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A Pentagon spokesman denied that US planes dropped phosphorus bombs. "At this time, we have not received any reports of any use of white phosphorous," said Commander Sean Robertson. ... Read more
A system created by The Ocean Cleanup, an organization founded by Boyan Slat, a 24-year-old innovator will send a trash collecting device to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch- an island of trash twice the size of Texas. ... Read more
Exercise Kakadu is hosting 23 ships and submarines from across the Indo-Pacific region, enabling them to establish familiarity which helps to prevent conflict on the high seas and to coordinate disaster relief efforts. ... Read more
The document outlines security concerns about nuclear-armed North Korea, China's growing military might and territorial ambitions, and Russia's intent to rebuild its power that paint a picture of Japan surrounded by potential adversaries in East Asia. ... Read more
Several countries in Latin America, including Chile, Peru, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil, have called on Maduro to enact democratic reforms and accept international humanitarian aid to stem a growing exodus of Venezuelans across the region. ... Read more
"The crimes in Rakhine state, and the manner in which they were perpetrated, are similar in nature, gravity and scope to those that have allowed genocidal intent to be established in other contexts," the report said, alluding to a region of Myanmar that is home for many Rohingya. ... Read more
Analysts say the wrangling over a meeting to talk peace offers a window into the enormity of the task of actually reaching a peace pact in a region of competing influences. ... Read more
The conflict in impoverished Yemen began with the 2014 takeover of the capital of Sanaa by Houthi Shiite rebels, which toppled the internationally recognized government. ... Read more
Japan's weather agency downgraded a separate storm from typhoon strength on Friday after it crossed a swath of the western part of the country overnight. ... Read more
No tsunami warning was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, and Chile's fire service said on Twitter that the quake did not have the potential to generate one off the Chilean coast. ... Read more
Morrison defeated the key challenger Peter Dutton, a former Cabinet minister, by a vote 45-40. ... Read more
Another typhoon called Cimarron is expected to cross western Japan today night. Japan's weather agency has warned of gusts, high waves and heavy rain. ... Read more
Taiwan's last diplomatic ally in Africa, the Kingdom of eSwatini, said on Wednesday it had no intention of switching ties to China after a Chinese diplomat said he expected it to ditch Taipei soon amid a bitter diplomatic dispute. ... Read more
President Ashraf Ghani heard the thud and interrupted his message to say: "If they are thinking the rocket attack will keep Afghans down, they are wrong.'' ... Read more
The Nobel peace prize laureate, once seen as the face of Myanmar's struggle for democracy, has been criticised for her failure to speak out against the military crackdown, which the United Nations has called "ethnic cleansing". ... Read more
The ambush came despite Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's announcement of a conditional cease-fire with the Taliban during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha this week. ... Read more
This comes despite President Ashraf Ghani’s call for a cease-fire with the Taliban during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. ... Read more
U.S. Embassy spokesman David Gainer thanked police for their “rapid response” and said no injuries had been reported. ... Read more
In a message released in honour of the Eid al-Adha holiday, Maulvi Haibatullah Akhunzadah said the group remains committed to "Islamic goals," the sovereignty of Afghanistan and ending the war. ... Read more
General Kofi Annan was the first black African to assume the office of world's top diplomat, serving two terms from 1997 to 2006 ... Read more
Guterres stressed that the solution to protecting Palestinian civilians is a political settlement to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ... Read more
There were a handful of localities where power failed and objects fell without serious consequences. Hospitals were only reporting some people having suffered panic attacks. ... Read more
The Met has forecast less rains in the next 24 hours till Saturday, which is expected to aid the rescue and relief operations taken up on a war footing. ... Read more
The Palestinians are seeking to press war crimes charges against Israel at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The court’s prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation, but not made a decision on whether to move ahead with a case. ... Read more
Amid outrage from international human rights groups and UN officials, Saudi Arabia continued to defend the raid as a "legitimate military action" intended to hit Houthi leaders, a day after it authorised a coalition investigation of the strike. ... Read more
The opposition-run Syrian Civil Defence, also known as White Helmets, said the blast occurred Sunday in the village of Sarmada near the Turkish border and "killed and wounded dozens". ... Read more
The fighting took place near the Kurdish town of Oshnavieh, in an area that has seen occasional clashes between Iranian forces and Kurdish separatists, as well as Islamic State-linked militants. ... Read more
The anti-government protest in Bucharest Friday drew tens of thousands Romanians from abroad and local residents who demanded the government resign over moves to change laws that critics say would make it harder to prosecute corruption. ... Read more
Preliminary information suggests that the 29-year-old mechanic stole the Horizon Air Q400 and took-off without permission from the ground control. ... Read more
The US State Department said Wednesday that Washington made the determination this week that Moscow had used the Novichok nerve agent to poison ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, and that sanctions would follow later this month. ... Read more
The worst potential impact on Canada would be if Saudi Arabia canceled Canada's largest arms deal, a $15 billion deal with Saudi Arabia in 2014 to export its light-armored vehicles to the kingdom. ... Read more
The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Twitter that an ICRC supported hospital received dozens of dead and wounded. ... Read more
Ivan Duque, sworn in as Colombian president, who at 42 is the youngest Colombian President ever, was elected in June after a divisive election campaign. He also vowed to change the peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) rebel group. ... Read more
Aid began reaching isolated areas of the Indonesian island struggling after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 131 people, while rescuers Wednesday doubled down on efforts to find the dead, pulling another body from the rubble. ... Read more
Hotter weather attributed to climate change is drying out vegetation, creating more intense fires that spread quickly from rural areas to city subdivisions, climate and fire experts say. ... Read more
The explosion killed at least two people and injured up to 70 as a section of the thoroughfare collapsed, police said. ... Read more
The helicopters' black boxes have been recovered, appear undamaged and will be sent to Moscow as part of the investigation. ... Read more
More than 40 experts from all sides of the debate were expected to testify on Friday and Monday, August 6, but there was no timeline on when the court could make a decision. ... Read more
Moscow has sought to reassure Israel by saying it wants only Syrian forces to deploy on or near the Syrian-held Golan. ... Read more
Rains have raised the water level at the Bui River, 20 km (12 miles) from downtown Hanoi, to an "alarming level", and threaten nearby villages, the Hanoi People's Committee said in a statement published on its website on Tuesday. ... Read more
China on Tuesday launched Gaofen-11, an optical remote sensing satellite, as part of its high-resolution Earth observation project. ... Read more
Over 680 tourists from France, Thailand, the Netherlands and Malaysia were trekking on Mount Rinjani when the earthquake struck on Sunday. According to the officials, the stranded tourists are now slowly making their way off the mountain. ... Read more
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.4 and its epicenter was 1.4 kilometers (0.8 miles) southwest of Lelongken, Indonesia. It had a depth of 7 kilometers (4.4 miles). ... Read more
Flames swept through the communities of Shasta and Keswick before jumping the Sacramento River and reaching Redding, a city of about 92,000 people and the largest in the region. ... Read more
