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The Islamic State group has said it was behind a deadly suicide bombing that killed at least 31 people during Friday prayers at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad. Pakistan’s Shiite minority have been targeted in sectarian violence in the past, including by…
US President Donald Trump on Friday described the latest round of indirect talks between Washington and Tehran as “very good”, saying that the discussions would like resume “early next week”. The Oman talks are the first since the US joined Israel’s b…
Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was detained on drug charges in 2014 before Canada-China ties nosedived in 2018China has overturned the death sentence of Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, a Canadian official said on Friday, in a possible sign of a diplomat…
At least 30 people have been killed and more than 130 wounded after an explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, a police source said. A different security source speaking on condition of anonymity said that a suicide b…
Iran and the United States are set to meet in Oman for talks Friday, the first time since Washington joined Israel’s 12-day bombing campaign of the Islamic Republic in June. The negotiations around Tehran’s nuclear programme take place under threat of…
Residents of New Zealand capital advised not to enter the water, collect seafood or walk their dogs on local beaches after wastewater plant failureA sewage leak in New Zealand’s capital Wellington has been described by local authorities as an “environm…
Dozens of people have died, including two Australians, as record-breaking snowfall blankets the northDozens of people have died in Japan after record-breaking snowfall blanketed northern regions of the country, while officials warned that warmer temper…
The country’s first female PM is the object of a personality cult revolving around everything from her outfits and snacks to her favourite pink pen Just eight months ago, Japan’s ruling party appeared to have reached the edge of the electoral abyss. It…
The French navy seized more than four tonnes of cocaine from a vessel travelling through the South Pacific towards South Africa, officials said on Wednesday. The drugs were destroyed and the vessel and its crew released under international law.
Taiwanese president says ties with Washington ‘rock solid’, hours after leaders of US and China share first call since NovemberIn their first call since November, Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned US president Donald Trump to be “prudent” about supplyin…