey has acted badly in Brunson case

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Not nurtured by military: Imran in 1st address to Pak assembly

Sharing that he struggled for over two decades in politics, Pakistan's PM-elect said that no military dictator had nurtured him. "My father was never in politics, I had no political experience, I struggled for 22 years and I am proud that we can lead this country to become what our hero Quaid-e-Azam (Ali Mohammad Jinnah) envisioned. His struggle was the strongest," he said.
2018-08-17 15:58:28 Read More

UN council to commemorate Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya

British Ambassador Karen Pierce, the council president for August, said at a news conference Wednesday that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who called the Rohingya crisis "ethnic cleansing," is expected to brief the council at the session.
2018-08-17 15:58:17 Read More

US imposes sanctions relating to human rights abuses in Myanmar

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Pak lawmakers gather to elect Imran Khan as PM

The populist Tehrik-e-Insaf party got most seats in the July 25 vote but fell short of a majority in the 342-seat house. It has since acquired backing of a total of 180 lawmakers. He needs 172 votes to be appointed to the post. Khan's only challenger could be Shahbaz Sharif, but his Pakistan Muslim League party won only 92 seats in last month's elections.
2018-08-17 11:42:48 Read More

London mayor consults disaster planners over no-deal Brexit

Sadiq Khan said he would consult the London Resilience Forum, which plans responses to disasters such as the Grenfell Tower Fire, about the implications for Britain of crashing out of the European Union without a deal, saying that such a "catastrophic" outcome looked more likely than ever.
2018-08-17 10:53:03 Read More

Turkey will respond if US imposes more sanctions: Minister

Washington had warned yesterday that it would impose more sanctions unless pastor Andrew Brunson, described by US President Donald Trump as a "hostage", was released. Brunson's detention since October 2016 on terror-related charges has soured relations between the two NATO allies, sending the Turkish lira into a tailspin.
2018-08-17 10:39:32 Read More

New US training unit in Afghanistan faces old problems

The problems they have found are the same ones that existed a decade ago when the NATO-led coalition began to reshape Afghan forces into an army on US lines - poor logistics and organization as well as a reliance on static checkpoints that are vulnerable to attack. SFAB advisers also assisted the 203rd Corps on the front lines in Ghazni.
2018-08-17 10:03:08 Read More

Pak govt, leaders pay tribute to Vajpayee

Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who is expected to take oath as prime minister tomorrow, said in a statement that Vajpayee was a prominent political personality of the sub-continent and his death has created a big void.
2018-08-17 07:22:30 Read More

Pentagon delays Trump's military parade until at least 2019

The announcement came several hours after reports that the parade would cost about $92 million, according to US officials citing preliminary estimates more than three times the price first suggested by the White House.
2018-08-17 06:59:27 Read More

Pentagon delays Trump's military parade until at least 2019

US blacklists Russian, Chinese companies for breaking North Korea embargo

The Treasury accused China-based Dalian Sun Moon Star International Logistics Trading Co and its Singapore-based affiliate, SINSMS Pte., of falsifying documents to facilitate shipments of alcohol and cigarettes to North Korea. Those shipments helped fuel what the Treasury alleged was a huge "illicit" cigarette trade earning the Pyongyang regime $1 billion a year.
2018-08-16 05:02:18 Read More

With new US law, trafficked children no longer need to testify in court

Under a United Nations measure known as the Palermo Protocol, children do not have to prove they were trafficked, said Romina Canessa, a trafficking expert at the rights group Equality Now. Elsewhere in the US, Alabama last month lifted its requirement for coercion or deception to be proven in cases of child sex trafficking.
2018-08-16 03:46:07 Read More

India-Israel missile defence system to be procured by Israeli Navy

The missile system has been jointly developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), India's DRDO, Israel's Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure, Elta Systems, Rafael and some other Indian defence companies.
2018-08-16 03:19:00 Read More

India-Israel missile defence system to be procured by Israeli Navy

Trump revokes ex-CIA chief's security clearance

Trump claimed that John Brennan â€” a former station chief in Riyadh who rose to lead the formidable spy agency â€” had become "erratic." Brennan quickly hit back, accusing the president of trying to curb free speech in a "politically motivated" action.
2018-08-16 02:34:37 Read More

Death toll from Afghan blast reaches 25 - Health ministry

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which came after several weeks of relative calm in Kabul but previous attacks on Shi'ite targets in the area have been claimed by Islamic State.
2018-08-15 13:00:36 Read More

Death toll from Afghan blast reaches 25 - Health ministry

Blast rocks Shiite area of western Kabul, casualties feared: Officials

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Pak Parliament elects Imran's ally as Speaker

Pakistan's newly-elected Parliament on Wednesday voted an ally of Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan as the Speaker of its lower house, kicking off the process of transition and handing over powers to the new government.
2018-08-15 11:16:32 Read More

Death toll hits 39 in Italy bridge collapse; blame begins

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Imran Khan's party MLA 'thrashes' man on road

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2018-08-15 10:42:27 Read More

British media say crash suspect is Briton of Sudanese origin

British media are reporting that the suspect in the Parliament crash being treated as terrorism is 29-year old British citizen of Sudanese origin named Salih Khater. The suspect is in police custody after his arrest on suspicion of preparing an act of terror.
2018-08-15 08:31:55 Read More

Death toll rises to 35 in Italy bridge collapse; 3 missing

State radio on Wednesday quoted the prefect's office confirming a death toll of 35 and denying some news reports that put it at 38. About a dozen people remained hospitalised in serious condition. What caused an 80-meter long stretch of highway to break off from the 45-meter high Morandi Bridge in the northwestern port city is under investigation.
2018-08-15 07:37:26 Read More

Police search addresses after suspected terrorist attack at UK parliament

Police said the incident appeared to be the second terrorist attack at the building in just under 18 months, after Khalid Masood killed four people on nearby Westminster Bridge in March 2017. He stabbed an unarmed police officer to death before being shot dead. That was the first of five attacks in Britain last year that police designated as terrorism, three of which used vehicles as weapons.
2018-08-15 07:31:24 Read More

Putin ready to meet Kim Jong Un at 'early date': N Korea state media

Putin invited Kim and the South's President Moon Jae-in in June to an economic forum in Vladivostok next month although it is not known whether the North Korean leader responded to the invitation.
2018-08-15 07:16:45 Read More

Floodlight search for survivors after deadly Italy bridge collapse

Some 30 people were killed on Tuesday when a vast span of the Morandi bridge collapsed during a heavy rainstorm, sending vehicles and their drivers plunging 100-metres (330 feet) onto railway tracks below. Rescuers spent the night searching the tangled remains of the bridge under floodlights and there are fears the toll could rise in what the Italian government has called an "immense tragedy".
2018-08-15 02:12:23 Read More

Judge may acquit women or call defense in Kim Jong Nam trial

Indonesia's Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnam's Doan Thi Huong, 29, are accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam's face in a crowded airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 13, 2017. The women have said they thought they were taking part in a prank for a hidden-camera show.
2018-08-15 02:01:28 Read More

Report: Pennsylvania priests molested over 1,000 children

"Priests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of God who were responsible for them not only did nothing. They hid it all," Attorney General Josh Shapiro said at a news conference in Harrisburg.
2018-08-15 01:47:04 Read More

Trump calls former aide Omarosa a 'dog'

Manigault Newman -- who first gained fame as a contestant on Trump's reality TV show -- has dripped out recordings of embarrassing private conversations at the White House as she promotes a memoir about her time with "The Donald."
2018-08-15 01:46:41 Read More

Trump calls former aide Omarosa a 'dog'

Fighting between pro-government factions in Yemen kills 18

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2018-08-14 17:25:53 Read More

Kurds meet with Syrian government to discuss self-rule

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Duterte: China should temper its behavior in disputed waters

In a rare public criticism, Philippine president Duterte said China's claim to airspace above newly built islands and surrounding waters in the disputed South China Sea "is wrong" and Beijing should not tell others to leave those areas to avoid clashes.
2018-08-14 14:28:29 Read More

Israeli minister confirms Netanyahu met al-Sisi over Gaza

Egypt and the United Nations have been trying to mediate a long-term truce between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that rules Gaza, following a spike in cross-border violence in the past few months. The two leaders discussed the easing of an Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza, rehabilitation of its infrastructure and terms for a ceasefire, the Channel Ten report said.
2018-08-14 08:23:32 Read More

North Korea suspends tour visas ahead of foundation day anniversary

The measure follows reports that Pyongyang had suspended visits by Chinese tour groups as it prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Pyongyang has previously lavishly celebrated the date with military parades or mass games involving thousands of people.
2018-08-14 07:45:53 Read More

Taliban capture northern Afghan base, kill at least 14 soldiers: officials

Terrorists gained control of the base in Ghormach district of volatile Faryab province after days of heavy fighting, according to army spokesman Mohammad Hanif Rezaee, adding that 100 soldiers were on the base at the time. A local MP said at least 14 troops were killed.
2018-08-14 07:45:02 Read More

40 children killed in Yemen bus strike: new Red Cross toll

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2018-08-14 07:17:10 Read More

Ex-Ausi Archbishop avoids jail for concealing child abuse

Philip Wilson became one of the highest-ranked church officials convicted of covering up child sex abuse. The Newcastle Local Court sentenced the 67-year-old to 12 months imprisonment, with a non-parole period of six months, but also ordered that he be assessed to serve it in home detention. Wilson had since been on bail.
2018-08-14 05:13:57 Read More

Magnitude-5 quake hits China, 18 injured

The quake damaged over 6,000 homes and affected more than 48,000 residents in Tonghai and Huaning counties and in the district of Jiangchuan, all administered by the city of Yuxi, the provincial civil affairs department said in a statement.
2018-08-14 04:24:24 Read More

Vienna tops Melbourne as world's most liveable city: Survey

The two metropolises have been neck and neck in the annual survey of 140 urban centres for years, with Melbourne clinching the title for the past seven editions. At the other end of the table, Damascus retained last place, followed by the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, and Lagos in Nigeria.
2018-08-14 03:48:42 Read More

State probe finds immigrant teens not currently being abused

Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the review in June, hours after the AP published first-person accounts by children as young as 14 who said they were handcuffed, shackled and beaten at the facility. They also described being stripped of their clothes and locked in solitary confinement.
2018-08-14 02:50:42 Read More

State probe finds immigrant teens not currently being abused

Trump signs defense bill with diluted China controls

President Donald Trump has signed a USD 716 billion defence policy bill named for John McCain but included no mention in his remarks of the Republican senator, who is battling brain cancer at home in Arizona. Trump and McCain are engaged in a long-running feud that dates to Trump's 2016 presidential run.
2018-08-14 02:42:37 Read More

Iran's Khamenei: 'No war, no negotiations with the US'

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Finalised decision on new Pak Cabinet: Imran's party

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At least 100 security forces killed in fight for Afghan city

At least 100 Afghan security forces have been killed as troops backed by US airpower struggled to push the Taliban from embattled Ghazni city, officials said Monday, while residents reported food and medicine shortages four days after fighting began.
2018-08-13 13:57:02 Read More

Merkel to host Putin for talks on Syria, Ukraine, energy

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Merkel to host Putin for talks on Syria, Ukraine, energy

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Newest US sanctions against Russia hit an economic nerve

The Trump administration announcement of export restrictions in response to accusations Moscow used a nerve agent to poison a former Russian spy in Britain sent the ruble tumbling to a two-year low and drew a stern warning from its prime minister. While the initial sanctions may have a limited impact, a second batch expected within months could hit the Russian economy much harder and send already tense relations into a tailspin.
2018-08-13 05:18:46 Read More

Sharif appears before Pak court in remaining 2 graft cases

Nawaz Sharif, 68, along with his daughter Maryam, 44 and his son-in-law Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar are already serving jail terms of 10-years, seven years and one year respectively in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, after an accountability court convicted them on July 6 over the family's ownership of four luxury flats in London.
2018-08-13 05:15:46 Read More

Australian PM's popularity slumps as govt fractures emerge

A poll for an Australian daily showed Turnbull's lead as preferred prime minister over opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten fell 4 percentage points in the past two weeks, a result that weakens his hand ahead of a critical meeting of the centre-right government on Tuesday.
2018-08-13 03:44:07 Read More

Threat from on high: race on to bolster drone defences

On August 4, two explosive-laden drones were allegedly used in an attempt to kill Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro as he gave a speech in Caracas. And last week, President Emmanuel Macron's security services jammed a drone's navigating signals as it flew near his vacation retreat, sending it crashing into the Mediterranean.
2018-08-13 02:43:16 Read More

Counter-protest drowns out small Washington neo-Nazi rally

In an effort to avoid a repeat of the chaos of a deadly protest in Charlottesville, Virginia exactly a year ago, Washington police closed streets and threw a ring of steel across a public park to make sure the white supremacists and rowdy counter-protesters did not come into contact.
2018-08-13 02:33:24 Read More

US: Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Alaska

The temblor, which occurred just before 7 am (1500 GMT), was the most powerful on record to hit Alaska's oil-producing North Slope, said Paul Huang, a seismologist and deputy director of the National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska. No tsunami alert was generated, though ground motion was felt as far away as Fairbanks, Alaska, nearly 400 miles (644 km) to the south.
2018-08-13 02:33:06 Read More

Koreas hold high-level talks on third leaders' summit

Monday's high-level talks, taking place on the northern side of the truce village in the Demilitarized Zone, were proposed by the North last week as it lashed out at Washington for pushing ahead with sanctions.
2018-08-13 02:24:10 Read More

China's Xi Jinping beset by economic, political challenges

Mounting criticism of the Xi administration's policies has exposed the risks he faces from amassing so much power: He's made himself a natural target for blame. The challenges so far aren't seen as a threat to Xi's grip on power, but for many Chinese, the government's credibility is on the line.
2018-08-13 01:28:09 Read More

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Alaska's oil-producing North Slope

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck on Sunday near the native Alaskan village of Kaktovik and part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where the Trump administration plans to allow oil drilling, but no injuries or damage were reported.
2018-08-13 01:24:05 Read More

Children among 39 civilians dead in Syria arms depot

â€‹â€‹An AFP correspondent at the site in Sarmada in Idlib province near the Turkish border said the explosion of unknown origin caused two buildings to collapse. Rescue workers used bulldozers to remove the rubble and extract trapped people from the flattened buildings, the correspondent said.
2018-08-12 17:17:41 Read More

Children among 39 civilians dead in Syria arms depot

Newly-elected Pak parliament to meet for first time tomorrow

â€‹â€‹President Mamnoon Hussain has already summoned the maiden session of National Assembly, the lower house, at 10 am in parliament house. According to law, the speaker of the previous assembly, Ayaz Sadiq, will administer the oath to the new lawmakers, followed by election of the speaker and the deputy speaker.
2018-08-12 12:32:43 Read More

Crews make progress battling Southern California wildfire

Aircraft have been making flight after flight, dumping water and bright pink retardant to protect Lake Elsinore and other foothill communities as the fire sweeps through the dense, bone-dry brush of the Cleveland National Forest. The Holy Fire, named for Holy Jim Canyon, where it began Monday - grew to nearly 33 square miles (85 square kilometres) by Saturday morning.
2018-08-12 11:47:47 Read More

