PESHAWAR, July 11 (Agencies): A suicide bomber blew himself up at a rally by an anti-Taliban political party in Pakistan, killing 20 people, including a candidate in July 25 elections, police and hospital officials said on Wednesday.Awami National Party (ANP) candidate Haroon Bilour was killed in the late Tuesday blast...
Read moreNAYPYITAW, July 11 (Agencies): Myanmar's government and representatives of ethnic minority groups are gathering for a major conference aimed at reaching a lasting peace after seven decades of strained relations and armed conflict.Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's military commander Min Aung Hlaing opened the event in...
Read moreThe United States imposed visa sanctions on Myanmar and Laos on Tuesday after both nations refused to take back immigrants Washington wants to deport, reports the Time.In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said American officials made "diplomatic communications at the highest level of government" in the two countries...
Read moreTCHIANG RAI, July 11 (AFP): Thailand celebrated the successful mission to free 12 boys and their football coach from a cave on Wednesday, with the nation heaping praise on the rescue team as the triumphant tagline "Hooyah" pinballed across social media.The nerve-shredding three-day mission ended on Tuesday with the final...
Read moreNEW DELHI, July 11 (AFP): At least 15 people died in floods and landslides in India on Wednesday, officials said, pushing the death toll from the annual monsoon rains pounding the country closer to 200.Landslides swept at least nine people to their deaths in Manipur in India's remote and hilly...
Read moreANKARA, July 11 (Al Jazeera): A notorious televangelist has been arrested by Turkish police from his home on dozens of charges that include fraud, sexual assault, and military espionage.Adnan Oktar was arrested in Istanbul by the city's police financial crimes unit after an operation that had spread over five provinces,...
Read moreBEIRUT, July 11 (AFP): Russian air strikes and fierce clashes on Wednesday rocked a sliver of territory in southwestern Syria held by the Islamic State group, a war monitor said.Much of the southern province of Daraa had been quiet since Friday, when a ceasefire between rebels and Syria's regime ended...
Read moreBRUSSELS, July 11 (BBC): US President Donald Trump has clashed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over Russian influence and defence spending, ahead of a Nato summit.Mr Trump said Germany was "totally controlled by Russia" because of the high level of natural gas it imported, and this was a "bad thing...
Read moreBEIJING, July 11 (Al Jazeera):Damaging winds and flooding rains graze northern Taiwan en route to China's Fujian Province.Typhoon Maria is wreaking havoc along China's east coast, after making landfall in Fujian Province on Wednesday morning.Maria, the eighth typhoon this year, made landfall at 09:10 GMT on Wednesday in Lianjiang County,...
Read moreKABUL, July 11: Two suicide bombers stormed an education department building in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, a provincial official said. Gen. Ghulam Sanayee Stanekzai, Nangarhar provincial police chief, said one of the attackers detonated a vest full of explosives and a second was shot...
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