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India’s Supreme Court scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex on Thursday in a landmark verdict, sparking celebrations across the country where gay sex had been punishable by prison for up to 10 years. Read Full Story »
A powerful typhoon killed 10 people in western Japan and an airport company started to transfer some 3,000 stranded passengers by boats from a flooded airport, the government said on Wednesday, as more than a million homes were without power, Reuters reported.Read Full Story »
The wives of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar jailed for seven years on official secrets charges insisted on Tuesday that the men were innocent and called for them to be released and reunited with their young families as soon as possible, Reuters reported. Read Full Story »
A major earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck Venezuela’s eastern coast, home to largely poor fishing communities, on Tuesday afternoon, shaking buildings as far away as Colombian capital Bogota and knocking power out in parts of Trinidad, Reuters reported. Read Full Story »
Former UN secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan has died. He was 80. Read Full Story »
Pakistani lawmakers elected former cricket legend Imran Khan prime minister on Friday and he pledged to bring to justice “all those who have robbed this country” through corruption, Reuters reported. Read Full Story »
At least one explosion rocked a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech on Saturday and the government said it was a failed assassination attempt involving drones carrying explosives, Reuters reported. Read Full Story »
Investigators have found the flight recorders from an Aeroméxico flight, which crashed in Mexico's northern Durango state on Tuesday, BBC reported. Read Full Story »
Nineteen people have been confirmed dead and more than 3,000 need to be rescued after a dam collapsed in a remote part of land-locked Laos, local media reported on Wednesday, Reuters reported.Read Full Story »
Violence has erupted as millions head to the polls in Pakistan, with the worst incident seeing at least 27 killed by a bomb in the city of Quetta. Read Full Story »
Two weeks into Japan’s blistering heat wave, at least 80 people have died and thousands have been rushed to emergency rooms, as officials on Tuesday urged citizens to stay indoors to avoid temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) in some areas, Reuters reported. Read Full Story »
Leaders of the BRICS countries are expected to coordinate as they cope with the challenges of the-globalization, unilateralism and protectionism while shaping their consensus in further boosting economic growth, speakers said on Tuesday at an event organized by China Daily, Chinadaily .com.cn reported. Read Full Story »
U.S. President Donald Trump tried on Tuesday to calm a storm over his failure to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, saying he misspoke in a joint news conference in Helsinki, Reuters reported. Read Full Story »
The 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave will make their first public appearance on Wednesday when they hold a nationally-televised news conference in Chiang Rai, Reuters reported. Read Full Story »
In a successful end to a perilous mission that has gripped the world, all 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks deep inside a flooded Thai cave have been rescued, Reuters reported on Tuesday, quoting a Thai navy SEAL unit said on Tuesday. Read Full Story »
Rescuers in Thailand are racing against the weather to free 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand. Read Full Story »
A gunman has opened fire at a local newspaper office in Maryland, killing five people and injuring others in what police said was a "targeted attack". Read Full Story »
The U.S. Homeland Security Department said late Saturday the government has reunited 522 children separated from adults as part of a “Zero Tolerance” initiative and plans to reunite another 16 children over the next 24 hours, Reuters report said. Read Full Story »
After a heated World Cup match, the stands are usually left with food waste, cups and wrappers scattered in the heat of the moment. Read Full Story »
A car bomb killed at least 26 people at a gathering of Taliban and Afghan armed forces in the eastern city of Nangarhar on Saturday, an official said, as soldiers and militants celebrated an unprecedented Eid ceasefire, Reuters reported.Read Full Story »
North Korean state media have raised the possibility that the isolated country could "establish a new relationship" with the United States. Read Full Story »
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Singapore on Sunday for an unprecedented summit with US President Donald Trump, reported AFP. The US president will arrive later today. Read Full Story »
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