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Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church

New Delhi, July 19 -- Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and wounded 10, includi... Read More


Cambodia continues raids on scam centers, bringing arrests in past 3 weeks over 2,100

New Delhi, July 19 -- Authorities in Cambodia continued their stepped-up campaign against online scam centers, arresting at least 500 suspects in two provinces on Thursday and Friday, the country's in... Read More


Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks

New Delhi, July 19 -- President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tu... Read More


Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival opens after main stage was destroyed by fire

New Delhi, July 19 -- Fans roared in excitement and organizers sighed with relief as the Tomorrowland music festival kicked off Friday - two days after a massive fire engulfed the main stage and threw... Read More


The Druze are a religious sect. Here's a look at their beliefs and history

New Delhi, July 19 -- The Druze religious sect, enmeshed in an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence in Syria, began roughly 1,000 years ago as an offshoot of Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam. Most Dru... Read More


South African cooks join forces to make 67,000 liters of soup to fight hunger on Mandela Day

New Delhi, July 19 -- Dozens of South African chefs, community cooks, caterers, and culinary students joined forces Friday in Johannesburg to make 67,000 liters (17,700 gallons) of soup to feed the hu... Read More


Disruptions of cellphone internet links in Russia are spreading

New Delhi, July 19 -- A snappy tune by a blogger that mockingly laments his poor internet connection in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don has gotten over a half-million views on Instagram in ... Read More


As the going gets tough in South Sudan, some artisans offer cheap footwear made from rubber tires

New Delhi, July 19 -- From Rwanda to Kenya, fashioning footwear from discarded tires has long been a mark of local ingenuity. In South Sudan, however, the creative work of such artisans is now fueled... Read More


A loss for Ishiba could worsen political instability in the face of US tariffs and rising prices

New Delhi, July 19 -- Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces an increasingly uphill battle in Sunday's upper house election, and a loss could worsen political instability at a time of daunting ch... Read More


PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone, inaugurates development works worth over Rs 7,000 Crore in Motihari, Bihar

New Delhi, July 19 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for projects exceeding Rs.7,000 crore in Motihari, Bihar, covering sectors such as railways, roads, rural h... Read More