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Indonesia lifts tsunami warning after strong quake

Indonesia lifts tsunami warning after strong quake

-- 2019-07-08 11:41:17

There were no reports on Monday of major damage in Indonesia from a weekend earthquake of magnitude 6.9 off the northeastern coast of the island of Sulawesi, and authorities lifted a tsunami warning....

Iran tanker detention by Britain was threatening act: Minister

Iran tanker detention by Britain was threatening act: Minister

-- 2019-07-08 11:25:41

Britain’s detention of an Iranian tanker last week was a threatening and incorrect action, Iran’s Defence Minister Amir Hatami said on Monday in a speech broadcast live on state television...

Greek Conservatives take charge in landslide win

Greek Conservatives take charge in landslide win

-- 2019-07-08 11:00:05

Greece's opposition conservatives returned to power with a landslide victory in snap elections on Sunday, and Prime Minister-elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he had a clear mandate for change, pledging...

27 die as bus falls into drain near Agra

27 die as bus falls into drain near Agra

-- 2019-07-08 10:52:54

At least 27 people died and around 15 injured when a passenger bus carrying them fell into a drain in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday morning, confirmed a state government source. T...

Nigeria signs African free trade area agreement

Nigeria signs African free trade area agreement

-- 2019-07-07 18:43:53

African superpower Nigeria has signed an agreement which aims to increase trade between African countries. This leaves Eritrea as the only African country not to be part of the trading bloc, reports...

People-to-people cooperation key to further strengthening China-Pakistan relations

People-to-people cooperation key to further strengthening China-Pakistan relations

Global Times 2019-07-07 18:08:01

The extraordinary friendship between China and Pakistan is 69 years strong this year. Over the years, this friendship has led to ever closer cultural integration in the two countries as many Chinese s...

Sri Lanka on alert as Buddhist monks hold first meeting since Easter

Sri Lanka on alert as Buddhist monks hold first meeting since Easter

-- 2019-07-07 14:23:46

Police lined the streets of the Sri Lankan highland town of Kandy on Sunday and the army was on standby as hardline Buddhist monks gathered for their first big assembly since Easter attacks by Islamis...

Iran announces plans to enrich uranium beyond deal limit

Iran announces plans to enrich uranium beyond deal limit

-- 2019-07-07 13:34:30

Iran said on Sunday it would further scale back its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, raising its uranium enrichment level to what officials said earlier was 5 per cent to produce...

Taliban car bomb blast kills 12 in Afghanistan

Taliban car bomb blast kills 12 in Afghanistan

-- 2019-07-07 12:24:15

Taliban Islamist fighters killed at least eight Afghan security force members and four civilians, as well as wounding more than 50 civilians, by blowing up a car bomb in central Ghazni province on Sun...

Hundreds protest against deadly domestic violence in Paris

Hundreds protest against deadly domestic violence in Paris

-- 2019-07-07 12:12:39

Hundreds of protesters gathered in central Paris on Saturday to raise awareness and demand tougher action on femicides in France. Yelling “Enough” and carrying signs reading “Stop f...

Warner heroics for Australia are in vain

Warner heroics for Australia are in vain

-- 2019-07-07 11:52:47

Prolific opener David Warner smashed a brilliant 122 but could not claim victory for Australia as they slipped to a 10-run defeat to South Africa in their Cricket World Cup clash at Old Trafford on Sa...

Rohit, Rahul hit centuries as India crush Sri Lanka

Rohit, Rahul hit centuries as India crush Sri Lanka

-- 2019-07-07 11:20:05

Rohit Sharma became the first player to make five centuries in a single World Cup match and his opening partner KL Rahul also struck a fluent century as India crushed Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the...

Tunisia recovers 14 migrants' bodies

Tunisia recovers 14 migrants' bodies

-- 2019-07-07 10:57:29

Tunisia's Coast Guard recovered on Saturday the bodies of 14 African migrants who drowned when their boat carrying more than 80 people sank after setting off for Europe from neighbouring Libya, the Tu...

Iran says to raise uranium enrichment to 5pc

Iran says to raise uranium enrichment to 5pc

Reuters 2019-07-07 10:24:44

Iran on Sunday will announce an increase in uranium enrichment to 5 per cent, a concentration above the limit set by its 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian official told Reuters, in a move signalling a dee...

7.1 magnitude earthquake rattles California

7.1 magnitude earthquake rattles California

-- 2019-07-06 17:01:49

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake has rattled parts of Southern California, the biggest tremor to strike in 20 years. It struck at the shallow depth of 0.9km (0.6 miles) and its epicentre was near the city...

