The Afghan Journalists' Safety Committee recorded 54 incidents of violence, a 38% increase from the same period last year.

S. Korea and the U.S. announced that they had made a final decision to deploy the system to counter the missile threat from N. Korea.

The trains crashed on a single stretch of track through an olive grove between the towns of Corato and Andria in Puglia on July 12.

Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani said the armed forces would get an extra $24m to help them meet security needs.

In a phone conversation, PM Hovik Abrahamyan and Iran’s vice president Eshaq Jahangiri hailed the relations between the two countries.

Many are alleged to have been held for months and often kept blindfolded and handcuffed for the entire period.

Karabakh Defense Army troops remained committed to the ceasefire to continue controlling the situation along the line of contact.

Earlier, int’l tribunal ruled that China had breached the Philippines' sovereign rights by endangering its ships and fishing and oil projects.

The newly retaken territory still needs to be secured since IS insurgents remain holed up in several towns behind the government's front line.