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Saudi Arabia declares online satire punishable offence
Saudi Arabia will punish online satire that "disrupts public order" with up to five years in prison, the public prosecutor said Tuesday, as the kingdom cracks down on dissent."Producing and distribut…
US embassy lockdown after Cairo 'blast'
Egyptian security forces detained a man on Tuesday after an explosive device detonated near the U.S. Embassy in central Cairo, three security sources said.No casualties were reported, the sources sai…
USA Gymnastics chief resigns over coach furore
USA Gymnastics chief executive Kerry Perry has resigned after just nine months, a statement said Tuesday, dealing another blow to the embattled governing body as it struggles to rebuild after the Lar…
Protester killed in during clashes with Iraqi security forces
Hundreds of people gathered near a provincial Government building in Iraq's Southern oil hub Basra on Tuesday to mourn the death of a protester during a clash with security forces.The protester, Yass…
Prosecutors seeks death penalty for prominent Saudi cleric
Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor sought the death penalty against prominent cleric Sheikh Salman al-Awda at the start of his trial on Tuesday in Riyadh, a year after his arrest, media said.Awda faces…
Tennis: Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund withdraw from Davis Cup tie in Glasgow
Andy Murray has withdrawn from Britain's Davis Cup playoff tie against Uzbekistan in order to focus on his comeback from hip surgery.The former world No. 1 returned to best-of-five-set tennis for the…
Flood-hit India state of Kerala battles rat fever outbreak
The flood-hit south Indian state of Kerala has declared a health alert after 11 people died of leptospirosis or rat fever in the last two days.The government has asked everyone who came into contact …
Strongest typhoon in 25 years hit Japan
Japan on Tuesday was hit by Typhoon Jebi, the strongest and powerful storm to hit the island country in 25 years, causing violent winds and disrupting transport services.Japan?s Meteorological Agency…
Myanmar defends Suu Kyi's silence over jailed reporters
A global outcry over the jailing of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar has been greeted with silence by civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a stony response that an official defended Tuesday as a reluc…
DR Congo's opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba gets definite ban from presidential race
Democratic Republic of Congo's top court has definitively excluded opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba from December's presidential election because of a witness tampering conviction at the Internati…
Google, Facebook 'plundering' news content - Europe news agencies
Europe's biggest news agencies accused Google and Facebook of "plundering" news for free on Tuesday in a joint statement that called on the internet giants to share more of their revenues with the me…
Taliban announces the death of Afghanistan's militant Haqqani network founder
Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant Haqqani network, one of the most powerful and feared groups in the Afghan insurgency, has died after a long illness, the Taliban said on Tuesday.Haqqani, w…
Tennis: Maria Sharapova crashes out of US open
Maria Sharapova was beaten at the US Open by Carla Suarez Navarro, who won 6-3 6-4, on Monday.Sharapova, the 2006 champion, had never lost a night session match in New York prior to her first Grand S…
Tennis: Roger Federer suffers shock defeat at US Open
Unheralded Australian John Millman pulled off one of the all-time great tennis shocks by defeating Roger Federer to reach the US Open quarter-finals.Millman had been given barely a sniff before the m…
Athletics: Kenya's Kipruto wins 3000m after losing shoe in IAAF Diamond League
Kenyan runner Conseslus Kipruto defied the early setback of losing a shoe to win the 3000m men's steeplechase race in the IAAF Diamond League in Zurich, Switzerland.Just after coming round a bend, hi…
Usain Bolt makes football debut for Australian club in pre-season match
Sprint king Usain Bolt made his much-anticipated football debut Friday, exciting fans but tiring quickly in a 20-minute cameo as his Central Coast Mariners hammered an amateur side 6-1 in a pre-seaso…
Egypt's first female Christian governor assumes office
President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi of Egypt on Thursday swore in 21 New Provincial Governors, including the First Female Governor from the country's minority Christian Community.Manal Mikhail has been a…
Formula One: Provisional calender for 2019 season released
Formula One has released its 21-race draft calendar for 2019, complete with confirmation of new deals for the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim and Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.The contracts for both …
India's Supreme Court dismiss blasphemy case against 'winking' actress
India's Supreme Court has dismissed a case against an actress over a movie scene that a Muslim group had argued was "blasphemous".Priya Varrier is seen winking during a song in the video, which has g…
Australian filmmaker jailed on spying charges in Cambodia
An Australian filmmaker has been sentenced by a Cambodian court to six years in prison on charges of spying for an unnamed country.James Ricketson, 69, was arrested in June 2017 while flying a camera…