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July 5, 2017 12:47 PM

UAE condemns terror attack in Saudi Arabia

The UAE has condemned the terrorist attack in Al-Masoura district in Qatif province, Saudi Arabia, in which a policeman was killed and three others were wounded. In a statement, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said that the UAE condemns this cowardly act of terroris...

July 5, 2017 11:57 AM

Gulf crisis: Saudi Arabia to discuss Qatar crisis with allies

Saudi Arabia and Arab allies that have cut ties with Qatar will hold talks in Egypt today on the Gulf diplomatic crisis, after Doha said their demands are impossible to meet. <br/><br/>The four Arab nations, which also include the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, accuse Qatar of ...

July 5, 2017 11:38 AM

Ukrainian police seize software company's servers

Ukraine's national cyber crime unit seized servers belonging to a small company at the center of a global outbreak of malicious software after new activity was detected there. <br/><br/>The move raised the possibility that the hackers behind last week's wide-ranging cyber attac...

July 5, 2017 11:16 AM

UN Security Council holds emergency meeting on N Korea's ICBM

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting today after North Korea said it had successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. <br/><br/>The United States - which confirmed it was an ICBM launch - backed by Japan and South Korea, requested the urgent meeting...

July 5, 2017 11:15 AM

Gas pipeline explosion claims five lives in China

Five persons have been killed and 89 others injured when a gas pipeline exploded near a hospital in China's northeastern Jilin province. <br/><br/>Officials said today that the accident occurred in Songyuan city yesterday when the workers were repairing a section of pipeline where g...

July 5, 2017 11:15 AM

Plane crashes off Venezuelan coast with 9 people aboard

A small jet with nine people aboard crashed today off the coast of Venezuela as it was attempting an emergency landing. It is not known if there are any survivors. The Gulfstream 3 jet was operated by a Venezuelan government agency responsible for transporting public officials. <br/><br/&gt...

July 5, 2017 9:07 AM

US, S Korea conduct joint military drills

Washington and Seoul have conducted joint military drills in response to North Korea's latest missile launch. The United States Forces Korea (USFK) said in a statement today that during which the countries fired missiles into the South Korea&apos;s territorial waters in the Sea of Japan. <br...

July 5, 2017 9:04 AM

French PM wins confidence vote, vows to cut budget deficit

France Prime Minister overwhelmingly won a confidence vote in the National Assembly after vowing to bring the country's budget deficit under the European Union limit of 3 percent this year without raising taxes. <br/><br/>Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told lawmakers that France&#0...

July 5, 2017 8:47 AM

World's most detailed scan of the brain's internal wiring produced

The world's most detailed scan of the brain's internal wiring has been produced by scientists at Cardiff University. The MRI machine reveals the fibres which carry all the brain's thought processes. <br/><br/>It has been done in Cardiff, Nottingham, Cambridge and Stockport...

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