PakistanA Village Council in Pakistan Ordered the 'Revenge Rape' of a Teenage GirlTwenty people have been arrested in rural Pakistan after a village council ordered the rape of a teenage girl whose brother had been accused of raping another local girl. Police in Pakistan said the two families were related
VenezuelaU.S. Slaps Fresh Sanctions on Venezuelan Officials as Maduro's Opponents Launch Labor StrikesThe Trump administration announced sanctions on 13 current and former members of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's administration, in an effort to pressure the president into halting his plans to rewrite Venezuela's constitution
FranceWildfires Force 10,000 People in Southern France to EvacuateWildfires in southeastern France have forced the evacuation of at least 10,000 people, officials said. The exceptional heat and dryness this summer — coinciding with the peak tourism season on the French Riviera — has increased fire risks in the region
North KoreaNorth Korea Vows to Strike U.S With a 'Powerful Nuclear Hammer' If Kim Jong Un's Regime is ThreatenedNorth Korea threatened to launch a nuclear strike "at the heart of the U.S." if it sees signs that Washington is trying to remove Kim Jong Un as the country's leader. The warning follows comments from CIA Director Mike Pompeo
IranU.S. Navy Fires Warning Shots Near an Iranian Ship in the Persian GulfA U.S. Navy patrol boat fired warning shots near an Iranian vessel that American sailors said came dangerously close to them during a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf, the first such incident to happen under President Donald Trump
LibyaLibyan Rivals Agree to a Cease-Fire and Elections After Talks in FranceTwo rival Libyan leaders committed themselves to a cease-fire, working toward presidential and parliamentary elections and finding a roadmap to secure lawless Libya against terrorism and trafficking of all kinds, after talks conducted in France
AustraliaCardinal George Pell Faces Sexual Abuse Charges in Australian CourtThe most senior Vatican official ever charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis made his first court appearance in Australia in a scandal that has stunned the Holy See and threatened to tarnish the pope's image as a crusader against abusive clergy
VenezuelaU.S. Slaps Fresh Sanctions on Venezuelan Officials as Maduro's Opponents Launch Labor StrikesThe Trump administration announced sanctions on 13 current and former members of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's administration, in an effort to pressure the president into halting his plans to rewrite Venezuela's constitution
FranceWildfires Force 10,000 People in Southern France to EvacuateWildfires in southeastern France have forced the evacuation of at least 10,000 people, officials said. The exceptional heat and dryness this summer — coinciding with the peak tourism season on the French Riviera — has increased fire risks in the region
North KoreaNorth Korea Vows to Strike U.S With a 'Powerful Nuclear Hammer' If Kim Jong Un's Regime is ThreatenedNorth Korea threatened to launch a nuclear strike "at the heart of the U.S." if it sees signs that Washington is trying to remove Kim Jong Un as the country's leader. The warning follows comments from CIA Director Mike Pompeo
IranU.S. Navy Fires Warning Shots Near an Iranian Ship in the Persian GulfA U.S. Navy patrol boat fired warning shots near an Iranian vessel that American sailors said came dangerously close to them during a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf, the first such incident to happen under President Donald Trump
LibyaLibyan Rivals Agree to a Cease-Fire and Elections After Talks in FranceTwo rival Libyan leaders committed themselves to a cease-fire, working toward presidential and parliamentary elections and finding a roadmap to secure lawless Libya against terrorism and trafficking of all kinds, after talks conducted in France
AustraliaCardinal George Pell Faces Sexual Abuse Charges in Australian CourtThe most senior Vatican official ever charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis made his first court appearance in Australia in a scandal that has stunned the Holy See and threatened to tarnish the pope's image as a crusader against abusive clergy
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