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Israel has repeatedly bombed Iranian targets in neighbouring Syria, but an expansion of the campaign to Iraq -- where the Jewish state struck the Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981 -- would risk damaging Washingtons relations with Baghdad. (Photo: AP)

'Israel bombed Iraq's weapons depot,' says report

There have been series of blasts in Iraq over the past month at training camps and arms depots used by Hashed al-Shaabi...

23 Aug 2019 1:50 PM IST

Bowles received the death penalty for the November 1994 murder of Walter Hinton in Jacksonville Beach. (Photo: AP)

Serial killer who preyed on older gay men executed in Florida prison

The sentence was carried out at 10:58 pm, according to the office of Gov Ron DeSantis.

23 Aug 2019 1:35 PM IST

A police source said that the ANC has detection kits for all other major narcotics including cocaine and heroin but not mephedrone.

Drugs worth USD 161 million seized in Malaysia's biggest haul

Malaysia is a key transit point for illegal narcotics, with authorities seizing record amounts of crystal...

23 Aug 2019 1:26 PM IST

Damaged St Sebastians Church in Negombo after the Easter Sunday attack, north of Colombo. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka ends emergency four months after Easter attacks

President Maithripala Sirisena has been extending the emergency on 22nd of each month since April 21 attacks on 3 hotels...

23 Aug 2019 1:22 PM IST

Will not sit idly if US sells F-16V fighter jets to Taiwan: Chinese general

'Will not sit idly' if US sells F-16V fighter jets to Taiwan: Chinese...

China pledged sanctions against US in July when Trump admin said it was considering a USD 2.2 bn sale of tanks and air...

23 Aug 2019 1:10 PM IST

In this July 6, 2018 photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second from left, is greeted by North Korean Director of the United Front Department Kim Yong Chol, center, and North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, second from right, as he arrives at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo: AP | File)

'Can't let his reckless remarks pass me by:' North Korea Foreign...

The North's blistering rhetoric may dim the prospect for an early resumption of nuclear negotiations between the...

23 Aug 2019 1:03 PM IST

Jair Bolsonaro, waves after voting in the presidential runoff election in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on Sunday, October 28, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Macron has 'colonialist mentality': Brazil President on Amazon fires

Macron tweeted earlier Thursday that fires burning in the Amazon amount to an international crisis.

23 Aug 2019 12:48 PM IST

Hope not, Trump said when asked by reporters if Washington was going to war with Tehran. (Photo:AP)

Trump's message to G7 leaders this weekend: 'Be more like US'

Trump will talk to his counterparts about how to open up European, Japanese and Canadian markets for US goods and...

23 Aug 2019 11:43 AM IST

Naveed Walter, President of Human Rights Focus Pakistan, apprised the United Nations about the biased behaviour of Chinese and Pakistani regimes against minorities in their respective countries. (Photo: ANI)

US, UK, Canada slam China, Pak for persecuting minorities

China and Pakistan have been condemned internationally for cracking down on the minorities living in their countries.

23 Aug 2019 10:44 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said wildfires in the Amazon were an international crisis and called on this weekends G7 to address the issue. (Photo: File)

'International crisis': French President on Amazon wildfires

Attention on the issue coincides with a UN regional meeting on climate change in Brazil ahead of a December summit in...

23 Aug 2019 9:29 AM IST

Russia and the US traded accusations at the United Nations Thursday of risking a new arms race as China said it would play no part in any new missile deal. (Photo: AFP)

US, Russia trade barbs at UN over 'new arms race'

But China's UN ambassador, Zhang Jun, said Beijing 'has no interest' in being part of any arms control treaty with...

23 Aug 2019 9:13 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have taken a month to embark on his first trip abroad, but he was quick to make himself at home in President Emmanuel Macrons gilded palace, putting his feet up on the furniture. (Photo: AP)

Watch: Macron amused after Boris Johnson puts his feet up at his...

The Elysee later said the talks had been 'constructive' and 'thorough'.

23 Aug 2019 9:00 AM IST