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Uzbekistan

Putin expresses condolences after death of Uzbek President Karimov

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences following the death of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov.

Canada

'Terror suspect' killed by Canadian police

A man has reportedly been shot dead by police after they said they had received “credible information of a potential terrorist attack” and had identified a…

Turkey

Erdogan tells USA to choose 'Gulen terror group' or Turkey

The Turkish president is calling on the United States to choose between Turkey or FETO, an acronym for what Ankara calls the ‘Gulen Terror Group’.

Venezuela

Venezuela opposition signature drive 'probably' set for October

Venezuela’s National Election Council (CNE) says the country’s opposition will “probably” be able to continue its progress towards a mid-term recall referendum in late…

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Bulgaria

France seeks extradition of student cleared over Charlie Hebdo attacks

France has requested the extradition of a French citizen from Bulgaria to face charges of activities related to terrorism.

Brazil

Russian paralympic ban is 'grave human rights abuse'

The head of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) said a decision to suspend Russian athletes from next month’s Paralympics was “a grave human rights abuse.

United Kingdom

London attack: Russell Square suspect is a Norwegian of Somali origin

A 19-year-old Norwegian man of Somali ancestry remains in police custody in London on suspicion of murdering an American woman in her 60s after a deadly assault in Russell Square last…

Venezuela

Venezuela appoints drug-tainted general as interior minister

President Nicolas Maduro has made General Nestor Reverol Venezuela's interior minister despite his being accused in the US of abetting cocaine smuggling.

Venezuela

Venezuela steps closer to voting on ousting Maduro from power

Venezuela's National Election Council says the opposition has collected enough signatures to pave the way for a referendum against President Nicolas Maduro.

World News

Head of Australian inquiry into abuse of aboriginal boys quits

The head of an Australian inquiry into aboriginal boys being abused in detention has resigned.

Turkey

Turkey arrests 11 soldiers in connection with Erdogan hotel attack

Eleven Turkish soldiers have been arrested in connection with an attack on the hotel where President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was staying on the night of a failed coup.

USA

Charges dropped against police officers involved in death of Freddie Gray

US prosecutors in Baltimore have dropped charges against three officers awaiting trial over the death of a black detainee whose his neck was broken while being transported in a police van.

France

French interior minister says jailing suspects counterproductive

Locals in the Normandy village of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray are struggling to come to terms with Tuesday’s (July 26) tragedy when two knifemen interrupted a church service and brutally murdered the eld

France

ISIL says its 'soldiers' murdered elderly priest in French church attack

The group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL) says two of its “soldiers” carried out a church attack in the French region of Normandy in which a priest was murdered and worshippers taken…

China

Disney's Shanghai resort gets mixed reactions from locals

Disney’s multi-billion dollar resort in the Chinese city of Shanghai boasts the world’s tallest Cinderella castle.

France

French flood damage could cost insurers up to two billion euros

The cost of France's worst flooding in decades could reach an estimated two billion euros with French insurance companies having to pay out many hundreds of millions.

France

Creating conditions for Middle East peace talks is 'duty' of world powers

The French foreign minister says major world powers intend present a set of incentives and guarantees to encourage Israelis and Palestinians to revive stalled peace…

Syria

Russia concerned about safety of workers delivering UN aid to Syria

The United Nations is finalising plans to airlift humanitarian aid to 19 besieged towns in Syria but Russia has expressed concern about the safety of aid workers, according to a senior UN…

World News

New video footage: overcrowded migrant boat capsizing

New video footage shows an overcrowded fishing boat capsizing off the Libyan coast sending migrants tumbling into the sea.

Syria

'Catastrophic' situation in Syria after hospital airstrikes, says UN

The United Nations says the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo is “catastrophic” after deadly airstrikes on a hospital. Activists say the dead

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