Rodrigo Duterte signed the BOL into a law, creating a new Muslim autonomous region in south Philippines. The autonomy deal, which has been negotiated for more than two decades under four presidents, was ratified earlier this week by both chambers of Congress. ... Read more
The federal government was under a Thursday deadline to reunify more than 2,500 children separated from their parents under a new immigration policy designed to deter immigrants from coming here illegally. ... Read more
State media showed pictures of villagers, some with young children, stranded on the roofs of submerged houses. Others showed villagers trying to board wooden boats to safety in Attapeu province, the southernmost part of the country. ... Read more
The mass shooting in Toronto's Greektown neighbourhood stunned people in a normally safe city, already unsettled by an attack just three months ago. ... Read more
The 50 tonnes of aid arrived at Russia's Hmeimim military base in northwestern Syria from France on Saturday and came after an agreement reached between President Emmanuel Macron and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow following talks since May. ... Read more
"The death toll rose to 23 killed and 107 injured, including security forces and civilians," an official from the press office of the Ministry of Public Health told Efe on condition of anonymity. ... Read more
Prominent Iranian analyst Seed Leilaz downplayed the war of words, saying he thinks it was “the storm before the calm.” ... Read more
One woman was killed inside the supermarket, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said. ... Read more
"With Egyptian and United Nations efforts it has been agreed to return to the era of calm between (Israel) and Palestinian factions," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said. ... Read more
Ortega won re-election in late 2016 with 72 per cent of the vote, but a poll in May by CID Gallup showed his approval ratings had fallen to 29 per cent. ... Read more
Israelis, including President Reuven Rivlin and attorney general, voiced opposition to the earlier draft of the bill. Israelis opposed to the bill, deeming it discriminatory, took to the streets to protest in large numbers on Saturday in Tel Aviv. ... Read more
The Rohingya face official and social discrimination in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, which denies most of them citizenship and basic rights because they are looked on as immigrants from Bangladesh, even though many settled in Myanmar generations ago. ... Read more
Djibouti accused Eritrean troops of occupying the Dumeira mountain area shortly after the peacekeepers left on June 13, 2017, and lodged a formal complaint with the African Union. ... Read more
Turkey declared a state of emergency after a failed coup in 2016 and extended it seven times. ... Read more
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an overnight 'frenzied' bombing campaign continued into Wednesday, with at least 350 missiles lobbed into Nawa and its surrounding areas. ... Read more
The deal signed in Tokyo by the EU's top officials and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is the biggest ever negotiated by the EU and creates a free trade zone covering nearly a third of the world's GDP. ... Read more
The meeting marks a tactical shift by the Trump administration, which has previously only appeared willing to participate in discussions with the Taliban if those talks also involve the Afghan government. ... Read more
Hundreds of police in riot gear were discretely lined up on side streets to monitor revelers. Typically, celebrations in France end up with some broken shop windows and other destruction, and Sunday was no exception. ... Read more
The wildfire is one of several burning across the state and among 56 large blazes that are active in the U.S., most in the American West, a region that is struggling with drought and heat. ... Read more
Trump says he believes such get-togethers are beneficial. He cites his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June as "a good thing'' and says "having meetings with Russia, China, North Korea, I believe in it.'' ... Read more
Two Palestinian teenagers were killed in an airstrike in Gaza City, while three Israelis were wounded from a rocket that landed on a residential home. ... Read more
Premier Giuseppe Conte said that Malta and France had come forward in response to his request to all 27 other members of the European Union to share the burden of welcoming the migrants. ... Read more
Revelations this past week of a document showing the military drafted plans to mobilize troops to suppress protests last year have struck a nerve among people in one of Asia's most vibrant and wealthiest democracies. ... Read more
Organizers want the 2020 Olympics to help showcase Japan's recovery from the disaster that took more than 18,000 lives and triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. ... Read more
Moon said at a forum in Singapore on Friday that Trump and Kim would "face the stern judgment of the international community" if their promises on denuclearisation weren't kept. ... Read more
President Donald Trump claimed a pipeline project has made Germany “totally controlled” by and “captive to Russia” during a combative breakfast Wednesday that kicked off what was already expected to be a fraught NATO summit in Brussels. ... Read more
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Abe on Wednesday would visit an evacuation center in Kurashiki, a city where a river broke through an embankment and swept through residential areas, killing more than 40 people. ... Read more
The "Wild Boars" soccer team and their coach got trapped on June 23 while exploring the cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai after soccer practice and a rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels. ... Read more
The post of prime minister has been scrapped and the president will now be able to select his own cabinet, regulate ministries and remove civil servants, all without parliamentary approval. ... Read more
The second phase of the operation to extricate nine members of a Thai youth football team from a flooded cave began Monday. ... Read more
Searches for the missing people are underway in the southwestern region, where several days of heavy rainfall has resulted in flooding and landslides. ... Read more
Troops captured the Naseeb border crossing a day earlier following a crushing two-week military offensive, after rebels announced they had reached an agreement with Russian mediators to end the violence in the southern province of Daraa and surrender the crossing. ... Read more
While both sides agree they must have a contingency plan to keep the border open, a backstop solution was only agreed in very general terms in December and there is no consensus on how to put it in place by Brexit day in March 2019. ... Read more
Thai authorities are racing to pump out water from a flooded cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23. ... Read more
After years of delay due to technical issues, the Rokkasho plant is in the final stages of safety approvals by the regulators ahead of its planned launch in 2021, but critics say that starting up the plant only adds to the problem. ... Read more
Saudi Arabia has acknowledged the call took place, but mentioned no production targets. The kingdom currently produces some 10 million barrels of crude daily. Its record is 10.72 million barrels a day. ... Read more
US President Donald Trump is sending his congratulations to Mexico's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on his apparent victory in Sunday's presidential election. ... Read more
Public pressure is piling on Jordan to ease restrictions on entry of refugees where some have criticised the kingdom's stance towards Syrians many of whom have close kinship with Jordanians on the border. ... Read more
Trump told King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud that the oil market could do with more supply when the men spoke on Friday, the White House said. ... Read more
Since last month, when US President Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal which lifted most sanctions in 2015, the rial currency has dropped up to 40 per cent in value, prompting protests by bazaar traders usually loyal to the Islamist rulers. ... Read more
The new measures targeting 12.6 billion US dollars in American steel, aluminium and consumer goods Will come into effect from Sunday. ... Read more
"The ceasefire has ended and our security and defence forces are allowed to continue operations," Ghani said in a press conference in Kabul on Saturday. ... Read more
Libya is one of the main departure points for migrants trying to cross to Europe by sea, usually in flimsy inflatable boats provided by smugglers that often get punctured or break down. ... Read more
