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Californians return to burnt homes
California Fire officials say hundreds of evacuees were allowed to return to homes as they made progress to contain Rocky Fire.

California Fire officials say hundreds of evacuees were allowed to return to homes as they made progress to contain Rocky Fire.

Rand Paul blasts Chris Christie for urging the government to increase the powers of US intelligence agencies during the first Republican presidential debate.

US Coast Guard has seized 16,000 pounds of cocaine, valued at over $181 million.

The death toll from a huge truck bomb attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul, climbs to 15.

Saudi Arabia continues bombarding several areas in Yemen, killing at least three people in the northwestern Yemeni province of Sa’ada.

The Iraqi Air Force kills over 50 ISIL terrorists during separate strikes in Anbar Province.

Russian hackers carried out a cyber attack against the Pentagon in July, a report says.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Washington will not accept restrictions in South China Sea.

Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists shoot dead at least nine people in Nigeria's conflict-hit northeastern state of Yobe.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says Greece "can and must" reach a deal with its international lenders over a multi-billion-euro bailout after August 15.

The remains of two Japanese climbers missing since 1970 are found in Switzerland.

At least 12 people are killed in clashes in the Central African Republic's southern prefecture of Basse-Kotto.

A US plan to train the so-called “moderate” rebels to fight the ISIL in Syria is too slow, says a senior rebel.

At least five people are killed in an attack by a US assassination drone in an area in Pakistan’s troubled northwestern tribal region.

"The United States is quite hypocritical in regard to its human rights posture around the world," says an American journalist.

France’s CMA CGM, the world’s third largest container shipping group, has resumed services to Iran amid international maritime traffic scampering again along the country’s southern coasts after years of sanctions.

The nuclear arms race between the US and Russia is beyond the control of their leaders now and only their people can do something to stop it, an American political analyst says.

Brazil pollster says President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating has hit rock bottom