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A state of emergency temporarily gives the government more flexibility and the army and police more authority, and restricts the right of public assembly.

Divers stopped their search as the seawaters became turbulent, and the seabed grew murky due to bad weather from unleash deadly floods and landslides. The search was continuing into the night, Balilo said. “The only ones that the rescuers have found recently are the dead,...

California Governor Jerry Brown signs into law “incendiary” Senate bill 277 yesterday, according to a report in the San Jose Mercury News.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said no action would be taken without a House of Commons vote and a “consensus” among British MPs.

Iran and the six powers are trying to reach a deal by next week that would: set controls on work allowed at Iran’s nuclear facilities; impose strict IAEA inspections; and force the country to start cooperating on the weapons probe, all in return for sanctions relief.

“The ongoing destruction of Palmyra’s cultural artifacts reflects the brutality and ignorance of extremist groups and their disregard of local communities and the Syrian people”, decaled UNESCO chief Irina Bokova, strongly condemning this new assault on Palmyra,...

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka, sent in to bat, were 272-8 in their first innings at stumps on the opening day of the third and final Test against Pakistan in Pallekele on Friday.

He’ll later talk to chief European Union diplomat Federica Mogherini and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has told the BBC that police took too long to react to last week’s jihadist attack that killed 38 people, mostly Britons.

President Obama will meet with the leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam next week, the highest-ranking party official to ever visit the White House.

A statement from Tsipras’ office said: “The prime minister presented three leaders [with] Greece’s proposal for a mutually beneficial agreement that will give a definitive solution and not a postponement of addressing the problem”.

Summer lunches are just one way libraries change lives. The reading program consists of a variety of activities for kids. But what happens when these young minds sit idle for three months?

Work was progressing, albeit slowly, officials said.

This proposal is supported by Malaysia, Belgium, Australia and the Ukraine.

The transaction, which values each Xoom share at $25, represents a premium of 32 per cent over Xoom’s three-month volume-weighted average price, Ebay Inc, PayPal’s parent company, said in a press statement. “PayPal will also help Xoom grow by offering...