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Australia overtakes UK for overseas students

Australia overtakes UK for overseas students

-- 2018-07-19 18:17:01

Australia is overtaking the UK as the world's second biggest destination for international students, says research from University College London. Researchers at UCL's Centre for Global Higher Educat...

Police 'identify Novichok suspects' in Salisbury poisoning

Police 'identify Novichok suspects' in Salisbury poisoning

-- 2018-07-19 17:24:58

Police are believed to have identified the suspected perpetrators of the Novichok attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in Salisbury in March, according to reports. Several Russians were involv...

Nawaz Sharif, daughter likely to be shifted to rest house from jail

Nawaz Sharif, daughter likely to be shifted to rest house from jail

-- 2018-07-19 17:19:44

Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are likely to be shifted from Adiala jail in Rawalpindi to the rest house of Sihala Police Training College in Islamabad. Geo...

Ethiopia appoints ambassador to Eritrea

Ethiopia appoints ambassador to Eritrea

-- 2018-07-19 15:47:09

Ethiopia has appointed its first ambassador to Eritrea in two decades in the latest sign of rapprochement after a border war, the state-affiliated Fana news agency said on Thursday. An online report...

10 die as bus falls into gorge in India

10 die as bus falls into gorge in India

-- 2018-07-19 12:37:32

At least ten people were killed and nine others injured after a passenger bus skidded off a mountainous road and fell into a deep gorge in northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Thursday, police sa...

Israel passes controversial ‘Jewish nation state’ law

Israel passes controversial ‘Jewish nation state’ law

-- 2018-07-19 12:29:27

Israel’s parliament has passed into law a controversial bill that defines the country as an exclusively Jewish state. The “Jewish nation state” bill downgrades Arabic as an official...

Mexico president-elect’s party to appeal campaign funding fine

Mexico president-elect’s party to appeal campaign funding fine

-- 2018-07-19 11:10:54

Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s political party said it would appeal a $10 million fine from the National Electoral Institute (INE) for breaking campaign finance rules. IN...

Malaysia arrests seven over suspected militant links

Malaysia arrests seven over suspected militant links

-- 2018-07-19 10:48:21

Malaysia has detained seven people for suspected militant-linked activities, including a man who allegedly made death threats against the country’s king and prime minister, police said on Thursd...

Turkey lifts state of emergency after two years

Turkey lifts state of emergency after two years

-- 2018-07-19 10:41:42

The Turkish government has ended the nationwide state of emergency that was imposed two years ago after a failed coup attempt, state media say. Under the state of emergency, tens of thousands of peop...

Putin responsible for election meddling: Trump

Putin responsible for election meddling: Trump

Reuters 2018-07-19 10:27:04

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he holds Russian President Vladimir Putin personally responsible for Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. “Just like I consider...

Thailand cave boys discharged from hospital

Thailand cave boys discharged from hospital

-- 2018-07-18 19:46:19

The 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand have spoken publicly of their ordeal for the first time, describing the ‘moment of miracle’ when divers found them. Adul Sam-on, 14, th...

First Ethiopian flight in 20 years lands in Eritrea

First Ethiopian flight in 20 years lands in Eritrea

-- 2018-07-18 18:15:25

The first flight in 20 years from Ethiopia to Eritrea has landed safely in Asmara on Wednesday. Ethiopian Airlines conducted the first direct passenger flights between Addis Ababa and Asmara, reconne...

‘May threatened rebel lawmakers with a general election’

‘May threatened rebel lawmakers with a general election’

-- 2018-07-18 13:18:50

British Prime Minister Theresa May threatened rebel lawmakers in her Conservative Party with a general election this summer if they defeated her Brexit plans on customs, The Times newspaper reported....

There’s ‘no time limit’ for N Korea to denuclearise: Trump

There’s ‘no time limit’ for N Korea to denuclearise: Trump

-- 2018-07-18 12:12:57

US President Donald Trump says there is "no time limit" for North Korea to denuclearise and that there is no need to rush the process. It marks a shift in tone from Trump who previously said nuclear...

Three die as building collapses into another in India

Three die as building collapses into another in India

-- 2018-07-18 11:12:57

A six-story building under construction collapsed onto an adjacent building in Greater Noida near New Delhi, killing at least three people and trapping several others under the debris, police said on...

