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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...

Trump and Putin to hold first summit talks

Trump and Putin to hold first summit talks

-- 2018-07-16 11:34:40

Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, Jul 7, 2017. Reuters After months of exchanging long-distanc...

SA copper mine fire kills five miners

SA copper mine fire kills five miners

-- 2018-07-16 11:32:59

Five miners died in a fire at a South African copper mine operated by unlisted Palabora Mining Company, the company said in a statement on Sunday. Safety is a huge issue in South Africa’s deep...

Italy allows 450 migrants to land in Sicily

Italy allows 450 migrants to land in Sicily

-- 2018-07-16 11:10:29

Italy will allow 450 migrants who were picked up from an overcrowded boat on Saturday to disembark in Sicily. The decision was taken after Italy said that France, Germany, Malta, Portugal and Spain h...

Nicaragua protests claim another 10 lives

Nicaragua protests claim another 10 lives

-- 2018-07-16 11:03:26

Nicaraguan police and paramilitary groups loyal to President Daniel Ortega killed at least 10 people on Sunday, a human rights association said, as the death toll from violent clashes in the Central A...

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...

German FM warns Trump against  unilateral deals with Putin

German FM warns Trump against unilateral deals with Putin

-- 2018-07-15 21:02:53

German Foreign Minister (FM) Heiko Maas has warned US President Donald Trump against making any unilateral deals with Russia that come with a cost for the United States' Western allies, reports Reuter...

What Trump and Putin hope to achieve at Helsinki summit

What Trump and Putin hope to achieve at Helsinki summit

-- 2018-07-15 19:38:29

The outcome of the first summit between the unpredictable first-term American president and Russia’s steely-eyed longtime leader is anybody’s guess. With no set agenda, the summit could ve...

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...

Trump told me to sue European Union: British PM

Trump told me to sue European Union: British PM

-- 2018-07-15 18:14:54

British Prime Minister Theresa May said US President Donald Trump had previously advised her to sue the European Union as part of her Brexit strategy, disclosing a piece of advice Trump said last week...

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...

Tanzania's Magufuli orders strict conditions for prisoners

Tanzania's Magufuli orders strict conditions for prisoners

-- 2018-07-15 13:47:00

The president of Tanzania has called for prisoners to be made to work long hours, and to be punished if they are lazy. John Magufuli was speaking at the inauguration of a new prisons chief. Rights g...

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...

May warns there could be ‘no Brexit at all’

May warns there could be ‘no Brexit at all’

-- 2018-07-15 12:21:21

British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned there may be “no Brexit at all” because of lawmakers’ attempts to undermine her plan to leave the European Union. “My message to...

Trump vows to run for re-election

Trump vows to run for re-election

Reuters 2018-07-15 11:52:18

US President Donald Trump said he intends to run for re-election in 2020 because “everybody wants me to” and there are no Democratic candidates who could defeat him, the Mail on Sunday new...

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...

Haiti’s PM steps down amid fuel price hike protests

Haiti’s PM steps down amid fuel price hike protests

-- 2018-07-15 11:02:15

Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned on Saturday as he faced a non-confidence vote after a move to lower fuel subsidies prompted days of violent protests in the impoverished Caribbean na...

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...

Thousands join Trump protest in Scottish City

Thousands join Trump protest in Scottish City

-- 2018-07-14 19:45:20

Thousands have taken to the streets of Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, in a third day of protests against US Donald Trump's UK visit. They demonstrated as the US president teed off on the fa...

Explosive hurled at former Irish leader Gerry Adams’ house

Explosive hurled at former Irish leader Gerry Adams’ house

-- 2018-07-14 13:38:48

An explosive device was thrown at the home of former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in Northern Ireland overnight, the Irish nationalist party said on Saturday, in an attack it blamed on “increasi...

Trump-Putin summit is on despite indictments, says White House

Trump-Putin summit is on despite indictments, says White House

-- 2018-07-14 13:10:20

A summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will go ahead as planned despite tension over Moscow’s alleged election meddling, the White House says. The pair wil...

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...

Air strike death toll  climbs to 54 in Syria

Air strike death toll climbs to 54 in Syria

-- 2018-07-13 21:32:24

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday that the death toll from an air strike in eastern Syria overnight had climbed to 54, including IS fighters and 28 civilians, reports Agencies. T...

'Vaping' pilot caused Air China plane to plunge 6,500m

'Vaping' pilot caused Air China plane to plunge 6,500m

-- 2018-07-13 21:29:37

A co-pilot smoking an e-cigarette on an Air China flight caused the plane to start a rapid emergency descent, investigators have said, reports BBC. They say he tried to hide the fact that he was smok...

Cameroon's president makes bid for seventh term

Cameroon's president makes bid for seventh term

-- 2018-07-13 21:13:25

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya said on Friday he would run for re-election in October, aiming to extend his 36-year rule and keep his place on the roster of Africa’s longest-serving leader...

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...

Germany deports 'Bin Laden bodyguard'

Germany deports 'Bin Laden bodyguard'

-- 2018-07-13 19:14:10

Germany has deported to Tunisia a man who once allegedly protected Osama Bin Laden and had been living in Germany with his family since 1997. The 42-year-old Tunisian, known as Sami A, was put on a f...