Brexit: Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn sacks Hilary Benn
Al Jazeera News :Britain’s opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing a crisis within his Labour Party following the EU referendum, having sacked one shadow cabinet...
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Iran supreme leader: Bahrain’s move against top cleric risks violence
Reuters :Iran’s supreme leader has blasted as “foolishness” a decision by Bahrain’s leaders to strip a top Shi’ite Muslim cleric of his citizenship, and said...
West Virginia deadly floods: Obama declares major disaster
BBC Online :US President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in the state of West Virginia, where the worst floods in more than a...
China bus fire kills 35
Reuters :At least 35 people, including two children, died after a tour bus crashed and caught fire in central China, state media reported on Sunday.Police...
Syria’s civil war: ‘Dozens killed’ in Deir Az Zor raids
Al Jazeera News :Syrian and Russian air strikes have killed at least 58 people, including five women and eight children, in Syria’s eastern Deir Az...
Iraqi forces retake Islamic State holdout in Falluja
Reuters, Falluja :Iraqi forces recaptured the last district held by Islamic State militants in the city of Falluja on Sunday and the general commanding the...
Islamic State militants launch new attacks in eastern Afghanistan
Reuters, Kabul : Heavy fighting between Islamic State militants and government security forces has claimed dozens of lives in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.In...
Seeking clean slate, Icelanders elect historian as new president
Reuters :Icelanders elected historian Gudni Johannesson on Saturday as their first new president in 20 years, amid distrust of politicians and business leaders after the...
China warns Brexit will `cast shadow` over global economy
BBC Online :China finance experts have warned that Britain’s decision to leave the European Union will “cast a shadow over the global economy”.Finance minister Lou...
First US raids target Afghan Taliban since Obama order
Al Jazeera News :Officials say the US has launched its first air strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama’s decision earlier this...
Religious tensions bristle in Myanmar village after mosque destroyed
AFP, Yangon :Scores of police have been deployed to guard a village in central Myanmar where religious tensions are running high after a Buddhist mob...