Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is convening a meeting of his top security officials for the first time since Friday night’s thwarted coup, and has vowed to make an “important” announcement
The MP for Sedgefield, Tony Blair, has been confirmed as the new leader of the Labour Party. The results of the Labour Party ballot - announced just after 1200 BST at
The U.N. human rights office is expressing concern about deteriorating human rights, growing violence and “severe shortages” of food, medicine and basic goods in Venezuela. The office of human rights chief
CHINA Nationalists are protesting at KFC outlets and calling for a boycott, spurred by government accusations that Washington encouraged Manila to oppose Beijing’s claims to vast tracts of ocean. Photos
Indonesia’s most wanted Islamic militant was killed in a gunbattle with security forces, a top minister said yesterday, in a victory for the government’s counterterrorism campaign that further tightens the
Orlando. Istanbul. Dallas. Nice. And now, again, Baton Rouge. Ever since a gunman opened fire on Florida nightclub goers five weeks ago, killing 49, we’ve been buffeted by images of
Melania Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention yesterday drew attention after the discovery that two passages of her remarks matched nearly word-for-word the speech that first lady Michelle Obama
The U.N. children’s agency warns that some 49,000 children will die of malnutrition in areas once cut off by northeastern Nigeria’s Islamic extremist uprising if they don’t get treatment. UNICEF is
Thousands of Turkish troops have invaded northern Cyprus after last-minute talks in the Greek capital, Athens, failed to reach a solution. Tension has been running high in the Mediterranean island since
Authorities say two commercial airline pilots have been arrested at Glasgow Airport on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol, shortly before they were due to take off on
CHINA Beijing’s awful air quality improved significantly in the first half of the year, with actions taken to curb the city’s heavy pollution having a positive effect, officials said. PHILIPPINES The
The Bastille Day truck attack in Nice may have shaken France’s collective psyche, further unnerving a country already traumatized by extremist attacks that have become alarmingly more frequent. Yet there
New British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who recently likened the European Union to Adolf Hitler’s vision for Europe, came to Brussels yesterday to meet for the first time with his
Some in Europe want Theresa May to know their patience has its limits. As the new British prime minister pushes back talks on leaving the European Union, officials on the continent
The Bosnian Serb President, Radovan Karadzic, has agreed to resign and withdraw from political and public life. He was ordered to step down by the Yugolsav President, Slobodan Milosevic, after marathon
An aspiring nun who was told she couldn’t enter a convent until her student loan debt was paid off has used an online appeal to get the money. Alida Taylor, 28,
CHINA is sending 416 athletes in total to the Rio de Janeiro Games, including 35 former Olympic champions. China’s team includes 160 men and 256 women, who will compete in
Chanting, dancing and waving flags, tens of thousands of Turks marched through the streets into the wee hours of yesterday in half a dozen cities to defend democracy and support
The Grand Coloane Resort has announced the hosting of a Summer Open Day on Sunday, July 24. All children who have been pre-registered will enjoy a full-day of free activities in
France called up thousands of reserve security forces Friday as authorities tried to determine why a Tunisian deliveryman known only to be a petty criminal took the wheel of a
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