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11 US passengers sue Aeromexico over plane crash

11 US passengers sue Aeromexico over plane crash

-- 2018-08-07 12:06:45

Eleven US passengers who survived an Aeromexico crash in the northern Mexican state of Durango on July 31 filed lawsuits against the airline in Chicago on Monday, according to a statement by Chicago-b...

Four die in China coal mine blast

Four die in China coal mine blast

Reuters 2018-08-07 10:26:13

Four workers were killed and nine went missing after an explosion at a small coal mine in China’s Guizhou province on Monday night, state-owned Xinhua News reported on Tuesday citing local autho...

Congo opposition leader ‘not giving up”, to stand in election

Congo opposition leader ‘not giving up”, to stand in election

-- 2018-08-06 18:27:07

Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Moïse Katumbi says he has not given up on his bid to stand in this year’s presidential election. Mr Katumbi was hoping to get into DR Congo,...

‘Chef of the century’ dies aged 73

‘Chef of the century’ dies aged 73

-- 2018-08-06 17:28:21

French celebrity chef Joël Robuchon, who is credited with winning the most Michelin stars in the world, has died aged 73, French media reports. Robuchon died from cancer on Monday in Switzerland...

Car explodes in Egyptian capital

Car explodes in Egyptian capital

-- 2018-08-06 15:59:56

An explosion destroyed a car near a bridge in central Cairo in Egypt on Monday after a collision, a health ministry spokesman said. It was not immediately clear what caused the blast. Two security so...

Four die in Chicago gun violence

Four die in Chicago gun violence

-- 2018-08-06 15:13:49

At least 40 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend during the seven hours from midnight Saturday to early Sunday morning, with four fatalities, city police said on Sunday, a stark violent streak...

Seven children among eight die in Nepal landslide

Seven children among eight die in Nepal landslide

-- 2018-08-06 14:59:29

A landslide killed a woman and at least seven children in Nepal over the weekend as officials issued warnings on Monday of the risk of more landslides and flash floods due to torrential rain. Working...

91 dead as powerful earthquake hits Indonesia

91 dead as powerful earthquake hits Indonesia

-- 2018-08-06 14:49:14

At least 91 people were killed when Indonesia’s resort island of Lombok was hit by a powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake on Sunday, triggering widespread panic as thousands fled their homes for em...

Car bomb blasts kill six in Somalia

Car bomb blasts kill six in Somalia

-- 2018-08-06 11:36:06

Two car bombs hit Somalia on Sunday, killing six people. Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels claimed responsibility for the first suicide car bomb blast that that killed four people when it exploded n...

6.9-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia

6.9-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia

-- 2018-08-05 21:14:04

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia on Sunday, and a series of aftershocks also shook the country, said the United States Geological Survey said. There is a "potential" for a tsunami followin...

Russia appoints US actor Steven Seagal as special envoy

Russia appoints US actor Steven Seagal as special envoy

-- 2018-08-05 15:00:11

Russia has appointed the US actor Steven Seagal as a special envoy to improve ties with the United States. Seagal was granted Russian citizenship in 2016 and has praised President Putin as a great wo...

Suicide bomber kills three NATO members in Afghanistan

Suicide bomber kills three NATO members in Afghanistan

-- 2018-08-05 14:44:37

A suicide bomber killed three NATO service members in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the NATO Resolute Support mission said. A Resolute Support service member, an American, and two Afghan National...

Family of four die in Swiss plane crash

Family of four die in Swiss plane crash

-- 2018-08-05 11:59:31

A family of four, including two children, were killed on Saturday morning after their small plane crashed into a forest in Swtizerland, causing a forest fire that completely destroyed the plane, polic...

Bus-tanker collision kills 14 in Pakistan

Bus-tanker collision kills 14 in Pakistan

Xinhua 2018-08-05 11:50:56

At least 14 people were killed and over 30 others injured in a deadly road crash in Pakistan's northwestern district of Kohat on Saturday evening, local media and police said. According to the repo...

Ethiopian soldiers clash with Somali police force

Ethiopian soldiers clash with Somali police force

-- 2018-08-05 11:32:50

Ethiopian soldiers have clashed with a local police force in the restive Somali region, with the defence ministry saying it will "take the necessary measures" to restore order. Witnesses say the figh...

