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Health officials detect mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus

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Although the DUP may still vote for the Queen's Speech next week, the Prime Minister would lack a guaranteed majority to pass any of the Bills in her shru...

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The chaos has also weighed on the pound, which has plunged nearly two percent since Thursday, and the government may have to delay the announcement of its polic...

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Islamic State (IS) militants have destroyed the 12th-century Al-Nuri Mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul , the media reported . On July 4, 2014, ISIS leader...

Sena to hold meeting to decide on NDAs Prez nominee

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Other Americans in North Korean custody

Fred Warmbier , the student's father, has said he disbelieves this account. Assistant Secretary of State Susan Thornton said USA officials are "going to gi...

IS militants destroy 12 century mosque in Iraq's Mosul

Reuters reported that the bombing allegedly happened during a raid by the Iraqi forces, and Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the act of destroying the ...

China's efforts on North Korea haven't worked out, says Donald Trump

On Monday, the 22-year-old Warmbier died in a Cincinnati hospital, days after his medical evacuation home, the victim of his treatment at the hands of North...

Promising London artist Khadija Saye work is displayed at Tate Britain

Saye, whose personal and meditative printed works often explored her Gambian heritage, was born and raised in the U.K. She was just beginning to capture the att...

Nomura and Daiwa pick Frankfurt for post-Brexit EU bases

Smaller rival Daiwa Securities said it will establish a subsidiary there to continue to service clients in the European Union after Brexit . It is expected to ...

US Calls On China To Put More Pressure On North Korea

But the two allies seem at odds on how to make that happen. The US has been urging China to prod North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile weapons pro...

Queen Elizabeth II speech to Parliament focuses on Brexit

Reacting to the Queen's Speech today, Nick Molho, Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group, said: "It is encouraging to see the government's desire to mak...

Pelosi Under Fire from Dem Colleagues in Wake of Georgia Loss

Republican Karen Handel has won Georgia's record-breaking special congressional election, dashing hopes by Democrats to pull off an upset in the run-up to ...

Russia Affirms Solidarity With Cuba, Laments US 'Cold War' Rhetoric

US airlines and cruise ships will still be allowed to serve the island. Later in the day, the Cuban government criticised Donald Trump's new restrictions ,...

India's raises questions of terror sponsorship in the UN

By considering Afghan attacks as routine, Akbaruddin said, "We appear to be failing in asking some crucial questions". Mincing no words, Mr Akbaruddin, speaki...

JDU supports NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind

Meira Kumar met Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her residence on Wednesday. Asked about the JD (S) stand, Ali told The Indian Express: "We have not yet dec...

AIADMK Amma camp to support NDA's Presidential nominee Kovind

The CPI-M and other opposition parties will be meeting in Delhi on June 22 to discuss next steps on the presidential elections . In Bihar Nitish Kumar ha...

USA emphasizes shared concerns with China

Bush administration. "It's worth a forceful response". On June 20, a US official said USA spy satellites had detected movements at north Korea's nuclear test ...

China calls for early resumption of talks on Korean Peninsula

Although a senior White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. had limited options to rein in North Korea without Chinese assistanc...

The Government Still Uses Floppy Disks - Trump Wants To Change That

Following the meeting, as well, Trump said that the government had to "catch up" with the private sector in everything from better services for citizens to st...

Prince Philip, 96, Hospitalized with Infection

Prince Philip was admitted to a hospital on Tuesday with an infection as a " precautionary measure ", according to Buckingham Palace, but it has still garnered...

Tour Guides Say They Will Scale Back Trips to North Korea

Politicians renewed calls for the regime to release three U.S. citizens being held in the country. Relatives have said they were told by US envoys that ...

One number puts the Democrat loss in Georgia in stunning perspective

Overall, Wasserman found , Democrats outperformed the voting tendencies of their districts by 8 percentage points in this year's special elections, a good ome...

Adele Visits London Firefighters After Grenfell Tower Fire

Survivors also complained about a lack of co-ordination in the official response. The authority said it had always meant to review its policy on sprinklers la...

London fire: Cladding in other buildings 'combustible'

If there is a fire elsewhere in the building , the fire service says residents are usually safer to stay put in their own flat and call 999 to tell the fire fi...