No room in US for 'neo-nazism', says Ivanka Trump

"While Americans are blessed to live in a nation that protects liberty, freedom of speech and diversity of opinion, there is no place for white supremacy, racism and neo-nazism in our great country," Ivanka said.â€‹â€‹The tweet posted on Saturday night come on the anniversary of deadly unrest triggered by a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.
2018-08-12 11:03:42 Read More

Family of man who stole, crashed plane stunned, heartbroken

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2018-08-12 10:22:10 Read More

White supremacists set to rally outside WH a year after deadly clash

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Syrian rebels build an army with Turkish help, face challenges

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2018-08-12 07:30:37 Read More

Heavy security as Charlottesville anniversary weekend opens

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Iraq PM Haider al-Abadi to visit Iran, Turkey as US sanctions bite

â€‹â€‹Iraq's PM Haider al-Abadi "will head to Turkey on Tuesday and Iran on Wednesday to discuss economic affairs with the two countries," an official said on condition of anonymity. Abadi on Tuesday said Iraq would reluctantly comply with sanctions against Tehran which took effect the same day.
2018-08-11 14:06:54 Read More

A year after deadly Virginia rally, wounds are still raw

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Erdogan vows to defy US 'threats' over detained pastor

Turkey remains at loggerheads with the US in one of the worst spats in years over the nearly 2-year detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson and a host of other issues. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan advised Turks to show solidarity by converting any stashed-away gold or foreign currency to Turkish lira in a bid to wage a "war of independence" against America.
2018-08-11 13:42:13 Read More

Greek fire death toll at 94: Officials

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IS jihadists in Iraq kill 5 members of family

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2018-08-11 13:24:29 Read More

Govt forces in control of embattled Afghan city: Officials

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2018-08-11 13:16:06 Read More

Crews battle growing wildfire near homes in California

Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for Orange and Riverside counties as the fire carved its way along ridges in Cleveland National Forest south of Los Angeles. Firefighters aided by cooler weather have made good progress against a blaze burning for nearly a month .
2018-08-11 02:57:51 Read More

Palestinian medic killed by Israeli fire on Gaza border: health ministry

The death of Abdullah al-Qatati along the border in southern Gaza came amid heightened tensions, a day after a deadly flare-up between the Israeli army the territory's Islamist rulers Hamas. Thursday had seen extensive Israeli air strikes on Gaza in retaliation for the launching of more than 180 rockets and mortar rounds by Hamas and its allies on Wednesday night.
2018-08-10 16:42:42 Read More

Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin talk about hunger-striking Ukraine filmmaker

Macron urged the Russian leader to find a humanitarian solution since Oleg Sentsov's health "seems to be dangerously deteriorating," according to a statement from the president's Elysee Palace office. Macron made several proposals, and Putin pledged to respond to them and to release information about the condition of Sentsov, who was on his 89th day without food Friday. Details of the proposals were not provided.
2018-08-10 16:00:49 Read More

UN assembly confirms Bachelet as UN rights chief

Bachelet most recently served as President of Chile (from 2014 to 2018, and 2006 to 2010). She was the first Executive Director of UN-Women between 2010 and 2013. She has also served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Health in Chile.
2018-08-10 14:35:00 Read More

Decks cleared for Imran Khan's oath on August 18

â€‹â€‹Following the acceptance of Imran Khan's apology for violating the code of conduct by casting his ballot publicly on polling day last month, the PTI announced that the party chief will take oath as prime minister on August 18.
2018-08-10 14:07:23 Read More

At least four people killed in Canada shooting: Police

At least four people were killed in a shooting incident in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton, police said on Friday. In a post on Twitter, police urged people to stay inside and lock doors.
2018-08-10 12:12:06 Read More

At least four people killed in Canada shooting: Police

Imran Khan apologies to poll body for voting in open

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in a 3-1 vote, accepted the apology submitted by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson, Dawn news reported. It also ordered the issuance of notification for his victory in Islamabad's NA-53 constituency where he stamped the ballot paper publicly instead of going behind the voting screen.
2018-08-10 11:27:57 Read More

Pak poll body seeks Imran's reply over controversial vote

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Lawyer for ex-Serbia leader shot dead

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Record suicides of elderly people in ageing Singapore

The number of elderly people committing suicide in Singapore reached a record high last year, a non-government group said today, urging stronger support for the over 60s in the rapidly ageing city-state.
2018-07-30 13:32:25 Read More

After #MeToo, in Germany comes #MeTwo

The hashtag, which echoes the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment, was created by Ali Can, a 24-year-old journalist of Turkish descent, following the furore over Turkish-German soccer star Mesut Ozil's recent resignation from the German national team.
2018-07-30 13:14:47 Read More

UK reviews anti-slavery law to fight 'evolving' 4 billion pound crime

The government also urged businesses to tackle modern slavery hidden in their supply chains, as research by the Home Office (interior ministry) found that the crime sets Britain back by up to 4.3 billion pounds ($5.6 billion) annually.
2018-07-30 11:12:42 Read More

Cambodian PM's party claims election rout, oppn sees 'death of democracy'

The White House said it would consider steps, including an expansion of visa restrictions placed on some Cambodian government members, in response to "flawed elections" in which there was no significant challenger to Hun Sen.
2018-07-30 09:20:28 Read More

Death toll rises as dry conditions fuel deadly California fires

The death toll in northern California's Carr blaze has risen to six as firefighters from across the country struggled to control flames that have scorched tens of thousands of acres. "I've been a lifelong resident of this community, and I've never seen a fire with such destruction here in this area ever before," said Shasta County Supervisor Leonard Moty.
2018-07-30 07:52:15 Read More

MH370 investigators 'unable to confirm' cause of disappearance

"The team is unable to determine the real cause for disappearance of MH370...," Kok Soo Chon, head of the MH370 safety investigation team, told reporters. "The answer can only be conclusive if the wreckage is found," he said when asked of they would ever find out what happened on the plane.
2018-07-30 07:48:42 Read More

Zimbabwe votes for first time without Mugabe on ballot

About 5.5 million people are registered to vote on Monday in this southern African nation anxious for change after decades of economic paralysis and the nearly four-decade rule of the 94-year-old Mugabe.
2018-07-30 05:16:08 Read More

More than 500 hikers stranded on mountain after Indonesia quake: Official

More than 500 hikers and their guides remain stranded by landslides on an active volcano on Lombok, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian holiday island, a national park official said Monday.
2018-07-30 04:16:07 Read More

MH370 families hope for answers from official report

The family members were being given the official investigation team's report in the morning at the Malaysian transport ministry and were set to be briefed by officials, and it was due to be released publicly in the afternoon.
2018-07-30 03:13:21 Read More

MH370 families hope for answers from official report

Hope grows as deadly Northern California blaze slows down

The deadly Northern California wildfire that has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes slowed down Sunday after days of explosive growth, giving officials hope even as they announced the discovery of a sixth fatality.
2018-07-30 02:50:29 Read More

Zimbabweans vote in first election since Mugabe's removal

The election will see 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, face 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, a lawyer and pastor who is vying to become Zimbabwe's youngest head of state.
2018-07-30 02:47:51 Read More

High treason trial against Musharraf to resume this week

A special court in Pakistan is all set to resume hearing of a high treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, which may also be a big test for Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which is likely to form a government, a media report said today.
2018-07-29 16:39:01 Read More

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Spain rescues 123 migrants in the Strait of Gibraltar

Spain's maritime rescue service says it pulled the migrants from 12 different boats intercepted by rescue craft in the Strait of Gibraltar. The latest arrivals come after Spain rescued nearly 1,000 people attempting the perilous journey from African to European shores on Friday and Saturday.
2018-07-29 14:33:40 Read More

Cambodia's ruling party claims election victory

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Trump: There are 'consequences' for illegal border crossing

Donald Trump says there are "consequences when people cross our Border illegally" and claims many who do so are "using children for their own sinister purposes." He also says Congress must fix "the DUMBEST & WORST immigration laws anywhere in the world!" and urges voters to "Vote 'R'" in November.
2018-07-29 13:45:36 Read More

Zimbabwe's Mugabe emerges, rejects Mnangagwa in election

Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe on Sunday emerged to address the nation for the first time since stepping down in November and just hours before Monday's historic election, declaring that "I will not vote for those who have illegally taken power."
2018-07-29 12:38:30 Read More

Chinese police to arrest 18 at scandal-hit vaccine firm

Police in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun said on Sunday they had asked prosecutors to approve the arrest of 18 people at Changsheng Bio-technology Co Ltd, a vaccine maker at the centre of a safety scandal.
2018-07-29 11:48:20 Read More

Merkel's conservatives hit 12-year low in German poll

Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc, trying to move beyond a bitter dispute over migrant policy that threatened the coalition, has fallen to its lowest level since 2006, a poll showed on Sunday.
2018-07-29 11:29:09 Read More

Voter turnout for Cambodia election 80.49%: EC

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14 dead, 162 injured in Indonesia quake

The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck Indonesia's popular tourist island of Lombok has risen to 14, with more than 160 injured. The quake damaged more than 1,000 houses and was felt in nearby Bali, where no damage or casualties were reported.
2018-07-29 10:40:16 Read More

Pakistan polls engineered by Army in favour of Khan: Mohajir leader

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Powerful storm hits disaster-ravaged Japan

More than 170 domestic flights were cancelled and train services disrupted. At least 10 people were injured in falls or by cuts from broken glass and metal shards, local police said.
2018-07-29 06:34:36 Read More

Mali goes to polls after five years of jihad, insecurity

Malian voters were due to decide on Sunday on whether or not to give President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita a second term, despite widespread ethnic and jihadist violence that has dramatically worsened since he came to power five years ago.
2018-07-29 05:29:44 Read More

Israeli Arab lawmaker quits 'racist' parliament over law

An Israeli Arab lawmaker resigned today and branded the parliament "racist" after it passed a controversial new law which declares Israel the nation state of the Jewish people.
2018-07-29 04:11:16 Read More

Palestinian teenager jailed for slapping soldiers leaves prison

Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi left prison Sunday after an eight-month sentence for slapping two Israeli soldiers, an episode captured on video that made her a symbol of resistance for Palestinians, a prison service spokesperson said.
2018-07-29 03:58:54 Read More

Powerful quake hits Indonesia's Lombok, 10 killed

A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the popular tourist destination of Lombok in Indonesia on Sunday, killing 14 people and damaging many buildings, authorities said.
2018-07-29 03:29:40 Read More

Cambodians vote in polls with main opposition party silenced

â€‹â€‹Although 20 parties are contesting the polls, the only one with the popularity and organisation to mount a credible challenge, the Cambodian National Rescue Party, was dissolved last year by the Supreme Court.
2018-07-29 00:29:50 Read More

USGS: Magnitude-6.4 quake strikes Indonesia's Lombok island

The US Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.4 and its epicenter was 1.4 kilometers (0.8 miles) southwest of Lelongken, Indonesia. It had a depth of 7 kilometers (4.4 miles).
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USGS: Magnitude-6.4 quake strikes Indonesia's Lombok island

Russian hackers appear to shift focus to US power grid

State-sponsored Russian hackers appear far more interested this year in demonstrating that they can disrupt the US electric utility grid than the midterm elections, according to US intelligence officials and technology company executives.
2018-07-28 15:20:09 Read More

Thousands of Russians protest against pension age hike

In Moscow, organisers said up to 100,000 people gathered for a permitted rally against the government-backed reform, which is currently going through parliament. However, reporters put the turnout much lower at around 10,000.
2018-07-28 12:26:18 Read More

Greece to begin laying wildfire victims to rest

Greece will begin burying the victims this weekend of a devastating wildfire near Athens which killed at least 88 people and raised recriminations over the government's handling of the disaster. PM Alexis Tsipras took political responsibility on Friday for the tragedy.
2018-07-28 12:22:28 Read More

Imran's party begins coalition talks as rivals plan protests in Pak

Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) won 115 seats in Wednesday's ballot, short of the 137 needed for a simple majority, but a surprisingly strong showing that helped fuel suspicion of rigging.
2018-07-28 11:54:01 Read More

Munich airport cancels 200 flights in temporary shutdown of terminal

Munich airport said on Saturday that a security breach forced a temporary shutdown of Terminal 2, resulting in 200 flight cancellations. The terminal was shut between 6:47 and 11:44 Central European Time (CET) (0447 and 0944 GMT).
2018-07-28 11:42:07 Read More

Pope accepts McCarrick resignation as cardinal following sex abuse scandal

Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation as a cardinal of Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, D.C. and one of the US Catholic Church's most prominent figures, who has been at the centre of allegations of sex abuse with minors and young seminarians.
2018-07-28 11:36:08 Read More

Imran's party begins coalition talks as rivals plan protests in Pak

Monster wildfire in California rages on after killing two firefighters

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Trump thanks Kim as North Korea hands over remains of missing US soldiers

North Korea handed over 55 boxes carrying remains thought to be of US soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War on Friday, officials said, a first step in implementing an agreement reached in a landmark summit in June.
2018-07-27 17:36:29 Read More

Plurality back second UK vote on Brexit: poll

Several lawmakers are adding pressure to their campaigns for a second referendum on Britain's impending departure from the European Union, scheduled for the end of March, as a way of breaking the deadlock in parliament.
2018-07-27 15:29:35 Read More

1,500 migrants have died in Mediterranean in 2018: UN

Spain, which has overtaken Italy as the preferred destination, has registered nearly 21,000 migrants so far this year, almost more than in the whole of last year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
2018-07-27 14:34:12 Read More

1,500 migrants have died in Mediterranean in 2018: UN

Israel police close gates to Al-Aqsa mosque after clashes

The mosque is a rallying point for Palestinians and Muslims generally, who fear Israel is seeking to change the so-called status quo arrangement at the site. Under that agreement, Jews can visit but only Muslims are allowed to visibly pray at the site.
2018-07-27 14:04:45 Read More

Kuwaiti couple attack Sri Lanka customs over pet dog

A 32-year-old woman and her 29-year-old male partner turned violent when they were told of quarantine requirements and tried to flee Colombo airport with the animal, police and customs agents said.
2018-07-27 13:59:34 Read More

UK-France trains hit by heatwave

Train service between Britain and France was hit by the heatwave on Friday, with passengers warned to expect delays and problems with the air conditioning. The hottest temperatures of the year in Britain were recorded on Thursday.
2018-07-27 13:14:24 Read More

Donald Trump denies knowing of campaign meet with Russian lawyer

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Secret tape may not add to legal jeopardy for Trump or Cohen

A secret recording of Donald Trump discussing payments to a Playboy model has brought renewed attention to the question of whether _ and how _ he might have tried to block politically damaging stories ahead of the 2016 presidential election. But it's not clear that the tape, on its own, creates additional legal problems for the president.
2018-07-27 03:00:46 Read More

North Korea transfers remains of Korean War soldiers to US: White House

The repatriation of remains of US soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War was one of the agreements reached during an unprecedented summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12.
2018-07-27 02:35:51 Read More

