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The equity markets, which were also buoyed by a healthy progress of monsoon season, short covering and a strong rupee, closed with gains of more than 1.5 per cent.

That stand-off led to clashes. A United Nations panel of experts has said Kiir and Machar themselves bear command responsibility for troops who allegedly committed crimes. On Sunday, the president’s information minister, Michael Makuei, had said the situation was under...

The Philippines military says 40 Abu Sayyaf militants have been killed and 25 wounded since army troops last week launched an offensive in the southern Philippines islands of Basilan and Jolo, two strongholds of the Daesh-affiliated group.

Egypt’s foreign minister is to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday on reviving peace efforts with the Palestinians, on the first such visit to Israel in almost a decade that is the latest sign of warming ties.

As of June 29, the City of Houston had 11 confirmed Zika cases, and a Harris County Health Department spokeswoman said the surrounding areas in the county have seven confirmed cases.

The president has chose to cut short his European trip to return to the USA and will visit Dallas next week.

More than 250,000 people gathered to pray at the sprawling Sholakia field in Kishoreganj, a district about 60 miles north of the capital Dhaka, when the attack started, the BBC reported.

The electorate’s shock decision to vote to leave on 23 June triggered the leadership contest, after Cameron, who had campaigned strongly for a remain vote, said he would step down to allow a new prime minister to guide the complex negotiations.

Isis claimed responsibility for Sunday’s atrocity, which struck a district of the city home to mainly Shia Muslims, who are considered “apostates” by the group.

Before the deal was signed, Trudeau sat down with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko who thanked Canada for its support over the years.

8th District Congressman Reid Ribble appeared on my show Friday to discuss the meeting that took place Thursday between presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and House Republicans. Ted Cruz on Capitol Hill on Thursday morning – the first meeting between the two...

Speaking to journalists alongside Mr Netanyahu before their meeting, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said it was a “crucial and challenging juncture for the Middle East”.

“Donald Trump’s use of blatantly anti-Semitic image from racist websites to promote his campaign would be disturbing enough, but the fact that it’s now part of a pattern should give voters major cause for concern”, Sarah Bard, the campaign’s director...

· Israel should cease the policy of settlement construction and expansion, designating land for exclusive Israeli use, and denying Palestinian development.

The referendum result marked a personal success for Mr Farage, who in the early 1990s helped to found a party later described by Prime Minister David Cameron as “a bunch of fruitcakes, loonies, and closet racists”.