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Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak

Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak

-- 2018-07-24 19:45:41

Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry on Tuesday declared that Ebola outbreak is over, believed to have killed 33 people, after 42 days with no new cases, reports Reuters. The outbreak...

Thai cave boys prepare to be ordained as monks

Thai cave boys prepare to be ordained as monks

-- 2018-07-24 18:45:28

The young soccer teammates and their coach who were rescued after being trapped in a cave in northern Thailand took part in a Buddhist ceremony Tuesday as they prepared to be ordained to become Buddhi...

Judge Tahira Safdar to head Balochistan high court

Judge Tahira Safdar to head Balochistan high court

-- 2018-07-24 16:46:02

The chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court has appointed the first woman chief justice to Balochistan province's highest court. Saqib Nisar announced Monday the appointment of prominent judge Tahi...

Hundreds go missing after hydropower dam collapses in Laos

Hundreds go missing after hydropower dam collapses in Laos

-- 2018-07-24 15:28:42

At least 100 people are missing after a hydropower dam in Laos collapsed, local media reported on Tuesday. Officials have brought boats to help evacuate people in San Sai district of Attapeu province...

Kenya demolishes slum of 30,000 to make new road

Kenya demolishes slum of 30,000 to make new road

-- 2018-07-24 13:31:29

The homes of about 30,000 people have been demolished in a Kenyan slum to make way for a new $20m (£15m) dual carriage way in the capital Nairobi. The residents, living in part of the city's la...

Vietnam’s Son Tinh flood toll reaches 27

Vietnam’s Son Tinh flood toll reaches 27

-- 2018-07-24 12:17:27

The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by tropical storm Son Tinh rose to 27 on Tuesday, and seven people are still missing, the government’s Disaster Management Authority said. Wi...

N Korea 'begins dismantling' rocket testing facilities

N Korea 'begins dismantling' rocket testing facilities

-- 2018-07-24 11:59:23

North Korea appears to have begun dismantling part of a key rocket launch site in the country's north-west. Satellite images of the Sohae station seen by US-based monitoring group 38 North suggest Py...

Wildfire kills at least 50 in Greece resort town

Wildfire kills at least 50 in Greece resort town

-- 2018-07-24 11:38:37

A wildfire killed at least 50 people and injured more than 150 as it swept through a small resort town near Athens, with huge flames trapping families with children as they fled. The fire which hit M...

UBER, Lyft suspend driver for secretly recording passengers

UBER, Lyft suspend driver for secretly recording passengers

-- 2018-07-23 20:58:54

An Uber and Lyft driver who broadcast videos of his passengers online has been suspended from both car-sharing services. Jason Gargac live-streamed passengers' journeys on video-sharing site Twitch,...

Gunmen kill four in Afghanistan mosque

Gunmen kill four in Afghanistan mosque

-- 2018-07-23 19:26:22

Gunmen opened fire on worshippers inside a mosque in eastern Nangarhar province, killing four people, according to a provincial official. Attahullah Khogyani, the provincial governor's spokesman, sai...

Suicide attack hits Nigerian mosque, 11 dead

Suicide attack hits Nigerian mosque, 11 dead

-- 2018-07-23 19:11:08

At least 11 dead bodies were evacuated following a suicide attack on a local mosque in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno early Monday. Eight others were wounded in the attack at about 5:15 am in...

Trump issues all cap threat to Iran

Trump issues all cap threat to Iran

-- 2018-07-23 18:21:57

US President Donald Trump issued an all-caps threat to Iran after the country's president said earlier in the day that pursuing hostilities against his country could lead to "the mother of all wars."...

IMF chief’s flight makes emergency landing

IMF chief’s flight makes emergency landing

Reuters 2018-07-23 15:37:49

An American Airlines flight carrying International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde made an emergency landing in Argentina shortly after taking off from Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport o...

India residential building fire kills five

India residential building fire kills five

-- 2018-07-23 15:29:52

A fire at a residential building early Monday killed five people in northern India, police said. The fire broke out from an apartment building early in the morning in Mandi district of Himachal Prades...

Gunmen storm governorate building in Iraq’s Erbil

Gunmen storm governorate building in Iraq’s Erbil

-- 2018-07-23 14:12:51

Gunmen entered the governorate building in Erbil, the seat of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq on Monday, and fired from windows at security forces, a deputy governor of the ci...