North Korea transfers remains of Korean War soldiers to US: White House

Acting New Zealand PM tells Australia to change its flag

New Zealand's Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters called on neighbouring Australia to change its flag today, saying it had pinched the Kiwi banner's design and was causing confusion.
2018-07-26 15:31:59 Read More

Top politicians suffer shocking defeat in Pak elections: Reports

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'War will destroy everything you own': Iranian general warns Trump

"You know that this war will destroy all that you possess. You will start this war but we will be the ones to impose its end. Therefore you have to be careful about insulting the Iranian people and the president of our Republic," Soleimani said in a speech, as reported by Al Alam in Arabic.
2018-07-26 09:55:17 Read More

Japan hangs 6 more members of cult behind subway gas attack

The last six members of a Japanese doomsday cult who remained on death row were executed Thursday for a series of crimes in the 1990s including a sarin gas attack on Tokyo subways that killed 13 people. Thirteen members of the group had received death sentences. The first seven, including cult leader Shoko Asahara, were hanged about three weeks ago.
2018-07-26 04:14:22 Read More

Rains hamper search for survivors after Laos dam collapse

Rescuers battled fresh rains Thursday to reach scores of people still missing after a dam collapse in southern Laos that unleashed a torrent of water, washing away whole villages and killing at least 26 people. The search for survivors has been hampered by monsoon weather in the remote southern corner of Laos where the Xe-Namnoy dam collapsed on Monday.
2018-07-26 04:01:54 Read More

Venezuela to remove five zeroes from currency

Maduro announced in a cabinet meeting that an "economic recovery" program involving "monetary reconversion" would commence August 20.
2018-07-26 03:46:53 Read More

'Get me a Coke!' What's in the Trump-Cohen audio, what's not

Trump's lawyers say the three-minute recording was made surreptitiously by Cohen during what seems to be a casual, campaign-related conversation with Trump in September 2016, just two months away from the national election.
2018-07-26 03:27:21 Read More

'Get me a Coke!' What's in the Trump-Cohen audio, what's not

Seagram heiress arrested over links to NY 'sex cult'

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NKorea making bomb fuel despite denuclearisation pledge: Mike Pompeo

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo declined to respond when asked whether North Korea was continuing to pursue submarine-launched ballistic missiles or whether its nuclear programme was advancing generally.
2018-07-25 22:04:23 Read More

Emmanuel Macron under fire over response to security aide scandal

After days of silence, Macron finally spoke out late Tuesday over the debacle surrounding disgraced ex-bodyguard Alexandre Benalla, who faces criminal charges after he was filmed scuffling with May Day protesters in Paris while wearing a police helmet.
2018-07-25 17:19:47 Read More

Greek wildfires toll rises to 79 amid search for survivors

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Live: Counting under way in Pak, all eyes on results

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Imran may face ECP action for violating code of conduct

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Pakistan: Islamic State claims Quetta polling station blast

At least 24 people were killed and 35 injured in the blast in the western city of Quetta, which happened as Pakistanis vote in a knife-edge national election.
2018-07-25 07:53:34 Read More

Kim Jong Un says soldiers' diets should be improved

The factory visit was the latest of a series of site inspections by Kim, including industrial facilities and special economic zones near North Korea's border with China, according to state media, after Kim shifted his focus from nuclear missiles to the economy in April.
2018-07-25 05:23:04 Read More

Bodies of 17 recovered after Laos dam disaster: Thai consul official

17 bodies have been recovered after flash floods caused by a dam breach in southern Laos. A wall of water was unleashed Monday after parts of the dam were washed away, sending floods surging downstream, sweeping away homes and leaving an unknown number of people missing.
2018-07-25 05:03:08 Read More

S Korea firm says Laos dam damage found day before collapse

The South Korean partner in a Laos hydropower dam said Wednesday it discovered the upper part of the structure had washed away 24 hours before it collapsed, engulfing villages and leaving hundreds missing.
2018-07-25 04:50:59 Read More

Powerful ex-Colombia president vows to resign from Senate

Influential former President Alvaro Uribe said he would resign from his Senate seat after Colombia's Supreme Court ordered him to testify on allegations of witness tampering. Uribe tweeted that he felt "morally impeded" from continuing as a senator.
2018-07-25 04:44:52 Read More

Identical twins run for US office â€” for rival parties

Twin sisters - Monica Sparks and Jessica Ann Tyson - are running for local office in the US state of Michigan. They say they are proof positive that political differences can be overcome, even in an increasingly polarized America.
2018-07-25 04:09:19 Read More

Malaysia to be firmer in row over South China Sea

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who won a stunning electoral victory in May, has said warships should be removed from the South China Sea.
2018-07-25 04:02:58 Read More

Malaysia to be firmer in row over South China Sea

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who won a stunning electoral victory in May, has said warships should be removed from the South China Sea.
2018-07-25 04:02:58 Read More

Pakistanis voting for 3rd straight civilian government

After an acrimonious campaign, polls opened in Pakistan on Wednesday to elect the country's third straight civilian election â€” a first for this majority Muslim nation that has been directly or indirectly ruled by its military for most of its 71-year history.
2018-07-25 03:55:48 Read More

Pakistan votes after bitter campaign marred by violence

The first voter to enter a polling station in the eastern city of Lahore was a woman, an AFP reporter there saw. More than nine million new female voters have registered for the vote in the deeply patriarchal country.
2018-07-25 03:14:38 Read More

Ivanka closes fashion line to focus on helping her father

Since Trump's surprise November 2016 election, his family has faced criticism that its portfolio of real estate and consumer goods businesses, which lean heavily on the Trump name as a marker of luxury, conflict with their roles as Washington officials.
2018-07-25 02:56:45 Read More

Fire passes through Texas plant, fails to ignite explosives

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Fire passes through Texas plant, fails to ignite explosives

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Largest military deployment for Pakistan polls on Tuesday

The countrywide election campaign, marred by a string of terrorist attacks, came to an end at midnight last night, as political parties culminated their poll campaigns.
2018-07-24 09:14:12 Read More

Pakistan set for historic election on Tuesday

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Toronto shooting: Family says suspect had mental probs

Authorities on Monday evening identified the suspect as Faisal Hussain of Toronto, who died in an exchange of gunfire with police. The mass shooting in Toronto's Greektown district on Sunday night came just three months after a van struck and killed 10 people.
2018-07-24 08:00:19 Read More

Unease as Imran Khan invokes blasphemy in Pak election

Pakistan's politicians, including PM hopeful Imran Khan, are mainstreaming extremism by invoking hardline issues like blasphemy to get votes, analysts say, warning the tactic could deepen sectarian fractures and potentially spill into violence.
2018-07-24 06:24:31 Read More

Thai cave boys prepare to ordain as Buddhist novices

Eleven boys from a soccer team, who were rescued from a flooded Thai cave in a drama that gripped global audiences, took their first steps on Tuesday to be ordained as Buddhist novices in a ceremony steeped in tradition.
2018-07-24 05:37:21 Read More

'Unprecedented' Japan heatwave kills 65 in one week

In the week to Sunday at least 65 people died of heat stroke while 22,647 people were hospitalized, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said in a statement.
2018-07-24 05:24:23 Read More

S Korea to reduce guard posts along N Korean border

It plans to reduce some guard post troops and equipment as a preliminary test, and would then consider expanding the reduction, in order to realize an agreement to "transform the demilitarized zone into a peace zone" made at an inter-Korean summit in April.
2018-07-24 03:21:58 Read More

UN Security Council urges Myanmar to ease Rohingyas' safe return

During a closed-door meeting, the 15 council members called for more social and economic development aid and facilitating the return of Rohingya refugees and internally displaced persons to their homes in Rakhine state.
2018-07-24 02:58:32 Read More

Twin wildfires near Athens kill 20, gut vacation resorts

Gale-fanned wildfires raged through holiday resorts near Greece's capital, killing at least 20 people by early Tuesday and injuring more than 104, including 11 in serious condition, in the deadliest blaze to hit the country in more than a decade.
2018-07-24 01:57:04 Read More

Prosecutors have at least 12 recordings by Trump's lawyer Cohen

Twelve audio recordings seized from US President Donald Trump's onetime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, were turned over to federal prosecutors on Friday, according to a filing in federal court in Manhattan on Monday.
2018-07-24 01:34:42 Read More

Targeting critics, Donald Trump threatens ex-officials' security clearances

The White House on Monday threatened to strike back at critics of President Donald Trump's contacts with Russia by revoking the security clearances of six former US officials, drawing accusations that he was abusing his power and aiming to stifle dissent.
2018-07-24 01:30:23 Read More

Fears mount in Pakistan over military influence in elections

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I gave up 'nothing' in Russia summit: Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he had given up "nothing" during his summit with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, following a week of withering, bipartisan criticism over his handling of the meeting.
2018-07-23 15:06:36 Read More

I gave up 'nothing' in Russia summit: Donald Trump

Macron aide scandal: French interior minister to face grilling

France's interior minister was to appear before parliament on Monday as pressure mounted on President Emmanuel Macron over his handling of a former top security aide who has been charged with assault after a video emerged showing him striking a young man during a protest.
2018-07-23 09:21:30 Read More

Malaysian PM vows to repeal controversial security law

Malaysia will repeal a tough security law used to detain government critics without charge under the former government, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said, with activists today hailing the "bold" vow.
2018-07-23 08:27:07 Read More

Iranian media: 79 injured in earthquake in southern Iran

There were no immediate reports of fatalities. The earthquake struck in the early morning on Monday near the village of Sirch in the province of Kerman. That's about 1,100 kilometers or 683 miles south of the capital, Tehran.
2018-07-23 08:21:25 Read More

Pompeo assails Iran's leaders, compares them to 'mafia'

Pompeo, in a California speech to a largely Iranian-American audience, dismissed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and foreign minister Javad Zarif, who negotiated a nuclear deal with the United States and five other countries, as "merely polished front men for the ayatollahs' international con artistry."
2018-07-23 06:12:33 Read More

After a week of walkbacks, Trump returns to Russia doubting

Capping a week of drama, back tracking, a double negative and blistering statements from allies about his attitude toward Russian election interference, President Donald Trump on Sunday was back to referring to "a big hoax."
2018-07-23 06:05:49 Read More

Deadly heat wave hovers over Japan and South Korea

South Korea's Yonhap news agency says the country's highest-ever morning low was recorded in the city of Gangneung, where the temperature was 31 (88 F) at 6:45 a.m. The morning low in Seoul was 29 (84 F).
2018-07-23 04:44:29 Read More

French soldiers arrive in Sweden to fight wildfires

Firefighters yesterday were battling around 50 wildfires after an unprecedented drought in the region and soaring temperatures, which have reached the hightest in a century.
2018-07-23 04:37:55 Read More

Trump to Iran: 'never, ever threaten' US again

President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Iran of consequences "the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered," if it threatens the United States.
2018-07-23 04:11:06 Read More

Egyptian women challenge social norms by practicing Parkour

A group of Egyptian women gather at an abandoned park in a Cairo suburb once a week, climbing walls and jumping around in the strenuous physical discipline known as Parkour, while also challenging the countryâ€™s conservative social norms.
2018-07-23 04:10:25 Read More

Zimbabwe edges back onto tourist map

The number of foreign visitors to Victoria Falls, the southern African country's flagship destination, jumped nearly 50 percent in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2017, the tourism minister says.
2018-07-23 02:55:49 Read More

And now he is 5: Britain's Prince George marks birthday

The photo shows George grinning in the garden of Clarence House after the christening of his younger brother Prince Louis on July 9.
2018-07-23 02:46:03 Read More

Pompeo calls Iran religious leaders 'hypocritical holy men'

"Sometimes it seems the world has become desensitized to the regime's authoritarianism at home and its campaigns of violence abroad, but the proud Iranian people are not staying silent about their government's many abuses," Pompeo said in prepared remarks for a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.
2018-07-23 02:40:30 Read More

Nawaz Sharif on the verge of kidney failure: Report

According to the report, the hospital in jail does not have a facility where Sharif could be given intravenous fluid. It is necessary to take him to the hospital, and failing to do so could create a situation of emergency at night.
2018-07-23 02:26:37 Read More

Nawaz Sharif 'protecting India's interests': Imran Khan

Addressing a poll rally in Karachi, the 65-year-old cricketer-turned-politician claimed that a "big game" is being played to hurt the credibility of the general elections and Sharif and others are behind this "conspiracy".
2018-07-23 01:06:36 Read More

Forest fires destroy 800 hectares in Latvia

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Forest fires destroy 800 hectares in Latvia

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G20 ministers call for greater dialogue on trade tensions

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Gays on strike in Israel over exclusion from surrogacy law

â€‹â€‹Protesters marched in Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities waving rainbow flags and briefly blocking a major highway. The LGBT community is outraged that after PM Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to pass legislation supporting surrogacy for gay fathers, he voted against it.
2018-07-22 12:11:35 Read More

Poll candidate killed in NW Pakistan suicide blast

An election candidate and his driver were killed by a suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, police said, three days before the country's general election.
2018-07-22 11:54:32 Read More

Trump says looking more and more like his campaign spied upon illegally

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Japan heatwave kills over a dozen, 12,000 rushed to hospital

Japan's severe heatwave killed at least 15 people and sent more than 12,000 to hospital in the first two weeks of July, official figures show as the temperature neared 40 degrees C (104 F) in many cities on Sunday.
2018-07-22 10:36:21 Read More

Iran warns US against provocations; suggests peace possible

Iran's president is warning President Donald Trump against provoking his country while indicating peace between the two nations might still be possible. Trump earlier this year pulled the US out of the international deal meant to prevent Tehran from developing a N-weapon and ordered increased US sanctions.
2018-07-22 10:00:31 Read More

Israel likely to reopen Gaza goods crossing on Tuesday

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Israel evacuates 800 White Helmets to Jordan

Founded in 2013, the Syria Civil Defence, or White Helmets, is a network of first responders which rescues wounded in the aftermath of air strikes, shelling or explosions in rebel-held territory.
2018-07-22 09:19:54 Read More

Shehbaz Sharif vows to make Pakistan better than India

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Algeria faces prospect of president seeking 5th term

With no clear successor to longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerians may well see their frail leader for a 5th term in office. When Bouteflika came to power in 1999, he won the backing of his conflict-weary citizens who credited him with bringing about reconciliation after a fierce civil war.
2018-07-22 03:56:52 Read More

One dead in Los Angeles supermarket shooting, suspect arrested

An armed suspect who allegedly shot his grandmother and another person barricaded himself in a supermarket and then shot a woman dead in the US city of Los Angeles before being taken into custody on Saturday.
2018-07-22 02:27:03 Read More

One dead in Los Angeles supermarket shooting, suspect arrested

Chinese leader arrives for Africa visit as US interest wanes

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Africa today on a four-nation visit seeking deeper military and economic ties while his rival in a bitter trade war, the Trump administration, shows little interest in the world's second most populous continent.
2018-07-21 09:53:56 Read More

Xi ends state visit to UAE with raft of deals signed

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Israel, Hamas agree to restore calm in Gaza

