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Over the past few weeks, more than three people have been killed in the District over rumour shared on various Whatsapp groups. India's Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district has ordered all Whatsapp administrators in the district to…

A man was shot to death and four others were injured after an altercation outside an Orlando sports bar on Monday morning, Orange County deputies said. According to orlandosentinel, Deputies arrived at the Happy Place Sports Bar at…

Boris Johnson has resigned as Foreign Secretary amid a growing political crisis over the UK's Brexit strategy. He is second senior cabinet minister to quit within hours following Brexit Secretary David Davis's exit. His…

Rescue workers in Thailand brought out four people on Monday from a flooded cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach were trapped for more than two weeks, apparently taking the total number rescued to eight. A Reuters witness near…

Members of a Thai youth football team guided out of a flooded cave complex will not be allowed physical contact with their parents until the risk of infection has gone, the chief of the rescue bid said Monday.  “They (the four) will…

Brexit Secretary David Davis, who has been leading negotiations to leave the EU, has resigned from the government. In his resignation letter, Mr Davis criticised the PM's Brexit plan - agreed by the cabinet on Friday - saying it would…

Six boys among a group of 13 trapped in a flooded Thai cave for more than a fortnight were rescued on Sunday, authorities said, raising hopes elite divers would also quickly save the others. The first two boys emerged about…

At least two of a group of boys trapped inside a cave in northern Thailand for two weeks have been been successfully brought out, reports say. Rescuers decided to go ahead with the hazardous operation on Sunday because of fears of rising…

Elite divers on Sunday began the extremely dangerous operation to extract 12 boys and their football coach who have been trapped in a flooded cave complex in northern Thailand for more than two weeks, as looming monsoon rains threatened…

The peace process between the United States and North Korea suffered a setback after Pyongyang angrily rejected Washington’s “gangster-like” demand for rapid nuclear disarmament, despite two days of intense talks. When Mike Pompeo,…

TORRENTS of rainfall and flooding battered a widespread area in southwestern Japan yesterday, with local media casualty reports climbing quickly. Public broadcaster NHK said 38 people were dead, four were injured seriously and 47 were…

Kenya is set to impose tax on street preaching, taking phone photos commonly known as selfies and hawking of food on the streets. The new taxes are being proposed by different counties in Kenya. In Siaya County, street preachers will…

Britain is foolish if it believes Russia staged a new nerve agent attack in England in the middle of the soccer World Cup, Russia’s embassy to the Netherlands wrote on social media on Thursday. The embassy was…

Argenoves Pinales, a 25-year-old medical assistant and restaurant manager working two jobs is over the moon to become a US citizen. Now, he wants to vote Donald Trump out of office. “I feel great,” he beams, one of 200 immigrants…

Saudi police are hunting for arsonists who torched a woman’s car only a week after the kingdom lifted a decades-long ban on female motorists. Salma al-Sherif, a 31-year-old cashier based near the holy city of Mecca, told local media…

A jury in Philadelphia has convicted Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu, former number two to Charles Taylor in the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), according to Front Page Africa, a Liberian daily newspaper. He was convicted…

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has said he will respect the nuclear deal with world powers as long as the country’s interests are preserved. Speaking in Switzerland alongside President Alain Berset on Tuesday, Rouhani said Iran is…

Chinese embassy in Washington has issued a security advisory to Chinese nationals traveling to the US, the latest of such warning as trade tensions escalate between the two countries. The embassy warned Chinese tourists to be aware…

A "healthcare professional" has been arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital. Cheshire Police said the woman's arrest was a "significant step forward" in an investigation into…

Former President Jacob Zuma and his family are in a state of mourning following the death of Vusi Zuma, son of the ex-president. Vusi reportedly died at the Milpark hospital in Johannesburg. According to reports, Vusi, who was the…

Malaysia has frozen over 400 bank accounts as part of a probe into a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, a task force said on Monday, as the stepson of former prime minister Najib Razak was summoned for questioning.…

President Donald Trump lashed out at OPEC with a warning to stop manipulating oil markets and piled pressure on U.S. ally Saudi Arabia to raise supplies to compensate for lower exports from Iran. Trump said in a tweet that Saudi…

Police are investigating the mysterious deaths of 11 people after their bodies were found blindfolded and hanging in a house in India. The victims were all from the same family and most had lived in the home where they were found in…

A well-known French criminal has escaped from prison by helicopter, the country’s prison authority has said. Local media reported that French-Algerian top gangster Redoine Faid made his second prison break in just over five years at…