PARIS, July 15 (Agencies): Three key European powers on Sunday called for dialogue and an end to the escalation over Iran's nuclear programme, as tensions further intensified between Tehran and the United States. The statement by the leaders of Britain, France and Germany expressed concern that the 2015 deal over...
Read moreTAIPEI, July 15 (AFP): A populist mayor who favours closer ties with Beijing was announced as the presidential candidate for Taiwan's opposition on Monday as it looks to unseat President Tsai Ing-wen in upcoming elections.Han Kuo-yu won the primary for the opposition Kuomintang party, comfortably seeing off a challenge from...
Read moreNEW DELHI, July 15 (BBC): The launch of India's second lunar mission has been halted less than an hour before the scheduled blast-off, due to a technical problem.The countdown stopped 56 minutes before the launch after a "technical snag was observed in launch vehicle system," India's space agency said.The satellite...
Read moreJAKARTA, July 15 (AP): A strong earthquake in eastern Indonesia killed two people and damaged at least dozens of homes, a disaster official said on Monday, as the government declared a seven-day emergency response period.The magnitude 7.3 quake on Sunday was centered 166 kilometers (103 miles) southeast of Ternate, the...
Read morePRETORIA, July 15 (Reuters): Former South African president Jacob Zuma will be questioned at a public inquiry into state graft on Monday, a dramatic fall from grace for a politician who has cast a long shadow over the country's politics for the past decade.Zuma, ousted by the governing African National...
Read moreHONG KONG, July 15 (AP): Hong Kong lawmakers from both sides of the political spectrum urged action on Monday in response to violent scuffles between police and protesters.The demonstration Sunday in Hong Kong's Sha Tin district was peaceful for most of the day, but fights broke out when police started...
Read moreCOPENHAGEN, July 15 (AFP): Commercial baby foods often contain too much sugar and display confusing ingredient lists, according to a UN report that proposed new guidelines Monday to improve infant diets.The World Health Organization (WHO) examined nearly 8,000 products from more than 500 stores in Austria, Bulgaria, Israel and Hungary...
Read moreABUJA, July 15 (Xinhua): Ten bodies were recovered from a village where gunmen wreaked havoc in Nigeria's northwestern state of Katsina at the weekend, according to local police on Monday.The gunmen who stormed the Kirtawa village in Safana local government area of Katsina wounded five others, including a soldier man...
Read moreGuatemala court blocks migration deal with USGUATEMALA CITY, July 15: Guatemala's constitutional court late Sunday granted an injunction blocking President Jimmy Morales from signing a migration deal with the United States which would oblige it to offer asylum to migrants heading to the US border. Morales, who was under pressure...
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