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Turkey launches air strike on Iraqi Kurdistan after diplomat killed
As Iraqi experts point to the probability that PKK was behind the attack killing diplomat
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Blast near Afghan university kills six, injures 27
Blast comes day after Taliban killed 12, wounded 80 in car bomb attack outside police headquarters in Kandahar
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Tehran rejects US claim of 'destroying' Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz
US President Trump earlier said the drone was shot down after flying within 1,000 yards of the USS Boxer
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Trump to nominate son of late top court justice as labor secretary
Alex Acosta resigns amidst controversy with Trump
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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

















































