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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...

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...

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...

Thai cave rescue: Australian divers given diplomatic immunity

Thai cave rescue: Australian divers given diplomatic immunity

-- 2018-07-16 13:38:17

Thailand gave diplomatic immunity to three Australians who helped a boys’ soccer team escape from a flooded cave, in case “something went wrong”, its foreign minister said on Monday....

Truck hits wedding bus in Pakistan, killing 15

Truck hits wedding bus in Pakistan, killing 15

-- 2018-07-16 12:30:49

A trailer truck has hit a parked passenger bus carrying wedding guests on a busy highway near the southern city of Hyderabad in Pakistan, killing at least 15 people. The accident took place before da...

Afghan clash leaves 1,692 civilians dead in this year: UN

Afghan clash leaves 1,692 civilians dead in this year: UN

-- 2018-07-15 21:04:11

Up to 1,692 Afghan civilians were killed as a result of conflicts and terrorist attacks in the first half of this year, hitting a record high, a UN mission said on Sunday, reports Agencies. "Latest f...

Thai cave boys to let go live watching of World Cup final

Thai cave boys to let go live watching of World Cup final

-- 2018-07-15 18:34:38

Twelve boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded Thai cave will watch a recording of the World Cup final which takes place on Sunday, not the live broadcast, an official at the hospital they...

Indian police arrest 25 over WhatsApp lynching

Indian police arrest 25 over WhatsApp lynching

-- 2018-07-15 14:54:58

Police in India have arrested more than two dozen men who were part of a mob that lynched a 32-year-old man after rumours spread over WhatsApp that he was a child-kidnapper, police said on Sunday. Th...

Father, son die in Gaza building explosion

Father, son die in Gaza building explosion

-- 2018-07-15 13:08:26

Two Palestinians were killed and one was wounded in an explosion on Sunday in a building in Gaza, health officials said. The cause of the blast, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian...

Indonesian cops kill three suspected militants

Indonesian cops kill three suspected militants

-- 2018-07-15 11:05:58

Indonesian anti-terrorism officers shot dead three suspected Islamic militants in the central Java city of Yogyakarta, police said. National police spokesman Mohammad Iqbal said the officers from the...

Israel deals 'hardest blow' to Hamas

Israel deals 'hardest blow' to Hamas

-- 2018-07-15 09:54:45

Palestinian witnesses says an empty building was struck in Gaza City - Israel says it hit militant training sites Israel has carried out its biggest attack against Hamas militant targets in Gaza sinc...

Thai cave boys to leave hospital Thursday

Thai cave boys to leave hospital Thursday

-- 2018-07-14 12:10:14

Twelve Thai boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand are recovering well from their ordeal and will be discharged from hospital next week, health minister Piyasakol Sakolsat...

132 die in Pakistan election violence

132 die in Pakistan election violence

-- 2018-07-14 10:16:39

The death toll in the deadliest attacks in Pakistan's troubled election campaign has risen to 132, including a candidate, just before the arrest of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. A suicide bombe...

Bomb blast kills 70 in Pakistan poll campaign event

Bomb blast kills 70 in Pakistan poll campaign event

-- 2018-07-13 21:34:43

A suicide bomber hit a campaign event in southwestern Pakistan, a police official said, killing 70 people in the second election-related attack on Friday amid tensions over ousted prime minister Nawaz...

Mukesh Ambani becomes Asia’s richest person, overtakes Jack Ma

Mukesh Ambani becomes Asia’s richest person, overtakes Jack Ma

-- 2018-07-13 20:03:35

Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma to become Asia’s richest person as he positions Reliance Industries Ltd. to disrupt the e-commerce space in India. The chairman of India&rsq...

Girl dies in safety drill in India

Girl dies in safety drill in India

-- 2018-07-13 19:03:04

Indian police on Friday have arrested a training instructor in the southern state of Tamil Nadu after a 19-year-old college student died in a safety exercise. Police said N Logeshwari died after she...