Israel's army declined to comment on the reported ceasefire, but a spokeswoman said there was no known military activity in the area. There were no other reports of unrest by Saturday morning.
2018-07-21 07:37:47 Read More

CIA: China is waging a 'quiet kind of cold war' against US

China is waging a "quiet kind of cold war" against the United States, using all its resources to try to replace America as the leading power in the world, a top CIA expert on Asia has said.
2018-07-21 06:46:53 Read More

Town that doesn't vote: Pak Ahmadis say forced to abstain

There are no campaign posters in the Pakistani town of Rabwah, and no election rallies on its streets. Though they could be an influential bloc in a key electoral battleground, nearly 90 percent of its residents will not vote in a July 25 poll.
2018-07-21 06:08:54 Read More

The White House week when 'no' meant 'yes'

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Putin's idea for Ukraine referendum rejected by White House

The White House has rejected a Vladimir Putin-backed effort to hold a referendum in eastern Ukraine on the region's future, distancing itself from the idea in the aftermath of President Donald Trump's controversial summit with the Russian leader.
2018-07-21 05:16:15 Read More

US presses China and Russia to enforce sanctions on North Korea

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused North Korea of violating an array of tough sanctions imposed by the council. He warned that "when sanctions are not enforced, the prospects for the successful denuclearization of North Korea are diminished.
2018-07-21 01:00:01 Read More

Trump was 'taped' talking of paying for Playboy model's story

US President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer secretly recorded Trump discussing a potential payment for a former Playboy model's account of having an affair with him, people familiar with an investigation into the attorney said on Friday.
2018-07-21 00:56:07 Read More

Merkel vows to work at "under pressure" US relationship

At a wide-ranging news conference, Angela Merkel described Germany's relationship with the United States as "crucial", even after US President Donald Trump last week accused Berlin of being a "captive" of Russia due to its energy reliance.
2018-07-20 14:17:49 Read More

Merkel vows to work at "under pressure" US relationship

Eight dead as boat capsizes and sinks in Missouri lake

A tourist boat capsized and sank during a fierce storm on a lake in Missouri, killing at least eight people, the local sheriff said. Another seven people were hospitalized and an unknown number were missing after the accident on Table Rock Lake, Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader told a news conference.
2018-07-20 10:19:37 Read More

Russia shows off Putin's 'super weapons'

President Putin announced an array of new nuclear weapons in March in one of his most bellicose speeches in years, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and evade a US-built missile shield.
2018-07-20 04:43:32 Read More

Russia shows off Putin's 'super weapons'

US to alert public on foreign efforts to undermine American politics

The US Justice Department announced on Thursday a policy to alert the public about foreign cyber operations like Russia's alleged hacking and disinformation campaign during the 2016 US presidential election.
2018-07-20 01:15:01 Read More

White House invites Vladimir Putin to Washington for fall meeting

Unbowed by criticism over his Helsinki summit, President Donald Trump extended an invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet in Washington in the fall, the White House said Thursday.
2018-07-19 21:09:16 Read More

Despite summit criticism, Trump looks to next Putin meeting

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed forces within the United States on Thursday for marring what they called the success of their first summit, with Trump saying he looked forward to their second meeting.
2018-07-19 17:34:11 Read More

EU is urging members to prepare for no-deal Brexit

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Putin slams 'pathetic' US forces ready to sacrifice Russia ties

Vladmir Putin made the comments in a speech to Russian diplomats in Moscow after holding a summit in Helsinki with Trump that has ignited a political firestorm in the United States. Trump said he wanted to improve relations with Russia, which he characterized as the worst they have ever been.
2018-07-19 14:25:40 Read More

Pak army has no direct role in July 25 general elections: Official

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Maldives tourism thrives despite political crackdown

The number of tourists visiting the white-sanded Indian Ocean archipelago soared 10 per cent year-on-year to 726,515 in the first half of 2018, according to tourism ministry data released yesterday.
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Maldives tourism thrives despite political crackdown

Israel adopts divisive Jewish nation-state law

The "nation-state" law, backed by the right-wing government, passed by a vote of 62-55 and two abstentions in the 120-member parliament after months of political argument. Some Arab lawmakers shouted and ripped up papers after the vote.
2018-07-19 05:00:18 Read More

Military looms large over divisive Pakistan election

Observers have slammed "blatant" attempts to manipulate the ballot, which will see the brother of a recently jailed three-time prime minister face off against a former World Cup-winning cricketer for leadership of the nuclear-armed nation, whose short history is peppered by coups and assassinations.
2018-07-19 04:12:32 Read More

Trump talks tougher, now says he warned Putin on meddling

Amid bipartisan condemnation of Trump's embrace of a longtime US enemy in Helsinki, the US president delivered a rare admission of error Tuesday, saying he misspoke by one word when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 US election.
2018-07-19 02:41:05 Read More

FBI chief reiterates: Russia meddled, whatever Putin & Trump say

On Monday, Trump appeared to accept Putin's denial in a press conference after their meeting in Helsinki, sparking outrage in Washington and a rare statement of disagreement by the head of the US intelligence community, Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats.
2018-07-19 02:40:38 Read More

Trump urges Erdogan to free US pastor held in Turkey

"A total disgrace that Turkey will not release a respected US Pastor, Andrew Brunson, from prison. He has been held hostage far too long.
2018-07-19 02:26:03 Read More

US hotel sues shooting victims to avoid liability

MGMâ€™s legal approach, which stirred outrage online on Tuesday, turns on an interpretation of federal law, and which has apparently never before been used to try to shield a company from liability.
2018-07-19 02:00:40 Read More

'Trump asked Rouhani for meeting 8 times at UN'

The chief of staff to Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that his US counterpart Donald Trump asked for a meeting eight times during the UN General Assembly last year. He said the Iranian team had not responded to the requests.
2018-07-18 13:00:33 Read More

Air strikes kill 12 civilians in south Syria rebel holdout

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As state of emergency ends, Turkey mulls new terror laws

As Turkey's controversial two-year-long state of emergency comes to an end, the government is set to introduce new anti-terrorism laws it says are needed to deal with continued security threats. The opposition insists the laws are just as oppressive as the emergency powers they will replace. â€‹
2018-07-18 09:10:08 Read More

Uranium stockpile reaches 950 tons: Iran nuclear chief

Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, tells state TV on Wednesday that Iran has imported some 400 tons of the stuff since the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Western powers, bringing its stockpile to between 900 and 950 tons â€” up from 500 tons.
2018-07-18 07:24:26 Read More

Britain 'concerned' over move to ban Hong Kong party

The bid to bar the Hong Kong National Party (HKNP), a well-known but small group with a core membership of around a dozen, has been made because it is a potential threat to national security and public safety, according to authorities.
2018-07-18 06:19:30 Read More

MGM Resorts sues victims of Las Vegas massacre

The suit does not seek money but rather aims to force around 1,000 people suing MGM over the October shooting rampage that left 58 dead at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, to drop their suits on grounds that MGM Resorts is not liable.
2018-07-18 05:10:38 Read More

MGM Resorts sues victims of Las Vegas massacre

Mexico's next government to weigh legalizing drugs

Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has given his future interior minister "carte blanche" to explore the possibility of legalizing drugs in a bid to curb violent crime, she said on Tuesday.
2018-07-18 05:03:24 Read More

Trump: No 'time limit' to denuclearize North Korea

Trump met with Kim Jong Un on June 12 for an unprecedented summit in Singapore during which the North Korean leader pledged to work toward denuclearization of the peninsula.
2018-07-18 03:22:39 Read More

Russian woman in US held for being Moscowâ€™s agent

A 29-year-old Russian woman living in Washington, DC, has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian government while developing ties with American citizens and infiltrating political groups, the US justice department said on Monday.
2018-07-18 00:31:21 Read More

Donald Trump embraced Vladimir Putin, America groaned. What happens next?

The Washington political playbook suggests President Donald Trump should make clear and fast that the US isn't in the pocket of Russia President Vladimir Putin. But apologies and clarifying statements just aren't Trump's style.
2018-07-17 16:19:12 Read More

Ex-British PM Blair calls for second vote to 'fix Brexit mess'

Blair himself said it was a "mush", an "incomplete half-in half-out" plan that pleased no one- and was unlikely to be accepted by Brussels. He noted the inherent dilemma in Brexit- stay close to the EU to protect trade but forfeit the opportunities of going it alone, or cut ties altogether and risk damage to the economy.
2018-07-17 15:47:32 Read More

'US House may consider new sanctions on Russia'

US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday said he is willing to consider additional sanctions on Russia, and reiterated his support for US intelligence community findings that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
2018-07-17 15:10:45 Read More

Obama delivers Mandela address in likely rebuke to Donald Trump

Former US President Barack Obama is making his highest-profile speech since leaving office, urging people around the world to respect human rights and other values under threat in an address marking the 100th anniversary of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela's birth.
2018-07-17 14:02:18 Read More

Russia's post-summit view: Praise for Putin, pity for Trump

For Vladimir Putin, holding a summit with Donald Trump was a victory in itself. While the US leader went home to widespread criticism after their Monday meeting, the Russian president came home to universal praise in Moscow even though there were no major breakthroughs.
2018-07-17 13:52:45 Read More

Tanzania president says his party will rule 'forever'

Tanzania's Prez John Magufuli who has come under fire for his authoritarian leadership style has vowed that his ruling party will be "in power forever, for eternity". In a speech broadcast on radio and television, Magufuli said that opponents of his party would "always have problems".
2018-07-17 08:57:39 Read More

Tanzania president says his party will rule 'forever'

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Taiwan's Apache fleet goes into service amid China tensions

The US sold 30 Apache AH-64E â€” also known as the "tank killer" â€” to Taiwan as part of a $6.5 billion arms deal announced in 2008 that angered Beijing. China sees the self-ruled island as part of its own territory to be reunified, by force if necessary, and opposes any weapons sales to Taiwan.
2018-07-17 07:29:04 Read More

In a first, Chinese-ruled Hong Kong moves to ban separatist group

The move against the Hong Kong National Party comes at a time authorities have ratcheted up pressure on young democracy activists, some of whom have been jailed, and denounced any pro-independence action as an illegal challenge to Communist Party rulers in Beijing.
2018-07-17 07:28:15 Read More

Officials: In policy shift, US open to meeting with Taliban

The Taliban have long refused direct talks with the Afghan government, demanding instead to negotiate with Washington. The Taliban official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said, "We wait for them to officially inform us."
2018-07-17 07:21:01 Read More

Two Koreas fully restore western military communication line

The complete restoration of fax and phone connections was part of an agreement from last month's inter-Korean general-grade military talks, the first such meeting in more than a decade, reports Yonhap News Agency.
2018-07-17 07:19:10 Read More

Bangladesh drug war death toll hits 200: Rights group

Bangladesh launched the crackdown to smash the surging trade in "yaba", a cheap methamphetamine and caffeine pill, which authorities say has spread to almost every village and town.
2018-07-17 06:59:05 Read More

Obama praises Kenya's political reconciliation

Obama, on his first visit to Africa since stepping down as president, commended President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga for cooperating following last year's disputed presidential election which were marked by violence.
2018-07-17 06:46:01 Read More

Royalty, pope, Trump... Putin makes everyone wait

Data compiled by Statista shows how on one occasion in 2014 the Russian president kept his German counterpart Angela Merkel waiting for four hours and 15 minutes. In close second is former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych, who in 2012 waited four hours for his meeting with Putin.
2018-07-17 06:08:57 Read More

Trump faces outrage back home after Putin summit

From describing his comments at the joint press conference as "disgraceful", "shameful" to "treacherous", even some of his closest supporters described Trump's statements as the most serious mistake of his presidency.
2018-07-17 05:56:32 Read More

Pak: Senior ANP leader survives assassination attempt

A senior leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) on Monday survived an assassination attempt when heavily-armed militants opened fire on him during a meeting with his party workers in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province, a police officer said.
2018-07-17 01:46:33 Read More

Nawaz Sharif kept in 'abysmal conditions' in Rawalpindi jail

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2018-07-16 17:58:38 Read More

US lawmakers call Donald Trump's performance 'bizarre,' 'shameful'

Key members of Congress, including some Republicans, are criticizing President Donald Trump's performance at a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin as "bizarre," "shameful" and a "missed opportunity" to stand up to Russia. And a former CIA director says it's treasonous.
2018-07-16 17:51:06 Read More

Theresa May accepts key amendments from hard-line Brexiteers

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Theresa May accepts key amendments from hard-line Brexiteers

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Sharifs challenge verdict in Islamabad high court

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Pak court to take up Nawaz Sharif family's appeals challenging corruption verdict tomorrow

Sharif and his daughter Maryam were arrested in Lahore on July 13 on their arrival from London after an accountability court found them guilty over his family's ownership of four luxury flats in London. They were later taken to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
2018-07-16 14:43:59 Read More

Death toll in Mastung suicide attack in Pakistan rises to 149

Pakistan's top counter-terrorism body has warned that there were serious security threats to political leaders of all major parties and suicide bombers could be used to target them ahead of the July 25 general elections.
2018-07-16 13:32:35 Read More

Turkey stops registering Syrian refugees: Human Rights Watch

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2018-07-16 12:08:17 Read More

Fierce heatwave hits Japan flood recovery

Tens of thousands of rescue workers are still digging through the debris for bodies after Japan's worst weather-related disaster in over three decades, which saw record downpours spark flash flooding and landslides across the region.
2018-07-16 07:55:03 Read More

Fierce heatwave hits Japan flood recovery

Emirati prince flees to Qatar, criticises Abu Dhabi: Report

Sheikh Rashid bin Hamad al-Sharqi, 31, is the second son of the emir of Fujairah, one of the seven monarchies making up the United Arab Emirates. He arrived in Doha on May 16, the report said. Abu Dhabi is the capital and the richest emirate of the UAE.
2018-07-16 07:51:58 Read More

Trump says Nato 'never been stronger'

"NATO's never been stronger. NATO has never been more together," he said at a breakfast meeting with the Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. US allies "are now agreeing to pay" their fair share, Trump added.
2018-07-16 07:28:10 Read More

From jail, Pakistan's ex-PM Sharif appeals his sentence

Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is appealing his 10-year prison sentence just days after returning to the country ahead of parliament elections later this month. Sharif was sentenced in absentia on July 6 over his family's purchases of luxury apartments in London.
2018-07-16 07:03:16 Read More

Trump says US-Russia ties have 'never been worse'

â€œOur relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse thanks to many years of US foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt!,â€ he said shortly before he is scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
2018-07-16 06:37:49 Read More

Muslim candidates running in record numbers face backlash

When Tahirah Amatul-Wadud heard about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's stunning upset over US Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's Democratic primary last month, the first-time candidate saw parallels with her own longshot campaign for Congress in western Massachusetts.
2018-07-16 05:18:51 Read More

Muslims in China's 'Little Mecca' fear eradication of Islam

In what locals said they fear is a deliberate move to eradicate Islam, the atheist ruling Communist Party has banned minors under 16 from religious activity or study in Linxia, a deeply Islamic region in western China that had offered a haven of comparative religious freedom for the ethnic Hui Muslims there.
2018-07-16 04:56:56 Read More

