Islamic State claims responsibility for blast at Pakistan election rally: AMAQ
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at an election rally in southwestern Pakistan, the group’s AMAQ news agency said on Friday.
With possible executions looming, Sri Lanka to hire two hangmen
Sri Lanka said on Friday it plans to hire two hangmen, two days after President Maithripala Sirisena said he might sign off on the execution of convicted drug traffickers arranging drug deals from jail.
Trump vows ‘great’ trade deal with UK, abruptly changing tack on May’s Brexit plan
President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States and Britain could secure a “great” post-Brexit trade deal, lavishing praise on Prime Minister Theresa May and contradicting his own withering assessment of her strategy publicized hours earlier.
At least 55 injured as train derails in Egypt
At least 55 people were injured on Friday when a passenger train derailed south of Egypt’s capital Cairo, an assistant to the health minister told state television.
U.N. Security council imposes an arms embargo on South Sudan
The United Nations Security Council imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan on Friday, nearly five years after civil war erupted in the country.
Trump’s portrayal of NATO in crisis carries risks for alliance
Donald Trump’s portrayal of NATO as an alliance in crisis has raised concern that the U.S. president’s nagging criticism might erode U.S. public support and risk America’s commitment to collective defense, diplomats said.
Myanmar arrests government critic under sedition law
(The July 13 story was refiled to correct paragraph 4 to add the dropped word ‘not’)
Trump to talk to Russia’s Putin about substantially reducing nuclear weapons
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would discuss substantial reductions to nuclear weapons when he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin but cautioned that a “rigged witch hunt” in the United States was hampering efforts to improve relations.
Death toll rises to 70 in Pakistan election rally attack: Baluchistan health minister
A suicide bomber killed 70 people at an election rally in southwestern Pakistan in the second election-related attack on Friday, officials said, amid growing tensions over ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s return ahead of the July 25 vote.
Man who encouraged attack on UK’s Prince George gets life in jail
A British man who suggested Islamist militants should target four-year-old Prince George – destined to be Britain’s future king – was sentenced to life in jail on Friday.