Water rushes into Thai cave soon after rescue

Water rushes into Thai cave soon after rescue

-- 2018-07-13 18:15:49

Just hours after a boys football team was rescued from a partly flooded cave in northern Thailand, water rushed back into the mouth of the vast underground cave network, Thai officials said. Chiang R...

Imran Khan fathered illegitimate children, claims ex-wife

Imran Khan fathered illegitimate children, claims ex-wife

-- 2018-07-13 17:47:56

Journalist Reham Khan, who was briefly married to Imran Khan, has claimed in her autobiography that the cricketer-turned-politician told her that he sired at least five illegitimate children, includin...

Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan to face jail

Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan to face jail

-- 2018-07-13 16:54:35

Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam, both sentenced to lengthy jail terms in absentia, are due to return to Pakistan on Friday in a high-stakes gamble to galvanise the...

19 die in China chemical plant blast

19 die in China chemical plant blast

-- 2018-07-13 10:50:31

An explosion at a chemical plant in China has killed 19 people and injured 12, authorities said on Friday, the latest deadly industrial incident in the world’s largest producer of chemicals....

Taliban attack leaves 29 Afghan soldiers dead

Taliban attack leaves 29 Afghan soldiers dead

-- 2018-07-12 19:30:38

A Taliban attack on an army outpost near the northern city of Kunduz in Afghanistan has killed at least 29 soldiers. Meanwhile, air strikes in other parts of the country killed dozens of insurgents,...

Thai cave to be turned into museum

Thai cave to be turned into museum

-- 2018-07-12 18:04:55

The cave complex in northern Thailand where 12 boys and their football coach were trapped for more than two weeks is set to be turned into a museum. Rescue officials said the museum would showcase ho...

Landslide kills 10 in Afghanistan

Landslide kills 10 in Afghanistan

-- 2018-07-12 14:24:59

At least 10 people were killed and 300 homes damaged as a landslide swept through an Afghan village where residents were using only basic digging tools to search for survivors, officials said. Two...

Japan flood toll reaches 195

Japan flood toll reaches 195

-- 2018-07-12 11:45:52

The death toll from record-breaking floods in western Japan has reached at least 195 as rescue workers searched for dozens missing in hardest-hit Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures. Intense heat and w...

North Korea needs food, medicine, clean water: UN

North Korea needs food, medicine, clean water: UN

-- 2018-07-12 11:36:27

A senior UN official visiting North Korea is highlighting malnutrition, drinking water and a shortage of medicines as problems facing the country. Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark...

Magnitude 5.0 quake hits southern Myanmar

Magnitude 5.0 quake hits southern Myanmar

-- 2018-07-12 11:31:26

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake rattled Myanmar's southern coast on Thursday, said the meteorology and hydrology department. The quake struck at 9:10 am local time (0240 GMT), reports Xinhua. Its epice...

Thai cave rescue could be a fitting plot for Hollywood

Thai cave rescue could be a fitting plot for Hollywood

-- 2018-07-11 17:45:41

The nail-biting rescue of a Thai boys soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave complex transfixed news viewers around the world, and the story could be headed for a retelling by Hollywood, acco...

India landslides kill eight children, one woman

India landslides kill eight children, one woman

FE Online Desk 2018-07-11 14:48:47

Torrential rains triggered landslides in northeastern India on Wednesday, killing eight children and a woman, an official said. Heavy rains set off landslides in Tamenglong, about 155 kilometres (96...

Roadside bomb blast leaves five Afghan civilians dead

Roadside bomb blast leaves five Afghan civilians dead

-- 2018-07-11 14:44:54

An Afghan official says a roadside bomb struck a vehicle in the western Farah province in Afghanistan, killing five civilians, including two women and a small child. Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman f...

US slaps visa sanctions on Myanmar nationals

US slaps visa sanctions on Myanmar nationals

-- 2018-07-11 13:11:50

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced, in coordination with the State Department, the implementation of visa sanctions on Myanmar and Laos due to “lack of cooperation”...