The synchronised announcement comes a day after Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton held talks with Russian officials in Moscow to lay the groundwork for the summit. ... Read more
At least 1,036 children were held in Iraqi detention facilities on national security-related charges, mostly for their alleged association with the Islamic State group. ... Read more
Emmerson Mnangagwa has called the attack a "cowardly act of terrorism." He also pointed out he's had numerous attempts on his life in the past, saying he was used to them by now. ... Read more
If children are younger than 5, they must be reunified within 14 days of the order issued on Tuesday by US District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego. ... Read more
Algeria has abandoned more than 13,000 people in the past 14 months, including pregnant women and children, stranding them without food or water and forcing them to walk, under temperatures of up to 48 degrees Celsius. ... Read more
Saudi women are in the driver’s seat for the first time in their country and steering their way through busy city streets just minutes after the world’s last remaining ban on women driving was lifted on Sunday. ... Read more
The prime minister in an address to the nation soon after the attack said that people had been killed and injured in a “well-orchestrated attack.” ... Read more
Turkish voters narrowly approved the constitutional changes in a referendum last year after President Tayyip Erdogan said they were needed to help tackle the security and economic problems facing the country. ... Read more
The defence ministers hailed the first conference bringing together Cypriot, Greek and Israeli companies active in the military industry, which they say will help strengthen ties. ... Read more
An Afghan official says Taliban fighters killed 16 militia loyal to the government in an early morning ambush in northern Badghis province. ... Read more
The U.S. government was wrestling with the ramifications of President Donald Trump’s move to stop separating families at the border. ... Read more
An audio recording that appears to capture the heartbreaking voices of small Spanish-speaking children crying out for their parents at a US immigration facility took center stage in the growing uproar over the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant children from their parents. ... Read more
Dana White, spokeswoman for the Defence Department, said planning for the summer drills has stopped, but there have been no decisions made on any other military exercises with South Korea. ... Read more
There is a presumption of attempted murder and of a crime with terrorist implications or the suspect may have a mental heath problem. ... Read more
A strong earthquake shook the city of Osaka in western Japan on Monday morning, causing scattered damage including broken glass and partial building collapses. ... Read more
Following the suicide bombings, the jihadists fired rocket-propelled grenades into the crowds that had gathered at the scene of the attacks, driving the number of casualties higher. ... Read more
No one immediately claimed the attack, but it was likely carried out by the Islamic State group, which was not included in the cease-fire and has clashed with the Taliban in the past. ... Read more
Russian police said the driver in the crash has been detained. Moscow’s traffic monitoring agency said the driver claimed the crash wasn’t premeditated. ... Read more
"Large-scale international events such as the World Cup present an attractive target for terrorists," the US State department said in a travel advisory issued for American citizens. ... Read more
The United States, South Korea and Japan were making a public display of solidarity Thursday over the outcome of Trump’s summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. ... Read more
While Security Council resolutions are legally binding, General Assembly resolutions are not, although assembly spokesman Brenden Varma stressed Wednesday that they do reflect "political will'' as well as international opinion. ... Read more
There has been speculation that Iran might pull its forces back from near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in some kind of settlement. ... Read more
It would be the first time since the foreign armies joined the war in 2015 on behalf of Yemen's exiled government that they have attempted to capture such a well-defended major city. ... Read more
Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un meeting in Singapore: This was the first-ever meeting between leaders of the two countries. The meeting marks a dramatic shift in relations between Trump and Kim Jong, who traded insults and threats of war till early this year. ... Read more
Whatever the results, it will be one of the more unusual summits in recent history as a flamboyant, often erratic US president gets a close-up look at a hereditary socialist despot who sits on a nuclear weapons program. ... Read more
Kim’s summit with Trump has captured intense global attention after a turn to diplomacy in recent months after serious fears of war last year amid North Korean nuclear and missile tests. ... Read more
Rouhani said that the US exit from the nuclear agreement with Iran warrants an "important and serious discussion between our two countries." ... Read more
President Donald Trump barrelled into the G-7 summit over a burgeoning trade dispute and insisting Russia should be brought back into the fold. ... Read more
The blasts in Baghdad’s Sadr City district also wounded 25 people, almost completely destroyed the mosque and damaged several nearby houses. ... Read more
The fiery volcanic eruption on Sunday in south-central Guatemala killed scores as rescuers struggled to reach people where homes and roads were charred and blanketed with ash. ... Read more
The cabinet resignation came a few days after Sisi was sworn in at the parliament for a second four-year presidential term. ... Read more
Speculation over how North Korea will handle the costs for Kim’s June 12 meeting with Trump has taken off after a Washington Post report cited two anonymous U.S. officials suggesting the Trump administration has been “seeking a discreet way” to help pay Kim’s hotel bill. ... Read more
South Korea says building trust with North Korea is crucial amid a US-led diplomatic push to persuade the North to give up its nuclear weapons. ... Read more
In order to secure votes against Rajoy from Catalonia's separatists, Sanchez had to promise to open talks with the secessionists about the future of the northeastern region. ... Read more
The talks scheduled for next month were cancelled by Trump last week, but a flurry of diplomatic activity has tried to salvage them in the hope they can bring an end to years of tension over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme. ... Read more
Security in and around Kabul has been on high alert in recent days with more checkpoints and patrols as the government warned of "complex attacks" by the Taliban on the government or foreign installations in coming weeks. ... Read more
President Sergio Mattarella's veto of 81-year-old eurosceptic Paolo Savona as economy minister appeared to tip the country back towards repeat elections and triggered a dramatic speculative attack on Italian financial markets. ... Read more
In April, the UN Security Council blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies over oil and coal smuggling by North Korea, including five based in China. ... Read more
The ministry suspects that fruit bats are the source of the virus. It said it was banning fresh produce, including mangoes, dates and bananas - the bats' preferred fruits. ... Read more
Liege prosecutors’ spokesman Philippe Dulieu said the man approached two police officers from behind carrying a knife and stabbed them several times. “He then took their weapons. He used the weapons on the officers, who died,” Dulieu told reporters. ... Read more
Officials have the legal authority to forcibly enter farms and kill animals even in cases where a farmer might resist, but they said they hope they don't have to use those powers. ... Read more
Temer also said he was crafting measures to reduce some tolls and establish minimum freight rates, key demands by truckers whose shutdown has brought much of the country to a halt. Congress this week was also expected to debate various measures aimed at ending the shutdown. ... Read more
Rouhani will pay a working visit to China and attend the summit of the China and Russia-led security bloc the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the ministry said. ... Read more
The new death happened in Iboko, a rural area in northwestern Equateur province, said the health ministry statement released Sunday. There are also four new suspected cases in the province, said the statement. ... Read more
