Istanbul bomb attack on police bus kills 11

A car bomb attack targeting a police bus has killed seven officers and four civilians in central Istanbul. The explosives were remotely detonated as the vehicle passed through the busy Vezneciler district at the morning rush hour, officials said. No group has said it carried out the attack, but Kurdish militants have recently targeted security services. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will "fight the terrorists to the end". The...

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‘Rumours calling me Jisha’s killer almost cost me my job’

“This is just the beginning of my loss,” says Thaslik KY, a sales professional based out of Paravaur in Ernakulam. During the past few days, Thaslik’s picture has been doing the rounds on social media and messaging platforms with people alleging that he resembled the man suspected of killing law student Jisha in Perumbavoor. Thaslik, according to many bore similarities with the sketch of the key suspect and the comparison has now...

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Sushil Kumar is a 'legendary wrestler' but country will be a loser if trial is held: Delhi High Court

The court turned down his plea for a selection trial with Narsingh Yadav for the Rio Games. Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar on Monday lost a legal battle in the Delhi High Court which dismissed his plea for selection trial for Rio games observing it may "jeopardise" the chances of selected candidate Narsingh Pancham Yadav and the country would be the "loser". Justice Manmohan acknowledged Sushil's feats in the international...

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Frenchman 'planned attacks during Euro 2016' - Ukraine's SBU LIVE

A Frenchman detained last month with a large cache of arms was planning mass attacks during the Euro 2016 football tournament, which starts on Friday, Ukrainian officials say. The man, identified by French media as Gregoire Moutaux, 25, was arrested on the Ukrainian border with Poland. Intelligence chief Vasyl Hrytsak said the man had planned 15 attacks and was driven by ultra-nationalist views. He had amassed guns, detonators and...

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