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Robotic probe picks up a faint rumble believed to be seismic activity

With banks using extra time to prepare for Brexit regulators are unwilling to push back demands for European hubs

Remaining part of roof and the famed vaulted ceilings could suffer further damage

Deadline for a handover of power to civilians replaces AU’s 15-day time frame

US Treasury and IRS face a deadline to hand over the documents to Democrats

The US will not renew waivers granted to eight countries that allow them to buy Iranian oil without facing sanctions

Only 652-million people worldwide speak languages supported by the ubiquitous platform

The implantable generator sits on the surface of the heart and bends with each heartbeat, thereby generating electricity from kinetic energy

Farmers in centre-western region of Daloa expect smaller beans from lower rainfall

The town of Braunau am Inn in Upper Austria once again has the unenviable accolade of breeding yet another prominent hardcore racist

Legislators are expected to curb new president’s powers before parliamentary election due in October

More than 1,000 mourners attend service at St Sebastian church in Negombo where more than 100 parishioners were killed

Washington threatened a veto if the text spoke of reproductive rights

Even the rats are jumping ship as the economy flounders amid poor governance decisions

The bloody milestone comes as the US steps up its air campaign in Afghanistan while pushing for a peace deal with the Taliban

Firefighters battled into the night to control the flames, declaring it was partially extinguished but completely under control

The revelation came as the death toll in the Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and high-end hotels rose to 321

Arvind Ganesan, of New York-based Human Rights Watch, called Airbnb's retreat from the decision disappointing

Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been behind bars since their arrest in December 2017 under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act

A total of 555 cases of measles have been recorded in the United States since January 1, most of them in New York and Clark County in Washington state

Paperback versions of the Mueller report figure in the number one, two and five spots on Amazon US's list of bestsellers

Rights groups have regularly accused Paris of being complicit in alleged war crimes committed in Yemen

The company will report earnings on Wednesday for the first time since a deadly March 10 plane crash plunged the company into crisis-mode

Ecuador's president Lenin Moreno said his country had withdrawn Assange's asylum after his repeated violations of international conventions

Police say the death toll in the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka has risen to 359 and more suspects have been arrested.

New Zealand and France will bring together global leaders at a Paris summit next month aimed at stopping social media being used to organise and promote terrorism, the countries' leaders have announced.

The release of the Mueller report has led to calls from some Democrats to impeach Donald Trump. WATCH NOW.

The devastating bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, claimed by Islamic State jihadists, show that the influence of the group's extremist ideology remains dangerously intact even after the collapse of its so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria, experts say.

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Alameda County Fire department in California rescue 10 ducklings trapped in a storm drain at the weekend.

A suburban Fort Worth couple has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison each for enslaving a Guinean woman for 16 years.

A man regularly volunteered to fly sick people in remote parts of the country to hospitals in Houston and Dallas was at the controls of a twin-engine airplane that crashed, say Texas officials.

North Korean state media says leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia and meet with President Vladimir Putin.

Indians are voting in the third phase of the general elections with campaigning by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party and the opposition marred by bitter accusations and acrimony.

Muslim brothers carried out two of the hotel suicide blasts in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, part of a wave of bombings that killed more than 320 people, police sources told AFP.

More than 300 people were killed in bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

Sri Lankan authorities have started an investigation into how warnings about possible attacks were not passed to top ministers.

The attacks were claimed on Tuesday by the Islamic State militant group, which said they were carried out by seven attackers but gave no evidence to support the claim.

In a unanimous decision, the four judges on the Superior Court of Justice panel hearing Lula's appeal agreed to uphold his conviction, but cut the sentence to eight years and 10 months.

Kim's private armoured train arrived Wednesday in the Russian border town of Khasan, Russian media reports said, where he was welcomed with bread and salt in a traditional gesture.

That deadline was extended to 23 April. But President Donald Trump has signalled he does not want his financial information disclosed.

The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a devastating series of suicide attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people.

An official said the men were executed 'for adopting terrorist and extremist thinking and for forming terrorist cells to corrupt and destabilise security'.

Delegates from 130 nations meeting in Paris from 29 April will vet the executive summary line-by-line.

Memorial services commenced on Tuesday for the hundreds of victims killed in the Sri Lanka bombings.

Former President Thabo Mbeki has weighed in on the ongoing Au Troika Summit in Egypt being attended by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania will make the trip from 3 to 5 June, according to Buckingham Palace.

Local police described a freak accident in Kachin state on Monday night so big it created a huge 'mud lake' that buried the miners as well as some 40 vehicles.

More than 100 people have been arrested following the Easter Sunday bomb blasts in Sri Lanka. The post Over 100 arrested since Sri Lanka bomb blasts appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

The White House has refused to meet a Tuesday deadline to deliver six years of President Donald Trump's tax returns to Congress, escalating a battle that is expected to head to court. The post Trump misses tax return deadline, legal battle likely appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport […]

Saudi Arabia said it executed 37 of its citizens on Tuesday after they were convicted of "terrorism" in the kingdom, which is one of the world's top executioners. The post Saudi Arabia executes 37 citizens for ‘terrorism’ appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African […]

A funeral for a family of four who died in the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday. The post Colombo holds funeral for Sri Lanka blast victims appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news […]

Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, have spent more than 16 months in detention since they were arrested in December 2017 while working on an investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys. The post Myanmar’s top court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists appeared first on SABC News […]

The toll from a string of deadly suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka has risen to 310, with several people dying of their injuries overnight, a police spokesperson said Tuesday. The post Toll in Sri Lanka blasts rises to 310: Police Spokesperson appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The post Kim Jong Un visit to Russia for summit with Putin confirmed appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

National flags were lowered and people bowed their heads as the silence began at 8:30 am local time (0300 GMT), the time the first of six attacks occurred on Sunday. The post Sri Lanka observes nationwide three-minute silence for bomb victims appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage […]

President Donald Trump said Monday that Congress "can't impeach" him over the findings of the Mueller report into Russian election meddling and his alleged attempts to hamper the investigation. The post Trump: Congress ‘can’t impeach’ him appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current […]

Iran denounced US sanctions on its oil sector as "illegal" on Monday after the United States announced it will no longer grant sanctions exemptions to Iran's oil customers. The post Iran denounces ‘illegal’ US sanctions as oil waivers end appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all […]