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Venezuela organizes anti-Trump signature drive
A nationwide anti-Trump signature drive took place in Venezuela over the weekend to protest the stepped-up U.S. sanctions, a government source said on Sunday.
Giammattei wins Guatemala's presidential runoff: preliminary results
Conservative candidate Alejandro Giammattei won Guatemala's presidential runoff on Sunday with a decisive lead over his rival, according to preliminary results from the Supreme Electoral Court (STE).
UK gov't to launch urgent probe into Friday's mass power cuts
The British government said on Sunday that it will launch an urgent investigation into a major power cut that affected nearly one million people and sparked transport chaos in England and Wales on Friday.
Over 160 killed in monsoon-triggered heavy rains in Pakistan
161 people have been killed and 137 others injured in rain-related incidents since July across the country due to the current monsoon-triggered heavy rainfalls in Pakistan.
6 shot, wounded at street party in West Chicago
Six people were shot and wounded at a street party in West Chicago early Sunday morning when a gunman opened fire into a crowd of more than 100 people at a street party, CBS reported.
Fire at U.S. day care center kills 5 children
A fire at a day care center in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania on Sunday killed at least five children, including four siblings, officials said.
Tanzanian PM forms team to probe fuel tanker explosion
Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa on Sunday announced the formation of a special team to investigate into a fuel tanker explosion in Morogoro region on Saturday.
Boris Johnson to meet Varadkar in Dublin for talks over Brexit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted an offer from his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar to meet in Dublin for talks over Brexit and Northern Ireland, reported local semi state-owned media RTE on Sunday.
Oslo mosque shooting investigated as terror attack attempt: police
The police were investigating the mosque shooting near Oslo on Saturday as an attempted terrorist attack, it was announced at a press conference on Sunday.
Floods claim around 115 lives in India's western coastal states
Around 115 people have died over the past three days in a fresh spate of floods in India, said media reports on Sunday.
DPRK top leader guides test-fire of another new weapon
Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has guided the test-fire of another new weapon, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday.
UN chief condemns car bomb attack in Benghazi, Libya
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday condemned the car bomb attack in Benghazi, Libya, in which three UN staff members were killed and several others injured.
Dead person found after Mosque shooting near Oslo
A dead person was found after the Mosque shooting outside Oslo on Saturday, and it was being investigated in related to the shooting incident, police said late Saturday.
Libyan army accepts UN-proposed truce
Spokesman of Libya's east-based army, Ahmad al-Mismari, on Saturday announced that the army had accepted a UN-proposed humanitarian truce in the capital Tripoli, against the UN-backed government.
Jeffrey Epstein dies by suicide while awaiting trial
Financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in New York, a former law enforcement official said Saturday.
Death toll in Myanmar's landslide rises to 41
Eight more bodies were recovered, bringing the death toll to 41 in a monsoon landslide on Friday in Myanmar's Mon state, Myanmar Fire Services Department said on Saturday.
At least 60 people killed in petrol tanker explosion in Tanzania
At least 60 people were killed on the spot Saturday after an overturned petrol tanker exploded in Morogoro region, about 200 km from the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, said an official.
DPRK fires 2 short-range projectiles off east coast: S.Korea
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two short-range projectiles off its east coast on Saturday, the fifth such launch in over two weeks, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
Two panda cubs born in Belgian zoo
Pairi Daiza, a zoo in Brugelette in west Belgium's Hainaut province, announced on Friday the birth of two panda cubs.
DPRK fires 2 unidentified projectiles -- Yonhap
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday (local time) fired two unidentified projectiles into the East Sea, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said, citing the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).