Japan records its highest temperature ever

Japan records its highest temperature ever

FE Online Desk 2018-07-23 14:08:40

An intense heat wave in Japan pushed temperatures to 41.1 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday in a city northwest of Tokyo, marking a record high for the country, the weather agency sai...

Somalia’s al Shabaab storms army base, killing 27 soldiers

Somalia’s al Shabaab storms army base, killing 27 soldiers

-- 2018-07-23 11:22:14

Somalia’s al Shabaab group said on Monday its fighters had attacked a military base in the south of the country, killing 27 soldiers. “We first attacked the base with a suicide car bomb a...

Toronto shooting leaves two dead, 13 injured

Toronto shooting leaves two dead, 13 injured

Reuters 2018-07-23 10:56:42

Fourteen people, including a young girl, were shot near downtown Toronto, police in Canada’s biggest city said on Sunday, with one person killed and the gunman also dead. The young girl was in...

Trump warns Rouhani not to threaten US again

Trump warns Rouhani not to threaten US again

-- 2018-07-23 10:44:53

US President Donald Trump warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani not to threaten the United States again, after Rouhani cautioned Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran. “Never,...

Russian-backed air strikes hit IS in Syria

Russian-backed air strikes hit IS in Syria

-- 2018-07-22 21:43:06

Russian and Syrian jets stepped up their bombing of an Islamic State (IS) bastion along the Jordan-Israel border in southwestern Syria, reports Agencies. The militants pushed into areas abandoned by...

Khamenei backs suggestion to block  Gulf oil exports if its own sales stop

Khamenei backs suggestion to block Gulf oil exports if its own sales stop

-- 2018-07-22 21:11:18

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday backed President Hassan Rouhani's suggestion that Iran may block Gulf oil exports if its own exports are stopped and said negotiations with the...

War with Iran mother of all wars: Rouhani to Trump

War with Iran mother of all wars: Rouhani to Trump

-- 2018-07-22 14:36:54

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday cautioned US President Donald Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran, saying “America should know... war with Iran is the mother of all w...

Irish abortion law reform: Over 170 politicians sign letter

Irish abortion law reform: Over 170 politicians sign letter

-- 2018-07-22 14:34:57

More than 170 politicians from the UK and Ireland have signed a letter urging the UK government to reform Northern Ireland's abortion laws. It is the only part of the UK where abortion is illegal unl...

Gunmen shoot dead 11 taxi drivers in South Africa

Gunmen shoot dead 11 taxi drivers in South Africa

-- 2018-07-22 12:52:56

Gunmen have shot dead 11 taxi drivers returning to Johannesburg in South Africa from the funeral of a colleague in Kwa-Zulu Natal, a police spokesman said on Sunday. The drivers, who were members of...

Two earthquakes hit Iran, no damage reported

Two earthquakes hit Iran, no damage reported

Reuters 2018-07-22 12:34:42

Two earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.7 and 5.7 respectively struck Hormozgan province in southern Iran on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, state television reported....

Woman dies in US store shooting; suspect in custody

Woman dies in US store shooting; suspect in custody

-- 2018-07-22 11:57:47

Police in Los Angeles arrested a man who took hostages and barricaded himself inside a Trader Joe’s store on Saturday, ending a three-hour standoff during which he fatally shot a woman inside, a...

'Son Tinh' claims lives of 20 in Vietnam

'Son Tinh' claims lives of 20 in Vietnam

-- 2018-07-22 11:09:54

Tropical storm Son Tinh has killed 20 people, left 16 missing and injured 14 in Vietnam, the country’s rescue committee said on Saturday. Floods triggered by heavy rains hit northern Vietnam af...

Afghan government considering new Eid ceasefire offer

Afghan government considering new Eid ceasefire offer

-- 2018-07-22 10:08:22

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani may offer the Taliban a ceasefire during next month’s Eid holiday after the truce in June which saw unprecedented scenes of unarmed fighters and soldiers mingling o...

'Myanmar violated UN child rights pact'

'Myanmar violated UN child rights pact'

-- 2018-07-21 21:17:50

Legal experts have said Myanmar violated its obligations to the United Nations child rights convention in its crackdown on the Rohingyas. Legal experts commissioned by Save the Children Norway analys...

Putin’s football gift to Trump gets security check

Putin’s football gift to Trump gets security check

-- 2018-07-21 19:12:34

The red-and-white football tossed to President Donald Trump by Russia’s Vladimir Putin is undergoing a routine security screening, according to AP. The US Secret Service says that’s stand...