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The girl had lost a leg and was bleeding heavily when she was pulled from the water  A 17-year-old girl has died after being mauled by a shark in full view of her parents on Australia’s southwest coast, authorities said Tuesday. She was surfing with her father near Wylie Bay late Monday afternoon, reports said. […]

China and North Korea are in secret talks about the isolated country’s nuclear program, according to reports. American broadcaster NBC on Thursday quoted a U.S. government source as saying that China sent its “top nuclear negotiators” to the North to “communicate the gravity of the situation to the North.” Taiwan’s official Central News Agency on […]

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to congratulate him on the referendum victory. The two leaders had a “pleasant” call which lasted for 45 minutes, diplomatic sources said. In the phone call, Trump also congratulated President Erdoğan on his ‘strong leadership,’ according to the same sources. Sources added that […]

BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) — Top Chinese political advisor Yu Zhengsheng met with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on Monday, pledging to enhance bilateral relations. China and Vietnam should enhance practical cooperation in the Belt and Road Initiative, industrial production capacity, transportation and infrastructure, said Yu, chairman of the National […]

At Mashal Khan’s funeral, the imam at the local mosque refused to read the last rites, according to Swabi resident Salman Ahmed. A technician who was asked to do so in the cleric’s place was confronted by several people afterwards. Mashal has since been buried, but his ransacked university hostel room still has posters of […]

Image captionHundreds of people were forced to leave the club in the early hours At least 12 people suffered burns after a man sprayed acid inside a club in east London. Hundreds of revellers were evacuated from Mangle E8 in Sidworth Street, Dalston, after police were called at about 01:10 BST. Officers believe a man […]

Hama, SANA- A military source announced that security and stability were restored to the town of Souran and control was regained over the strategic hill of Bazam after inflicting heavy losses upon Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in the personnel and equipment in the northern countryside of Hama central province. The source told SANA that army units, […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi police said they killed 60 Islamic State militants on Monday during incursions in western Mosul, including a senior member. Federal Police chief, Lt. Gen Shaker Jawdat, said his forces killed 60 IS members while advancing in al-Farouq, a district near the Old City’s Nuri al-Kabir Mosque. He said the incursion was backed […]

The president of African football’s ruling body, Ahmed Ahmed, has arrived in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday and will spend one night in the country. Caf president is expected to demand for the withdrawals of African Union troops from the country’s national soccer facility, Stadium Mogadishu when he meets with Somali Prime Minister, Hassan Ali […]