Russia has provided crucial military support to President Bashar Assad's forces, helping them to roll back mainstream rebels as well as the Islamic State group. Russia and Syria both refer to the armed opposition as "terrorists.'' ... Read more
"What we see is the culmination of a quiet revolution that has been taking place in Ireland over the last couple of decades," Varadkar, who became Ireland's first openly gay prime minister last year, told journalists in Dublin. ... Read more
Omani forecasters warned Salalah and the surrounding area would get at least 200 millimeters (7.87 inches) of rain, over twice the city's annual downfall. ... Read more
Toronto blast: The attack in Mississauga, Canada's sixth largest city, comes a month after a driver plowed his white Ryder rental van into a lunch-hour crowd in Toronto, killing 10 people and injuring 15. ... Read more
A burgeoning encampment in far northeast Paris, on a canal used by joggers and cyclists, is the focal point of the debate pitting French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb against Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who are at odds over how to treat migrants and find a lasting solution. ... Read more
The Boeing 777 passenger jet was headed from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, when it was blown out of the sky over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. All 298 passengers and crew were killed. ... Read more
Iraq's National Security media centre said in a statement that the attacker had detonated an explosive vest after being besieged by security forces at the entrance to the Saqlawiyah public garden in the Shula district of northwest Baghdad. ... Read more
North Korea carried out what it said is the demolition of its nuclear test site on Thursday, setting off a series of explosions over several hours in the presence of foreign journalists. ... Read more
The brochure is a reflection of Stockholm's concerns over a worsened security situation in the Baltic Sea region over the past few years. ... Read more
The 81-year-old has called Italy's entry into the euro zone a "historic error" and wants a "plan B" to be drawn up to allow it to leave the currency bloc if it should prove necessary. ... Read more
More than 100 demonstrators walked in a line behind a truck with loudspeakers as police looked on, according to Reuters reporters at the scene. ... Read more
Israel says its actions are necessary to defend the border and stop mass infiltrations from the territory. It accuses Hamas, with whom it has fought three wars since 2008, of seeking to use the protests as cover to carry out violence. ... Read more
Export-oriented Germany, which has been the keenest to avoid a trade conflict, described the EU leaders' proposals as a first step and forecast "intensive discussion" on Tuesday to find a deal acceptable to both Europe and US. ... Read more
The blast took place when Afghan security forces tried to dispose of a container full of explosives found in the southern city of Kandahar. ... Read more
Four crash survivors were taken to a Havana hospital, and three remained alive as of mid-afternoon, hospital director Martinez Blanco told Cuban state TV. ... Read more
North Korea, Kim announced, would never use nuclear weapons or transfer nuclear weapons or nuclear technology "unless there are nuclear threats and nuclear provocations'' against it. ... Read more
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on goods worth up to $150 billion to combat what he says is Beijing's misappropriation of US technology through joint venture requirements and other policies. ... Read more
The North previously vowed to continue nuclear development unless the United States pulls its 28,500 troops out of South Korea and withdraws its so-called ``nuclear umbrella'' security guarantee for South Korea and Japan. ... Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it's fitting since Guatemala also followed the US to be the second country to recognize Israel 70 years ago. ... Read more
Farah province has seen heavy fighting in recent months, with local officials and tribal elders requesting additional forces to support the overburdened army and police. ... Read more
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Parliament on Wednesday that the US decision was among several pieces of "troubling news" that had happened recently. ... Read more
In Monday's protest, Israeli forces killed 58 Palestinians, most by gunfire, and injured more than 2,700, Gaza health officials said. ... Read more
Israeli troops have killed 45 Palestinians since the demonstrations began on March 30, according to Palestinian health officials, while no Israeli casualties have been reported. ... Read more
CCTV footage showed a man and a woman riding a bike were stopped at the security checkpoint before they blew themselves up. ... Read more
Trump announced the decision to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in December, when he formally recognised the holy city as the capital of Israel, breaking away from decades of US neutrality on the sensitive issue. ... Read more
A family of six launched suicide attacks on Christians attending Sunday services at three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city of Surabaya, killing at least 13 people and wounding 40, officials said. ... Read more
Seventy prominent scholars from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia issued the fatwa, or edict, at a conference in Indonesia on ways to achieve peace and stability in Afghanistan. ... Read more
Rudy Giuliani said Friday that if a subpoena were issued to get Trump to appear, the president's legal team would oppose it unless they could ``reach agreement on the ground rules.'' ... Read more
The results of Saturday's election are expected within 48 hours of the vote, according to the independent body overseeing the election. ... Read more
Hawaii officials have had a busy month pleading with travelers to keep their plans even as dramatic images of natural disasters afflicting the islands have bombarded televisions and social media feeds. ... Read more
Israel and Iran have long fought each other through proxies, and with the new exchange each seemed to be sending a warning that a direct clash between them could swiftly escalate. ... Read more
The Israelis fear that Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah are turning Syria into a new front against them. Israel says its occasional strikes in Syria aim to prevent such an outcome. ... Read more
The men, Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song and Tony Kim, had been released Wednesday amid a warming of relations between the longtime adversaries. ... Read more
Official results from Malaysia's national election on Tuesday show the opposition alliance led by the country's former authoritarian ruler Mahathir Mohamad achieved a majority in parliament, ending the 60-year rule of the National Front. ... Read more
Donald Trump said the 2015 agreement, which included Germany, France and Britain, was a “horrible one-sided deal that should never ever have been made.” He added that the United States “will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction.” ... Read more
The AP has found no link between CyberCaliphate and the St. Petersburg trolls, but their aims appeared to be the same: keep tension at a boil and radical Islam in the headlines. ... Read more
The contest pits Najib, a political blue blood, against his former political mentor, Mahathir Mohamad, prime minister for 22 years until 2003 and credited with modernizing Malaysia. ... Read more
Late on Saturday, an explosion killed six gunmen belonging to Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza. Hamas on Sunday blamed Israel and threatened a response. The Israeli military declined to comment on the blast. ... Read more
Saturday's demonstration, under a large police presence, comes almost a year to the day since 40-year-old Macron won the presidential race on a centrist platform and with a pledge to shake-up rigid institutions and revitalise the economy. ... Read more
Whatever the result, a new coalition government including most of the major parties is likely to be formed after the election, analysts have said. ... Read more
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but both the Taliban and a local Islamic State affiliate reject democratic elections and have targeted them in the past. ... Read more
Larger demonstrations are expected in the afternoon in Moscow, where protesters aim to hold an unauthorized march on one of the capital's main thoroughfares, and in St. Petersburg. ... Read more
Donald Trump himself is scheduled to have a summit meeting with Kim Jong-un, the date and venue for which "have been decided and will be announced soon". ... Read more
At midday, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck - the biggest of hundreds of quakes this week and the largest to strike the state in 43 years. ... Read more
