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Jacob Zuma's son, Duduzane, charged with corruption, granted bail

09 July 2018, 07:50

Local news agencies said lawyer Rudi Krause confirmed Duduzane was processed at the Johannesburg Central police station where he surrendered his passport as part of his bail agreement. It is alleged that Duduzane was a party to the crime because he w...

Authorities investigating possible helicopter crash into Virginia home

09 July 2018, 07:45

The communications office of the College of William & Mary tweeted that an "aviation incident" has been reported in a residential area near Dillard Complex. Officials say firefighters worked through the night to put out the fire and hot spots in th...

Sanctions to remain until North Korea 'final' denuclearisation: Mike Pompeo

09 July 2018, 04:53

North Korea's latest comments, which came after Mr Pompeo said talks had made progress, are a reminder of the difficulties that previous USA administrations have had negotiating with the reclusive Stalinist state and suggest that Pyongyang may no...

Nirbhaya's rapists to be hanged, SC rejects review petition

09 July 2018, 04:49

On May 5 previous year, the top court had upheld the death penalty to the four convicts - Mukesh (29), Pawan (22), Vinay Sharma (23) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31), saying the "brutal, barbaric and diabolic nature" of the crime could create a "t...

British PM appoints Dominic Raab new Brexit minister

09 July 2018, 04:15

His deputy Steve Baker reportedly resigned with him. She said she was "sorry" he was leaving but would "like to thank you warmly for everything you have done.to shape our departure from the EU". 'Whether Michel Barnier will be so impressed with May...

Syria says it hit Israeli jet during airstrikes targeting base in Homs

09 July 2018, 04:00

Damascus , as well as its allies Iran and Russian Federation, blamed Israel for an April 9 air strike on the same Homs base, an attack that killed seven Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) members. While Iran plays a key role propping up the ...

Bedroom Police: Iranian Teen Detained over Instagram Dance Videos

09 July 2018, 03:53

On Friday, state TV broadcast a video in which Hojabri acknowledges breaking moral norms while insisting that was not her intention. It is not known whether her public statement of admission was made under duress. Hossein Ronaghi, a blogger, said: ...

At least 9 killed in attack on Somalia's interior ministry

09 July 2018, 03:51

At least 13 people were wounded on Saturday in a suicide auto bombing near Somalia's presidential palace and another blast outside a police station close by in the capital, the emergency services said. "We condemn these heinous terrorist attacks ai...

Trump Lawyers Nearing Decision He Won't Sit for Russia Probe Interview

09 July 2018, 03:41

He adds, "We have no reason to believe he did anything wrong". 'Thirty-two witnesses, no invocation of privilege. He's going to tell the truth. We have nothing to hide'. Like Trump, the lawyer also complains about Comey's refusal to state publicly ...

UK Brexit ministers Davis and Baker quit in major blow to May

09 July 2018, 12:57

This is her first cabinet resignation over Brexit and with just eight months to go until exit day and the stakes are high. "The general direction of policy will leave us in at best a weak negotiating position, and possibly an inescapable one", he w...

Iran Executes Eight Terrorists Over Deadly ISIS Attacks In Tehran

09 July 2018, 11:46

The assault was the first and only claimed by the ISIS terrorist group in Tehran . The Iranian government has been battling ISIS for over three years both inside Iraq and in Syria. The cases of the remaining 18 Daesh members who were involved in l...

Elon Musk shares video of 'kid-size' submarine for Thai cave rescue

09 July 2018, 11:36

Up on the hill, where rescuers had been seeking alternative routes down into the cave, another accident occurred when a vehicle skidded off a dirt track, seriously injuring several people, authorities said. In total, the mission could last several da...

Ten killed, dozens injured in Turkey train derailment

09 July 2018, 10:58

In January 2008, nine people were killed when a train derailed in the Kutahya region south of Istanbul due to faulty rails. Tekirdag governor Mehmet Ceyhan said the area where the derailment happened was muddy from heavy rain and hard to reach.

Duterte: I stopped being a Catholic after being molested

09 July 2018, 09:19

Sabihin niya, 'Mayor, utos kasi ng mga ugok diyan sa simbahan na pumunta ako ng langit kausapin ko ang Diyos". Duterte said if anyone can say that they have either " been to heaven, talked to God [or] saw him personally ", he would resign as presid...

Top UK Brexit minister resigns from government

09 July 2018, 08:38

Scottish Conservative deputy leader Jackson Carlaw accused the first minister and her party of "undermining Scotland's best chance of a deal with the EU". Mr Dodds, who was a director of Vote Leave, the official pro-Brexit campaign, said it was now c...

Thousands of state employees fired in Turkey

09 July 2018, 07:42

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) as he arrives to a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey , July 7, 2018. Over 110,000 public sector employees have been removed from their job...

Off to Europe: Trump to meet worried NATO heads, then Putin

09 July 2018, 06:17

The top German officials expressed their frank criticism in interviews with media published on July 6, one day after Trump told a rally of supporters that Americans have been "schmucks" for paying a large share of Germany's and NATO's defense bil...

Research Shows Anne Frank’s Family Tried To Immigrate To America

09 July 2018, 05:32

The family of Anne Frank attempted to immigrate to the U.S.in the 1930s and '40s but was blocked due to America's strict immigration policies, according to The Associated Press . Even without the loss of their visa application, it would have been ...

