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An Aeromexico jetliner crashed while taking off during a severe storm in northern Mexico on Tuesday, smacking down in a field nearly intact then catching fire, but officials said everyone on board escaped alive. Gov. Jose Aispuro, who had initially reported there were no deaths but later said authorities were...

MADRID -  Striking taxi drivers brought traffic in parts of major Spanish cities to a standstill Monday by stopping their vehicles in major thoroughfares to protest ride-hailing services. Hundreds of stationary white taxis blocked the Paseo de la Castellana, one of Madrid’s longest and broadest avenues, while protesters played soccer...

BANI GALA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi telephoned Pakistan’s next Prime Minister Imran Khan over his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) landslide victory in July 25 general elections on Monday. PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said "Prime Minister Modi greeted Imran Khan PTI chief over his party’s victory and expressed hope that his...

A strong and shallow earthquake early Sunday killed at least 14 people and injured more than 160 on Indonesia’s Lombok island, a popular tourist destination next to Bali, officials said. The quake damaged more than 1,000 houses and was felt in a wider area, including on Bali, where no damage...

Huge forest fires raging across Greece have killed at least 60 people and injured more than 100.  A state of emergency was declared in areas near Athens as coast guard boats attempted to rescue dozens of people trapped on beaches by fire. The official death toll rose from 24 to at least 60 on Tuesday,...

TORONTO — Ashley Robinson saw Faisal Hussain almost every day when she walked her dog on the winding sidewalk near her high-rise apartment building in Toronto. “He always was smiling,” she said, adding they lived in the same building in Thorncliffe Park, a 21-story gray building that’s home to immigrants...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that he will face dire consequences for threatening the United States. Trump tweeted late on Sunday about the dangers to Iran of making hostile threats after Rouhani said Sunday “American must understand well that peace with Iran is the...

Those were the last words Tia Coleman recalls her sister-in-law yelling before the tourist boat they were on sank into a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, including nine of Coleman’s family members. A huge wave hit, scattering passengers on the vessel known as a duck boat into Table Rock Lake...

TOKYO - An intense heatwave killed at least 14 people over a three-day long weekend in Japan, media reported on Tuesday, and high temperatures hampered the recovery in flood-hit areas where more than 200 people died last week. Temperatures on Monday, a national holiday, surged above 39 degrees Celsius (102.2...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has revealed that he actually wanted Donald Trump to win the 2016 US presidential election. Russia, however, did not contribute to Trump’s win by any means, he insisted. “Yes, I wanted him to win, because he talked about the need to normalize US-Russia ties,” Putin said. The...

Supreme Court Dam fundraising crosses 110 million today 16th july 2018. Way to go Pakistan ! This is how we stand united, don't stop here keep it rolling and keep those funds pouring and we will make those dams. On Wednesday  July 4th 2018, Supreme Court of Pakistan following the directive that...

GAZA - The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said that two Palestinian children were killed and 14 injured in the latest Israeli airstrike on Saturday afternoon in Gaza. The shrapnel of the Israeli war jets missiles fired on western Gaza, killing amir al-Namarah, 15, and Lou'ai Kuhail, 16, both from...