"Today, we commemorate Marx in order to pay tribute to the greatest thinker in the history of mankind and also to declare our firm belief in the scientific truth of Marxism,'' Xi Jinping said. ... Read more
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the strongest tremor at 12:32 p.m. (2332 GMT) measured 6.9, a magnitude capable of causing severe damage. ... Read more
On Friday, while answering reporters' questions before boarding Marine One at the White House, Trump said "a lot of things have happened" with respect to Americans currently being held in North Korea. ... Read more
Prefect Michel Delpuech promised Friday in a news conference a "powerful and consistent'' effort, four days after May Day protests turned violent in the French capital. ... Read more
Pakistan had approached the World Bank in 2016, raising concerns over the designs of two hydroelectricity projects located in Jammu and Kashmir. ... Read more
Intelligence experts and diplomats said Netanyahu's presentation, in a prime-time television presentation, did not seem to have a "smoking gun" showing a violation by Iran but it could strengthen the hand of advisers to Donald Trump who want to scrap the nuclear agreement. ... Read more
In a statement posted on an IS-affiliated website, the Islamic State group said two of its 'martyrdom seekers' carried out the double bombing, targeting the headquarters of the “renegade” Afghan intelligence services in Kabul. ... Read more
Despite being the center of an intense cult of personality and a constant presence on North Korean television and in newspapers, Kim Jong Un got a lot more exposure than ever before when he crossed over into South Korea, where nearly 3,000 journalists had registered to cover the summit. ... Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to sit down with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday in the central city of Wuhan at the start of two days of talks between the heads of the world's two most populous nations. ... Read more
Hassan Rouhani says the United States will face "grave'' consequences if Washington decides to withdraw from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. ... Read more
The death toll in Sunday suicide bombing in Afghanistan Kabul has reached 52, country's Public Health Ministry said. A suicide bomber struck a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital. According to reports, ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack. ... Read more
The National Assembly announced that Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez had been approved as the sole candidate for president. The 86-year-old Castro will remain head of the Communist Party. ... Read more
At least 50 shanties housing Rohingya refugees in southeast Delhi’s Sarita Vihar were gutted in a fire that broke out in the wee hours of April 15. About 230 people from the Rohingya community were staying in the camp. ... Read more
The United States, France and Britain blamed Syrian President Bashar Assad for the attack that reportedly killed at least 40 people, and they conducted airstrikes Friday on Syrian chemical sites. ... Read more
Israel has a standard of living that rivals Western Europe, without the natural resources. It can boast of scientific achievements and military and technological clout beyond its modest size. ... Read more
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a mixed greeting as he landed in the United Kingdom Wednesday on a four-day visit. Anti-Modi protesters raised banners which read “Modi, you have blood on your hands” and “Modi Not Welcome”. ... Read more
The announcement comes after the arrests of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia sparked protests and calls for a boycott on social media. ... Read more
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. and North Korea are holding direct talks at “extremely high levels” in preparation for a potential summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. ... Read more
The Bushes, who were married on January 6, 1945, had the longest marriage of any presidential couple in American history. ... Read more
The damning report card issued by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says people continue to disappear in Pakistan, sometimes because they criticize the country’s powerful military or because they advocate better relations with neighboring India. ... Read more
The victims were all ethnic Hazaras, a Shia minority in Afghanistan that is frequently targeted by Sunni extremists in different parts of the country. ... Read more
The meeting comes weeks after Rex Tillerson, then US secretary of state, visited Nigeria and other African countries in March only to be fired after his return to Washington. ... Read more
A government statement said Saturday that five members of a family returned to western Rakhine state from a refugee camp across the border in Bangladesh. ... Read more
"This evening I have authorised British armed forces to conduct co-ordinated and targeted strikes to degrade the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons capability and deter their use." ... Read more
In a statement issued by the Kremlin, the Russian leader says Moscow is calling an emergency meeting of the United Nations' Security Council over the strike launched by the US, Britain and France. ... Read more
The attack happened just days after a blast in Shindand killed at least six people, including four children. ... Read more
Algeria’s Defense Ministry said that those killed included 247 passengers and 10 crew members. ... Read more
The two had worked on Reuters' coverage of the crisis in Rakhine, where security forces' response to a Muslim insurgents' attack have driven nearly 700,000 Rohingya to neighboring Bangladesh. ... Read more
A senior Russian lawmaker says Moscow is willing to help arrange a visit this week for experts from the international chemical weapons watchdog to the site of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria. ... Read more
Several medical, monitoring and activist groups reported details of a chemical attack, but figures vary and what happened was still being determined. ... Read more
Japan signed a grant and loan agreement with Cambodia despite concerns from the international community over Cambodia PM's crackdown on government critics ahead of a July general election. ... Read more
Downtown San Francisco saw nearly 2 inches (5 centimeters) on Friday, making for the fourth-wettest April day since record-keeping began. ... Read more
The deaths brought to at least 31 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since last week. ... Read more
The activation of the 2,100 strong ARDB takes Japan a step closer to creating a force similar to a US Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) able to plan and execute operations at sea far from its home base. ... Read more
Sierra Leone's election commission declared main opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio as the West African nation's new president Wednesday, giving the opposition party its first presidency in 10 years. ... Read more
The comments by Yossi Cohen added an influential voice to a global debate over Iran's nuclear program ahead of a deadline set by President Donald Trump for toughening the deal. ... Read more
Hundreds of opposition supporters gathered at the four junctions across the country, blocking the traffic and calling for Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation. ... Read more
YouTube employee Dianna Arnspiger said she was on the building's second floor when she heard gun shots, ran to a window and saw the shooter on a patio outside. ... Read more
The bill originally proposed a 10-year jail term and a fine of up to 500,000 ringgit ($128,000) for offenders, but the approved legislation sets the maximum prison sentence at six years. ... Read more
Morocco considers the mineral-rich Western Sahara its southern provinces and has invested heavily in development programs, and proposed giving the territory wide-ranging autonomy. ... Read more
Saudi Arabia and its allies launched a military intervention in Yemen in 2015 with the aim of rolling back the Huthi rebels who had seized the capital. ... Read more
Nigerian military authorities say at least 15 people, including a soldier, have died and 83 others have been injured in an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on two villages in northern Nigeria. ... Read more
Since withdrawing from Mogadishu in 2011, the al Qaeda-linked group has lost control of most of Somalia's cities and towns. But it still retains a strong presence in regions outside the capital. ... Read more
In Friday’s confrontations, large crowds gathered near the border fence, with smaller groups of protesters rushing forward, throwing stones and burning tires. ... Read more
The meeting between Kim Jong Un, leader of nuclear-armed North Korea, and the South's President Moon Jae-in will be only the third of its kind. ... Read more
