Six foreign nationals killed as severe weather hits Greece

Published On: July 11, 2019 10:54 AM NPT By: Reuters

ATHENS, July 11: Six foreign nationals, including two children, were killed and more than 100 other people injured after gale-force winds, rain and hailstorms struck northern Greece late on Wednesday, uprooting trees and collapsing roofs, authorities said.

MULTAN, July 11: A Pakistani government official says a passenger train has rammed into freight train in the southern city of Rahim Yar Khan, killing 10 people and injuring 64 others.

LONDON, July 10:  Britain’s ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday after being made a diplomatic nobody by President Donald Trump following the leak of the envoy’s unflattering opinions about the U.S. administration.

BUCHAREST, July 10: Romania’s president says the country’s government is ignoring the will of its own citizens by not adopting anti-corruption recommendations made by a European anti-graft body.

The Latest: UN atomic agency holding meeting on Iran

Published On: July 10, 2019 07:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

TEHRAN, July 10: The Latest on the tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local):

U.S. and Iran to clash at U.N. nuclear watchdog

Published On: July 10, 2019 03:32 PM NPT By: Reuters

VIENNA, July 10: The United States will use an emergency meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board on Wednesday to raise pressure on Iran over breaches of its nuclear deal, but diplomats expect no concrete action as parties to the deal consider their next move.

SYDNEY, July 10: Gunmen have massacred as many as 18 people including women and children in a remote village in Papua New Guinea, apparently the latest victims of a tribal feud, and Prime Minister James Marape vowed on Wednesday to hunt down the killers.

TOKYO, July 10:  Nine deer at a famed park in western Japan have died recently after swallowing plastic bags.

UN says death toll from Libya fighting passes 1,000

Published On: July 10, 2019 12:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

CAIRO, July 10: The battle between rival militias for the Libyan capital has killed more than 1,000 people since it began in April, the U.N. said Tuesday, a grim milestone in a stalemated conflict partly fueled by regional powers.

Iran welcomes French efforts to save nuclear deal - spokesman

Published On: July 10, 2019 12:05 PM NPT By: Reuters

July 10: Iran welcomes France’s efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, as French President Emmanuel Macron’s top diplomatic adviser visits Tehran for talks to help ease the crisis.