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The former international cricket star Imran Khan has declared victory in Pakistan’s general election, hailing what he described as “the fairest” vote in the country’s history, despite widespread allegations it was rigged in favour of his Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.... Read more via the...

Turkey on Thursday said Ankara would “never tolerate threats” over detained US pastor Andrew Brunson after President Donald Trump demanded his release and warned Washington was ready to impose … Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2A9l8PL Get more World News

An Israeli news publisher said Thursday it had sacked a cartoonist who depicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as one of the pigs in George Orwell’s political satire “Animal Farm”. Following passage last week of a controversial law which critics say discriminates against non-Jewish...

A man who decimated President Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a pickax on Wednesday is reportedly being offered bail from a man who vandalized the same marker in 2016. James Otis said he would pay Austin Clay’s $20,000 bail after the … Read more via More Top Stories –...

Police in Kisumu have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly killing his step-brother’s girlfriend. The suspect, Joseph Ayomo stabbed 21-year-old Beverline, a Kenyatta University student, to death on Wednesday at 3am in Migosi Estate... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog –...

Twitter has implemented a new method for combating cryptocurrency scammers: it now automatically locks unverified accounts that change their display name to Elon Musk. If you have a non-verified account that is not associated with a phone number, changing your display name to that of the...

Despite persistent rumors that stated Samsung’s first foldable smartphone would launch under the Galaxy X moniker, these claims were recently shot down by an industry insider. And, while no official confirmation from Samsung has been provided on the matter, one tipster has revealed what could...

Facebook has acquired Redkix, an email startup that combines email, messaging and calendar features into one app, the company said. Facebook made the purchase in hopes of building out its own communication features inside Workplace, the enterprise version of Facebook that it hopes to compete...

Spotify hit 83 million subscribers at the end of the last month, the streaming-music company said Thursday. That remains bigger than its closest competitor, Apple Music, which had 40 million as of April. Spotify’s growth also came in at the high end of a range Spotify predicted in its May …...

Facebook’s second-quarter results revealed that it is no longer growing in the U.S. and Canada, its most valuable geographic region; shares dropped nearly 20 percent in after-hours trading and will likely fall this morning when the market opens. The social media giant added just 22 million …...

With Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 reveal event just around the corner, there have been a lot of rumors about the device. One of the more enduring rumors is that the Galaxy Note 9 will have a big 4,000mAh battery, extending life significantly over its predecessors. Though Samsung won’t confirm …...

It has long been rumored that Samsung is working on a foldable smartphone. The company is expected to finally release its long-awaited device early next year. However, Huawei is reportedly rushing to be the first to market with a foldable smartphone, a device that’s foldable in the true sense...

A bomb exploded outside the U.S. embassy in Beijing on Thursday, July 26, 2018, wounding the lone assailant, the embassy said in a statement, but police described the weapon merely as a “firework device”. The explosion happened on the street outside southeast corner of the embassy compound...

(CNN)New Zealand’s acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has accused Australia of copying his country’s flag, telling its neighbor to get its own design. "We had a flag that we’ve had for a long time, copied by Australia," Peters told local network TVNZ on Tuesday. "They (Australia) should...