The United Nations human rights office said earlier this month Turkey has detained 160,000 people and dismissed nearly the same number of civil servants since the failed coup in July 2016, which Ankara blames on Gulen. He denies any involvement. ... Read more
The project's organizers had to navigate a virtual minefield of often quarreling church denominations, as well as Israeli and Palestinian officials. ... Read more
May will meet voters in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on a whirlwind tour designed as a rallying cry for the union between the four nations of the United Kingdom, and to paint a positive post-Brexit vision. ... Read more
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the briefing included a "personal message from President Xi to President Trump," which was conveyed to the president. ... Read more
Xi held talks with Kim at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and he and his wife Peng Liyuan hosted a banquet for Kim and his wife Ri Sol Ju, Xinhua said. They also watched an art performance together, the news agency said. ... Read more
The airline said the drone passed so close that the crew worried it had been sucked into an engine, although a later inspection showed that hadn't happened. ... Read more
Egypt began the second of a three-day presidential election on Tuesday with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi set for an easy victory, after authorities urged people to cast their ballots to provide a strong mandate for the former military commander. ... Read more
The minister of state for foreign affairs, Mohammed Shahriar Alam, stated on Friday that Bangladesh was paying the entire roughly $280 million to build homes and fortify the muddy island in the Bay of Bengal from cyclones, and that it was mulling a formal request for international funds. ... Read more
A vehicle convoy entered the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Monday evening and a military honor guard and heavy security were seen later. ... Read more
Senior Trump administration officials say the expelled Russians include 12 spies who the U.S. believes are working under diplomatic cover at Russia’s mission to the United Nations. ... Read more
The fire at the four-story mall in Kemerovo was extinguished in the morning after burning through the night. Parts of the building were still smouldering and the floors of the cinema hall had caved in in places, an emergency official said. ... Read more
The rally was by a brand-new corps of leaders: student survivours of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead February 14. ... Read more
The summit aims to improve relations and resolve the standoff over the North's nuclear program. ... Read more
"China will not sit idly to see its legitimate rights damaged and must take all necessary measures to resolutely defend its legitimate rights," the Commerce Ministry in Beijing said in a statement. ... Read more
“It is the largest deficit of any country in the history of our world,” Trump said of the U.S.-China trade imbalance, blaming it for lost American jobs. ... Read more
Most of the casualties were passers-by and traders, Hussein told The Associated Press. The toll of dead and wounded was announced by security ministry spokesman Abdulaziz Hildhiban. ... Read more
The Persian new year, known in Afghanistan as Nowruz, is a national holiday, and the country's minority Shiites typically celebrate by visiting shrines. ... Read more
Zuckerberg said Wednesday that Facebook has a “responsibility” to protect its users’ data and if it fails, “we don’t deserve to serve you.” ... Read more
Although Israel was widely believed to have been behind the September 6, 2007, airstrike, it has never before commented publicly on it. ... Read more
The rhino had been part of an ambitious effort to save the subspecies from extinction after decades of decimation by poachers, with the help of the two surviving females. One is his daughter, Najin, and the other is her daughter, Fatu. ... Read more
Mohamed Hussain Shareef, the ambassador to neighbouring Sri Lanka, said the government "has no intention of extending" the emergency when its 30-day period expires, "barring very unusual circumstances such as widespread violence." ... Read more
It was the second attack on Israelis in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank in three days and a sign of rising tensions in the region. ... Read more
Six months after the temblor, improvised camps like this one erected by displaced residents are among the most visible signs that not everyone has moved on from the earthquake that killed 228 people in Mexico City and 141 more elsewhere. ... Read more
Any EU-wide measures would be the first significant punitive steps since the bloc lifted broad economic sanctions on Iran last year following the 2015 accord to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions for at least a decade. ... Read more
The two men, thought to be in their 20s, suffered non-life threatening injuries and were taken to the hospital on Sunday after they came upon a suspicious device on the side of a road in Texas. ... Read more
The Russian strongman ran against seven other candidates, but his most vocal critic Alexei Navalny was barred from the ballot for legal reasons and the final outcome was never in doubt. ... Read more
When asked if women were equal to men, the Crown Prince said: "Absolutely. We are all human beings and there is no difference." ... Read more
As China’s vice president, the 69-year-old Wang is expected to be a key element in furthering President Xi Jinping’s agenda of shoring up Communist Party rule while ending corruption and poverty. ... Read more
In a message on Twitter, Sirisena said: "Upon assessing the public safety situation, I instructed to revoke the State of Emergency from midnight yesterday (Saturday)." ... Read more
The staggering death toll - at least 68 civilians - killed came a day after Syria passed the seven-year mark in its relentless civil war. ... Read more
The envelope was sent to the Ministry earlier this week while Kotzias' aides also received threatening calls, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. ... Read more
The National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp legislature, also appointed close Xi ally Wang Qishan to the formerly ceremonial post of vice president. ... Read more
A Catholic hospital in India was attacked by a mob on March 12, leading to the destruction of the institution’s water and power supply. Several nurses were also injured in the attack. ... Read more
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on February 28 unveiled a plan to open peace talks with the Taliban, including eventually recognising them as a political party, days after the militants called for direct negotiations with the US. ... Read more
The Trump administration said on Thursday that it was enacting the new sanctions on Russia, including individuals indicted in February by special counsel Robert Mueller. ... Read more
The bridge was under construction and collapsed onto a busy Miami highway on Thursday, crushing at least eight vehicles under massive slabs of concrete and steel. ... Read more
The penalties also include the first use of new powers that Congress passed last year to punish Moscow for election meddling. Those targets include officials working for the Russian military intelligence agency, GRU. ... Read more
According to rescue officials, the blast took place last night close to a police check post, a few kilometers from the palatial residence of the Sharif family, and next to the congregation of the Tableeghi Jamaat centre. ... Read more
The F/A-18 Super Hornet was on approach to land at the naval air station around 4:30 pm EDT, and crashed into the water about a mile east of the runway. ... Read more
Rounding out the Top 10 are Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden and Australia. The United States fell to 18th place from 14th last year. ... Read more
Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were found collapsed after being poisoned last week. Both remain in a serious condition along with a police officer who came in contact with the same substance. ... Read more
Evanston Police said a call to police reporting shots fired at Engelhart Hall, a graduate student residence, was a "swatting" hoax. The term describes when someone calls in a false report in the hopes of prompting a SWAT team to respond. ... Read more
Stephen Hawking suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and was confined to an electric wheelchair for much of his adult life. ... Read more
On Friday Merkel will head to Paris to discuss EU reform plans with French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of a March 22-23 summit, after a lengthy stretch in which Berlin was hamstrung on the European and world stage. ... Read more
