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Russian Journalist Charged with Bid to Deal 'Large Amount' of Illegal Drugs, Says His Lawyer
Golunov, a reporter for Meduza Independent, was detained on Thursday for possession of five packages of mephedrone and cocaine.
Sri Lankan President Fires Intelligence Chief after Criticism over Easter Sunday Bombings
Lanka's chief of national intelligence Sisira Mendis had suggested the leader knew about warnings that deadly the bombings were in the works.
Scientists Create New Maps Revealing Where Groundwater Meets Ocean
Most of the water that gets to lakes and oceans comes from surface water sources. However, groundwater plays an important role, too, carrying minerals and, in some cases, pollutants, to surface bodies of water.
Lesbians March in Washington Only to Find Event Organisers Banned Their ‘Pride Flag’
The organisers of the event banned the Jewish pride flag, a rainbow banner bearing the Star of David that they said too closely resembles the Israeli flag and violated the march's ban on 'nationalist symbols'.
UK PM Theresa May Quits as Party Leader, Starting Succession Race
May took office after the 2016 referendum vote to leave the EU and has spent the past three years working on the plan, delaying Brexit twice to try to get it through.
Joe Biden Says He Now Supports Use of Federal Funds for Abortion
Joe Biden's support for the Hyde Amendment, which was passed in 1976 and prohibits the use of federal funds for most abortions, put him out of step with much of the rest of the Democratic Party on an emotional issue.
Vladimir Putin Says Russia Prepared to Drop Nuclear Arms Control START Treaty
The agreement, which caps the number of nuclear warheads well below Cold War limits, is set to expire in two years' time.
Nepal Waits for Relatives to Claim Bodies Brought Down from Mount Everest
The government said on Wednesday that a team of sherpa climbers picked up the bodies between the base camp and the South Col, the point from where climbers launch their summit attempts, as part of a drive to clean up the 8,850 metre (29,035 feet) mountain...
Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Reversed in Lab as Scientists Look to Restore Antibiotic's Effectiveness
Rather than look for new and better antibiotics, the researchers decided to look for compounds that prevent the bacteria from toughening up.
60 People Killed in Two-day Crackdown by Security Forces on Protesters in Sudan: Report
A previous toll given by the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors had counted 40 dead since the bloody dispersal of a weeks-long sit-in outside army headquarters in Khartoum on Monday.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Iran Will Not be Deceived by Trump's Offer, Won't Abandon its Missile Programme
Iran and the United States have been drawn into starker confrontation in the past month, a year after Washington pulled out of a deal between Iran and global powers to curb Tehran’s nuclear programme in return for lifting international sanctions.
For the First Time Since Independence Sri Lanka Has a Govt Without Muslim Ministers: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
Nine ministers from the Muslim community, in the President Maithripala Sirirsena's Cabinet, and two provincial governors resigned on Monday accusing the government of failing to ensure the safety of the people from community following the Easter Sunday b...
Celebrating Pride: Google Marks 50 Years of Pride History with Doodle
The month of June, observed as the Pride month, is commemorated with parades where the members of the LGBTQI community claim the streets celebrating Pride.
German Killer Nurse Who Took Himself for God Picked Victims Randomly, Out of ‘Boredom’
Niels Hoegel, 42, has admitted to injecting patients with drugs that cause heart failure or circulatory collapse so he could then try to revive them and, when successful, shine as a saviour before his medical peers.
Boris Johnson Launches Campaign to Become Next British Prime Minister After Theresa May's Exit
The former foreign secretary is popular among the grassroots Tory members, but they will only get a vote once the party's MPs have whittled down the ever-growing candidates list to a final two.
On Eve of UK Visit, Donald Trump Denies His Taped Remark Calling Meghan Markle 'Nasty'
Trump's clarification came a day before his three-day state visit is to begin with a pomp-filled ceremony at Buckingham Palace followed by lunch with 93-year-old Queen Elizabeth II.