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US bans on Kim crossed red line: N Korea
A top North Korean diplomat says the US crossed the red line by putting leader Kim Jong-un under sanctions.

A top North Korean diplomat says the US crossed the red line by putting leader Kim Jong-un under sanctions.

Royal Dutch Shell has announced a whopping plunge of 72 percent in its net earnings for the second quarter of 2016.

Saudi warplanes have carried out fresh air strikes against residential areas in Yemen.

Iran FM says his tour to West Africa will open a new chapter in ties between Tehran and the African nations.

China and Russia will conduct a joint naval drill in the South China Sea in September, a senior Chinese military official says.

The Syrian army is opening humanitarian corridors in Aleppo to help residents leave the city where foreign-backed militants are holed up amid a government siege.

House prices in Britain have continued to rise in the wake of the Brexit vote, a report says.

More than nine million people are in dire need of food aid in the Lake Chad region due to militancy by a Takfiri terrorist group, the UN says.

Donald Trump’s campaign has dismissed assaults by Democratic leaders at the Democratic National Convention as “empty rhetoric”.

Saudi Foreign Ministry says a visit by a former Saudi general to Israel does not reflect Riyadh’s stance.

German security forces storm a mosque run by a group believed to be radicalizing young people in the country.

At least four Palestinians have been injured after Israeli military forces raided a refugee camp in central West Bank.

The UN has documented at least 120 cases of sexual violence against civilians in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, since three weeks ago.

US Vice President Joe Biden has denounced Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as a deadly choice for America’s future.

Palestinians have expressed alarm at a sharp rise in Israeli demolition of their homes in the occupied territories.

The UN says the recently-revealed mistreatment of aboriginal minors in an Australian prison could amount to torture.

Some 500 observers with the UN will monitor a demobilization and disarmament deal between Colombia’s government and FARC rebels, a Colombian official says.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says pro-government Popular Mobilization Units are to be granted an official status.