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US conference to host victims of religious persecution

US conference to host victims of religious persecution

-- 2019-07-12 11:23:56

The US State Department said on Thursday it would host a conference in Washington next week to highlight the problem of religious persecution, and has invited victims of recent attacks at a synagogue...

Trump drops census citizenship question

Trump drops census citizenship question

-- 2019-07-12 10:51:16

US President Donald Trump retreated on Thursday from adding a contentious question on citizenship to the 2020 census, but insisted he was not giving up his fight to count how many non-citizens are in...

England end Australia's title defence to roar into final

England end Australia's title defence to roar into final

-- 2019-07-12 10:36:51

England snuffed out Australia's title defence and stormed into the Cricket World Cup final with a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over the five-times champions in the second semi-final on Thursday....

Iranian boats 'tried to intercept UK tanker'

Iranian boats 'tried to intercept UK tanker'

-- 2019-07-11 23:49:53

Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf - before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship, the Ministry of Defence has said, reports Agencies. HMS Montrose, a British frigate sh...

England reaches World Cup final after 27 years

England reaches World Cup final after 27 years

-- 2019-07-11 22:26:25

England surged into their first World Cup final for 27 years with a sensational eight-wicket demolition of Australia at Edgbaston. The hosts will have the chance to lift the trophy for the first time...

Kidneys have special place in the heart: Trump

Kidneys have special place in the heart: Trump

-- 2019-07-11 21:37:45

US President Donald Trump has claimed that kidneys have 'a very special place in the heart. The comment came amid a rambling and sometimes incoherent speech about the human organs ahead of signing a...

UN launches investigation into Philippines drug war deaths

UN launches investigation into Philippines drug war deaths

-- 2019-07-11 19:55:39

The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday voted to set up an investigation into thousands of killings in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called ‘war on drugs’ - a step that a...

Mass immigration roundups in US to start Sunday

Mass immigration roundups in US to start Sunday

-- 2019-07-11 13:56:20

Roundups of undocumented immigrant families will start Sunday in 10 US cities, fulfilling a hardline immigration stance from US President Donald Trump which will be a key issue in his 2020 re-election...

Tsai leaves for US, warns of threats from ‘overseas forces’

Tsai leaves for US, warns of threats from ‘overseas forces’

-- 2019-07-11 12:07:20

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States on Thursday on a trip that has angered Beijing, warning democracy must be defended and the island faced threats from “overseas forces&rdq...

Six foreign nationals dead as severe weather hits Greece

Six foreign nationals dead as severe weather hits Greece

-- 2019-07-11 11:29:12

Six foreign nationals, including two children, were killed and more than 100 other people injured after gale-force winds, rain and hailstorms struck northern Greece late on Wednesday, uprooting trees...

Iranian boats 'harass' British tanker in Gulf

Iranian boats 'harass' British tanker in Gulf

-- 2019-07-11 11:23:27

Five boats believed to belong to Iranian Revolutionary Guards approached a British oil tanker in the Gulf on Wednesday and asked it to stop in Iranian waters close by, but withdrew after a British war...

Myanmar has ‘much more’ to do, says Ban

Myanmar has ‘much more’ to do, says Ban

-- 2019-07-11 10:50:21

Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon believes Myanmar is not playing the role expected of it in repatriating refugees from Bangladesh to their homeland in order to resolve the Rohingya crisis. Speaking to the...

New Zealand beat India by 18 runs

New Zealand beat India by 18 runs

-- 2019-07-10 19:56:40

New Zealand defeated India by 18 runs producing a brilliant bowling performance in the rain-hit first Cricket World Cup semi-final at Old Trafford on Wednesday. The Black Caps will face the winners o...

Angela Merkel’s body shook at public event for third time in a month

Angela Merkel’s body shook at public event for third time in a month

-- 2019-07-10 19:25:42

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s body shook visibly at a public event for the third time in less than a month on Wednesday, but the long-time leader insisted that there’s nothing to worry...

British ambassador to US resigns

British ambassador to US resigns

-- 2019-07-10 17:50:36

Britain’s ambassador to Washington resigned on Wednesday after Donald Trump labelled him “stupid” and “wacky” following the release of confidential memos from the envoy i...

Turkey rejects Greek, EU claims that drilling off Cyprus illegitimate

Turkey rejects Greek, EU claims that drilling off Cyprus illegitimate

-- 2019-07-10 15:34:15

Turkey said on Wednesday it rejected Greek and European Union assertions that Turkish drilling for gas and oil off Cyprus was illegitimate, and said it showed the EU could not be an impartial mediator...

