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The weakening economy contributed to Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) losing Ankara and Istanbul in recent local elections, in what was a stinging rebuke to the ruling party after more than a decade and a half in power.

Police said the 61-year-old tamer, Ettore Weber, was attacked by the tigers on Thursday during a training session in Triggiano, a small town in the Puglia region. All the circus's eight tigers were impounded by the police, triggering protests from animal...

Hundreds of local people protested in the town demanding justice and exemplary punishment of the principal, who is also an imam of a local mosque.

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief answered some of the questions posed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), while he claimed to have no knowledge about the others, the Express Tribune reported.

Those rescued had told Tunisian officials that 86 people were on board their inflatable boat when it left from the Libyan town of Zuwara, west of Tripoli, on its way to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.

The ruling by a church tribunal was the latest development in a case with repercussions that reached the highest levels of French Catholic leadership and the Vatican itself. The priest, Bernard Preynat, already confessed to abusing during the 1970-80s.

The proposition to include the citizenship question had been opposed by Democrats, and was later struck down by the US Supreme Court.

The IAEA "verified on July 1 that Iran's total enriched uranium stockpile exceeded 300 kilogrammes", a spokesperson said, shortly after Tehran announced it had crossed the limit in retaliation to new US sanctions.

The Crown Prosecution Service, arguing on behalf of the US, submitted that while it is accepted the defendant has had mental health issues in the past, the issue for the court would be to determine what measures can be taken to mitigate any risk posed by...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes targeted a research centre, and a military airport where the Hezbollah, and Iranians are deployed.

The ongoing pro-democracy rallies, led mainly by young activists, are the manifestation of growing fears that China is stamping down on the city's freedoms and culture with the help of pro-Beijing leaders.

The Demilitarized Zone is based on the positions held at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, where South Korean forces backed by a US-led UN coalition fought to a standstill with North Korean and Chinese troops.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other producers, an alliance known as OPEC+, will meet on July 1-2 to discuss the deal that involves curbing oil output by 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd).

The comments came despite a recent UN expert report that judged it 'inconceivable' Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was unaware of the operation that assassinated Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

The charges were linked to the 29 people wounded when James Alex Fields Jr drove his car through a crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017.

Relations between Pakistan and the US have remained tense during Trump's tenure. The US president Donald Trump has publically said that Pakistan has given us 'nothing but lies and deceit'.