The European Union on Wednesday said it would chip in another three billion euros ($3.7 billion) for Syrian refugees in Turkey. ... Read more
Donald Trump's motorcade, on Tuesday, zipped past demonstrators who both jeered and cheered him and his plans for a "big, beautiful border wall" after he inspected prototypes. ... Read more
Dismissing allegations levelled by former president Mohamed Nasheed that the Maldives government was moving closer to China, the delegation said their country will never cause “a threat to India” and would still follow its ‘India First’ policy. ... Read more
Angela Merkel is officially re-elected as the German Chancellor with the majority of lawmakers in the lower parliament backing her candidacy in a vote on Wednesday. ... Read more
Facebook said Tuesday it is "seriously" fighting hate speech in Myanmar, following blistering criticism from UN officials. ... Read more
The EU last week snubbed British Prime Minister Theresa May's calls for a special post-Brexit deal by offering London just a free-trade agreement with no special treatment for Britain's mighty financial sector. ... Read more
Hong Kong offers a delicate initial test. Since passing from British to Chinese rule in 1997, the financial hub has operated as a "special administrative region,'' retaining its own legal and economic system and enjoying a considerable degree of autonomy from Beijing. ... Read more
The fighting took place on Sunday night when dozens of Taliban fighters attacked the administrative compound of the Anar Dara district from many directions, said Nasir Mehri. ... Read more
Hundreds of people have been killed in the Syrian army’s fierce air and artillery bombardment of eastern Ghouta since Feb. 18. ... Read more
The plane from US-Bangla, a Bangladeshi airline, went off the runway while landing and crashed on the east side of Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport's runway. ... Read more
The officials' comments yesterday followed the surprise announcement last week that President Donald Trump has agreed to meet the North's Kim Jong Un by May. ... Read more
The posters, written in Chinese and English, have featured phrases such as "not my president" and "I disagree". ... Read more
Iranian state television quoted Mojtaba Khaledi, the spokesman of the country's emergency management organisation, as saying the plane hit a mountain in Shahr-e Kord and burst into flames. ... Read more
Tweetdecking is an explicit violation of Twitter's spam policy, which does not allow users to "sell, purchase, or attempt to artificially inflate account interactions". ... Read more
Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp is trying to claw back lost seats in controversial by-elections held today that have exposed the heart of the city's political divide. ... Read more
The Palestinian Red Crescent identified the dead man as a 22-year-old from the town of Urif. ... Read more
Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) on Friday after announcing he was willing to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. ... Read more
While China officially guarantees freedom of religion, it has in recent years tightened controls in heavily Muslim areas. ... Read more
Putin has always prided himself on respecting the constitution, which bars him from serving more than two presidential terms in a row. ... Read more
A convoy of relief trucks crossed front lines into the rebel-held Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta on Friday. ... Read more
French President Macron is in India for a 4-day visit. He's accompanied by his wife Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron, businessmen and top officials. ... Read more
The three female victims were employees of the nonprofit organisation Pathway Home treatment program, which is housed on the campus of the Veterans Home of California-Yountville. ... Read more
EUROFER chief Axel Eggert said today that "the national security justification the president has used - and the linking of these tariffs to NATO funding - is an absurdity." ... Read more
A government spokesperson said the bomber appeared to have intended to attack crowds gathered for the anniversary celebrations of the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, a Hazara political leader. ... Read more
The rival Koreas also agreed to hold a leadership summit in late April. ... Read more
The crown prince's visit has turned into a bitter battle between those who support what he's doing for Saudi and those who call him a "war criminal". ... Read more
Airports in Boston and Philadelphia were also affected, with almost 20 percent of flights halted. ... Read more
The bill overcame strenuous objections to provisions permitting school staff to carry guns on the job. ... Read more
Police said seven people were arrested after several incidents of violence, instigated over social media, were reported through Tuesday night in Kandy. ... Read more
According to preliminary information, the incident could have been caused by a technical malfunction, the ministry said. ... Read more
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 805 civilians including at least 178 children have been killed since Russia-backed regime forces launched an assault on the besieged enclave outside Damascus on February 18. ... Read more
The central region where the quake struck is remote and undeveloped, and assessments about the scale of the damage and injuries have been slow to filter out. ... Read more
At least three police were wounded in the overnight clashes at Menikhinna, a suburb of Kandy, which has been a focus of the new trouble, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said. ... Read more
A porn star sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday to declare a "hush agreement" over their alleged affair invalid because he never signed it, documents say. ... Read more
The largely cordial relationship between the two communities has been strained in recent years with Buddhist monks and hard-line Sinhala groups accusing Muslims of expansionism and of trying to undermine the majority community. ... Read more
The comments were made after South Korean officials returned from a visit to the North, where they met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. ... Read more
Monday's visit by the USS Carl Vinson brings more than 5,000 crew-members to the central coastal city of Danang, the largest such US military presence in Vietnam since the Southeast Asian nation was unified under Communist leadership. ... Read more
More than 90 people were wounded in the violence in the former French colony in West Africa, and officials called it a terrorist attack. There was no claim of responsibility. ... Read more
Campus police believe the shooting "started from a domestic situation," the university said in a statement. No other injuries were immediately reported. The university, which has about 23,000 students, urged students to take shelter. ... Read more
Trump has declared that the U.S. will impose punishing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, escalating tensions with China and other trading partners and raising the prospect of higher prices for American consumers and companies. ... Read more
Basir Mujahid, spokesman for the Kabul police chief, said the blast occurred in the eastern neighborhood of Qabil Bay, in an area that is home to a police station, the government's customs offices and some guest houses. ... Read more
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the air strikes took place late yesterday in the village of Jamaa and killed 17 fighters of the force known as the Popular Forces. ... Read more
Speaking at the second Kabul Process conference, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani said that his government was ready to recognise the Taliban as a political group and offered unconditional talks with the militant group to “save the country”. ... Read more
The speech was the last before an election Putin is expected to win in 17 days time. He was laying out his key policies for his fourth presidential term. ... Read more
The snow storm began after midnight, growing in intensity by dawn and showed no sign of abating. ... Read more
Communist Party of China, which is in power since the founding of People's Republic in 1949, had proposed to amend the country's Constitution to remove the two term limits for the President & Vice President, potentially allowing Xi to rule for life. ... Read more
The 37-nation FATF at its plenary meeting in Paris last week placed Pakistan on a watch list of the countries where terrorist outfits are still allowed to raise funds. ... Read more
In an address at a conference here, Sri Lanka's Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne also invited Indian companies to invest in the industrial areas of the Hambantota port. ... Read more
No fatality has been reported in the township of around 50,000 people.
