A suicide attack targeted police on the main street of Tunisia's capital on Thursday morning, wounding a civilian and several police personnel, a police officer at the scene told AFP.
Body parts were strewn in the road around a police car on Habib Bourguiba avenue near the old city in Tunis, an AFP correspondent said.

Suicide blast targets police on Tunisia capital's main avenue: police

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- German authorities said Thursday they have arrested a Bosnian man wanted in connection with the 2015 Paris attacks and are preparing his extradition to Belgium.
The German federal police office and Dresden prosecutors said in a joint statement that the 39-year-old suspect was picked up on the night of June 19-20 on a European arrest warrant issued by the Belgian authorities.
He is accused "of abetting a terrorist organisation linked to the terror attacks, including on the Bataclan concert hall, on November 13, 2015 in Paris".
The German authorities said that he had been targeted in a separate investigation against two Bosnian citizens on suspicion of violating a military weapons control law.
They said that a still ongoing probe led to the whereabouts of the suspect, who was not named.
He was put before a German judge last week on the basis of the European arrest warrant and is in custody for extradition to Belgium.
The synchronised shooting and suicide attacks by Islamic State ...

Bosnian arrested over 2015 Paris attacks: German police

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday suffered another episode of uncontrolled trembling, a week after a similar incident that sparked questions about her health.
The latest lapse came hours before Merkel was due to board a plane for the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan.
The German leader began to tremble as she stood next to President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who was giving a speech at a ceremony to formally appoint a new justice minister.
The shaking went on for two minutes, according to a DPA photographer who was present at the event.
Merkel folded her arms visibly in a bid to stop the trembling.
She only finally brought it under control once she was able to take a few steps.
She was offered a glass of water but turned it down.
Her previous bout of shaking last Tuesday had been blamed on dehydration on a hot summer's day.
Despite the latest incident, a German government spokesman said Merkel would not be cancelling any appointments on Thursday and Friday.
"The chancellor is well," .

Merkel suffers new trembling spell on eve of G20

Britain on Thursday became the world's first major economy to adopt the tough new target of lowering fossil fuel emissions to a level of net zero by 2050.
Energy and Clean Growth Minister Chris Skidmore signed the order paper enacting the legislation after it passed both houses of parliament without a vote earlier this week.
"The UK kick-started the Industrial Revolution, which was responsible for economic growth across the globe but also for increasing emissions," Skidmore said in a statement.
"Today we're leading the world yet again in becoming the first major economy to pass new laws to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050 while remaining committed to growing the economy."
The deadline is more ambitious than Britain's previous policy of cutting emissions by 80 percent over the same period.
Finance minister Philip Hammond has reportedly warned it could cost more than 1.0 trillion Pound (USD 1.3 trillion, 1.1 trillion euros) to cut the 2050 target to net zero.
Britain's top advisory .

Britain adopts 2050 net zero emissions target

Scores of people with links to an ethno-nationalist party in Ethiopia's Amhara state have been arrested after an attempted coup in the region, a party spokesman said Thursday.
"In Addis Ababa alone, 56 of our members and sympathisers have been arrested while dozens other NaMA (National Amhara Movement) sympathisers and members in Oromia have also been arrested," said party spokesman Christian Tadele.
"The campaign of arrests against NaMa members and sympathisers isn't just directed against a party, but is also an identity-based attack," Christian told AFP.
Other arrests have also taken place as the government scrambles to contain a political crisis highlighted by the attempt to take over the state government in Amhara -- the second-largest region -- which left three top leaders dead.
The Saturday attack is believed to have been linked to the murder of the army chief Seare Mekonnen by his bodyguard in Addis Ababa.
The violence is seen as a backlash to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ...

Scores from Amhara party arrested in Ethiopia after coup bid

Japan's foreign minister said Thursday he has pleaded with Britain to avoid a no-deal Brexit, as the candidates vying to be the next UK prime minister warn the country could leave the EU without an agreement.
Taro Kono said he had made the appeals in past and present meetings with his British counterpart Jeremy Hunt and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, who are currently battling to replace outgoing premier Theresa May.
"We're very concerned with (a) no-deal Brexit," he told BBC News on the eve of Japan hosting a two-day G20 summit in Osaka.
"We've been asking (the) UK government (to) let the Japanese companies know what they can expect.
"Whenever we've had meetings, that was one of the major issues: 'please, no no-deal Brexit'."
Noting that more than 1,000 Japanese companies currently operate in Britain, Kono warned a disorderly departure from the European Union risked disrupting investment.
"Many companies are worried about (the) implications because they don't know what's ...