More than 10 civilians killed in Mali attack

At least 10 civilians have been killed in a possible jihadist attack in Mali's northeast, close to the border with Niger, according to armed Touareg groups and local authorities. More than 100 people, including numerous civilians, have been killed in recent months in the unstable region.
2018-07-16 03:20:45 Read More

Mexican president-elect slashes his own salary

Lopez Obrador told reporters yesterday he will take home 108,000 pesos a month, which is $ 5,707 at current exchange rates, and that no public official will be able to earn more than the president during his six-year term.
2018-07-16 02:58:03 Read More

Trump and Putin test ties in Baltic showdown

Washington-Moscow rivalry has a long history and there are there many points of friction that could yet spoil Trump's hoped-for beautiful friendship. If Trump's instinct is right and he finds common ground with Putin, then the pair's Helsinki Summit may take the heat out of some of the world's most dangerous conflicts.
2018-07-16 02:42:40 Read More

Croatian leader says Trump, Putin key to peace

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Highchairs & cuddles for lawmaker mums in parliaments

Such access, almost non-existent even a year ago, spotlights a push by many countries to make their parliaments friendlier for children and their parents, as legislatures diversify and rules that can be surprisingly hostile to new parents are eased.
2018-07-16 01:35:24 Read More

Trump, Putin to hold talks as twitchy West looks on

After months of exchanging long-distance compliments, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will sit down on Monday for their first ever summit, a potential political minefield at home for the US president but a geopolitical win for his Russian counterpart.
2018-07-16 01:12:52 Read More

Trump calls Russia, EU, China 'foes' ahead of Putin summit

US President Donald Trump has set expectations low for his high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that â€œnothing bad ... and maybe some good will come outâ€ of Mondayâ€™s meeting in Finland. His national security adviser John Bolton said they arenâ€™t looking for â€œconcrete deliverables.â€
2018-07-15 23:20:16 Read More

Sharifs to move court tomorrow against conviction in graft case

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2018-07-15 16:47:28 Read More

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seeks support for government

The likely return of US economic sanctions has triggered a rapid fall of Iran's currency and protests by bazaar traders usually loyal to the Islamist rulers, and a public outcry over alleged price gouging and profiteering.
2018-07-15 15:48:26 Read More

Civilian deaths in Afghanistan hit record high

Deaths rose 1 per cent to 1,692, although injuries dropped 5 per cent to 3,430, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said in its latest civilian casualty report. Overall civilian casualties were down 3 per cent.
2018-07-15 13:09:44 Read More

Syria rebels begin evacuating 'cradle' of uprising in Daraa

The highly symbolic transfers came as Russian-backed government forces advanced in the neighbouring province of Quneitra, with air strikes pounding rebel positions perilously close to the Israeli-occupied Golan heights.
2018-07-15 12:11:05 Read More

Trump sets expectations low for Helsinki summit with Putin

â€‹â€‹Trump set expectations low in an interview with CBS's Jeff Glor taped Saturday in Scotland, a day before he departs for Helsinki for the high-stakes summit. He says in excerpts released by the network that he's "not going with high expectations.''
2018-07-15 11:40:22 Read More

Accident at Myanmar jade mine kills at least 15 scavengers

At least 15 people were killed and 30 injured in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar's jade mining region. A police officer in Hpakant Township in Kachin state said Sunday that 15 bodies were retrieved from the accident site near Lonekhin village but a search was ongoing for more.
2018-07-15 11:11:35 Read More

Trump told me to 'sue the EU' over Brexit: Theresa May

Trump told reporters Friday at a joint press conference with May that he had given the British leader a suggestion that she found too "brutal."
2018-07-15 10:47:32 Read More

Obama to lead celebrations 100 years after Mandela's birth

South Africa celebrates the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth this week with a flagship speech by former US president Barack Obama and an outpouring of memories and tributes to the late anti-apartheid leader.
2018-07-15 04:04:11 Read More

US cyberthreat at 'critical point': US intelligence chief

"The warning signs are there. The system is blinking. It is why I believe we are at a critical point," national intelligence director Dan Coats said Friday at an event in Washington.
2018-07-15 03:12:23 Read More

Did South Korea army plot coup to keep ousted leader in power?

A group of army generals rolling tanks and troops into Seoul to seize power. Paratroopers firing at large crowds calling for democracy. Tanks and armored vehicles stationed at universities to intimidate student protesters.
2018-07-15 01:35:18 Read More

Israel exchanges intense fire with Hamas militants in Gaza

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Trump says intends to run for president in 2020

When asked by Piers Morgan in an interview given on Friday in Britain whether he was going to run, Trump said: "Well I fully intend to. It seems like everybody wants me to," the newspaper said.
2018-07-15 01:21:58 Read More

Trump faults Obama for Russian hackings

President Donald Trump scolded the Obama administration on Saturday for not responding aggressively enough to Russian hacking of Democratic targets in the 2016 US election â€” cyberattacks underpinning the indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers.
2018-07-14 23:54:10 Read More

Haiti PM resigns after deadly unrest

Embattled Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant announced his resignation on Saturday following deadly violence and looting sparked by a now-abandoned plan to raise fuel prices.
2018-07-14 20:00:12 Read More

Suicide attack: Pak to observe national mourning day

The death toll in the suicide blast targeting an election rally in the restive Balochistan province reached 130 on Saturday as two people succumbed to injuries, prompting the Pakistan government to announce tomorrow as a day of national mourning over a string of terror attacks that have raised security concerns ahead of the July 25 polls.
2018-07-14 18:37:29 Read More

Trump questions why Obama did not act on claims of Russian election meddling

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China floods wreak havoc, block roads and railways

Weather authorities are forecasting more downpours throughout the country on Saturday, with floods and landslides expected in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
2018-07-14 09:59:16 Read More

US isolated on Iran sanctions, even among allies: Rouhani

â€œToday, we are in conditions in which the United States is more isolated than ever over the sanctions issue. Americaâ€™s illegal actions ... have even isolated it among its own allies as we just saw,â€ Rouhani said, referring to protests held in Britain against the visit of President Donald Trump.
2018-07-14 09:23:56 Read More

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US isolated on Iran sanctions, even among allies: Rouhani

Stuck between EU and US: Britain's Brexit dilemma

May's blueprint, fleshed out in a government white paper this week, argued that it was possible through a deal with the EU that would preclude the return of a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.
2018-07-14 03:34:59 Read More

12 Russians accused of hacking Democrats in 2016 polls

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Trump pulls diplomatic backflip, heaps praises on May after barbs

Trumpâ€™s visit to the UK has been overshadowed by massive protests and an explosive interview in The Sun in which he blasted May, blamed Londonâ€™s mayor for terror attacks against the city and argued that Europe was â€œlosing its cultureâ€ because of immigration.
2018-07-14 01:24:35 Read More

133 killed, 200 injured in twin election-related blasts in Pakistan

At least 133 people, including a top nationalist leader, were killed and over 200 others injured on Friday in a powerful suicide blast and a targeted attack on separate election rallies in Pakistan, the deadliest in a series of assaults on candidates ahead of the July 25 polls.
2018-07-13 23:00:46 Read More

Donald Trump meets Britain's Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle

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SKorea's Moon optimistic on US-NKorea diplomatic thaw

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Friday he is confident a diplomatic thaw between Washington and Pyongyang will continue, despite "bumps and bruises" on the path to denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.
2018-07-13 12:54:10 Read More

Pakistan readies for ex-PM Sharif's return from UK

Disgraced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be whisked away by helicopter to the federal capital of Islamabad when he returns Friday to Pakistan from London to face a 10-year prison sentence on corruption charges, anti-corruption officials said.
2018-07-13 12:50:41 Read More

Snarling orange 'Trump baby' blimp flies outside British parliament

Opponents of Donald Trump flew a six-meter blimp depicting the U.S. president as an orange, snarling nappy-wearing baby just outside the British parliament on Friday.
2018-07-13 09:11:38 Read More

Snarling orange 'Trump baby' blimp flies outside British parliament

Opponents of Donald Trump flew a six-meter blimp depicting the U.S. president as an orange, snarling nappy-wearing baby just outside the British parliament on Friday.
2018-07-13 09:11:38 Read More

Pakistan's Imran Khan 'quietly confident' he will be PM

Pakistani cricket legend Imran Khan said he was "quietly confident" of victory in a general election this month and that as prime minister, he would drive an anti-corruption and anti-poverty campaign in the south Asian nation.
2018-07-13 07:32:04 Read More

NATO: What the alliance does, past and present

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, known as NATO, has grown from the original 12 nations to an alliance of 29. Several other nations are in membership negotiations.
2018-07-13 06:57:55 Read More

Radicals, extremists campaign ahead of Pakistan elections

Michael Kugelman of the Washington-based Wilson Center, says the participation of the radical groups in the election 'is highly significant, not because of their ability to sweep into power, which won't happen, but because of how they can use the political process to legitimize themselves and their extremist ideologies.'
2018-07-13 06:27:12 Read More

Co-pilot smoking e-cigarette behind cabin pressure fall on Air China plane

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Working closely with US on North Korea nukes: China

On Monday, Trump tweeted that China 'may be exerting negative pressure' on North Korea because of an escalating trade dispute between the US and China. Chinese vice foreign minister Kong Xuanyou said he believed that if talks are held candidly and on an equal basis.
2018-07-13 03:47:58 Read More

China chemical plant blast kills 19, injures 12

An explosion at a chemical plant in China has killed 19 people and injured 12, authorities said on Friday, the latest deadly industrial incident in the world's largest producer of chemicals.
2018-07-13 02:52:38 Read More

Sharif flying home to face jail, Lahore on lockdown

Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam, both sentenced to lengthy jail terms in absentia, are due to return to Pakistan on Friday in a high-stakes gamble to galvanise their beleaguered party ahead of a July 25 general election.
2018-07-13 01:49:48 Read More

Industrial park blast kills 19, hurts 12 in southwest China

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Trump: May's Brexit plan would kill UK-US trade deal

US President Donald Trump lobbed a verbal hand grenade into Theresa May's carefully constructed plans for Brexit, saying Thursday that the British leader had wrecked the country's exit from the European Union and likely "killed" chances of a free-trade deal with the United States.
2018-07-12 23:57:30 Read More

Setting out vision for future ties, UK's May presses Brexit plans

Prime Minister Theresa May published her blueprint for Britain's future relations with the European Union on Thursday, proposals which would keep close trade ties after Brexit but make it harder for banks to access the European single market.
2018-07-12 17:49:10 Read More

Trump claims victory in Nato spending dispute

Donald Trump said Nato leaders agreed today to a big boost in defence spending after crisis talks in Brussels, but France's Emmanuel Macron appeared to contradict the US president. Trump claimed victory after bitterly criticising key allies, notably Germany, for failing to pay their way at one of the most fractious summits in Nato's 70-year history.
2018-07-12 17:32:30 Read More

Trump releases 'very nice' letter from Kim Jong-un

President Donald Trump on Thursday released a letter from Kim Jong-un, in which the North Korean leader voices confidence in efforts to end their nuclear standoff while urging the US leader to take "practical steps" to build trust.
2018-07-12 17:18:04 Read More

Trump arrives in Britain, questioning May's Brexit plan

US President Donald Trump arrived in "hot spot" Britain on Thursday after casting doubt on Prime Minister Theresa May's plans for leaving the European Union and with protests planned across the country where he says the people like him a lot.
2018-07-12 13:27:20 Read More

Pakistan ex-PM's party: Police arresting Sharif's supporters

Pakistani police were detaining scores of supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his party said Thursday, claiming it was an attempt to prevent them from staging a welcome-home rally upon the ousted leaders return from London.
2018-07-12 13:13:29 Read More

Rescuers search for survivors of Afghan landslide: officials

Melting snow in the mountains of Panjshir, a province north of Kabul known for its snowcapped peaks, had flooded a lake, sending water and mud cascading over villages below, the disaster management ministry and local officials said.
2018-07-12 11:45:02 Read More

South Korea's Moon says North Korea-US 'talks on track', criticism a ploy

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that North Korea's criticism of the United States after recent talks on denuclearisation was part of its strategy and negotiations between them are on the "right track".
2018-07-12 09:58:52 Read More

South Korea's Moon says North Korea-US 'talks on track', criticism a ploy

Not educating girls costs global economy $15-30 trillion: World Bank

Less than two-thirds of girls in low-income countries complete primary school and only one in three girls complete lower secondary school, the World Bank said in a new report 'Missed Opportunities: The High Cost of Not Educating Girls'.
2018-07-12 08:28:46 Read More

Thai cave rescue site to become a museum

Rescuers who pulled a young Thai football team from deep inside a flooded cave were dismantling their worksite Thursday, as plans emerged to turn the spot into a museum in tribute to the daring operation.
2018-07-12 07:51:23 Read More

Trump visit tests Britainâ€™s â€˜special relationshipâ€™ with US

After Brexit, Britain is banking on a future outside the European Union, based on free trade and policed by the World Trade Organization. Yet that is one of the international bodies that Trump sees as part of the problem as he embarks on a trade war that has embroiled European nations.
2018-07-12 06:49:12 Read More

Lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels says she was arrested

Adult film star Stormy Daniels, locked in a court battle with President Donald Trump over their alleged affair, was arrested Wednesday while performing at a strip club in what her lawyer described as a "politically motivated" setup.
2018-07-12 06:14:03 Read More

Taliban defeated by the quiet strength of Pakistan's Buddha

The Buddha of Swat, carved on a cliff in the seventh century, was dynamited by the Pakistani Taliban in 2007. Now it has been restored, a powerful symbol of tolerance in the traumatised Pakistani valley.
2018-07-12 04:34:32 Read More

UK set to publish Brexit plan that sparked rebellion

In a policy paper, the government will outline proposals to allow Britain to maintain close economic and security ties with the European Union even after it leaves the bloc in March. "It is a vision that respects the result of the referendum (vote to leave), and delivers a principled and practical Brexit," Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said in the foreword.
2018-07-12 03:30:09 Read More

Japan rains disaster toll rises to 199: Government

The toll in record rains that have devastated parts of Japan rose Thursday to 199, with dozens still missing, a top government spokesman said. Yoshihide Suga said search operations were continuing after the worst weather-related disaster in Japan in over three decades.
2018-07-12 03:19:15 Read More

'416,' 'Witch,' 'Not Creative': How fires get their names

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'Turncoats' boost Imran's prospects in Pakistan poll

With polls also showing the PTI gaining ground, Khan is increasingly being tipped by analysts to be the next prime minister. But the embrace of "turncoat" politicians from traditional elites risks damaging his image as the candidate of change.
2018-07-12 02:08:11 Read More

EU fine may force Google to make changes in Android

Google will likely be told by the European Union to change how it runs its mobile phone business, according to people familiar with the case who asked not to be named because the process isnâ€™t public. That will force the Alphabet Inc unit to interpret what it should do to bring about more competition, they said.
2018-07-12 01:53:09 Read More

