Syria: suspected chemical attack kills dozens in Idlib province
Doctors say victims from attack on Khan Sheikhun were bleeding from the nose and mouth, had constricted irises and suffered from convulsions
Dozens of people have been killed in a suspected chemical attack in northern Syria, aid workers and local activists have said, in one of the largest mass casualty incidents using a toxic gas in the six-year conflict.
The attack on Tuesday morning on Khan Sheikhun in Idlib province was followed by air raids in the early afternoon on the same town, according to medical workers.
More than 50 people were killed when planes carrying weaponry laced with unidentified chemicals raided Khan Sheikhun. Victims exhibited symptoms resembling those caused by exposure to sarin gas
Dalai Lama reunited with Indian guard who helped his famous 1959 flight from Tibet
'Looking at your face, I now realise I must be very old too,' says exiled spiritual leader
The Dalai Lama has been reunited with an Indian solider who escorted him to safety as he fled from Tibet to China almost 60 years ago.
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader embraced Naren Chandra Das in an emotional meeting in Guwahati in northeast India on Tuesday.
The pair first crossed paths after the Dalai Lama was forced to leave for India via a clandestine mission during the midst of the failed Tibetan uprising against the Chinese authorities in 1959.
The Dalai Lama, now 81, and Mr Das, now 79, undertook an exhausting trek that lasted for two weeks across the mountains from Lhasa. With the Dalai Lama disguised as a Chinese soldier alongside members of his cabinet, they eventually reached the Indian border but troops were prohibited from talking to the spiritual leader as they journeyed.
St. Petersburg attacker was likely born in Kyrgyzstan
Preliminary information indicates a 22-year-old Kyrgyz-born man was behind the deadly bombings in St. Petersburg, authorities in Kyrgyzstan said. He was reportedly caught on security cameras in the city's metro.
Officials in the former Soviet state identified the suspected terrorist on Tuesday as Kyrgyzstan national Akbarjon Djalilov.
"It is probable that he acquired Russian nationality," a spokesman for the country's security services told the AFP news agency.
According to a St. Petersburg news outlet Fontanka, Djalilov has lived in the Russian city for over six years. He was recorded by the metro surveillance system around the time of the Monday bombing that killed 14 people and injured 49 others in a likely terror attack. The authorities are also searching for his car, a Daewoo Nexia.
Brazil court meets to rule on whether Temer election valid
Brazil's Supreme Electoral Court met Tuesday on whether to invalidate the 2014 presidential election because of illegal campaign funding -- a ruling that could in theory force out President Michel Temer.
Sessions were scheduled over three days, with a final vote by the panel of judges Thursday. However, analysts say there is a high chance that the procedure will be put on hold, staving off the judgment day.
At issue are allegations that when then president Dilma Rousseff ran for re-election in 2014, with Temer as vice president, their ticket was financed by undeclared funds or bribes.
China-North Korea border tells tale of strained economic ties
Tensions are high and trade has stalled, local officials say.
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This Northeast Asia Special Region straddling China’s border with North Korea was planned in 2011 as a 30 billion yuan (US$4.35 billion) showcase of economic development between the two countries.
That’s all stalled in recent months, evidenced in half-finished buildings, cranes on empty lots, piles of concrete pipes and few construction workers. No reasons have been given and no announcements have been made in official media.
About 700 km (430 miles) to the south, near the city of Dandong, the New Yalu River Bridge connecting the two countries lies unfinished. It was planned in 2010 at a cost of 2.2 billion yuan, but stands now as a monument to the cooling in economic relations.
Paraguay delays re-election vote amid fresh protests
Protests outside burnt Congress building call for Senate vote on President Cartes' re-election bid to be withdrawn.
Thousands of protesters gathered outside Paraguay's Congress in a new but peaceful demonstration over an unpopular Senate vote for an amendment last week that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election.
In addition to calling for the amendment to be withdrawn, thousands gathered peacefully outside Congress on Monday night, holding candles in a vigil for the 25-year-old protester, Rodrigo Quintana, killed by police during the demonstrations on Friday.
Signs reading "S.O.S. Paraguay" hung from tents in the plaza, where people grilled meat and settled in for a long night of protest. Dozens of police officers stood behind fences separating the plaza from the entrance to the Congress building, while another group carrying riot gear stood by.
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