Venezuela’s Maduro escapes drone ‘assassination’ attempt

Venezuela’s Maduro escapes drone ‘assassination’ attempt

-- 2018-08-05 10:40:06

At least one explosion rocked a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech on Saturday and the government said it was a failed assassination attempt involving drones...

North Korea, US spar over nuclear deal

North Korea, US spar over nuclear deal

-- 2018-08-05 10:08:22

North Korea and the United States on Saturday sparred over an agreement reached at a landmark summit in June for the Asian country to end its nuclear program, as Washington called for maintaining sanc...

N Korea finds US nuclear actions 'alarming'

N Korea finds US nuclear actions 'alarming'

-- 2018-08-04 19:32:09

North Korea's foreign minister on Saturday has called US actions "alarming" as tensions over the North's nuclear programme again flared. Ri Yong-ho was responding to comments by the US Secretary of S...

Extremists dread ‘girl with a book’: Malala

Extremists dread ‘girl with a book’: Malala

-- 2018-08-04 17:28:40

Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai on Friday condemned the attack on 12 schools in Gilgit-Baltistan which took place late on Thursday night, reports ANI. She tweeted, "The extremists have shown what...

Chile bans commercial use of plastic bags

Chile bans commercial use of plastic bags

-- 2018-08-04 14:43:26

Chile has become the first South American country to legally ban the widespread commercial use of plastic bags. The new legislation, approved by Congress and enacted by President Sebastián Pi&...

Ethiopia’s Abiy appoints team to advise govt on privatisation

Ethiopia’s Abiy appoints team to advise govt on privatisation

-- 2018-08-04 14:00:58

Ethiopia’s prime minister has appointed a team to advise his government on the privatisation of state-owned enterprises, his chief of staff said, as part of reforms the new leader has instituted...

Newly elected Zimbabwean president calls for unity

Newly elected Zimbabwean president calls for unity

-- 2018-08-04 13:44:37

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he will be a leader for all Zimbabweans in a call for unity after rows broke out over his election victory. He appealed for peace and promised an independent inv...

Denmark fines first woman for wearing veil in public

Denmark fines first woman for wearing veil in public

-- 2018-08-04 12:35:57

A woman has become the first person in Denmark to be charged with wearing a face veil in public, after a ban came into effect on Wednesday. Local media report a 28-year-old woman was fined after gett...

India granite quarry blast leaves 12 dead

India granite quarry blast leaves 12 dead

AP 2018-08-04 12:28:22

A powerful explosion at a granite quarry in southern India has killed at least 12 workers and injured another four, a government official said. N. Chandrababu Naidu, the top elected official of Andhr...

18 reportedly die in Russia copter crash

18 reportedly die in Russia copter crash

BBC 2018-08-04 11:46:52

A Russian helicopter has crash-landed in Krasnoyarsk Territory, with reports saying at least 18 people have died. Russia's emergencies ministry said the MI-8 went down at 10:20 local time (03:20 GMT)...

N Korea has not stopped nuclear programmes: UN report

N Korea has not stopped nuclear programmes: UN report

-- 2018-08-04 10:43:31

North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programmes in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential UN report seen by Reuters. The six-month report by independent exp...

Cops recover 11 bodies in Mexico border town

Cops recover 11 bodies in Mexico border town

-- 2018-08-04 10:07:00

Eleven bodies were discovered on Friday in a Mexican town close to the US border, days before president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is due to visit for a series of forums seeking to stem the v...

Militants torch 12 schools in Pakistan

Militants torch 12 schools in Pakistan

-- 2018-08-03 22:52:05

Twelve schools - eight girls and four boys schools - were attacked by bombs and set on fire overnight in a northern Pakistani district where Taliban-linked militants opposed to girls’ education...

Assam registration not targeting Muslims: Indian officials

Assam registration not targeting Muslims: Indian officials

-- 2018-08-03 19:47:39

Indian officials leading a charge to identify illegal migrants in the north-eastern state of Assam have said that the process "is not targeting Muslims". Opposition parties have accused the ruling Hi...

Suicide bomb blast kills 25 in Afghan Shia mosque

Suicide bomb blast kills 25 in Afghan Shia mosque

-- 2018-08-03 18:24:07

A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing 25 people and wounding 40, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, bu...