Japan 'very concerned' over no-deal Brexit: foreign minister

President Donald Trump arrived in Japan's Osaka on Thursday on the eve of a high-stakes G20 summit likely to be dominated by trade tensions between the United States and China.
Before leaving, Trump had lashed out at China as well as at allies India, Japan and Germany, setting the tone for what could be a fractious meeting of world leaders.

US President Donald Trump arrives in Japan for G20 summit

A forest fire in Spain raged out of control on Thursday amid a Europe-wide heatwave, devouring land despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters who worked through the night, local authorities said.
The blaze broke out on Wednesday afternoon in Torre del Espanol in the northeastern region of Catalonia and by Thursday it had destroyed more than 4,000 hectares (10,000 acres), the region's interior minister Miquel Buch said.
"The difficulties are such that we can't talk about a fire that is under control or in the extinction phase, but rather that we're at a moment when the blaze is getting bigger," he told Catalan radio.
In a statement, Catalonia's regional government warned the fire could eventually devour 20,000 hectares in what presented an "extreme risk." The fire spread quickly due to strong winds and soaring temperatures.
Buch said it may have been caused by "an accumulation of manure in a farm that generated enough heat to explode and generate sparks." So far, some 30 people ..

Spain wildfire out of control amid Europe heatwave

Sri Lanka's tourism industry is recovering faster than expected after the Easter Sunday suicide bombings shook the island nation, giving a much-needed boost to the economy, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera told AFP.
The country was hit by mass cancellations after Islamic State-backed jihadists attacked three churches and three hotels on April 21, leaving 258 dead, including dozens of foreigners.
Yet even in the bombing's aftermath, domestic tourists filled hotels, and visitors from key European markets are already starting to return, Samaraweera said in an interview on Wednesday.
Samaraweera had initially predicted that Sri Lanka could lose 30 percent of its tourism revenues -- about $1.5 billion this year -- but now believes the loss will be less than one billion.
"We are beginning to feel that the situation was not as dire as we expected," Samaraweera said. "Bookings are coming back." Hotels were able to keep staff by offering "excellent packages" to Sri Lankan tourists, he ...

Sri Lanka tourism fighting back from Easter bombings: minister

A former Vietnamese lawyer was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday for plotting an attack on a major meeting of world leaders with the help of an outlawed US-based anti-communist group, state media reported.
Tran Cong Khai was accused of working with the Provisional National Government of Vietnam (PNGV), a California-based organisation with a self-appointed prime minister that pledges allegiance to the former South Vietnam regime.
A Ho Chi Minh City court found him guilty of planning an attack at a 2017 meeting of leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), which included US President Donald Trump, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping of China.
Khai was arrested before the alleged attack could take place, the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
Khai was also convicted for calling people to join a referendum to usher PNGV's leader Dao Minh Quan into power, with the intention of bringing him back to Vietnam to rule, VNA said.
The court said Khai's ...

Vietnam jails ex-lawyer for plotting APEC attack

A total of 535 people have been killed since 2010 after being hit by trains while wearing headphones on tracks in and around the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, police said Thursday.
The mostly unfenced railways of the South Asian country of 165 million people are notoriously dangerous, with around 1,000 fatal accidents or suicides every year.
But police said in recent years "headphone walkers" have become a new menace as people walk on tracks listening to music or talking on mobile phones using earphones.
"Walking on railway tracks and putting on headphones is banned in the country. Still a lot of people ignore the ban and are killed by trains," Dhaka rail police chief Yeasin Faroque Mozumder told AFP.
Fatalities hit a record high in 2014 when 109 people died. Numbers have declined since thanks to an awareness campaign, but police said 54 people were still killed in this way last year.
Morshed Alam, the deputy railway police chief, said they have held awareness rallies and processions, ...

