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Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled Obaidi has survived an assassination attempt near Iraq's second-largest city of Mosul in the north of the country, escaping uninjured, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

The banning of four players over their involvement in the match-fixing scandal comes as a blow to CSA's transformation initiatives, writes Stuart Hess.

Online fashion portal Myntra has announced the launch of TOMS and Meters/bonwe on its platform.TOMS is known internationally for its One for One® promise through every product sold, launching 10 years ago with the iconic canvas slip-on called the Alpargata and expanding into new shoe silhouettes and product categories.

BEIRUT — The battle for Syria’s contested city of Aleppo has crippled its infrastructure and left 2 million residents without running water, the U.N. children’s agency said on Tuesday. The dire warning came as Syrian activists said government warplanes were bombarding opposition-held parts of the city and the United Nations called for a “humanitarian pause”

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials want another $125,000 to defend a voucher-style education program that's in a legal battle at the state Supreme Court. Supreme Court justices heard arguments last month on whether to lift a hold on the Education Savings Account program, which allows parents to tap public education money for private school tuition.

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BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say government warplanes are bombarding opposition-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo even as the United Nations is calling for a "humanitarian pause" in fighting so that electricity and water networks can be repaired.

Thousands of Democratic Alliance members gathered at Freedom Park to celebrate the party’s election victory in Tshwane.

Botswana has dismissed widely circulated online reports suggesting that President Seretse Khama Ian Khama has been named the ‘World’s Best President’ as a hoax story.

The sudden closure of the popular American barbecue restaurant has left staff and suppliers massively out of pocket.

NIJVERDAL - Een 93-jarige inwoner van Nijverdal is afgelopen maandagochtend slachtoffer geworden van een babbeltruc.

A nine-year-old girl found riding a Toronto transit bus alone in downtown Toronto at 3:30 a.m. will remain in the care of the Children's Aid Society while police investigate.

Many sportsmen and women adopt unusual rituals before competing, some out of superstition, others for team bonding or to gee up the crowd. Here are a few images from Rio 2016 so far.

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) invited scientists from all over the country to join in its second Mars mission, which will focus on addressing questions regarding planetary evolution processes.

Nearly 16 years after starting a hunger strike, Irom Sharmila, the woman who became a symbol of non-violent resistance by protesting a draconian law that allows India's security forces sweeping powers, is breaking her fast on Tuesday.

EU member states let Spain and Portugal off the hook on Tuesday, deciding against fines for their repeated breach of budget deficit rules meant to bolster growth and the public finances.

(A version of this post first appeared in The Conversation.)

Within every news story and talking point that floods our present awareness, the same question emerges over and over. We hear it in the World Bank's poverty estimates, in the increasingly frequent headlines of gun violence and terrorism in the US and Europe, in the press releases logging Google's latest achievements with artificial intelligence. It's a question so pervasive to our discourse, we barely register its existence. And... Читать дальше...

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Tuesday 16,000 people have been formally arrested and remanded in custody in connection with last month's failed coup attempt, while another 6,000 detainees were still being processed. Another 7,668 people were under investigation but were not currently detained, he said in an interview with state-run Anadolu Agency, broadcast live on Turkish television channels.

"Ghostbusters" actress Leslie Jones' humorous Olympics tweets landed her an invite from NBC to cover the sporting event.