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July 5, 2017 8:44 AM

Around 50 migrants feared drowned in waters off Moroccan coast

Around 50 migrants are feared to have drowned in waters off the Moroccan coast. The Spanish coastguard has saidthat rescue services managed to retrieve three exhausted and disorientated men from a half-sunk rubber dinghy near Spain's Alboran Island.<br/><br/>It is believed many more...

July 5, 2017 7:52 AM

EU warns of additional sanctions against North Korea after missile test

The European Union warned it may consider additional sanctions against North Korea after it carried out an intercontinental ballistic missile. Last month, the EU expanded its sanctions blacklist after North Korea launched a volley of surface-to-ship cruise missiles off its east coast. <br/>&lt...

July 5, 2017 7:14 AM

Sri Lanka: Buddhist monks say no need for a new Constitution

In Sri Lanka, the Chief prelates of three main Buddhist chapters in Sri Lanka unanimously decided that there is no need for a new Constitution. A move likely to have a significant impact on the government's effort to draft a new charter. <br/><br/>The Chief Prelates of the three Bud...

July 5, 2017 7:05 AM

US confirms North Korea test-launched ICBM

The United States has confirmed that North Korea has test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, for the first time, yesterday. The US has strongly condemned the launch. <br/><br/>US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson claimed in a statement that testing an ICBM represents a ...

July 5, 2017 7:05 AM

Iraq PM congratulates troops on 'big victory' in Mosul

Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has congratulated Iraqi fighters on this big victory in Mosul even as fighting continues in Mosul's Old City neighborhood where forces are about 250 meters from the Tigris River and facing increasingly brutal resistance.<br/><br/>Al-Abadi spoke du...

July 5, 2017 7:05 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 7:01 AM

French Senate votes for extension of state of emergency for 3 months

In France, upper house of parliament, the Senate, voted yesterday for extension of the state of emergency in the country for three months. <br/><br/>According the Ouest France newspaper, 312 lawmakers supported the prolongation of the emergency legislation, set to expire on July 15, whil...

July 5, 2017 5:22 AM

US strongly condemns North Korea ballistic missile launch

The United States has confirmed that North Korea has test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, for the first time, yesterday. The US has strongly condemned the launch. <br/><br/>US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson claimed in a statement that testing an ICBM represents a ...

July 5, 2017 5:22 AM

Iraqi PM congratulates troops on big victory in Mosul

Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has congratulated Iraqi fighters on this big victory in Mosul even as fighting continues in Mosul's Old City neighborhood where forces are about 250 meters from the Tigris River and facing increasingly brutal resistance.<br/><br/>Al-Abadi spoke du...

July 5, 2017 1:35 AM

Rains, flash floods claim 43 lives in Pakistan

At least 43 people were killed and 61 injured as heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods in Pakistan, damaging several houses. <br/><br/>National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) today in a report said, out of the total deaths, 11 people were killed in Punjab, 15 in Balochistan, s...

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