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The tremor came a week after a shallow 6.4-magnitude quake hit Lombok, killing 17 people and damaging hundreds of buildings.

Pro-Brexit International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said the chances of a no-deal Brexit were now "60-40", laying the blame on EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier.

The phone app proved especially useful in getting supporters to the polls when the government's own telephone information service giving out polling place locations suffered major problems on election day, leaving other parties scrambling.

Over 8,700 houses, farmland, roads, railway lines and power and telecommunication facilities were damaged in the floods that have wreaked havoc in China.

The fact that bin Laden's beloved mother is an Alawite may help explain why bin Laden never advocated for or fought wars against the Shia, as have other Sunni jihadist groups, such as ISIS.

Data from Bloomberg News in intra-day trade showed the value of equities in mainland China had slipped behind those in Japan for the first time since taking the number two spot in 2014.

Apart from the record-breaking time, Clark won first place for all the swimming events he competed in, winning seven gold medals in all.

Two females, one male and a boy, about five years old, were found dead from gunshot wounds inside the apartment in the borough of Queens

The move comes nine months after the Trump administration openly spoke against the "predatory economic policies of an Asian giant" that threatens to eat into sovereignty of countries in the Indo-Pacific region, which has now emerged as a critical engine f...

Dozens of Democrats in both the US House of Representatives and the Senate have decried the settlement and are demanding an explanation from the President Donald Trump's administration.

The social media giant's shares tanked 19 per cent on Thursday in its biggest one-day drop in Facebook history the day after it revealed that user growth has slowed amid swirling questions about how Facebook's information is used.

In a letter to UN staff, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he had written to member states regarding the troubling financial situation facing the United Nations.

In a statement to the Tel Aviv stock exchange, the airlines said its decision was made following a hearing on the matter on July 18. No further details were provided, but it seems the airlines decided to pay heed to the court's request.

The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Trump had asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a July 14 phone call to let Ozkan go in a "trade" for Andrew Brunson, a U.S. pastor who has spent 21 months in Turkish detention.

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A bronze statue of Kim and his son and successor Kim Jong Il - an old boy - embracing pupils overlooks the playing field, and the corridors are lined with weapons identification posters.