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British forces captured an Iranian oil tanker in early July near Gibraltar, accused of violating sanctions on Syria.

The two attacks come days US President Donald Trump and Pakistani PM Imran Khan met for talks which focused on Pakistan's role in helping to broker a political settlement to end the 18-year-old US war in Afghanistan.

The Russian foreign ministry called it an "act of censorship" and warned British media operating in Moscow "to face the consequences". RT had earlier denounced the penalty as "astonishing".

The PM has set up a high-powered committee comprising officials from the ministries to suggest ways for making overseas Pakistanis legislators so that they could contribute to the country's economy, a media report said.

Twitter users posted images on Thursday of the dog leaping over the tracks near Waterloo Station and another clip of a man running after it, leading to the suspension of train services.

With refugees from Eritrea and Sub-Saharan Africa onboard, the latest shipwreck takes the death toll of Mediterranean migrants to over 600 this year, making 2019 the sixth year in a row with more than 1,000 deaths.

The Tunisian President has been hospitalised with a severe illness in late June and was returned to intensive care on Thursday.

The agency is currently confronted with the unravelling of the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, which began when President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled the United States out of the agreement in May 2018.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan embarked on a three-day visit to the US this week, his first, to reset strained bilateral ties with Washington.

When organisers of a public hearing cut off her microphone, 100-year old Lisel Heise, a schoolteacher who retired 40 years ago, knew she would enter politics so that her voice could be heard.

The United States has a long list of big items to tackle as talks resume after being sidelined in May, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

The first white paper since 2012 gives rare insight into the world's largest army and Beijing's military ambitions, and its firm stance on separatists in Xinjiang, Tibet and Taiwan.

The 56-foot wooden bridge over the Goose River collapsed on Monday as the driver of a tractor trailer truck tried to haul a load of dried beans over it.

The defeat was expected after Monday's parliamentary debate featured Snchez and United We Can leader Pablo Iglesias blaming each other for not ceding enough ground to form a center-left, far left coalition government.

Damien Michael Charnock faces five charges, including consumption of methamphetamine and ecstasy in March, according to charge sheets.

The warplane was one of three Russian aircraft to enter the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) early on Tuesday.