Trump says relations with Russia have 'never been worse' as he prepares to meet Putin in Helsinki – live updates
US president says his strained meeting with Nato was ‘great’ as he arrives in Helsinki for a high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin
Hillary Clinton has questioned Trump’s loyalty to the US in a barbed tweet ahead of the summit.
Tweeting after the World Cup final when Putin oversaw a thrilling final between France and Croatia, she said: “Great World Cup. Question for President Trump as he meets Putin: Do you know which team you play for?”
Look who liked this tweet. That sets the tone for #HelsinkiSummit
Japan floods: Heat wave adds to misery in devastated areas
Updated 0623 GMT (1423 HKT) July 16, 2018
A heat wave in southern Japan has killed at least eight people, dealing another blow to a country still recovering from the worst flooding in decades.
Six people died on Saturday, and two people on Sunday, Kyodo News reported, as thousands sought medical treatment for heat stroke and heat exhaustion.
Of 33 people who sought medical help in Hiroshima Sunday, three were volunteers who were helping with the clean up, according to the city's disaster management office.
India: Google engineer latest victim of mob lynchings fueled by WhatsApp rumors
At least 25 people have been killed since May in incidents of mob violence triggered by rumors circulated on WhatsApp. The authorities do not know who is behind the hoax messages.
A 32-year-old Google engineer was beaten to death and three others were severely injured in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on Friday in the latest incident of mob violence fueled by fake social media messages.
The victims were assaulted after one of them reportedly offered imported chocolates to school children, according to local media reports. The assailants assumed the group were trying to kidnap the children — the attack bore terrifying similarity to a string of mob lynchings in recent weeks.
Police arrested 25 people on Sunday.
Since May, at least 25 people have become victims of vigilante justice triggered by fake warnings of kidnappers or organ harvesters circulated on the Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp.
Iran's Khamenei seeks better ties with the world, apart from US
Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei has called for better ties with the world -- though not with the United States, according his official website on Monday.
Khamenei met President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet on Sunday and spoke of the "necessity of developing diplomacy and relations with foreign countries," according to a transcript published in English.
"Except for a few cases -? such as the United States -? Iran's relations with other countries, including with the West and the East, must expand and further develop."
Tehran's diplomats have been scrambling to shore up trade ties with both European and Asian powers since the US announced in May that it was abandoning the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposing sanctions on Iran.
Shadow of 'engineering' hangs over Pakistan election
Political leaders in Balochistan province claim they are being threatened to switch parties, alleging army involvement.
by Asad Hashim
Surrounded by the arid mountains of the Chiltan range, Aslam Raisani's voice rises in anger as he speaks of the political forces aligned against him.
Pakistan's general election is less than two weeks away, on July 25, and the tribal chief and political leader from the impoverished southwestern Balochistan province says he is facing a playing field tilted by an old enemy.
"There is an element of pressure going on to divert voters to the candidate that has been fielded by the establishment," he says, using a common euphemism for Pakistan's powerful military and intelligence agencies.
TRUMP FINDS A NEW WEAPON FOR HIS WAR ON JOURNALISM — LEAK INDICTMENTS AIMED AT SMEARING REPORTERS
LAST MONTH, James Wolfe was indicted for lying to the FBI about his contacts with four reporters while he worked for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. His indictment, and the media coverage of it, focused to a lopsided extent on just one of the reporters: Ali Watkins, who the indictment revealed to have been Wolfe’s girlfriend for several years.
While the 11-page indictment provided no information about the other reporters, there was an abundance on Watkins, who is 26 years old and was referred to as “Reporter #2.” It noted that she started her career in Washington, D.C. as “an intern with a news service” (McClatchy Newspapers), and went on to work for “several different news organizations covering national security” (the Huffington Post, BuzzFeed News, and Politico). The indictment stated that her relationship with the middle-aged Wolfe began in December 2013 and lasted until December 2017. During that time, Watkins published dozens of articles about the intelligence committee, of which Wolfe was the director of security.
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