Three staff from the
British Embassy in
Tehran,
Iran, are released after being detained for allegedly having a role in the post-election protests.
(BBC)
The remains of Jane Deasy are positively identified in the bodies recovered from
Air France Flight 447.
(RTÉ)
Up to 30 people are feared dead after the MV Demas Victory capsizes and sinks in choppy
Persian Gulf waters off the
Qatari capital
Doha.
(Sky News)
Torrential rain forces over 150,000 people from their homes, topples hundreds of houses and punches a hole in the spillway of a dam in southern
China.
(IOL)
An
Iranian political analyst employed by the
British embassy in
Tehran faces a lengthy prison sentence after being charged with "acting against national security".
(The Times)
South Africa's new "Hawks" serious crime squad begins work six months after its "Scorpions" predecessor was disbanded amid claims of political bias.
(BBC)
Egyptians mourn the death of
Marwa El-Sherbini, called the "
hijab martyr" after she was killed in a
German courtroom by a man convicted of insulting her religion.
(BBC)
A Government delegation including hostage negotiators, led by Ireland's Ambassador to
Egypt Gerard Corr continue efforts in
Khartoum to locate two
Irish and
Ugandan aid workers who were kidnapped in
Sudan.
(RTÉ)
Bolivian drug enforcement officials raid what they call the biggest
cocaine laboratory ever found in their country.
(BBC)
Tunisian police charge nine men—including two air force officers—with plotting several deaths during joint military exercises with the US.
(Jerusalem Post)(BBC)
Two car bombs blow up in
Mosul, the second of them killing at least nine people.
(BBC)
Undercover investigators smuggle bomb-making materials into government buildings in the
United States, assembling bombs within, on ten occasions.
(BBC)
China opposes
Turkey's attempt to place the riots on the agenda of the
United NationsSecurity Council, saying it is a "domestic affair", as Turkish Trade and Industry Minister Nihat Ergun and some Turkish companies call for a boycott of Chinese goods.
(Xinhua)
25 people, including 21 civilians and 4 police, die and four are injured when an overturned truck carrying explosives blows up on a road south of
Kabul,
Afghanistan.
(RTÉ)
Bombs in
Baghdad and northern
Iraq kill at least 41 people and wounded more than 80, police say.
(Sky News)
A senior
Iranian cleric calls for changes to the election laws in the country to prevent further post-election unrest in the future.
(Press TV)(The Los Angeles Times)
Countries in the
Middle East take precautionary measures to control the spread of
H1N1 during and after the
Hajj, where several million
Muslims from all over the world will arrive in
Mecca for the annual
pilgrimage in late November.
(IRIN)
Greek police use bulldozers to completely clear a sprawling
migrant camp that had been in place in the port town of
Patras for over a decade.
(Sky News)
China urges its citizens in
Algeria to "take extra care" after reports circulate of a militant group's plans to avenge recent deaths of Muslim
Uyghurs.
(BBC)
Brazil complains of 64 containers with over 1,400 tonnes of
British used condoms, syringes and rotting nappies located in three of the country's ports.
(BBC)(The Guardian)(Sky News)
Two journalists from
South Africa and the
United Kingdom are due in court after being allegedly attacked and then arrested while filming seal hunters in
Namibia.
(BBC)
A woman is killed and two people are seriously injured in an accident involving a motorcycle on the
Tour de France in
France, the race's first fatal accident since 2002.
(BBC)(RTÉ)
Afghan President
Hamid Karzai, setting out his election manifesto, vows to make foreign troops sign a framework governing how they operate in a bid to limit civilians casualties.
(Reuters)
Canada's national rail service,
Via Rail, cancels train service due to a
strike by its engineer workers.
(CTV)
A group of 8 people were trapped for 8 hours in an
Otis elevator in Toronto. A repair man who tried to fix the elevator fell 10 floors to his death.
(CityNews)
Seven people are killed in hurricane-force winds reaching 130 km/h in
Poland and two more are killed by wind in the
Czech Republic. Hail falls on 60,000 hectares of crops in
Austria, causing damage of at least
€20 million.
(Sydney Morning Herald)(BBC)
Efforts to free two aid workers from
Ireland and
Uganda who were kidnapped in
Darfur on 3 July are said to be "ongoing".
(RTÉ)
Iran releases 140 people detained in its post-election unrest as the supreme leader orders a prison where jailed protesters were killed be closed.
(The Daily Telegraph)(Press TV)
AIDS campaigners and human rights groups accuse the
Cambodian government of herding
HIV-affected families into an "Aids colony" outside
Phnom Penh.
(The Guardian)
The giant Swiss bank
UBS and that nation's government have agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against UBS by
United States tax authorities, in an agreement that seems likely to result in giving the
Internal Revenue Service access to thousands of previously secret U.S. client accounts.