UN calls for immediate ceasefire in southern Libya

UN calls for immediate ceasefire in southern Libya

-- 2019-07-10 13:33:46

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called for an immediate ceasefire in southern Libya following tribal fighting. "UNSMIL is greatly concerned about ongoing hostilities in Murzu...

24 dead in Papua New Guinea tribal massacre

24 dead in Papua New Guinea tribal massacre

-- 2019-07-10 12:08:31

Children and pregnant women are among those murdered in a tribal massacre in Papua New Guinea's Highlands area. At least 24 people are confirmed to have died in a brutal flare up of violence between...

US to enlist military allies in Gulf waters

US to enlist military allies in Gulf waters

-- 2019-07-10 11:35:23

A senior general has said the US wants to create an international military coalition to safeguard waters around Iran and Yemen. Marine General Joseph Dunford said he wanted to "ensure freedom of navi...

Air India issues apology after banning Zamzam water

Air India issues apology after banning Zamzam water

-- 2019-07-09 16:55:53

Air India has issued an apology and withdrawn its decision to ban holy Zamzam water on its narrow-body aircraft as many Hajj pilgrims of the country expressed displeasure. The Indian flag carrier als...

Rights violations in Kashmir unchecked: UN

Rights violations in Kashmir unchecked: UN

-- 2019-07-09 15:52:00

Tensions in disputed Kashmir after a deadly suicide bombing earlier this year are having a severe impact on human rights in the region, a United Nations report released on Monday said. Muslim-majorit...

US, Taliban resume talks after Afghans agree to end bloodshed

US, Taliban resume talks after Afghans agree to end bloodshed

-- 2019-07-09 13:03:47

US and Taliban officials will on Tuesday resume talks in Qatar aimed at ending Afghanistan’s 18-year war, hours after a delegation of Afghan citizens and the militants ended a meeting with both...

'Life-threatening' rains pound US capital

'Life-threatening' rains pound US capital

-- 2019-07-09 13:00:27

Driving rains flooded parts of Washington, DC, on Monday (local time), shattering a daily record in just an hour, forcing 15 swift-water rescues from stranded cars and causing an undeniable leak in th...

Albanian protesters renew call for PM to quit

Albanian protesters renew call for PM to quit

Reuters 2019-07-09 12:42:53

Albanian opposition supporters rallied on Monday in their tenth national protest since February to pressure Prime Minister Edi Rama to quit over what they say is election fraud. Several thousand peop...

Japan rejects South Korea’s calls to scrap export curbs

Japan rejects South Korea’s calls to scrap export curbs

-- 2019-07-09 12:01:58

Japan pushed back on Tuesday against calls from South Korea to scrap curbs on some high-tech exports, ratcheting up tension in a decades-old diplomatic dispute that threatens to disrupt the global sup...

Mexico steps up raids on migrants

Mexico steps up raids on migrants

Reuters 2019-07-09 11:41:33

Mexican officials have captured more than 200 migrants hidden in trucks over the past two days, including dozens spotted by a large X-ray scanner huddled in secret compartments, as the country steps u...

US approves $2.2b arms sales to Taiwan despite Chinese ire

US approves $2.2b arms sales to Taiwan despite Chinese ire

-- 2019-07-09 10:50:36

The US State Department has approved a potential arms sales to Taiwan, estimated to be worth $2.2bn (£1.76bn), the Pentagon said. The deal is for 108 Abrams tanks, 250 Stinger missiles and rela...

Hong Kong extradition bill is dead: Lam

Hong Kong extradition bill is dead: Lam

-- 2019-07-09 10:18:27

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the extradition bill that sparked the territory's biggest political crisis in decades was dead, admitting that the government's work on the bill had been a...

China slams US for harassing its scholars, students

China slams US for harassing its scholars, students

Global Times 2019-07-08 21:15:31

China has urged the United States to stop making unjust charges on Chinese scholars and students, and not to disturb people-to-people exchanges between the two countries. The foreign ministry of Chin...

Trump blasts UK ambassador over leaked emails

Trump blasts UK ambassador over leaked emails

-- 2019-07-08 12:46:43

US President Donald Trump has criticised the UK ambassador who said in leaked emails that his administration was "inept". Mr Trump said: "The ambassador has not served the UK well, I can tell you tha...