DAMASCUS, July 09 (IANS): The Syrian air defences have hit an Israeli warplane during an airstrike by Israel on Syria's T-4 Air base, the Syrian Army said.The Syrian air defences on Sunday forced other Israeli warplanes to leave the Syrian airspace after one fighter jet was hit and many missiles...
Read moreKYODO, July 09 (Reuters): Rescuers in western Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivours after torrential rains unleashed floods and landslides that killed more than 114 people, with dozens missing.Rain tapered off across the region battered by last week's downpour, revealing blue skies and scorching...
Read moreLONDON, July 09 (Agencies): British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday accepted the resignation of her Brexit minister David Davis in a letter."I would like to thank you warmly for everything you have done over the past two years as Secretary of State to shape our departure from the EU,"...
Read moreLONDON, July 09 (Reuters): A British woman died on Sunday after she was poisoned by the same nerve agent that struck a former Russian spy in March and triggered a crisis in relations between Western capitals and Moscow.Dawn Sturgess (44) died after she was exposed to Novichok on June 30...
Read moreJIUQUAN, July 09 (Xinhua): China launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China at 11:56 am on Monday.The PRSS-1 is China's first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of...
Read moreTEKIRDAG, July 09 (Reuters): Twenty-four people were killed in northwest Turkey when five carriages of a train headed for Istanbul derailed following heavy rain and a landslide.State broadcaster TRT Haber quoted Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag as saying on Monday.Hospitals nearby were treating 124 people injured in Sunday's accident, Turkish...
Read moreYANGON, July 09 (Reuters): A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into its trial stage after six months of preliminary hearings.Yangon district judge Ye Lwin charged reporters Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28,...
Read moreBishops call for three-day fasting after Duterte says God stupidMANILA, July 09: Philippine Catholic bishops have called for fasting and prayers after the president called God "stupid" and questioned God's existence in profane remarks that set the foul-mouthed leader on a collision course with Asia's largest Catholic church. Archbishop Romulo...
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