Car bomb explodes at gate of police headquarters in Afghanistan’s Kandahar
A car bomb exploded at a gate of police headquarters in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar on Thursday, a police official said....
Two killed in suicide bombing, four beheaded in Egypt’s North Sinai, sources say
A suicide bombing killed at least two people in Egypt’s North Sinai region on Thursday, a day after four headless bodies were found there, security...
‘Appalling’ arson attack on Japanese animation studio kills at least 33
A man shouted “die” as he doused an animation studio with fuel and set it ablaze in Japan on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said, killing...
Malnutrition, disease kill at least 139 displaced in Indonesia’s Papua – group
Thousands of people in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have been displaced by fighting between soldiers and separatists, and at least 139 of them have...
Spain’s Sanchez says Podemos deal possible if leader not in cabinet
Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez insisted on Thursday that he would not accept far-left Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias as a member of his cabinet,...
Netflix shares sink 11%, analysts still see growth
Wall Street brokerages stuck to a positive outlook on Netflix Inc on Thursday, betting that a strong content slate for the rest of 2019 would...
LEGO builds life-size astronaut to celebrate Apollo 11 anniversary
Time-lapse video shows Danish toymaker LEGO building a life-size astronaut model to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission launch on July 16,...
Climate fears lift Greens’ chances of running Germany
A former trampolinist and a children’s author have led the Greens to a spectacular comeback in Germany, raising the once-unthinkable prospect of a Green chancellor...
Oil rises after Iran says it seized foreign tanker in Gulf
Oil prices rose about 1% on Thursday after Iran said it had seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf amid rising tensions between Tehran...
Sanders, Biden clash over remedy for healthcare
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden and rival Bernie Sanders are waging a public battle this week over universal healthcare, staking out competing turf on an...