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Mexico highway accident kills at least 13

Mexico highway accident kills at least 13

-- 2018-07-21 19:01:24

At least 13 people were killed on Friday and seven others wounded when a public transport van hit the back of a truck on a busy highway outside Mexico City, local officials said. The incident occurre...

Authority issues warnings as deadly heatwave strikes Japan

Authority issues warnings as deadly heatwave strikes Japan

-- 2018-07-21 17:21:47

People across Japan have been urged to take precautions against a heatwave that has killed about 30 people. Thousands more have sought hospital treatment for heat-related conditions over the past two...

'Israel, Hamas agree to restore calm in Gaza'

'Israel, Hamas agree to restore calm in Gaza'

-- 2018-07-21 17:14:22

Hamas has announced that it agreed a truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip, a day after clashes killed an Israeli soldier and four Palestinians along the volatile border. The Israeli military declined...

Nawaz, daughter unlikely to be shifted to guest house from jail

Nawaz, daughter unlikely to be shifted to guest house from jail

-- 2018-07-21 17:12:32

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are unlikely to be transferred to the Sihala Rest House owing to its lack of proper security arrangements needed for the high...

Ukraine gets $200m in defence support from US

Ukraine gets $200m in defence support from US

-- 2018-07-21 16:57:03

The US has announced it will give Ukraine $200m to strengthen its defence capabilities. In a statement, the Pentagon said the funds would be for training, communications, medical, and other non-letha...

Vigilantes beat Muslim man to death in India

Vigilantes beat Muslim man to death in India

-- 2018-07-21 16:39:30

Suspected vigilantes on Saturday killed a Muslim man transporting two cows in India, just 15 months after a similar attack spotlighted the growing influence of pro-Hindu fringe groups. Many Hindus re...

US to give $200m in defence aid to Ukraine

US to give $200m in defence aid to Ukraine

-- 2018-07-21 13:36:33

The US has announced it will give Ukraine $200m (£152m) to strengthen its defence capabilities. In a statement, the Pentagon said the funds would be for training, communications, medical, and o...

Colombia’s Santos welcomes former Farc rebels in congress

Colombia’s Santos welcomes former Farc rebels in congress

-- 2018-07-21 11:43:16

Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has welcomed former Farc rebels as they took their seats at the opening session of parliament. He said he was happy to see ex-rebels who fought the state...

Rahul gives Modi a surprise hug

Rahul gives Modi a surprise hug

-- 2018-07-21 10:52:36

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi surprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday when he interrupted a no-confidence debate by walking across the parliament floor to give his rival a hug. Modi easily...

Rahul Gandhi startles bitter  foe Modi with a hug

Rahul Gandhi startles bitter foe Modi with a hug

-- 2018-07-20 22:01:17

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi created a flutter in parliament on Friday, giving Prime Minister Narendra Modi a surprise hug during a heated debate and said he had nothing but love for his bitt...

Joy, chaos mark Texas border as US reunites migrant families

Joy, chaos mark Texas border as US reunites migrant families

-- 2018-07-20 21:10:51

Luis Campos, a Dallas attorney, showed up at a Texas immigrant detention facility close to the US-Mexico border on Wednesday morning expecting to represent a client before an immigration judge. But h...

S Korea court hands ex-president another eight years in jail

S Korea court hands ex-president another eight years in jail

-- 2018-07-20 20:59:21

A South Korean court sentenced former president Park Geun-hye to eight more years in prison on Friday after finding her guilty on charges of causing loss of government funds and interfering in a 2016...

Macron to fire senior aide for assaulting protester

Macron to fire senior aide for assaulting protester

-- 2018-07-20 20:53:39

French President Emmanuel Macron's office has begun dismissal proceedings against a senior security adviser who is under investigation for beating up a protester at a May Day demonstration. Video foo...

Russia tests new nuclear weapons after summit with Trump

Russia tests new nuclear weapons after summit with Trump

-- 2018-07-20 20:46:02

Russia's military is testing an array of new nuclear and other weapons, from a high-powered laser weapon system to a nuclear-powered cruise missile with "unlimited" range. The Defense Ministry made a...

Death toll rises to 13 in Missouri boat accident

Death toll rises to 13 in Missouri boat accident

-- 2018-07-20 20:32:30

Divers have found two more bodies after a duck boat carrying tourists capsized in the US state of Missouri, bringing the death toll to 13. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jason Pace said four othe...

