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Ruling blocks limits on asylum claims for Central Americans

Hundreds of immigrants still showed up at USA border crossings trying to request asylum but with their prospects uncertain. Although the rules came into force...

French 'flying man' Zapata fails in Channel hoverboard attempt

Zapata, 40, took off from the French coastal town of Sangatte with a flyboard , which he crafted, strapped to his feet. From afar, it looked like he was skat...

Nigeria jihadists release video of 'kidnapped aid worker'

ISIS jihadis in Nigeria have released video of six aid workers begging for their lives after being captured in a raid last week. The claim of the death of ...

Puerto Rico’s governor resigns after mass protests

Combined with the post-hurricane exodus, Puerto Rico lost four per cent of its population. In a statement from Brad Dean, CEO of Discover Puerto Rico , sa...

US to pay farmers up to $16 billion for trade war losses

But China had bought more corn in the past and the formula this year will reflect that. The money is being drawn from the Commodity Credit Corp, generally known...

Hundreds protest building of world’s largest telescope in Hawaii

Over the past couple of weeks, the protest has gathered strength with close to 2,000 protesters blocking access roads to the observatories, forcing the closu...

4 teens charged over London bus attack on lesbians

The situation turned violent, leaving the women with facial injuries . One of the 16-year-olds, from Wandsworth, south London, is also charged with theft and...

President Trump Vetoes Congressional Effort to Block Saudi Arabia Arms Sales

The US lawmakers now need a two-thirds majority in both the House and the Senate to override Trump's veto. Trump and other members of his cabinet have publi...

Suspect arrested in Los Angeles deadly shooting rampage

Police who spent hours pursuing Gerry Dean Zaragoza from one end of the valley to the other took him into custody on July 25 not far from where the rampage had ...

Chicago police investigate beating of girl recorded on video

They shared that they have been receiving threats from the video going viral and apologized for attacking Harris. It was posted online by a person who wrote s...

Joe Biden fights youth incarceration in new criminal justice plan

The plan encompasses "equality, equity, justice"- factors that Biden's campaign said have never been lived up to in the justice system. The timing is importa...

Boris Johnson girlfriend: Who is Carrie Symonds?

Mr Johnson is technically still married to his second wife Marina Wheeler . After delivering a rabble-rousing speech outside Downing Street , Boris Johnson...

Space launches China's first private satellite into orbit

It added that i-Space was "extremely proud.to have witnessed and participated in this historic moment". Cai Jingqi, vice president of i-Space, said the succes...

At Least 10 Killed, 41 Injured As Three Blasts Rock Kabul

The latest violence came as a spokesman for Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah told local media outlet TOLOnews on July 24 that the Taliban can take part ...

Armed men steal $40 million of gold, metals from Brazil airport

Surveillance video showed the armed men , who were dressed as officers and had their faces covered, confronting workers at the airport's cargo terminal. The su...

Woman shoots 2 Israeli men to death at Mexico shopping mall

The Israeli victims were identified as Ben Schoti from Tel-Aviv, and A. Azulay from Bat-Yam. "It could be a settling of scores in the Israeli mafia, which i...

Queen uses Dyson fan to keep cool in Buckingham Palace

FANS spotted the Dyson on the floor behind the Queen , as she shaked Boris' hand. And while it stands to reason that even Liz has her ways of keeping her c...

Heat wave poses new threat to Notre Dame Cathedral

He said: 'I am very anxious about the heatwave. "I am very anxious about the heatwave", chief architect Philippe Villeneuve said. He said so far the masonry...

116 migrants reported missing off Libyan coast

It is not clear if the migrants were on one or two boats that left the Libyan town of al Khoms, some 120km (74.5 miles) east of Tripoli. "Politicians would ha...

Iran reassures Iraq over freedom of maritime navigation - ministry

The phone call came after Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) seized on Friday the British oil tanker "Stena Impero" in the Strait of Hormuz because of...

Blast rocks headquarters of Mogadishu mayor security official

Some security officials said the attacker might have coordinated with corrupt officials, offering them bribes for access. Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman was host...

Trump Sues House Committee, Others to Prevent Release of Tax Returns

Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.). Obtaining Trump's NY state tax returns would only be a partial political win for Democrats, who are hoping to learn more about th...

Australian Woman Found Dead In Fiji, Husband In Hospital

Local media is reporting she was killed in her home in an apparent domestic incident and her Australian husband has been hospitalised at the capital's Colonial ...

Theresa May's Parting Shot At Jeremy Corbyn At PMQs

After saying goodbye to her staff, May will travel the mile to Buckingham Palace to resign and ask Queen Elizabeth II to invite Johnson to form a new government...

Dad charged with daughter's death

Kat Valstar (R) was with the 20-year-old just hours before her murder, after the pair enjoyed a Saturday night on the town. South Australia Police are treatin...

MP says Boris ‘unfit’ to be PM

In a largely light-hearted exchange in the UK Parliament, the outgoing Prime Minister's voice broke towards the end of the session as a visibly emotional May ma...

Prohibitory orders imposed in Bengaluru as Congress, BJP workers clash

More than a dozen legislators from Congress's coalition quit earlier this month, triggering a majority test in the state assembly. Prime Minister Narendra Mod...

United Kingdom mediator in Iran to seek to free seized tanker

The IRGC's Public Relations Department said in a statement on Friday that the vessel named "Stena Impero" had been impounded "at the request of Hormozgan Ports ...

Plane passenger throws laptop at boyfriend for 'looking at other women'

A passenger can be heard saying, "Just take her off the plane!" "You wanna fucking try to look at other women?' She threatens, while also yelling at him to 's...

Massive power cut in Venezuela plunges Caracas into darkness

Reuters witnesses in the central states of Carabobo and Aragua, along with Lara to the west, said power was still out, preventing residents from accessing runni...