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In northern Faryab province, Karim Yuresh, spokesman for the provincial police chief, said a Taliban attack killed three policemen in Qaysar district, also last night. ... Read more
Ramaphosa was elected unopposed in the National Assembly this afternoon. The announcement was welcomed by singing in the National Assembly. ... Read more
President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to 65-year-old Oli at a function held at President's Office, Shital Niwas, in Maharajgunj. ... Read more
The 400-member parliament, dominated by the ruling African National Congress party, is expected to select Ramaphosa to finish his predecessor’s term, which ends with elections in 2019. ... Read more
Suu Kyi has presided over an administration whose courts have aggressively pursued legal charges against dozens of journalists, along with other attempts to suppress and discredit the media. ... Read more
In a windfall, the wealthy Gulf Arab state of Qatar, a key donor, has become an unlikely partner in Israel’s quest, and has urged other nations to follow suit.
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Zuma, who has been in power since 2009, faces numerous allegations of corruption.
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Expressing grief over the incident, US President Donald Trump said that his office was working closely with law enforcement on the terrible shooting incident. ... Read more
China is coercing its neighbours to reorder the Indo-Pacific region, the Pentagon told Congress in its annual budget proposals for the fiscal 2019, beginning October 1 this year. ... Read more
The military said its planes faced massive anti-aircraft fire from Syria that forced two pilots to abandon an F-16 jet that crashed in northern Israel. One pilot was seriously wounded and the other lightly. ... Read more
The North Korean delegates briefly met a group of South Korean officials, including Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, who greeted them at the airport, according to the ministry. ... Read more
China's comments came as President Yameen dispatched special envoys to "friendly countries" like China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. The special envoy for China is expected to arrive here later today. ... Read more
Hamid Karzai said his country is in “terrible shape,” 16 years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Taliban. Karzai became president shortly after the fall of the Taliban and held office until 2014. ... Read more
A hotel employee died in Hualien county when the ground floor caved in at the Marshal Hotel, and another person died in a residential building, the national fire and rescue service reported. ... Read more
The archipelago was plunged into chaos on Thursday when the Supreme Court called for the release of nine imprisoned opposition politicians, ruling that their trials were politically motivated and flawed. ... Read more
A surprise Supreme Court ruling last week ordering the release of imprisoned opposition leaders has led to growing turmoil, with the president lashing out at the court.
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Earlier on Saturday, the ministry said a pilot survived the fighter jet crash but was later killed in a ground fight with Syrian rebels. ... Read more
The media reported that some opposition lawmakers had been allowed to enter the premises, despite the heavy military presence. ... Read more
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Taiwan today, the U.S Geological Survey said. The quake struck at a depth of 7.8 km, it said. ... Read more
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry announced the discovery Saturday and said the tomb likely belonged to a high-ranking official known as Hetpet during the 5th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. ... Read more
The AP reported on Thursday that the mass graves in the village of Gu Dar Pyin were confirmed through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors who had fled to refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh. ... Read more
The report even focuses on military slaughter of civilians, and suggests the presence of many more graves with many more people. ... Read more
During their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Xi said peace, development and win-win cooperation have become the mainstream of the times. ... Read more
According to the American Presidency Project, Trump's speech that clocked in at one hour and 20 minutes is one of the longest State of the Union addresses in recent presidential history. ... Read more
The statement did not disclose further details on the types of businesses or real estate that was acquired. ... Read more
The list comprises a who’s who of politically connected Russians in the country’s elite class. The idea is to name-and-shame those believed to be benefiting from Putin’s tenure. ... Read more
In the city centre, the Seine flows through a deep channel, limiting the potential flooding damage. ... Read more
Netanyahu has held a series of discussions with President Vladimir Putin in recent months on Iran's influence in war-torn Syria and in Lebanon. ... Read more
Prime Minister Shahid Abbasi inaugurated the Gwadar Free Zone, with state media describing it as “another milestone” in efforts to transform the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor into reality. ... Read more
Yemen’s internationally-recognised government said on Saturday it had banned public gatherings in Aden ahead of a deadline given by southern separatists. ... Read more
Taliban has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, as per Afghan media. ... Read more
Authorities revised the death toll from 41, saying some victims were counted twice. Still, the toll could rise further as 18 of the injured were critical, an official was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency. ... Read more
The Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria said that a group of rebels driving pickup trucks left the area around Tanf near the Jordanian border and were heading northeast Wednesday when they were spotted by Syrian troops. ... Read more
Jeff Sessions himself is a potentially important witness given his role as a key Trump surrogate on the campaign trail and his direct involvement in the May 9 firing of Comey, which he advocated. ... Read more
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview with Interfax news agency that the U.S. is promoting “rigged, unverified reports” of the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria to hamper Russia’s peace efforts. ... Read more
Two intelligence officials identified the slain militants as commander Ahsanullah and Nasir Mehsud. They say the men were from the Haqqani network of the Afghan Taliban. ... Read more
Local health official Hani Belras Ali said at least 27 people died had died so far and 32 were wounded. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombings. ... Read more
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