Egypt’s security services have forcibly made hundreds of people disappear and tortured them in the past year to try to tackle dissent, a rights group says.Students, political activists and protesters – some as young as 14 – have vanished without…
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Sanders endorses Clinton, Trump floats VP picks
Portsmouth, US,- After months of bitter campaigning, Bernie Sanders finally endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, pledging to work tirelessly to help his former rival defeat Donald Trump and win the White House, AFP news agency has…
David Cameron says he will resign by Wednesday
The Latest on the Conservative Party leadership race in Britain (all times local):
Obama calls for greater respect, understanding in US
President Barack Obama called Sunday for greater tolerance, respect and understanding from police officers toward the people they take an oath to protect as well as from individuals who think the police are too heavy handed and intolerant, particularly toward…
Bin Laden’s son threatens revenge against US
Al-Qaida’s media arm has released an audio in which the purported son of the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden threatens revenge against the U.S. for assassinating his father.
US imported terrorism to Middle East, says Duterte
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has accused the US of importing terror to the Middle East through its interventions, pointing to Iraq, Libya and Syria as examples. Speaking at an event being held in honour of the holy Islamic day of…
UK’s Ex-deputy PM says Iraq War was illegal
John Prescott, who was deputy prime minister when Britain went to war with Iraq in 2003, says the invasion by UK and US forces was “illegal”. Writing in the Sunday Mirror, he said he would live with the “catastrophic decision”…
Nearly half a million evacuated as tropical storm hits China
Typhoon Nepartak weakened to a strong tropical storm Saturday as it lashed China’s east coast, bringing powerful winds and heavy rains that toppled houses and inundated roads. Fujian province’s water resources department said authorities evacuated more than 422,000 people living…
Killer robot used by Dallas police opens ethical debate
When Dallas police used a bomb-carrying robot to kill a sniper, they also kicked off an ethical debate about technology’s use as a crime-fighting weapon. In what appears to be an unprecedented tactic, police rigged a bomb-disposal robot to kill…
Dallas shooting: Bomb material found at suspect’s home
Bomb-making material, rifles, ammunition and a combat journal have been found at the home of the suspect in the Dallas shooting, officials say.Five police officers were killed and seven wounded in a hail of gunfire during a protest on Thursday…
Typhoon drenches Taiwan, kills 2 people; floods hit Manila
Power was partially restored in Taiwan on Friday after a powerful typhoon slammed into the island’s eastern coast with ferocious winds and torrential rains, killing two people and injuring 72. Typhoon Nepartak made landfall early morning in Taitung county, grounding…
North Korea releases dam water into South without warning
VOA News North Korea released water from a dam near its border with the South without warning early Wednesday morning, increasing fears of floods in areas already hit by heavy rainfall in recent days. The North did not notify South…
Trump praises late Iraqi leader Saddam as terrorist killer
North Carolina (AP/UNB) – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who frequently criticizes U.S. foreign policy under President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has praised former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s ruthlessness.
Two-state solution ‘slipping away:’ UN denounces
The United Nations today condemned Israel for demolishing Palestinians’ homes and advancing plans to build new houses for Israeli settlers, amid the prospect of the two-state solution to the Middle East conflict already “slipping away.” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has…
Iraq’s interior minister resigns after bombing
The Latest on the aftermath of Sunday’s Islamic State bombing in Baghdad (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Iraq’s interior minister says he submitted his resignation in the wake of Sunday’s devastating suicide bombing in central Baghdad, which killed at least…
Death toll in Baghdad suicide attack hits 157
Baghdad, July 05 (AP/UNB) – As the death toll from the weekend truck bombing in Baghdad climbed to 157, Iraq’s embattled prime minister ordered new security measures, including abandoning the use of bomb-detection wands that U.S. experts pronounced worthless years…
Iraq: Death toll from IS-claimed bombing climbs to 157
Dhaka-The death toll from the truck bombing at a bustling Baghdad commercial street rose to 157 on Monday, Iraqi authorities said, as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered new security measures in the capital.
UK police summon Israeli ex-FM Livni over war crimes
Israel has revealed its former foreign minister Tzipi Livni was summoned for questioning by the Metropolitan Police for war crimes which were committed against Palestinians in 2008-9. The summons was issued Thursday, but was only made public three days later.
First time in 81yrs: Call to prayer heard from inside Hagia Sophia
Istanbul: The traditional call to prayer for Muslims, the adhan, has been played from Hagia Sophia’s minarets for the last four years. However, the muezzin had chanted it from a prayer room, not from inside the historic landmark, which began…
Brexit blues and a country in meltdown after referendum
Surprise has turned to shock and utter confusion for many in the UK a week after the British voted to leave the EU. DW’s Birgit Maass lives in London and describes her case of the “Brexit blues.” This is the…
EU leaders push Britain to leave amid post-vote turmoil
Brussels, June 29 (AP/UNB) – European leaders pushed Britain toward the exit door Tuesday, warning Prime Minister David Cameron that there’s no turning back after his country’s unprecedented vote to leave the EU and pressing for a quick and clear…
Michelle Obama urges Liberian girls to stay in school
US First Lady Michelle Obama urged girls in Liberia on Monday to fight to stay in school, as she visited the west African country where the vast majority drop out due to financial pressures. Obama launched her “Let Girls Learn”…
At least 14 killed in Somalia hotel attack; police say ended
Mogadishu, June 25 (AP/UNB) – At least 14 people were killed when gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital and took an unknown number of hotel guests hostage, police and medical workers said Saturday, before security forces hunted down the attackers…
Russia governor arrested over ‘large bribe’
Russian investigators have arrested a regional governor, saying they caught him red-handed taking a €400,000 (£325,000; $444,500) bribe. Kirov region governor Nikita Belykh was held in a Moscow restaurant.
EU governments pile pressure on UK to leave as soon as possible
Six founding member states demand earliest start to Brexit process, but they cannot compel UK to invoke article 50 EU governments have piled pressure on the UK to leave the union as soon as possible, saying talks on the exit…
Airstrikes on IS-held Afghan eastern village kill at least 30
Dhaka-Opposition activists say airstrikes on an eastern Syrian village held by the Islamic State group have killed at least 30 people and wounded many others.
Car bomb near Benghazi hospital kills 5 in eastern Libya
A car bomb has gone off outside a hospital in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing five people and wounding 14, security and hospital officials said.Senior military official Brig-Gen. Abdul-Salam al-Hassi blamed the late Friday attack outside the Jalaa…
Markets reel as world absorbs shock of UK vote for Brexit
London, (AP/UNB) – Britain has jumped. Now it is wildly searching for the parachute. The U.K.’s unprecedented decision to leave the European Union sent shockwaves through the country and around the world Friday, rocking financial markets, toppling Prime Minister David…
Brexit: David Cameron quits after UK votes to leave EU
Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down by October after the UK voted to leave the European Union. In a statement outside Downing Street, he said he would attempt to “steady the ship” over the coming weeks and months…
David Cameron to quit after UK votes to leave EU
Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down by October after the UK voted to leave the European Union.Mr Cameron made the announcement in a statement outside Downing Street after the final result was announced.He said he would attempt to…