Thai cave rescue: Soccer team’s perilous trip through dark maze

09 July 2018, 05:12

The first two boys have been rescued from the flooded cave and are now in a hospital near the cave. The group became trapped on June 23 when they started exploring the caves after going on a picnic following football practice. Mr Osatanakorn said a...

Chlorine used for chemical weapons attack in Syria's Douma - OPCW interim report

09 July 2018, 01:59

These results are reported in Annex 3. Work by the team to establish the significance of these results is on-going. Close to the location of each cylinder there were crater-like openings in the respective reinforced concrete roofs. Damascus and its a...

Leading Conservatives critical of Prime Minister Theresa May's 'soft Brexit' proposals

09 July 2018, 01:06

The agreement hammered out at the prime minister's country residence resolves - for the moment - a long-running dispute within the Cabinet over whether to sever all ties with the European Union or seek a more limited Brexit to help businesses acc...

German, NATO officials wary of Trump-Putin summit

08 July 2018, 08:14

The leaders will meet again on July 12 with their counterparts from Ukraine and Georgia, both of whom are on track for eventual North Atlantic Treaty Organisation membership, followed by a meeting of those alliance members who are part of the North...

Trump mulls Supreme Court choice from 2 or 3 candidates

08 July 2018, 06:09

The president and White House officials involved in the process have fielded calls and messages and have been on the receiving end of public pleas and op-eds for or against specific candidates ever since Kennedy announced on June 27 that he would ret...

United Kingdom cabinet agrees on 'soft' Brexit

08 July 2018, 06:01

But as details of the agreement emerged, Tory hardliners warned Mrs May they might not accept a plan which they claim saw her "red lines" turn pink. But there were signs of a backlash among some lawmakers from May's Conservative Party on Sunday inc...

Giuliani says he isn't concerned about Michael Cohen possibly cooperating with feds

08 July 2018, 05:42

Rudy Giuliani told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" Sunday that he has "zero" concerns about Cohen, who once described himself as "the guy who would take a bullet " for Trump. "What was the president's reaction to that int...

Dangerous rescue operation begins to save Thai boys in flooded cave

08 July 2018, 05:19

The unsafe rescue mission to free the group trapped inside a Thai cave for two weeks began at 10am on Sunday (1300 AEST) with hopes the first survivor to possibly emerge 11 hours later (midnight AEST). A team from a company owned by billionaire entre...

Southgate: England are still improving

08 July 2018, 05:13

We've got to stay focused. "We are in this position because guys that are in the squad like (Gary) Cahill, (Phil) Jones, (Danny) Welbeck, (Nick) Pope, (Jack) Butland, (Danny) Rose, the older ones, have been exceptional in their mentality, their att...

Interview: John Volanthen, British diver behind the Thai cave rescue attempt

08 July 2018, 05:01

For the boys, the most risky part is the first kilometer, in which the are required to pass through a submerged channel no wider than a person. He joins 18 other Australians helping in the rescue efforts. Speed is "very, very important", now, he sa...

Supreme Court Nominee List Shortens to Mostly 'Identical' Candidates

08 July 2018, 03:55

Trump said he'll name his nominee July 9, and the White House aims to have Kennedy's successor confirmed in time for the court's next session in October. " Her clarity and intellectual strength in the Senate hearings for her current judgeship show...

One dead and 53 missing after tourist boat capsizes in Thailand

08 July 2018, 03:45

One of the boats was carrying 42 people, all of whom were rescued, according to the New York Times . The boat was carrying 105 people, including 93 tourists, a lot of them from China , when it capsized after it was hit by 5-meter waves.

Gareth Southgate hails Harry Maguire’s World Cup impact

08 July 2018, 03:18

But if Deschamps worked two years with the best French generation since the World Cup in 1998, Southgate and his players are not so experienced and we saw it vs. As your own national team starts to do well in the World Cup , it is very easy to get...

Brexit: May's European Union plan faces backlash from Brexiteers

08 July 2018, 03:00

However, at least 10 are expected this weekend to submit letters calling for May to be replaced as leader, and more could follow if the prime minister doesn't satisfy the pro-Brexit wing of her party in her response to parliamentary questions about...

"Angry Baby" Trump Blimp Approved to Fly Over London During POTUS Visit

08 July 2018, 01:42

Permission for the 6m high inflatable, dubbed "Trump Baby", to rise above Parliament Square Gardens for two hours on the morning of Friday 13 July has been granted to protesters by the Greater London Authority. The group's plan is to suspend the ...

U.S. Navy warships sail through Taiwan Strait

08 July 2018, 01:25

Navy. Meanwhile, China welcomed Air India's decision to change Taiwan's name to "Chinese Taipei", stressing that foreign companies operating in the country must obey China's law and respect its sovereignty and territorial integrity. The passage thr...

Two teenagers shot dead in Sydney

08 July 2018, 01:05

A NSW Ambulance chaplain attended the scene to support paramedics. A boy and girl, described by police as "young teenagers" were killed in the incident while a woman in her 30s, who police believe to be their mother, turned up at the scene shortly ...

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