Update: Suspect in hit-and-run on French soldiers unknown to spy agencies
World
August 10, 2017
Update: Suspect in hit-and-run on French soldiers unknown to spy agencies
The Algerian national suspected of ploughing a hire car into a group of soldiers in a wealthy Paris suburb is…
London double-decker bus crashes into building, passengers injured
World
August 10, 2017
London double-decker bus crashes into building, passengers injured
A double-decker bus crashed into a building in south London, British police said Thursday, injuring a number of people and…
Turkey orders detention of 35 people, including journalists, in latest crackdown
Middle East
August 10, 2017
Turkey orders detention of 35 people, including journalists, in latest crackdown
Turkish authorities issued detention warrants for 35 people Thursday — including nine journalists — on suspicion of links to last…
Tajikistan accuses Iran of involvement in 1990s civil war: TV documentary
Culture
August 9, 2017
Tajikistan accuses Iran of involvement in 1990s civil war: TV documentary
Tajikistan on Wednesday accused Iran of sending assassins and saboteurs into the former Soviet republic in the 1990s, when it…
Diplomacy fails to defuse India, China border crisis
World
August 9, 2017
Diplomacy fails to defuse India, China border crisis
India’s diplomatic efforts to end a seven-week military standoff with China have hit a roadblock, people briefed on the talks…
Quake in China’s Sichuan kills 19, injures 247
World
August 9, 2017
Quake in China’s Sichuan kills 19, injures 247
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan Wednesday, killing 19 people and injuring…
Car rams into soldiers in Paris suburb, six injured
World
August 9, 2017
Car rams into soldiers in Paris suburb, six injured
A car rammed into a group of soldiers in a Parisian suburb Wednesday, injuring six, before speeding off in what…
Eligibility for food subsidy cards tightened
Egypt
August 9, 2017
Eligibility for food subsidy cards tightened
Egypt on Tuesday tightened rules for obtaining food subsidy cards, capping the number of new claimants per family and setting…
UPDATE 1-Egypt expects 3-5 IPOs before year-end -stock exchange vice chair
Egypt
August 9, 2017
UPDATE 1-Egypt expects 3-5 IPOs before year-end -stock exchange vice chair
Egypt expects to see three to five initial public offerings before the end of this year, the Vice Chairman of…
Pakistani police kill militants in Lahore after bomb kills one
Middle East
August 8, 2017
Pakistani police kill militants in Lahore after bomb kills one
Pakistani security forces killed four Taliban militants in the eastern city of Lahore hours after a truck bomb killed one…