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Japan in shock after suspected arson kills 33
Suspect unconscious, police unable to interrogate him
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US student who killed Chinese scholar sentenced to life in prison
Prosecutors say he lured the victim into his car, choked her, beat her with a bat, stabbed her
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12 killed in car bombing outside Kandahar police headquarters
At least 80 injured as Taliban fighters detonate two car bombs at the gate of the premises
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German Sea-Watch captain to face Italy prosecutor over migrants
A judge overturs the arrest three days later, saying the 31-year old has merely acted to save lives
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'You had the Nobel Prize?' Trump learns of Yazidi activist Murad
US president appears unfamiliar with the work and cause of Nobel laureate Nadia Murad
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Southeast Asia's meth gangs making $60 billion a year: UN
Study shows increasingly sophisticated and diverse drug gangs shuttling meth across Asia
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Death toll rises to 3 in attack on Turkish diplomat in Iraq
After an attack on the Turkish vice consul and one Iraqi citizen in a restaurant in Arbil
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Iran Guards say they have seized a 'foreign tanker'
Allegedly smuggling one million litres of fuel
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Verdicts due in Morocco trial for killing of Scandinavian hikers
Prosecutors call for the death penalty of the three main suspects
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Toxic toads found near Sydney spark fears of southward spread
The toad has a highly poisonous venom that kills predators that try to eat them
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DR Congo Ebola outbreak an emergency of global concern: WHO
Ebola virus highly contagious with an average fatality rate of around 50 per cent
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Russian nuclear power plant down after malfunction
Although radiation levels remain normal says a released statement
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Sudan protesters, army rulers ink power sharing deal
The move loosens a deadlock that has gripped the country, following nationwide mass protests that began against Bashir
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Canadian platform shut after oil discharge into Atlantic
Occurred during "routine activities related to removing water" from the storage cell says an official statement
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Message in a bottle found in Australia 50 years on
Paul Gilmore was just 13 when on November 17, 1969 he dropped the bottle into the Indian Ocean
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Trump fires up base as impeachment bid blocked in Congress
Trump's four-day attack on congresswomen and Democratic response lay bare deep rifts in Washington
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California man charged with drowning autistic sons
He is on trial for two dozen federal charges, including mail and wire fraud
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Iran FM at UN accuses US of 'economic terrorism'
Denounces unilateral sanctions imposed by Trump while attending a UN session in New York
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UK's Johnson suggests EU would bear some blame for no-deal Brexit
Says he would seek to negotiate new exit terms with the EU over the summer
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US House rejects Saudi weapons sales; Trump to veto
Members of Congress, including Republicans, have been frustrated by what they see as Trump’s embrace of Saudi Arabia
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US removes Turkey from F-35 programme after Russian missile deal
First parts of S-400 air defence system were flown to Murted military airbase, sealing Turkey’s deal with Russia
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Man guilty of British schoolgirl killing in India
Scarlett Keeling's body was found on a Goa beach in 2008
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Russia launches criminal case over gay couple's adoption
This is the first such case ever launched in the country
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Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in US prison
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was once one of the world's most powerful, notorious criminals
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‘So-called mastermind’ of Mumbai attacks: Trump hails Hafiz Saeed's arrest
US president says great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find JuD chief
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Kuwait arrests stateless protesters demanding citizenship
They face a number of charges including participation in unlicensed demonstrations
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Pictures of the day: July 17, 2019
10 pictures from events around the world
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No respite as monsoon rains pound South Asia
Thousands of residents affected in Pakistan, displaced and injured
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US sanctions top Myanmar generals over killings of Rohingya Muslims
Myanmar military’s Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and other leaders were accused of extrajudicial killings
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'El Chapo': dramatic escapes and arrests
Guzman will spend life in jail, according to prosecutors
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Woman rescued as death toll rises in Mumbai building collapse
Rescuers and volunteers struggling to conduct their search among the narrow lanes
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No charges against NY police in choking death of black man
Victim was unable to breathe, told officer 11 times
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Spontaneously combusting sushi flakes blamed in mystery blazes
Fire results in $575,000 worth of damage
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Australia calls on China to let Uighur mother and son leave
21 other countries condemn China's treatment of ethnic minorities
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Sudan protesters, army rulers ink power sharing deal
Ibrahim al-Amin a key protest leader says today we completed the political declaration
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El Chapo awaits life in prison sentence by US judge
He was the co-leader of the still-powerful Sinaloa organisation
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Hong Kong's expat police become focus of protester rage
A dwindling band of expat police officers now vilified for doing the bidding of the city's pro-Beijing leaders
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US 'incredibly supportive' of Kartarpur Corridor initiative
State Department spokesperson says the US encourages the move between the two nuclear-armed neighbours
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US hopes N Korea talks go ahead despite Pyongyang threat
The officials say if the military exercise really goes ahead it would affect the DPRK-US working-level talks
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US House votes to condemn Trump's 'racist comments'
Top Republican leaders rallied around Trump
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Death toll climbs to five after the quake in eastern Indonesia
7.3-magnitude quake struck about 165 kilometres south of the town of Ternate in North Maluku
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ICJ to announce Jadhav verdict today
Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was sentenced to death by military court for espionage in April 2017
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'The world was watching': US commemorates Apollo mission 50 years on
On July 16, 1969, Saturn V rocket set off from Florida carrying the first humans to the Moon
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13 killed as minibus plunges into gorge in Iran
Ten adults and three babies killed, nine people sustain injuries
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Girl punched after telling man ‘Sorry, I’m not interested’
Police complaint filed
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Man stabs pregnant daughter for eloping in India
Attacker stabs girl with sharp tool on neck, head
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Pakistani conjoined twins undergo successful surgery in UK
Safa, Marwa Ullah born with condition known as 'craniopagus' in which parts of brains are joined
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Greek farmer confesses to raping, murdering US scientist
A coroner attributed Eaton's death to asphyxiation (lack of oxygen)
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Malaysian MPs back lowering voting age to 18
Young people in Malaysia more politically aware now than in the past: PM Mahathir
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Move over Trump: China's tweeting diplomats open fresh front in propaganda fight
Susan Rice labels Chinese diplomat 'racist disgrace'