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Indian police widen investigation into shelter where girls allegedly raped 23 Jul 2018 - 08:09 pm
More than 100 cases of women being raped were reported daily in India in 2016, according to the latest available government data, and it has been tightening its rape laws.
Britain on heatwave alert as rare hot spell continues 23 Jul 2018 - 07:30 pm
Visitors to Greenwich Park play football on the dry brown grass in London on July 23, 2018. AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
Greek residents told "just leave" as wildfire rages near Athens 23 Jul 2018 - 07:20 pm
People look at smoke as a wildfire burns in Kineta, near Athens, Greece, July 23, 2018. Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis
Sweden faces 'extreme' fire risk in coming days 23 Jul 2018 - 07:09 pm
Fire fighters are seen amid smoke as a wildfire burns in Kineta, near Athens, Greece, July 23, 2018. Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis
Philippines' Duterte pledges 'unrelenting' drug war 23 Jul 2018 - 06:44 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte poses for a selfie while surrounded by supporters and lawmakers after delivering his state of the nation address at Congress in Manila on July 23, 2018. (AFP / NOEL CELIS)
Toronto shooting leaves 2 dead including gunman, 13 hurt 23 Jul 2018 - 01:46 pm
Toronto Police officers walk the scene at Danforth St. at the scene of a shooting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Sunday, July 23, 2018. (AFP / Cole BURSTON)
Britain's new foreign minister Hunt warns of no-deal Brexit risk 23 Jul 2018 - 12:59 pm
Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives a press conference at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland July 20, 2018. (David Cheskin/ Reuters)
Trump warns Iran to "never, ever threaten" US or suffer consequences 23 Jul 2018 - 12:24 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump disembark Marine One upon departure from Morristown in New Jersey, U.S., July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
Gunmen open fire and enter Erbil governorate building in Iraq 23 Jul 2018 - 10:17 am
Peninsula
Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli army in Bethlehem raid: Ministry 23 Jul 2018 - 09:15 am
Israeli forces stand guard the area as Palestinians demonstrate in support of bedouin inhabitants near their village of Khan al-Ahmar, in the occupied West Bank July 18, 2018. (AFP / ABBAS MOMANI)
Ethiopia has 'no option' but multiparty democracy, PM says 23 Jul 2018 - 01:43 am
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's chief of staff announced the remarks on Twitter, saying they were made during a meeting with leaders of more than 50 national and regional parties, including ones from overseas, who demanded reforms in election law.
Revelations of US cardinal sex abuse will force pope's hand 22 Jul 2018 - 09:30 pm

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, in 2011 (CNS/Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl)
Myanmar violated UN child rights pact in Rohingya crackdown, experts find 22 Jul 2018 - 09:30 pm
Peninsula
Citing lack of progress, secretary to Myanmar's Rohingya panel quits 22 Jul 2018 - 09:30 pm
The panel was set up by the Myanmar government and supposed to advise it on how to implement the recommendations of an earlier commission, headed by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on solving the crisis in its western Rakhine, which has been riv
Kavanaugh: Once questioned Watergate tapes decision 22 Jul 2018 - 09:03 pm
Brett Kavanaugh
‘Jewish state’ law sparks outrage among Jews 22 Jul 2018 - 09:03 pm

More than 1,000 Israeli settlers including children are their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound backed by Israeli police officers, at the Al-Aqsa Complex in Jerusalem on July 22, 2018. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency)
Family, home still unfamiliar to Honduran baby 22 Jul 2018 - 09:03 pm
Dunia, an asylum seeker from Honduras, is reunited with her five-year-old son Wilman at Brownsville South Padre International Airport in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., following their separation of more than five weeks through the Trump administration's
Without evidence, Trump claims documents confirm misconduct 22 Jul 2018 - 08:27 pm
Trump tweeted Sunday on the documents: