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Thursday’s blast at the Jameela market in the over-crowded Sadr City neighborhood also wounded 125 people.

China’s foreign ministry voiced its opposition to Saturday’s visits in a statement which said they demonstrated “Japan’s erroneous attitudes toward the historical issues”.

In a sentence of admirable chutzpah, Lehal admits that “the truth is the other frontrunner for leader – Jeremy Corbyn – has got thousands of his supporters to register to vote”.

They trained well last night and obviously we’re looking forward to the game on Monday.

It’s the kind of opening usually reserved for so-called “tentpole movies” that trade in costumed heroes and special effects, not urban violence.

Let’s all be clear about one thing – if there is any insouciance floating around about New Zealand’s whistle-stop tour of South Africa that gets under way with the first of two T20 Internationals at Kingsmead on Friday evening, it is not coming from the players...

(Updates casualty toll) BEIRUT, August 16 (Reuters) – A Syrian government air strike northeast of Damascus killed about 80 people on Saturday, rescue workers and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Explosions and gunfire also erupted when Camp Integrity, a US special forces base in Kabul, came under attack late yesterday, killing nine people.

A jubilant flag-raising at the reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana is giving way to serious talk about the road ahead in improving relations between the United States and Cuba.

Noon Wednesday: Deadline closes for ordinary Labour backers to sign up as registered supporters so they can vote in leadership contest.

Under the worldwide agreement reached last month, Russia, China and European Union countries will lift their sanctions on Iran as Iran accepts curbs and inspections on its nuclear program.

Germany intends to pull out two Patriot missile-defense batteries along with its 250 soldiers from Turkey, German Defense Ministry says.

As many as 71,684 pilgrims will perform the religious obligation this year under the government scheme and the same number under the private scheme.

But several commentators have asked how the LSE and other organisations missed numerous problems highlighted by civil servants concerned about the charity’s use of public funding, which amounts to a reported £37 million over the course of its 19-year existence.

Secretary of State John Kerry called the ceremony a “truly historic moment”, while stressing to the leaders and citizens of the communist nation that the United States would “always be a champion of democratic principles”.