Trump in hot soup for poll meddling comments

Trump in hot soup for poll meddling comments

-- 2018-07-17 17:52:00

US President Donald Trump has been facing a barrage of criticism in the US after he defended Russia over claims of interference in the 2016 elections. At a summit with Russian President Vladimir Puti...

Heavy rainfall in India claims 11 lives

Heavy rainfall in India claims 11 lives

-- 2018-07-17 14:20:42

At least 11 people were killed in heavy rains in Kozhikkode, Malappuram and Kollam districts of Kerala in the past 24 hours, officials said Tuesday. “While three people died in rain-related inc...

May wins parliament vote after bowing to Brexit pressure

May wins parliament vote after bowing to Brexit pressure

-- 2018-07-17 12:52:30

British Prime Minister Theresa May won a series of votes in parliament on Monday, keeping her over-arching strategy to leave the European Union just about on track after bowing to pressure from Brexit...

Flying volcanic lava strikes Hawaii tour boat, wounding 23

Flying volcanic lava strikes Hawaii tour boat, wounding 23

-- 2018-07-17 11:17:58

Flying lava has struck a tour boat in Hawaii, injuring 23 people, officials in the US state say. An explosion sent rocks and debris hurtling through the air and through the roof of the tourist vessel...

Heatwave kills 14 in Japan over long weekend

Heatwave kills 14 in Japan over long weekend

-- 2018-07-17 10:36:31

An intense heatwave killed at least 14 people over a three-day long weekend in Japan, media reported on Tuesday, and high temperatures hampered the recovery in flood-hit areas where more than 200 peop...

Putin again denies Russian meddling in the US election

Putin again denies Russian meddling in the US election

-- 2018-07-16 22:33:43

At the conclusion of his summit meeting with Russian President Vladmir Putin, US President Donald Trump said he directly asked Putin about Russia’s interference in the US 2016 election. “...

Croatia’s president supports  US-Russia dialogue

Croatia’s president supports US-Russia dialogue

-- 2018-07-16 21:53:59

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic favours support for dialogue with Russia, she told a news agency in an interview, reports TASS. Grabar-Kitarovic favoured cooperation with Moscow and oppos...

US rejects EU plea for Iran sanctions exemption

US rejects EU plea for Iran sanctions exemption

-- 2018-07-16 21:05:47

The US on Monday has rejected pleas from the EU to grant exemptions to European firms from the sanctions on Iran that will start to be reinstated next month. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasu...

Diversity of tribes not a weakness but strength: Obama

Diversity of tribes not a weakness but strength: Obama

-- 2018-07-16 20:43:59

Former US President Barack Obama has urged Kenya’s leaders to turn their backs on the divisive ethnic politics that have frequently spilled over into violence and to stamp down on corruption. O...

Trump, Putin begin talks

Trump, Putin begin talks

-- 2018-07-16 18:06:54

US President Donald Trump has said that getting along with Russia would be a "good thing, not a bad thing". “I’ve been saying, and I’m sure you’ve heard over the years...that...

Israeli rockets strike military position near Aleppo

Israeli rockets strike military position near Aleppo

-- 2018-07-16 17:15:03

Israeli rockets had struck a Syrian military position near Nairab airport on the outskirts of the city of Aleppo. The Syrian state news agency SANA said, quoting a military source, “the Zionist...

Four miners die in Georgia in coal mine accident

Four miners die in Georgia in coal mine accident

-- 2018-07-16 17:05:54

Four miners have died on Monday when the roof of a coal mine in western Georgia collapsed. The country’s interior ministry said six others were also injured in the accident that occurred at the...

No second Brexit referendum, says PM May's spokesman

No second Brexit referendum, says PM May's spokesman

-- 2018-07-16 17:01:15

There will be no second referendum on Brexit, a spokesman for Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday. The spokesman repeated May’s belief that her plan for leaving the Europe...

Trump blames 'US foolishness, stupidity' for poor Russia ties

Trump blames 'US foolishness, stupidity' for poor Russia ties

-- 2018-07-16 16:56:27

US President Donald Trump blamed “US foolishness and stupidity” for bad relations between Washington and Moscow. The US president made the comments on Twiter  hours before his one-on...

Taliban kill seven Afghan cops in eastern province

Taliban kill seven Afghan cops in eastern province

-- 2018-07-16 15:49:36

The Taliban stormed a police checkpoint in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province and killed seven policemen, a provincial official said Monday. The attack took place the previous night in th...