Trump to intensify trade war with China

Trump to intensify trade war with China

-- 2018-07-20 18:56:22

US President Donald Trump has said he is ready to intensify his trade war with China by slapping tariffs on all $500b of imports from the country. "I'm ready to go to 500," he said in an interview wi...

Trump tops Google’s image search results for ‘idiot’

Trump tops Google’s image search results for ‘idiot’

-- 2018-07-20 18:40:55

US President Donald Trump and Google algorithms are again hogging the limelight. This time for showing images of Donald Trump for a search of the word ‘idiot’, according to IANS. The lat...

Suspect detained over Olympic figure skating star murder

Suspect detained over Olympic figure skating star murder

-- 2018-07-20 18:18:20

Authorities in Kazakhstan said Friday a man has been detained and confessed to killing the Olympic figure skating medalist Denis Ten. Prosecutor Berik Zhuyrektayev said in a televised statement that...

Europe can't rely on US: Merkel

Europe can't rely on US: Merkel

-- 2018-07-20 17:34:21

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Europe cannot rely on the United States to impose order on the world. Angela Merkel made the remarks at the annual summer news conference in Berlin of Germany...

Hackers gain access to personal data of 1.5m Singaporeans

Hackers gain access to personal data of 1.5m Singaporeans

-- 2018-07-20 17:02:56

Hackers have stolen personal data in Singapore belonging to some 1.5 million people, or about a quarter of the population, officials say. They broke into the government health database in a "delibera...

Heatwave in Japan sparks fears for 2020 Olympics

Heatwave in Japan sparks fears for 2020 Olympics

-- 2018-07-20 16:46:47

A deadly heatwave in Japan this week has many residents in the Japanese capital questioning the wisdom of staging the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in July and August. Rescuers in Tokyo responded to more than...

Ex-South Korean President Park gets another eight years in jail

Ex-South Korean President Park gets another eight years in jail

-- 2018-07-20 15:58:29

A South Korean court sentenced former president Park Geun-hye to eight more years in prison on Friday after finding her guilty on charges of causing loss of government funds and interfering in a 2016...

‘N Korea, Eritrea account highest rates of modern slavery’

‘N Korea, Eritrea account highest rates of modern slavery’

-- 2018-07-20 14:54:46

North Korea and Eritrea have the world’s highest rates of modern slavery, said a global survey on Thursday that highlighted how conflict and government repression are the main drivers of a crime...

Malaysia to release report on MH370 on 30 July

Malaysia to release report on MH370 on 30 July

-- 2018-07-20 12:49:33

Malaysia will release the long-awaited report final report of missing flight MH370 on July 30, the transport minister said on Friday. In May, the country called off a privately-funded underwater sear...

11 die in Missouri boat capsize

11 die in Missouri boat capsize

-- 2018-07-20 11:59:08

At least 11 people drowned on Thursday when an amphibious “duck boat” capsized and sank in stormy weather on a lake in Missouri with 31 people, including children, on board, as divers sear...

Trump invites Putin for US visit

Trump invites Putin for US visit

-- 2018-07-20 10:08:50

President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington this autumn, the White House said on Thursday, a daring rebuttal to the torrent of criticism in the United States over...

US offers India armed version  of Guardian drone

US offers India armed version of Guardian drone

-- 2018-07-19 22:03:38

The United States (US) has offered India the armed version of Guardian drones that were originally authorised for sale as unarmed for surveillance purposes, reports Reuters. If the deal comes to frui...

Spain drops arrest warrant for former Catalan leader

Spain drops arrest warrant for former Catalan leader

-- 2018-07-19 21:43:40

Spain’s Supreme Court dropped a European arrest warrant for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Thursday after Germany refused to extradite him to face a charge of rebellion for declaring...

Chennai court charges 17 men for raping minor multiple times

Chennai court charges 17 men for raping minor multiple times

-- 2018-07-19 19:40:30

Seventeen men have been charged in India with the gang-rape of an 11-year-old deaf girl in the city of Chennai. Police say she was raped repeatedly since the start of the year. They say the main perp...

Putin attacks Trumpt summit critics

Putin attacks Trumpt summit critics

-- 2018-07-19 18:40:43

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rounded on US critics of his first bilateral summit with President Donald Trump. Certain forces in the US wanted to sacrifice US-Russian ties for their "narrow pa...