(Globe & Mail)
Three staff from the
British Embassy in
Tehran,
Iran, are released after being detained for allegedly having a role in the post-election protests.
(BBC)
The remains of Jane Deasy are positively identified in the bodies recovered from
Air France Flight 447.
(RTÉ)
Up to 30 people are feared dead after the MV Demas Victory capsizes and sinks in choppy
Persian Gulf waters off the
Qatari capital
Doha.
(Sky News)
Torrential rain forces over 150,000 people from their homes, topples hundreds of houses and punches a hole in the spillway of a dam in southern
China.
(IOL)
An
Iranian political analyst employed by the
British embassy in
Tehran faces a lengthy prison sentence after being charged with "acting against national security".
(The Times)
South Africa's new "Hawks" serious crime squad begins work six months after its "Scorpions" predecessor was disbanded amid claims of political bias.
(BBC)
Egyptians mourn the death of
Marwa El-Sherbini, called the "
hijab martyr" after she was killed in a
German courtroom by a man convicted of insulting her religion.
(BBC)
A Government delegation including hostage negotiators, led by Ireland's Ambassador to
Egypt Gerard Corr continue efforts in
Khartoum to locate two
Irish and
Ugandan aid workers who were kidnapped in
Sudan.
(RTÉ)
Bolivian drug enforcement officials raid what they call the biggest
cocaine laboratory ever found in their country.
(BBC)
Tunisian police charge nine men—including two air force officers—with plotting several deaths during joint military exercises with the US.
(Jerusalem Post)(BBC)
Two car bombs blow up in
Mosul, the second of them killing at least nine people.
(BBC)
Undercover investigators smuggle bomb-making materials into government buildings in the
United States, assembling bombs within, on ten occasions.
(BBC)
China opposes
Turkey's attempt to place the riots on the agenda of the
United NationsSecurity Council, saying it is a "domestic affair", as Turkish Trade and Industry Minister Nihat Ergun and some Turkish companies call for a boycott of Chinese goods.
(Xinhua)
25 people, including 21 civilians and 4 police, die and four are injured when an overturned truck carrying explosives blows up on a road south of
Kabul,
Afghanistan.
(RTÉ)
Bombs in
Baghdad and northern
Iraq kill at least 41 people and wounded more than 80, police say.
(Sky News)
A senior
Iranian cleric calls for changes to the election laws in the country to prevent further post-election unrest in the future.
(Press TV)(The Los Angeles Times)
Countries in the
Middle East take precautionary measures to control the spread of
H1N1 during and after the
Hajj, where several million
Muslims from all over the world will arrive in
Mecca for the annual
pilgrimage in late November.
(IRIN)
Greek police use bulldozers to completely clear a sprawling
migrant camp that had been in place in the port town of
Patras for over a decade.
(Sky News)
China urges its citizens in
Algeria to "take extra care" after reports circulate of a militant group's plans to avenge recent deaths of Muslim
Uyghurs.
(BBC)
Brazil complains of 64 containers with over 1,400 tonnes of
British used condoms, syringes and rotting nappies located in three of the country's ports.
(BBC)(The Guardian)(Sky News)
Two journalists from
South Africa and the
United Kingdom are due in court after being allegedly attacked and then arrested while filming seal hunters in
Namibia.
(BBC)
A woman is killed and two people are seriously injured in an accident involving a motorcycle on the
Tour de France in
France, the race's first fatal accident since 2002.
(BBC)(RTÉ)
Afghan President
Hamid Karzai, setting out his election manifesto, vows to make foreign troops sign a framework governing how they operate in a bid to limit civilians casualties.
(Reuters)
Canada's national rail service,
Via Rail, cancels train service due to a
strike by its engineer workers.
(CTV)
A group of 8 people were trapped for 8 hours in an
Otis elevator in Toronto. A repair man who tried to fix the elevator fell 10 floors to his death.
(CityNews)
Seven people are killed in hurricane-force winds reaching 130 km/h in
Poland and two more are killed by wind in the
Czech Republic. Hail falls on 60,000 hectares of crops in
Austria, causing damage of at least
€20 million.
(Sydney Morning Herald)(BBC)
Efforts to free two aid workers from
Ireland and
Uganda who were kidnapped in
Darfur on 3 July are said to be "ongoing".
(RTÉ)
Iran releases 140 people detained in its post-election unrest as the supreme leader orders a prison where jailed protesters were killed be closed.
(The Daily Telegraph)(Press TV)
AIDS campaigners and human rights groups accuse the
Cambodian government of herding
HIV-affected families into an "Aids colony" outside
Phnom Penh.
(The Guardian)
The giant Swiss bank
UBS and that nation's government have agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against UBS by
United States tax authorities, in an agreement that seems likely to result in giving the
Internal Revenue Service access to thousands of previously secret U.S. client accounts.
(Globe & Mail)