Syria has denied kidnapping or keeping captive US journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared a 10 years ago near Damascus.

Syria has denied kidnapping or keeping captive US journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared a 10 years ago near Damascus.
The world’s largest wealth fund’s return on investment was a negative 14.4 percent for the January-June period.
The $121,000 payment to each victim is an interim one before a continuing inquiry concludes.
Move comes after gradual efforts to restore ties, including a visit by the Israeli president to Turkey in March.
Unlike their Western counterparts, African leaders are being cautious in characterising the conflict in Ukraine as war.
Continuing war and lack of opportunities and hope drive some in opposition-held areas of Syria to take their own lives.
Separatist leader Denis Pushilin expressed hope North Korea and Donetsk could achieve ‘equally beneficial’ relations.
Attacks in the peninsula may indicate that Ukraine’s operatives are able to penetrate deeply into Russian-occupied land.
Hours after a federal minister says refugees will be given apartments in New Delhi, home ministry denies media reports.
At least 12 dead in recent months, and most victims of leopard attacks in the Himalayan region are young children.
Tainted by rubbish and raw sewage dumped directly into the waterway, Nepal’s holiest river is also its most polluted.
At least 17 bomb and arson attacks occurred overnight in Thailand’s southern provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala.
British consumer price inflation tops 10.1 percent in July, intensifying the squeeze on households.
Attacks took place near town of Kobane, site of overnight clashes between Turkish forces and US-backed Kurdish fighters.