Iran Guards say confiscated British tanker in Strait of Hormuz
There was no immediate confirmation from Iran that its forces had seized a second vessel.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had confiscated a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz for breaking "international maritime rules" as tensions mount in the highly sensitive waterway.
Australian police discover R1.4bn cocaine hidden in excavator allegedly shipped from SA
The two suspects, aged 33 and 34, appeared in the Queanbeyan Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in US prison
‘The sentence separates the myth of El Chapo from the man Joaquin Guzman,’ a special agent said.
Trump attacking four lawmakers – all women of colour – for votes
Incendiary attacks this week on four left-leaning Democratic congresswomen are part of his electoral strategy.
Hong Kong’s ‘grey hairs’ march to support youth protesters
Long lines of older demonstrators snaked through the city’s streets in tropical heat, a powerful display in a culture where respect for one’s elders remains paramount.
Pirates storm cargo ship off Nigerian coast, kidnap Turkish sailors
It is suspected that ransom may be behind the abductions, however, the attackers have yet to contact the company demanding such.
US House votes to condemn Trump’s ‘racist comments’
One of the congresswomen agrees that the president doesn’t have a racist bone in his body, rather saying that he has a ‘racist mind’ and a ‘racist heart’.
Tourists can now buy alcohol at registered liquor stores in Dubai
The new policy only applies to non-Muslim visitors over the age of 21.
Two dead, more than 40 trapped in Mumbai building collapse
Five others, including two children, were rescued and taken to hospital.
Trump under fire for attacks on Democratic congresswomen
His comments appear to be aimed at galvanising his mostly white electoral base ahead of the 2020 presidential vote.
Trump’s congresswomen tweets ‘completely unacceptable’ – Theresa May
He accused the women of ‘viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run’.
As China locks up Muslims in Xinjiang, it opens its doors to tourists
Xinjiang, a fraught region where flare-ups of interethnic violence have led to unprecedented levels of surveillance, is one of the fastest growing areas for tourism in China.
Key questions as flight MH17 remembered five years on
The JIT on June 19 charged four people — Russians Igor Girkin, Sergei Dubinskiy and Oleg Pulatov, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko — with murder.
DR Congo urges calm after Ebola case in key city
The outbreak is the 10th in the country in 40 years, putting all countries in the region on alert.
Trump tells Congresswomen to ‘go back’ where they’re from
These include Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
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