Trump pushes Nato allies to double military spending

US President Donald Trump told Nato leaders on Wednesday they should increase their defence spending to 4 per cent of their country's economic output, higher than the group's goal of two per cent, a White House official said.
2018-07-12 01:42:12 Read More

'British PM May urges her party to back EU Brexit plan'

Prime Minister Theresa May urges her Conservative Party to back her proposals for close trade ties with the European Union, her spokesman said on Wednesday, a day before the government publishes its so-called white paper Brexit policy document.
2018-07-11 12:37:00 Read More

Myanmar opens peace conference with ethnic rebels

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's military commander on Wednesday opened a major conference with representatives of ethnic minority groups to try to move toward a lasting peace after seven decades of strained relations and armed conflict.
2018-07-11 12:26:26 Read More

Prince Harry, Meghan to reflect on Irish history on tour

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle met with the Irish president on their first official overseas trip as a married couple. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as they are formally known, visited President Michael D Higgins at his official residence on Wednesday as part of their two-day tour of Dublin.
2018-07-11 12:05:06 Read More

Surviving member of German neo-Nazi murder cell jailed for life

Beate Zschaepe, 43, was found guilty of 10 counts of murder in deadly shootings of nine Turkish and Greek-born immigrants as well as of a German policewoman. The murders were carried out by a trio known as the National Socialist Underground (NSU).
2018-07-11 10:27:19 Read More

Lanka to hang drug criminals, replicate Philippines 'success'

President Maithripala Sirisena had told the cabinet he "was ready to sign the death warrants" of repeat drug offenders, government spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said Wednesday.
2018-07-11 10:23:36 Read More

Donald Trump claims Germany 'controlled' by Russia

Trump, in a testy exchange with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, took issue with the US protecting Germany when the European nation is making deals with Russia.
2018-07-11 08:20:18 Read More

Typhoon Maria barrels into China after pounding Taiwan

Taiwan government's disaster response center says a total of 3,430 people had evacuated their homes in nine cities and counties by Wednesday morning to avoid landslides triggered by heavy rainfall.
2018-07-11 06:04:07 Read More

NATO braces for bruising summit with Donald Trump

While NATO officials and diplomats will try to promote an image of unity in the face of growing unease about the threat from Russia, the tensions between Brussels and the White House are growing ever sharper.
2018-07-11 05:37:43 Read More

Sri Lanka govt approves capital punishment for drug offences

Gamini Jayawickrema Perera, Minister of the Buddhist Order said that President Maithripala Sirisena had recently stated that he was under pressure to re-introduce capital punishment as a deterrent to serious crimes.
2018-07-11 04:57:21 Read More

Britain to fine Facebook over data breach

An investigation by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has focused on the social media giant since earlier this year, when evidence emerged that an app had been used to harvest the data of tens of millions of Facebook users worldwide.
2018-07-11 04:28:01 Read More

Verdicts due in Germany's mammoth neo-Nazi murder trial

Beate Zschaepe, 43, is accused of full complicity in the deadly shootings of nine Turkish and Greek-born immigrants and a German policewoman carried out by clandestine trio known as the National Socialist Underground (NSU).
2018-07-11 04:21:25 Read More

Abe visiting flood-hit western Japan as deaths reach 176

Shinzo Abe, who cancelled a four-stop foreign trip planned for this week as the disaster worsened, was due to visit the flood-ravaged Okayama area to see the scale of the damage first-hand.
2018-07-11 03:48:31 Read More

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Thai boys being watched for health problems

The 12 youth soccer teammates who were trapped in a flooded Thai cave for more than two weeks are finally out, and now they are being closely monitored in a hospital.
2018-07-11 01:27:32 Read More

Liu Xia, widow of Chinese Nobel laureate, arrives in Berlin

The 57-year-old poet, Liu Xia, who had left Beijing earlier in the day, arrived in Berlin on a Finnair flight from Helsinki, three days before the first anniversary of her husband's death from liver cancer.
2018-07-10 15:18:10 Read More

Twelfth person rescued from Thai cave on third day of operation

The head of the operation, Narongsak Osottanakorn, said earlier the final operation would be "more challenging" because one more survivor would be brought out, along with three Navy SEALs who have been accompanying them.
2018-07-10 12:11:33 Read More

UK cabinet discussed Brexit policy document, plans no-deal exit: PM May's spokesman

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Police again question Israeli PM Netanyahu on corruption allegations

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UN: 1 in 4 children live in country of conflict or disaster

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Russian cargo ship docks at ISS in record time

The "Progress" was launched at 2151 GMT on Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and arrived at the space station in the early hours of Tuesday, 3 hours and 40 minutes later, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said. The previous record was 5 hours 39 minutes.
2018-07-10 07:46:35 Read More

Last 5 trapped in Thai cave to be brought out at the same time

The eight boys rescued so far are in good health overall and the first four rescued boys are eating well, a Thail health ministry official said. They are still being quarantined from their parents because of the risk of infection and would likely be kept in hospital for a week to undergo tests.
2018-07-10 06:01:23 Read More

China's Xi pledges billions in loans, aid to Arab nations

Xi Jinping told participants in a conference of Arab leaders in Beijing on Tuesday that Syria, Yemen, Jordan and Lebanon would receive $91 million in humanitarian assistance. Xi said another $151 million was earmarked for aid projects.
2018-07-10 05:31:27 Read More

Australia monster crocodile caught after eight-year hunt

The 4.7-metre (15.4-foot) beast was found in a trap downstream from the northern outback town of Katherine after first being spotted in 2010. Authorities had tried in vain for years to bag the crocodile, which is estimated to be 60 years old.
2018-07-10 04:32:22 Read More

Thai official: Rescued boys healthy and smiling

"Everyone is in a good mental state," Jesada Chokedamrongsuk, permanent secretary of the public health ministry, told reporters at Chiang Rai hospital.
2018-07-10 04:18:00 Read More

Elon Musk brings mini-sub to Thailand for cave rescue

American space entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted that he was in Thailand today with a prototype mini-sub, at the flooded cave where five members of a youth football team remained trapped.
2018-07-10 03:08:33 Read More

Official toll in Japan flood disaster rises to 141

Rescue workers carried out house-to-house searches Tuesday in the increasingly unlikely hope of finding survivors after days of deadly floods and landslides that have claimed 141 lives in one of Japan's worst weather-related disasters for decades.
2018-07-10 03:00:31 Read More

Trump nominates conservative Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court

A former advisor to George W Bush who now sits on the US Court of Appeals in Washington, Kavanaugh began his career as a clerk to Justice Anthony Kennedy, and will succeed him on the nine-seat bench when he retires at the end of the month.
2018-07-10 02:17:31 Read More

Massive fire rips through Bali port

A massive fire laid waste to dozens of boats at a Bali port on Monday as firefighters battled to bring the dramatic blaze under control. The fire started around after midnight on the Indonesian holiday island and quickly engulfed nearly 40 local vessels but no injuries were reported, police said.
2018-07-09 07:50:34 Read More

Rescuers prepare to move rest of boys, coach from Thai cave

â€‹â€‹The dangerous mission began on Sunday with rain threatening to raise water levels inside the cave where the team was stranded two weeks. New oxygen tanks were being placed in the cave before the second stage of the rescue effort began.
2018-07-09 07:40:00 Read More

US, Europe clamp down on migration even as arrivals drop

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Japan PM cancels overseas trip as rain toll hits 100

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cancelled a four-country foreign trip as the death toll from flooding and landslides caused by record rains hit 100, local media said Monday. Abe had been expected to visit Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia and Egypt from Wednesday. His office declined to comment on the reports.
2018-07-09 07:31:32 Read More

Why have record Japan rains been so deadly?

Japan is famously prone to natural disasters including earthquakes and tsunamis, and is generally considered well-prepared to cope. So why has record rainfall caused at least 100 deaths?
2018-07-09 07:23:22 Read More

Trump to name Supreme Court nominee, battle to ensue

President Donald Trump is to announce his US Supreme Court pick on Monday, an intensely anticipated decision that opposition Democrats say will likely push the bench rightward with explosive implications for the country.
2018-07-09 06:10:46 Read More

Anonymous bones of Guatemala civil war dead laid to rest

Women from the village of San Juan Comalapa, about 50 miles west of Guatemala City, spent years saving money and raising donations to buy a plot of land where an army camp once stood. During the 1960-1996 conflict, people from across the country were abducted and brought here by soldiers, then were tortured, killed and buried in mass graves.
2018-07-09 05:20:07 Read More

Trump says he 'can't go wrong' with his top court contenders

President Donald Trump is going down to the wire as he makes his choice on a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, but he says with his final four options "you can't go wrong."
2018-07-09 04:42:29 Read More

Toll in record Japan rains hits 100: Govt spokesman

The toll in days of devastating rains in Japan has risen to 100. Desperate relatives braced for more bad news as rescuers dug through landslides in the wake of severe floods that has left swathes of central and western Japan under water.
2018-07-09 04:27:11 Read More

Britain's Prince Louis to be christened in private ceremony

Britain's Prince Louis, the baby son of Prince William and his wife Kate, is due to be christened at a private ceremony at St James's Palace in London on Monday. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, will lead the service at the Chapel Royal..
2018-07-09 04:06:49 Read More

Treacherous Thai cave rescue bid enters day two

A treacherous rescue bid to free a youth football team trapped in a flooded Thai cave entered its second day Monday, with nine of the "Wild Boars" still inside after elite divers guided four out.
2018-07-09 03:50:49 Read More

Britain's Brexit minister steps down in blow to May

Britain's Brexit minister David Davis and one of his deputies has resigned in a major blow for Prime Minister Theresa May as she tries to unite her party behind a plan to retain strong economic ties to the European Union even after leaving the bloc.
2018-07-09 03:35:31 Read More

Ten killed, 73 injured in Turkey train derailment: State TV

Ten people were killed and 73 injured on Sunday when a train derailed in northwest Turkey, sate-run TRT Haber television said, quoting the health ministry. The train, with 360 people on board, was travelling from Kapikule on the Bulgarian border to Istanbul when six of its carriages derailed in the Tekirdag region. Over 100 ambulances have been sent to the scene, TRT Haber said.
2018-07-08 17:40:59 Read More

Former Brazil President Lula to be released from prison: Court

Former Brazilian President Luiz InÃ¡cio Lula da Silva must be freed from prison, appeals court Judge Rogerio Favreto ordered on Sunday, three months after the Brazilian Supreme Court had ordered his arrest. Lula, as the former president is known, has been in prison since April 7 serving a 12-year sentence related to a corruption case. Whether Lula can run in the October election has yet to be decided by Brazil's electoral court next month.
2018-07-08 16:22:17 Read More

A 'Supreme' show: Trump savors big reveal for court choice

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Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law arrested following conviction in corruption case

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Religious parties in Pak field record 460 candidates

Religious parties in Pakistan, including the banned Jamaat-ud Dawa's political wing, have fielded more than 460 candidates on the National Assembly seats for the July 25 general elections, breaking all previous records, a media report said on Sunday.
2018-07-08 11:41:14 Read More

Spain may be new migrant hotspot: EU border agency chief

Data released by the International Organisation for Migration showed that migrants arriving in Spain numbered 6,513 for first six months of 2017. In comparison, Leggeri said 6,000 irregular arrivals in Spain were recorded in June this year alone.
2018-07-08 10:09:15 Read More

Rain strands at least 1,000, kills at least 66 in Japan

Unprecedented rains that have killed at least 66 people also stranded 1,000 in the western Japanese city of Kurashiki on Sunday, including about 100 at a hospital, with rescuers using helicopters and boats after rivers surged over their banks.
2018-07-08 07:53:21 Read More

UAE extends mandatory military service for some to 16 months

The military called the mandatory service one of the UAE's "most effective and important" strategic moves, in the light of its "anticipated strategic outcomes in political, military, security, national, social and economic terms."
2018-07-08 06:57:52 Read More

Two US destroyers sail into Taiwan Strait

"Two US Navy ships conducted a routine transit through the international waters of the Taiwan Strait on July 7-8 (local time)," Captain Charlie Brown, a spokesman for US Pacific Fleet, told Reuters in a statement.
2018-07-08 05:34:13 Read More

Sanctions to remain until North Korea 'final' denuclearisation: Mike Pompeo

Speaking in Tokyo after holding meetings in Pyongyang, Pompeo said Washington would continue enforcing sanctions until North Korea carried out "fully verified final denuclearisation." Pompeo is in Tokyo to brief his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the talks.
2018-07-08 03:32:11 Read More

North Korea slams 'gangster-like' US in nuclear talks

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Tokyo to brief his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the talks, which he called positive, and declined to comment on Pyongyang's statement rejecting his efforts and appealing to US President Donald Trump to revive the peace process.
2018-07-08 03:02:46 Read More

A single parking slot in Hong Kong sells for $765k

The market for parking spaces in Hong Kong is hotter than ever as a single spot in a development in Kowloon changed hands for a record 6 million Hong Kong dollars ($765,000).
2018-07-08 01:00:35 Read More

European peace activists march against Donald Trump's NATO visit

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2018-07-07 16:17:39 Read More

Sharif family to challenge court verdict in corruption case

Pakistanâ€™s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar will challenge the anti-corruption courtâ€™s verdict, which sentenced them to imprisonment for varying periods.
2018-07-07 16:03:27 Read More

Why Europe could melt down over a simple question of borders

The European Union has always been sold, to its citizens, on a practical basis: Cheaper products. Easier travel. Prosperity and security. But its founding leaders had something larger in mind. They conceived it as a radical experiment to transcend the nation-state, whose core ideas of race-based identity and zero-sum competition had brought disaster twice in the space of a generation.
2018-07-07 14:12:39 Read More

North Korea says talks with US were 'regrettable'

â€‹â€‹The North's statement came hours after Pompeo wrapped up two days of talks with senior North Korean officials without meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un but with commitments for new discussions on denuclearisation and the repatriation of the remains of American soldiers killed during the Korean War.
2018-07-07 13:34:49 Read More

Pope says walls, occupation, fundamentalism block Mideast peace

Speaking at the end of a summit of Christian religious leaders, Francis also repeated his view that the "status quo" of the contested city of Jerusalem should be respected, and backed a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
2018-07-07 11:41:24 Read More

South Korean women protest against 'spy cam porn'

Thousands of South Korean women gathered in Seoul on Saturday to demand stronger government action to fight the spread of intimate photos and video taken by hidden cameras, which they say has women living in constant anxiety and distress.
2018-07-07 11:28:38 Read More

After cabinet Brexit deal, May must persuade MPs & Brussels

British Prime Minister Theresa has persuaded her eurosceptic ministers to back a plan for closer ties with the EU after Brexit, but some MPs expressed alarm -- and she must still sell it to Brussels.
2018-07-07 11:20:50 Read More

Mike Pompeo says progress made on timeline of North Korea's denuclearisation

Speaking to reporters after a day and a half of talks in Pyongyang, Pompeo said the two sides agreed to hold discussions on July 12 on the repatriation of remains of Americans killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, and also discussed "modalities" for the destruction of a missile engine testing facility.
2018-07-07 10:18:41 Read More

