HUMAN RIGHTS
UK police failing in child abuse cases
Report shows more than a third of child sexual abuse investigations inadequate.
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Militants kill 6 UN peacekeepers in Mali
Militants kill at least six UN peacekeepers in northern Mali.
BUSINESS
Saudi prince to give $32 billion to ‘charity’
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says he plans to give away his entire fortune of $32 billion to charity in the coming years.
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Riyadh revs war machine, Yemen reels
Saudi warplanes keep pounding residential areas across Yemen; five more people are killed.
TURKEY
‘Erdogan’s Syria plan meant to trick Turks’
A former Syrian official says Ankara’s potential military intervention in Syria is a ‘silly political trick.’
NORTH AFRICA
Tunisia detains 8 over beach shooting
A Tunisian minister says authorities have arrested eight suspects, including a woman, for alleged involvement in a shooting attack targeting foreign tourists in Sousse.
ECONOMY
UK scraps child poverty act
Britain’s work and pensions secretary announces plan to revise 2020 child poverty target
POLITICS
Cuban embassy 'slap in face' of Israel
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says the Obama administration’s decision to reopen the US embassy in Cuba is a “slap in the face” of Israel.
AFGHANISTAN
Afghan court spares mob killers of woman
An appeals court in Afghanistan overturns the death sentences given to four men in the mob killing of a woman.
POLITICS
‘US raid on Iran Airbus etched in history’
The Iranian Foreign Ministry slams the US for its deadly missile attack on an Iranian passenger jet over the Persian Gulf.
NUCLEAR ENERGY
'Iran bans must be lifted, not suspended'
A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says the "unjust and illegitimate" sanctions against Iran must be lifted, not suspended.
BUSINESS
France’s public debt jumps to $2.3 trillion
France's public debt has jumped to more than $2.3 trillion, driven higher partly by central state spending, the state statistics agency Insee has said.
FOREIGN POLICY
‘Let’s bomb ISIL in Syria’
British Defense Secretary, Michael Fallon tells MP’s they should consider allowing air force to “bomb ISIL” in Syria.
MILITARY
Washington Navy Yard gets all clear
A US military complex in Washington DC has been given the all clear after reports that a gunman was on the site.
MILITARY
Pentagon on high alert: Dempsey
The Pentagon is maintaining a "higher alert status" for the Fourth of July holiday, says America’s top military officer.
EU
‘Govt. may resign if Greeks vote yes’
The Greek finance minister says the government may resign if people vote Yes in this weekend’s referendum on bailout conditions.
ENERGY
Report: Turkey in talks to buy Iran fuel oil
Turkey is discussing imports of fuel oil from Iran which is running a surplus of the product amid a decline in domestic consumption, local media said on Thursday.
POLITICS
BBC rejects calls to drop ‘Islamic State’
The BBC keeps insisting on using the term 'Islamic State' for ISIL terrorist group.
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website