Japan PM Abe's coalition on track to win solid majority in election

Japan PM Abe's coalition on track to win solid majority in election

-- 2019-07-06 12:49:12

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition is on track to win a solid majority in a July 21 upper house election, and his dream of revising the pacifist constitution could still be alive if enough...

Sudan’s opposition agree power-sharing deal with military

Sudan’s opposition agree power-sharing deal with military

-- 2019-07-06 11:32:47

Sudan’s ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups agreed provisionally on Friday to share power for three years, bringing thousands onto the streets to hail a firs...

Mashrafe bids farewell to World Cup with praise for Shakib

Mashrafe bids farewell to World Cup with praise for Shakib

-- 2019-07-06 10:37:15

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza singled out batsman Shakib Al Hasan for praise after the side’s final match at the Cricket World Cup on Friday, a 94-run loss to Pakistan at Lord’s. Th...

Teenager Shaheen bowls Pakistan to victory over Bangladesh

Teenager Shaheen bowls Pakistan to victory over Bangladesh

-- 2019-07-06 10:01:26

Teenage fast bowler Shaheen Afridi took six cheap wickets as Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 94 runs at Lord’s on Friday, clocking up their fourth World Cup win in a row but narrowly missing out on...

Bangladesh to chase 316

Bangladesh to chase 316

FE Online Report 2019-07-05 19:32:44

Pakistan made a commanding score of 315 for 9 in stipulated 50 overs against Bangladesh in the final match for both teams at ICC World Cup at Lords on Friday. After winning the toss and electing to b...

'Modern day slavery' ring busted in UK

'Modern day slavery' ring busted in UK

-- 2019-07-05 19:22:02

Details about what prosecutors have called one of Britain's largest-ever modern day slavery rings have emerged with the convictions of eight people. Prosecutors say more than 400 victims were forced...

Iran threatens to seize British oil tanker

Iran threatens to seize British oil tanker

-- 2019-07-05 17:31:41

An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatened on Friday to seize a British ship in retaliation for the capture of an Iranian super tanker in Gibraltar by Royal Marines. “If Britain does...

Pakistan elect to bat after winning toss

Pakistan elect to bat after winning toss

FE Online Desk 2019-07-05 15:22:32

Pakistan have elected to bat first after winning the toss in the World Cup match against Bangladesh at Lord's. They are now fifth on the table this World Cup, behind New Zealand who occupy the fourth...

Britain seizes Iranian oil tanker over Syria sanctions

Britain seizes Iranian oil tanker over Syria sanctions

-- 2019-07-05 12:27:33

British Royal Marines seized a giant Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar on Thursday for trying to take oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, a dramatic step that drew Tehran’s fury and could e...

Tigers eye happy ending for 'warrior' Marshare

Tigers eye happy ending for 'warrior' Marshare

-- 2019-07-05 11:14:43

Bangladesh will be desperately seeking a victory over Pakistan in their final World Cup game, their first One-Day International at the Home of Cricket, Lord’s. Besides the hope for an end to th...

Windies win but Gayle fails in World Cup swansong

Windies win but Gayle fails in World Cup swansong

-- 2019-07-05 10:56:59

West Indies won the battle of the Cricket World Cup's basement dwellers, beating Afghanistan by 23 runs in their final group match at Headingley on Thursday. Chris Gayle managed only seven runs in hi...

US, Taliban scramble to rewrite draft accord

US, Taliban scramble to rewrite draft accord

-- 2019-07-05 00:16:41

Taliban and US negotiators are scrambling to rewrite a draft agreement that will outline the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan and a verifiable Taliban guarantee to fight terrori...

Trump loses bid to lift bar on funds for border wall

Trump loses bid to lift bar on funds for border wall

-- 2019-07-04 14:34:33

A US federal appeals court on Wednesday (local time) refused to lift an injunction barring the Trump administration from using $2.5 billion intended for the fight against illegal narcotics to build a...

Chinese state media blames West’s meddling for HK unrest

Chinese state media blames West’s meddling for HK unrest

-- 2019-07-04 13:23:33

Chinese state media blamed meddling by Western governments on Thursday for unrest in Hong Kong amid an escalating diplomatic spat between China and the United Kingdom over protests in the former Briti...

26 dead in Honduran boat capsize

26 dead in Honduran boat capsize

-- 2019-07-04 12:15:21

At least 26 people died after a lobster-fishing boat capsized off the Atlantic coast of Honduras during poor weather conditions, an armed forces spokesman said on Wednesday, in one of the country&rsqu...