535 'phone walkers' killed by Dhaka trains

US President Donald Trump set the tone Thursday for what promises to be a stormy G20 summit by lashing out at friends and foes alike over trade tariffs and foreign policy.
The long-running US-China trade war looked set to dominate the two-day meeting of world leaders in Osaka from Friday but clashes also loomed over climate and hotspots including North Korea and Iran.
On board Air Force One en route to Japan, Trump fired off a characteristically bullish tweet, chiding long-standing ally India for "unacceptable" tariffs on American goods.
"India, for years having put very high Tariffs against the United States, just recently increased the Tariffs even further. This is unacceptable and the Tariffs must be withdrawn," tweeted Trump.
The US president had earlier taken aim at China, saying Beijing wanted to do a deal because the world's number-two economy was "going down the tubes".
Furious at what he sees as an unfair advantage in the trading system, Trump has already hit Beijing with ...

Feisty Trump sets tone as stormy G20 looms

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has said that a lack of action by US authorities on fake political content on the platform after the 2016 US election helped pave the way for a subsequent avalanche of online disinformation.
The CEO - who has himself been widely criticised for a lackluster response to fake news - also called on governments to further regulate private data, political advertising and step up efforts to prevent state actors from interfering in US elections.
"As a private company we don't have the tools to make the Russian government stop... our government is the one that has the tools to apply pressure to Russia," he said during an on-stage interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado on Wednesday.
"After 2016 when the government didn't take any kind of counter action, the signal that was sent to the world was that 'ok we're open for business', countries can try to do this stuff... fundamentally there isn't going to be a major recourse from the American ...

Zuckerberg says US govt inaction allowed fake news to spread

A Russian passenger plane overshot the runway, crashed into a building and caught fire at an airport in Siberia on Thursday, killing two crew members, officials said.
The small An-24 aircraft, travelling from Ulan-Ude in Siberia, was attempting an emergency landing at Nizhneangarsk airport, the regional government of Buryatia said.
But the plane went 100 metres off the tarmac and "crashed into a waste treatment facility building".
"The plane caught fire," it said on its official Instagram account.  Two crew members were killed and 43 passengers, including a child, survived.
Investigators launched a probe into possible violation of air safety regulations, the transport investigators of Eastern Siberia said in a statement.
The plane belonged to regional Angara airline and was on a regular flight.

Two killed as plane hits building in Siberia

Nigerian troops have thwarted a Boko Haram attack on a military formation in the volatile northeast, killing dozens of jihadists, the army said Thursday.
Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in seven gun trucks and motorcycles stormed the base at Goniri, Yobe state on Wednesday evening, army spokesman Sagir Musa said in a statement.
The ambush "resulted in the annihilation of dozens of terrorists", while many fled with injuries, he said.
Five gun trucks, weapons and rounds of ammunition were recovered from the jihadists, while their motorcycles were destroyed.
Musa did not say if the military lost soldiers in the encounter.
IS-affliated Boko Haram has launched series of attacks on military bases and government targets in the northeast, leaving scores of troops dead.
In a related development, the Nigerian airforce said on Thursday it had destroyed ISWAP formations at Kollaram, in nearby Borno state.
Wednesday's attack "was executed following series of ...

Nigerian troops repel jihadist attack on military base: Army

Frank Lampard can be a successful manager of Chelsea due to his work ethic and ability to thrive under pressure, says close friend and fellow club legend John Terry.
Lampard -- who along with Terry won a treasure trove of trophies including three Premier League titles and the 2012 Champions League -- is expected to leave second tier Derby after just one season in management and become Chelsea's new manager.
Maurizio Sarri's departure for Juventus after one season -- in which they won the Europa League and qualified for the Champions League -- opened the way for Lampard's return.
Terry told the Daily Mail it is not because of their close friendship he believes Lampard -- who will become the 14th manager since Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003 -- will succeed in difficult circumstances.
He believes Lampard has the right stuff to meet the challenges head on. The thorniest could be the fact that Chelsea cannot replace their star player Eden Hazard -- who signed for 

Lampard will succeed as Chelsea manager, says Terry

North Korea on Thursday warned the South to stop "meddling" in nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington, denying President Moon Jae-in's assertion that dialogue was under way between the two Koreas.
"The reality is the contrary," senior foreign ministry official Kwon Jong Gun said in a statement carried by the state news agency KCNA.
"The south Korean authorities would better mind their own internal business," he added, in a stinging rebuke to the North's neighbour days before US President Donald Trump arrives in Seoul amid a nuclear deadlock.
Negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington have been stalled since February when a second summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un collapsed in Hanoi as the pair failed to agree on what the North would be willing to give up in exchange for sanctions relief.
The two sides have had minimal contact since -- aside from exchanges of letters between their leaders.
The dovish Moon said Wednesday that "behind-the-scenes talks" ..