Religious ultra-right candidates in Pakistan polls can be disturbing: Daily

The Dawn newspaper in its editorial has noted that while several mainstream political parties have been subjected to exceptional scrutiny and several mainstream politicians have struggled to get their names on a ballot paper, the new ultra-right religious crop has virtually faced no public scrutiny.
2018-07-07 09:44:39 Read More

Iran executes 8 over 2017 Islamic State attack on Tehran

The June 7, 2017 attack has so far been the only assault by the Sunni extremists inside of Shiite Iran, which has been deeply involved in the wars in Iraq and Syria where the militants once held vast territory. IS has since have been beaten back by Iranian-aided Shiite militias in Iraq, as well as by a US-led coalition operating in both countries, though Iran has made other arrests involving the group in the time since.
2018-07-07 09:32:17 Read More

At least 27 killed, 47 missing as torrential rain pounds Japan

Japan's Meteorological Agency issued special weather warnings across four prefectures in the west of Japan's main island of Honshu, urging vigilance against landslides, rising rivers and strong winds amid what it called "historic" rains.
2018-07-07 08:05:47 Read More

Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists

President Rodrigo Duterte leader said that if there's "one single witness" who can prove, perhaps with a picture or a selfie that a human was "able to talk and to see God," he will immediately resign.
2018-07-07 05:49:28 Read More

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Over 100 'chimneys' drilled into mountain to reach Thai boys

The unprecedented rescue effort is attempting to establish new ways to extract the boys from above, if the underground chambers flood and it is deemed too risky to evacuate the team by diving out through the submerged passageways.
2018-07-07 05:29:21 Read More

Over 100 'chimneys' drilled into mountain to reach Thai boys

Trump to meet May, Queen and visit Churchill's birthplace

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UK police race to find source of new nerve agent poisoning

More than 100 officers were looking for clues in a race to understand how two local people were exposed to a nerve agent that was produced in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
2018-07-06 14:59:12 Read More

Defiant Maryam Sharif says 'real verdict' will be revealed on July 25

A Pakistan accountability court today sentenced Sharif to 10 years in prison in one of the three corruption cases against him in the high-profile Panama Papers scandal and fined 8 million pound ($10 million).
2018-07-06 14:26:27 Read More

World powers back Iran oil exports despite US sanctions threat

Three European nations along with Russia and China met with Iran to offer economic benefits and assurances that would lessen the blow of sweeping US sanctions, two months after President Donald Trump walked away from the landmark nuclear deal.
2018-07-06 14:04:06 Read More

Paris attacks suspect linked to IS Jordan pilot killing

Osama Krayem, a Swede of Syrian origin, has been held in Belgium since 2016 and could face war crimes charges over the murder of Maaz al-Kassasbeh, whose grisly death was filmed and put online in an incident that came to symbolise some of the worst excesses of the IS group.
2018-07-06 13:49:49 Read More

Washington hospital is 'like going into hell'

"They don't have enough staff to protect patients, or provide them with the bare minimum of care," said Lisa Bowser, whose mother spent two years at Western State Hospital and suffered dozens of falls and assaults.
2018-07-06 13:40:14 Read More

Zimbabwe election a 'critical test': European Union chief observer

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UK police hunt object that poisoned couple with nerve agent

Dawn Sturgess, 44, and Charlie Rowley, 45, fell ill on Saturday in Amesbury, a small town near the city of Salisbury where Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed on March 4, spreading fear once again among locals.
2018-07-06 11:11:16 Read More

In Thai jungle above trapped boys, alternative rescue effort ramps up

Rescue teams thrashed through dense forest hundreds of metres above a cave complex on Friday, searching for an alternative way to extract 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside for nearly two weeks.
2018-07-06 11:10:14 Read More

In Thai jungle above trapped boys, alternative rescue effort ramps up

Nuclear deal talks set to drag on as Iran seeks more from world powers

Talks to save the 2015 nuclear deal on Friday are unlikely to satisfy Iran, European powers said, and Tehran warned that it could leave the accord if it was not fully compensated for the re-imposition of US sanctions.
2018-07-06 10:41:26 Read More

Hindu woman to contest assembly elections in Pakistan

Sunita Parmar, 31, who is from the Meghwar community will contest as an independent candidate for the Sindh Assembly constituency PS-56 from Tharparkar district which has the highest number of Hindus in Pakistan.
2018-07-06 10:23:42 Read More

FIFA chief invites trapped Thai boys to World Cup final

"If, as we all hope, they are reunited with their families in the coming days and their health allows them to travel, FIFA would be delighted to invite them to attend the 2018 World Cup final as our guests," Gianni Infantino wrote in a letter to the head of the Football Association of Thailand.
2018-07-06 09:02:10 Read More

Ex-Navy Seal dies in Thai cave rescue: Official

The diver, identified as Saman Kunont, was coming back from a spot inside the Tham Luang cave where the group were located on Monday when his supplies ran short. His death highlights the perils of the operation to extract the team from deep inside the waterlogged cave.
2018-07-06 03:13:32 Read More

Japan sarin attack cult leader, followers executed

Doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara and several followers were executed Friday for their roles in a deadly 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subways and other crimes, Japanese media reported. In all, 12 followers had been on death row with Asahara for the crimes, which killed 27 people.
2018-07-06 02:25:58 Read More

US environment chief Scott Pruitt resigns

Pruitt was under scrutiny for months over first-class travel at taxpayer expense, security spending, connections with lobbyists and industry groups, accusations of using his office for favours, soundproof phone booth for his office and his rental of a high-end condo from an energy lobbyist's wife.
2018-07-05 21:54:41 Read More

Fireworks explosion kills 24, injures 49 near Mexico City

24 people were killed and at least 49 injured Thursday when a series of explosions ripped through fireworks workshops in a town just north of Mexico City, according to officials. Video shot from a nearby highway showed a massive plume of smoke rising from the area of the explosions in Tultepec.
2018-07-05 18:54:12 Read More

Sudden shift in Iran as hardliners back President Hassan Rouhani

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49 missing as boat overturns in seas off Thailand: Governor

â€‹â€‹Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong said 48 passengers were rescued from the boat, with 49 unaccounted for. A police official had earlier said 90 people had been rescued from the boat and just seven were missing. The reason for the discrepancy was not clear.
2018-07-05 15:52:02 Read More

Donald Trump calls on Congress to fix 'insane' immigration laws

Trump, who just weeks ago said Republicans should stop wasting their time on immigration until after November's elections, says in tweets Thursday that, "Congress must pass smart, fast and reasonable Immigration Laws now."
2018-07-05 14:52:49 Read More

Fate of inter-Korean detente hangs on US-North nuclear talks

Two days of friendly basketball games winding up Thursday in Pyongyang were the latest in a slew of goodwill gestures between the Koreas in recent months. The women's and men's matches came just ahead of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's arrival in North Korea on Friday for two days of talks over the future of the North's nuclear program.
2018-07-05 14:21:22 Read More

Dozens missing in boat capsize off Thai tourist island

Dozens of people are missing after a diving boat carrying 90 people capsized in rough seas off the Thai tourist island of Phuket, the Phuket office of Disaster, Prevention and Mitgation said today.
2018-07-05 13:58:03 Read More

China pledges more 'selfless' loans to Sri Lanka

Dismissing "Western media" claims of a "debt trap", China's embassy in Colombo also rejected a recent New York Times report about alleged corruption in Chinese projects on the island.
2018-07-05 13:24:53 Read More

Blood and treasure or fantasy: What is the UK-US 'special relationship'?

lled 'special relationship' with the United States was one of the most enduring alliances of the 20th Century, though Brexit and the election of US President Donald Trump have raised questions about its future. What is the special relationship and how do the United States and Britain compare on key measures?
2018-07-05 08:31:45 Read More

UK authorities seek clues in new Novichok poisoning case

The country's chief counter-terrorism police officer says specialists have determined that the couple in their 40s were poisoned by the same lethal toxin â€” developed by the Soviet Union â€” that almost killed a former Russian spy and his daughter in March.
2018-07-05 08:09:47 Read More

UK authorities seek clues in new Novichok poisoning case

Heatwave kills at least 19 in Canada

A heatwave in Quebec has killed at least 19 people in the past week as high summer temperatures scorched eastern Canada. 12 of the dead were reported in the eastern province's capital Montreal. The Tribune newspaper said five of the deaths occurred in the past 48 hours.
2018-07-05 05:31:55 Read More

A night in Mandela's prison cell - yours for $300,000

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Thai official says boys may be taken out of cave in stages

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Another mystery illness rocks England after spy's poisoning

Counterterrorism detectives and local police were investigating after a couple in their 40s fell critically ill from exposure to an unknown substance a few miles from where a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent in March.
2018-07-04 17:29:02 Read More

Wikipedia down in several countries in EU law protest

In Spain, Italy and Poland, an explanatory, protest statement about the upcoming vote came up when the online encyclopeead of the usual web page on whatever celebrity, legal case or historical event users had searched for.
2018-07-04 17:27:44 Read More

Poland's isolation deepens as Supreme Court law takes effect

First President Malgorzata Gersdorf arrived for work as usual at the court in Warsaw, vowing to continue her constitutionally mandated term, which runs through 2020. The court's judges support this view.
2018-07-04 17:15:24 Read More

Rouhani calls Trump's sanctions a "crime and aggression"

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Trump hails 'American heroes' who helped US win independence

Trump tweeted a short video that included well wishes from him and first lady Melania Trump. The Trumps were hosting a White House picnic for military families later Wednesday, followed by a concert and viewing of the fireworks on the National Mall.
2018-07-04 16:56:31 Read More

Rohingya continue to flee violence, persecution in Myanmar: UN rights chief

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Cambodia restores railway link to Thailand after 45 years

Cambodian transport minister Sun Chanthol said a train ran Wednesday morning from the northwestern province of Pursat to Phnom Penh, the last remaining section of the track between the two countries to be finished.
2018-07-04 15:30:00 Read More

Saudi woman's car set ablaze after driving ban lifted

Salma al-Sherif, a 31-year-old cashier based near the holy city of Mecca, told local media that her car had been deliberately set alight this week by men "opposed to women drivers".
2018-07-04 15:06:15 Read More

US diplomat visits Pakistan to discuss peace in Afghanistan

Pakistan is believed to have played a role in ensuring the first truce in Afghanistan's brutal 17-year war when Kabul and insurgents separately but peacefully celebrated the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr that follows the holy month of Ramadan. However, violence later resumed.
2018-07-04 14:06:11 Read More

Hafiz Saeed launches intense election campaign across Pakistan

Saeed inaugurated the election offices of the Milli Muslim League (MML), the political wing of the JuD, in Lahore, Islamabad, Sahiwal, Sargodha, Faisalabad and Jhang and addressed rallies there during the last one week.
2018-07-04 13:50:36 Read More

Europe, China, Russia to meet Iran on Friday in Vienna

The EUâ€™s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini confirmed the meeting in a statement on Wednesday after Iranian state news agency IRNA announced the meeting a day earlier.
2018-07-04 13:16:32 Read More

Iran arrests 'Sultan of Coins' suspected of hoarding gold

The report quotes Tehran police chief Gen. Hossein Rahimi as saying the 58-year-old suspect had accomplices who helped him collect the coins over the past 10 months.
2018-07-04 13:06:50 Read More

Iran arrests 'Sultan of Coins' suspected of hoarding gold

The report quotes Tehran police chief Gen. Hossein Rahimi as saying the 58-year-old suspect had accomplices who helped him collect the coins over the past 10 months.
2018-07-04 13:06:50 Read More

Encroachment: Pak SC suspends HC's order to summon ISI chief

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Ex-Malaysian PM Najib Razak charged with corruption

Najib pleaded not guilty, but the charges, the first of their kind faced by a Malaysian premier, and his court appearance were the culmination of a swift and stunning downfall for the man who led the country for nearly a decade.
2018-07-04 12:05:55 Read More

Top Hong Kong court grants UK lesbian right to spousal visa

The British woman, who requested to be identified only as QT in court, sued the director of immigration in 2014 after she was denied a spousal visa that would have granted her resident status and allowed her to work without the need for a separate visa.
2018-07-04 12:01:49 Read More

Australian leader calls on convicted archbishop to resign

Australia's prime minister has called on an Australian archbishop to resign after becoming the most senior Roman Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Wednesday he was surprised that Wilson had not resigned when he was convicted in May.
2018-07-04 09:26:14 Read More

Fresh navy video shows Thai cave boys in 'good health'

The footage runs by 11 of the 13 members of the team, each makes a traditional Thai greeting gesture to the camera before introducing themselves by nickname and saying "I'm in good health". Several of the boys are wearing protective foil blankets and are accompanied by a smiling diver in a wetsuit.
2018-07-04 02:15:21 Read More

Mass rape, cannibalism, dismemberment: UN team finds atrocities in Congo war

Rebels and government troops in Congo have committed atrocities including mass rape, cannibalism and the dismemberment of civilians, according to testimony published on Tuesday by a team of UN human rights experts who said the world must pay heed.
2018-07-03 17:09:59 Read More

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US plan to end Iranian oil exports 'a fantasy': Hassan Rouhani

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UN urges Jordan to open borders to fleeing Syrians

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UK government outlines new initiative for LGBT communities

â€‹â€‹The initiative comes after the government released the results of a survey of 108,000 LGBT people, which found that 5 per cent had been offered conversion therapies. The government says it will "eradicate the abhorrent practice".
2018-07-03 09:37:33 Read More

Ex-Malaysian PM Najib Razak arrested amid graft probe

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested on Tuesday amid an investigation into how billions of dollars went missing from a state fund he founded almost a decade ago.
2018-07-03 09:08:43 Read More

Japan women's university to accept transgender students

An official at the education ministry told AFP the move by Ochanomizu University in Tokyo was "likely unprecedented", though he could not confirm if it was a national first, and praised the decision.
2018-07-03 04:04:40 Read More

Doubts on North Korean denuclearization shadow Pompeo visit

North Korea has been showering the United States and South Korea with goodwill gestures in recent months, including the shutdown of its main nuclear testing site and the release of three American detainees.
2018-07-03 03:51:03 Read More

Bali volcano hurls lava and ash, airport unaffected

The Indonesian geological agency's Agung monitoring post said explosions from the mountain began just after 9 p.m. and lasted more than 7 minutes. "Flares of incandescent lava" reached 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the crater, it said, setting fire to forests at high elevation on the mountain.
2018-07-03 03:05:25 Read More

Bali volcano hurls lava and ash, airport unaffected

Pak polls: Hardline party vows 'surprising results'

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Classmates yearn for safe return of Thai boys trapped in cave

Classmates of 12 boys trapped in a flooded Thai cave spoke of their hopes for a miracle rescue on Monday, as divers inched through thick mud and water towards an air pocket where the group is believed to be. There has been no contact with the boys since they went missing nine days ago.
2018-07-02 08:32:27 Read More

Little sign of compromise in German govt showdown

The three-week dispute pits interior minister Horst Seehofer and his Bavaria-only Christian Social Union against Merkel, the head of its longtime sister party, the Christian Democratic Union. Ahead of a difficult Bavarian state election, the CSU is determined to show it's tough on migration.
2018-07-02 07:30:47 Read More