N. Korea slams South for 'meddling' in US talks

Babar Azam says Pakistan have the belief they can win their remaining games to complete a dramatic turnaround and reach the World Cup semi-finals following victory against a strong New Zealand side on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old hit a match-winning unbeaten 101 to anchor Pakistan's reply to New Zealand's score of 237 for six at Edgbaston.
Captain Sarfaraz Ahmed hit the winning runs in the final over as they finished on 241-4 to win by six wickets.
Pakistan had a disastrous start to their World Cup campaign, losing three of their first five matches with a single victory, against England, and a no-result.
But Sunday's win over South Africa at Lord's and Wednesday's victory in Birmingham have revived their hopes of pulling off a sensational comeback.
Their next game is on Saturday against Afghanistan, who have lost all seven of their matches at the tournament in England and Wales and they finish their group fixtures against Bangladesh, who are level with Pakistan on seven points.
Sri ...

World Cup hero Babar Azam says belief is key for Pakistan

All-rounder Jimmy Neesham is confident that New Zealand's defeat against Pakistan in Birmingham on Wednesday will not derail their World Cup bid.
The 2015 runners-up lost by six wickets to a resurgent Pakistan, on the back of a brilliant unbeaten 101 by Babar Azam and three wickets from teenage paceman Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Neesham led New Zealand's fightback with a career-best undefeated 97 to lift them from a precarious 83-5 to 237-6 in their 50 overs at Edgbaston but they went down to their first defeat of the tournament.
Victory would have seen Kane Williamson's team become the second team to qualify for the World Cup semi-finals after defending champions Australia.
Despite the setback New Zealand, who have never won the World Cup, are still well-placed, second in the 10-team table on 11 points from seven games.
"I think you'd be pretty naive to expect to go through the whole tournament unbeaten," said the 28-year-old Neesham. "There are too many quality teams going around to ...

New Zealand can shrug off Pakistan World Cup defeat, says Neesham

With the burden of being world number one lifted, Naomi Osaka will set her sights on Wimbledon, buoyed by the support of Roger Federer and praying for a decent draw this year.
The 21-year-old Japanese star saw her hopes of a third consecutive Grand Slam title end in a dispiriting third round exit at Roland Garros.
She admitted that loss to Katerina Siniakova, ranked 42 at the time, was "the best thing that could have happened" for a player so uncomfortable in the spotlight.
Since then, she has lost her top ranking and will head into Wimbledon next week seeded at number two.
Osaka could not be more thrilled.
"During my entire clay season, it kind of mattered and it showed because I was kind of stressed out the entire time," she said when asked about the intense scrutiny which came with being the world's top player who was hunting a Paris title to add to her US and Australian Open crowns.
"Now, I'm just kind of having fun. I'm kind of chilling." At the French Open, Osaka complained that 

Pressure off as Osaka hopes for better Wimbledon fortune

The 17-year-old youth on the other side of the Wimbledon net looked like an easy match-up for Jiri Novak, but the five-setter made the grizzled Czech rethink the man who would become "exceptional and an icon".
Novak could breathe a sigh of relief as the scoreboard said he had beaten a certain Roger Federer of Switzerland 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 after two hours and 18 minutes in the first round in 1999.
Federer made his Wimbledon debut that day 20 years ago but few imagined that the youngster would eventually go on to be widely regarded as the greatest player of all time.
"I was in the top 100, I had no problem qualifying for Wimbledon and I played against Roger who was a junior and a wild card," Novak told AFP.
"I was thinking -- what a great draw, I wasn't too good on grass so I thought this was a good chance to win a match," added Novak, who was 24 at the time.
He bowed out of that edition of Wimbledon in the second round, seen off by American Todd Martin in straight sets, and was ..

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