Japan emperor being treated for brain condition: Palace

Japan's 84-year-old Emperor Akihito "had a sudden feeling of sickness and heavy sweating" in the early morning and Empress Michiko "immediately brought in the palace doctor." The doctor diagnosed the emperor with symptoms of vertigo and nausea due to cerebral anemia, which require complete rest.
2018-07-02 07:07:47 Read More

Indonesian forces to blame for Papua killings: Amnesty

Amnesty International said on July 2, 2018 there have been dozens of unlawful killings by security forces in Indonesia's easternmost Papua region since 2008, including targeted slayings of activists, and a near total absence of justice for the mainly indigenous victims.
2018-07-02 06:10:51 Read More

Rebel-held Syrian town to accept Assad's rule: Report

Losing Bosra al-Sham, a major town near the provincial capital of Deraa, would be a significant loss for the opposition in the teeth of a Russian-backed Syrian army offensive in the southwest that has taken chunks of rebel territory.
2018-07-02 05:45:32 Read More

Tearful reunion for mom, daughter separated at border

It had been nearly two months since Buena Ventura Martin Godinez saw her 7-year-old daughter after the frightened young mother was separated from her family trying to cross from Mexico into the US. Seeing her at a Miami airport on Sunday for the first time, she grabbed the child in a tight embrace.
2018-07-02 05:41:13 Read More

Angela Merkel rebels vow last-ditch bid for migrant deal

"I said that I would vacate both my offices (as federal interior minister and CSU party chief) in the next three days," Horst Seehofer told reporters in Munich.
2018-07-02 05:40:35 Read More

North Korea serious about dismantling nukes: Trump

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had pledged to work towards "complete denuclearisation" during a historic meeting with Trump in Singapore on June 12 in return for security guarantees from the US.
2018-07-02 05:16:49 Read More

Lithuanians seek identity in their pagan roots

Dancing around a blazing fire with garlands of wildflowers in their hair, members of Lithuania's Romuva neo-pagan community mark the summer solstice, as the Baltic state undergoes a revival of its pre-Christian beliefs.
2018-07-02 04:51:38 Read More

Donkey in farmgirl getup wins Colombian pageant

With her garish print dress with snails embroidered on it, long blonde hair and bushy eyebrows, Amasijos, from the town of Arcabuco, captured the most hearts, and outdid 59 other contestants, most of whom wished for world peace.
2018-07-02 03:34:38 Read More

US has plan to dismantle North Korea's nukes in a yr: Bolton

Bolton told CBSâ€™s â€œFace the Nationâ€ that Washington has devised a programme to dismantle North Koreaâ€™s weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological and nuclear - and ballistic missile programs in a year, if there is full cooperation and disclosure from Pyongyang.
2018-07-02 03:21:09 Read More

Portugal, the European country that wants more migrants

Demonstrating this openness, Portugal was one of the first that volunteered to take in some of the migrants on board the Lifeline, a rescue ship which had been stranded at sea since June 21 after Italy refused it safe harbour.
2018-07-02 03:06:24 Read More

Portugal, the European country that wants more migrants

Maldives opposition gets new leader, vows to restore democracy

The Maldivian Democratic Party nominated its parliamentary leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to lead a coalition of opposition groups, party spokesman Hamid Abdul Ghafoor said. Currently, all opponents of President Abdullah Yameen and top dissidents are either in jail or in exile, and Solih is seen as a symbol representing the united opposition against the president.
2018-07-01 13:10:02 Read More

Pope Francis decries new attacks in Syria's Daraa province

Pope Francis has decried intensified attacks in southern Syria, asking that people there be spared more suffering. In remarks Sunday at the Vatican, Francis cited Syria's Daraa province, where a government offensive that began June 19 has killed scores of people and forced 50,000 to flee.
2018-07-01 11:22:32 Read More

Russians protest pension age hike as Putin popularity dips

In a rare show of widespread public opposition to a government proposal, both Kremlin-friendly trade unions and political parties and Putin's top critic Alexei Navalny organised protest rallies in dozens of cities. Analysts say that growing popular discontent over the reform amid plunging living standards may present the most serious challenge to Putin during his nearly 20 years in power.
2018-07-01 11:15:30 Read More

Israel reinforces troops, steps up humanitarian aid to Syria

The United Nations has warned of a catastrophe in southern Syria, where government forces are on the offensive against insurgents in fighting that has forced thousands of people to flee toward the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the Jordanian border.
2018-07-01 11:14:17 Read More

Japan eases North Korea missile alert system: Report

Japan has lowered its military readiness level against North Korean missiles as Washington embarks on delicate nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang, a report said today, citing multiple unnamed sources close to the matter.
2018-07-01 11:11:13 Read More

Moment of truth for Angela Merkel as rebels weigh migration deals

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was fighting for her political future Sunday, looking to placate conservative rebels over immigration with a hard-fought European deal even as eastern EY states called it into doubt.
2018-07-01 10:49:19 Read More

Moment of truth for Angela Merkel as rebels weigh migration deals

110 hospitalized in Afghanistan after drinking from river

An Afghan official says that at least 110 people have been hospitalized after drinking from a river in the northern Parwan province. Abdul Khalil Farhangi, the head of the main hospital in Charakar, the provincial capital, said Sunday it was not clear what caused them to become ill. The symptoms included vomiting and headaches.
2018-07-01 10:45:06 Read More

Australia shelves MH370 memorial after relatives protest

The final resting place of the Boeing 777, which had 239 people on board when it disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014, is still unknown despite two massive underwater searches off Australia's west coast.
2018-07-01 08:39:55 Read More

Kim Jong Un asked Xi Jinping to help lift sanctions: Report

Kim made the request during his third meeting with Xi in Beijing last month, and the Chinese president promised to do his "utmost" to satisfy it, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said.
2018-07-01 08:26:58 Read More

Thai rescuers establish base inside Tham Luang cave

Monsoon rains have complicated the frantic search for the children, aged 11 to 16, and the coach who have not been heard from since they ventured into the Tham Luang cave last Saturday in northern Thailand and were blocked by heavy rains.
2018-07-01 06:57:11 Read More

Thousands protests across US against Trump's immigration policies

Tens of thousands of people, including Indian Americans, took to the streets in several US cities to protest against controversial immigration policies of President Donald Trump which has resulted in separation of children of illegal immigrants.
2018-07-01 05:58:32 Read More

Protesters flood US cities to fight Trump immigration policy

In major cities and tiny towns, hundreds of thousands of marchers gathered Saturday across America, moved by accounts of children separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border, in the latest act of mass resistance against President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
2018-07-01 04:08:46 Read More

Protesters flood US cities to fight Trump immigration policy

Thousands set to rally in Hong Kong over Beijing's tightening grip

Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were expecting tens of thousands of people to attend an annual protest rally on Sunday to mark the 21st anniversary of the city's return to Chinese rule as tensions simmer over Beijing's tightening grip.
2018-07-01 03:46:27 Read More

Merkel seeks to placate German rebels on migration

Merkel's government has been pushed to the brink over the migration issue after allowing more than one million asylum-seekers into Germany since 2015.
2018-07-01 02:45:47 Read More

Trump says Saudi king agrees to ramp up oil production

The Saudi Press Agency said Trump had called Salman and the two highlighted "the necessity of doing efforts in order to preserve the stability of the oil market and the global economy growth."
2018-07-01 02:42:57 Read More

Thousands in US march against immigration policy

Thousands of demonstrators, baking in the heat and boiling mad against US immigration policy, marched across the country Saturday to protest the separation of families under President Donald Trump's hardline policy.
2018-06-30 17:35:16 Read More

'I beg skies to show mercy': Thais rally behind cave rescue

The song is dedicated to events unfolding in a flooded mountain cave in northern Thailand, where 12 boys aged 11-16 and their soccer coach disappeared a week ago. It was written and performed by students at Lek Nai Tung Kwang school across the country, in Buriram province.
2018-06-30 13:49:58 Read More

Maldives opposition unites to challenge Abdulla Yameen

Opposition parties in the Maldives agreed on Saturday to field a joint candidate in September's presidential elections to challenge incumbent Abdulla Yameen, whose crackdown on dissent has alarmed the international community.
2018-06-30 12:35:47 Read More

Merkel secures deal with 14 EU nations on migrants

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2018-06-30 11:10:22 Read More

US sanctions aim to turn Iranians against govt: Khamenei

US economic pressure on Iran is intended to turn Iranians against their government, supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying on Saturday by his website, as Iran faces a likely reimposition of US sanctions.
2018-06-30 10:25:46 Read More

Kim Jong-un woos China with border visit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a region near his country's border with China in an apparent attempt to boost economic cooperation with Beijing, Pyongyang's state media reported on Saturday.
2018-06-30 09:42:00 Read More

Put back on terror-financing watch list, Pak vows to improve

Pakistani officials attending a meeting in Paris had tried in vain to persuade the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to keep Pakistan off a list of nations with inadequate controls to prevent terror financing and money laundering.
2018-06-30 09:35:43 Read More

Divers progress in search for missing Thai kids

Rescue divers reached several kilometres inside a flooded cave on Saturday where 12 boys and their football coach have been trapped for a week, offering a flicker of hope for the harrowing search. There has been no contact with the boys and their coach since they went into the cave last weekend.
2018-06-30 09:24:14 Read More

Myanmar transit camps sit empty as Rohingya fear return

The transit camp in Myanmar's Rakhine state stands ready to welcome back 150 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh every day. Fewer than 200 Rohingya Muslims have been resettled in northern Rakhine from the 700,000 who fled a violent army crackdown in August.
2018-06-30 09:13:10 Read More

'North Korea making more nuclear bomb fuel despite talks'

NBC quoted five unidentified US officials as saying that in recent months North Korea had stepped up production of enriched uranium for nuclear weapons, even as it engaged in diplomacy with the United States.
2018-06-30 03:51:11 Read More

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Trump to name Supreme Court nominee on July 9

"Iâ€™ve got it down to about five," Trump said, including two women, to replace retiring US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. "Itâ€™s a great group of intellectual talent ... they are generally conservative," Trump said and added that he would not discuss gay rights with the candidates.
2018-06-30 03:23:48 Read More

Prank caller talks to Trump aboard Air Force One

Comedian John Melendez said he called the White House pretending to be an aide to New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez and was ultimately put in touch with the president on Air Force One, in a scenario that raises questions about protocol governing access to the commander in chief.
2018-06-30 02:35:47 Read More

Maryland shooting: Paper covers its own tragedy from car park

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2018-06-29 22:49:35 Read More

Fleeing for their lives, migrants trek for the US

For this family it was time to leave Guatemala, right away, and seek asylum in the United States â€” like tens of thousands of other Central Americans who can no longer take life lived in abject poverty or under the thumb of ultra-violent street gangs.
2018-06-29 17:11:22 Read More

Battered south Syria towns in talks on regime takeover

Since June 19, Russian-backed government forces have been battering opposition-held parts of Daraa province with air strikes and barrel bombs, simultaneously calling on rebels to surrender. The rebels in three towns in Daraa's eastern countryside had already agreed to a regime takeover over the last two days.
2018-06-29 17:00:50 Read More

Court opening puts pressure on Democrats in Trump country

The choice on whether to support the upcoming nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy will be a test for several Democrats in tough races. It could be particularly difficult for Sens. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and West Virginia's Joe Manchin.
2018-06-29 16:55:35 Read More

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Donald Trump says Turkey has acted badly in Brunson case

Not nurtured by military: Imran in 1st address to Pak assembly

UN council to commemorate Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya

US imposes sanctions relating to human rights abuses in Myanmar

Pak lawmakers gather to elect Imran Khan as PM

London mayor consults disaster planners over no-deal Brexit

Turkey will respond if US imposes more sanctions: Minister

New US training unit in Afghanistan faces old problems

Pak govt, leaders pay tribute to Vajpayee

Pentagon delays Trump's military parade until at least 2019

Pentagon delays Trump's military parade until at least 2019

US blacklists Russian, Chinese companies for breaking North Korea embargo

With new US law, trafficked children no longer need to testify in court

India-Israel missile defence system to be procured by Israeli Navy

India-Israel missile defence system to be procured by Israeli Navy

Trump revokes ex-CIA chief's security clearance

Death toll from Afghan blast reaches 25 - Health ministry

Death toll from Afghan blast reaches 25 - Health ministry

Blast rocks Shiite area of western Kabul, casualties feared: Officials

Pak Parliament elects Imran's ally as Speaker

Death toll hits 39 in Italy bridge collapse; blame begins

Imran Khan's party MLA 'thrashes' man on road

British media say crash suspect is Briton of Sudanese origin

Death toll rises to 35 in Italy bridge collapse; 3 missing

Police search addresses after suspected terrorist attack at UK parliament

Putin ready to meet Kim Jong Un at 'early date': N Korea state media

Floodlight search for survivors after deadly Italy bridge collapse

Judge may acquit women or call defense in Kim Jong Nam trial

Report: Pennsylvania priests molested over 1,000 children

Trump calls former aide Omarosa a 'dog'

Trump calls former aide Omarosa a 'dog'

Fighting between pro-government factions in Yemen kills 18

Kurds meet with Syrian government to discuss self-rule

Duterte: China should temper its behavior in disputed waters

Israeli minister confirms Netanyahu met al-Sisi over Gaza

North Korea suspends tour visas ahead of foundation day anniversary

Taliban capture northern Afghan base, kill at least 14 soldiers: officials

40 children killed in Yemen bus strike: new Red Cross toll

Ex-Ausi Archbishop avoids jail for concealing child abuse

Magnitude-5 quake hits China, 18 injured

Vienna tops Melbourne as world's most liveable city: Survey

State probe finds immigrant teens not currently being abused

State probe finds immigrant teens not currently being abused

Trump signs defense bill with diluted China controls

Iran's Khamenei: 'No war, no negotiations with the US'

Finalised decision on new Pak Cabinet: Imran's party

At least 100 security forces killed in fight for Afghan city

Merkel to host Putin for talks on Syria, Ukraine, energy

Merkel to host Putin for talks on Syria, Ukraine, energy

Newest US sanctions against Russia hit an economic nerve

Sharif appears before Pak court in remaining 2 graft cases

Australian PM's popularity slumps as govt fractures emerge

Threat from on high: race on to bolster drone defences

Counter-protest drowns out small Washington neo-Nazi rally

US: Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Alaska

Koreas hold high-level talks on third leaders' summit

China's Xi Jinping beset by economic, political challenges

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Alaska's oil-producing North Slope

Children among 39 civilians dead in Syria arms depot

Children among 39 civilians dead in Syria arms depot

Newly-elected Pak parliament to meet for first time tomorrow

Crews make progress battling Southern California wildfire

No room in US for 'neo-nazism', says Ivanka Trump

Family of man who stole, crashed plane stunned, heartbroken

White supremacists set to rally outside WH a year after deadly clash

Syrian rebels build an army with Turkish help, face challenges

Heavy security as Charlottesville anniversary weekend opens

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