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Prime Minister Theresa May is attempting to allay disquiet about her surprise delay to a Chinese-backed nuclear power plant by reassuring China's leader that Britain wants strong relations with Beijing.

The Latest on the developments in Syria's civil war after Russian warplanes took off on Tuesday from Iran to bomb Islamic State militants in Syria (all times local): 12:50 p.m.

The ousted editors of a liberal Chinese magazine are suing the government in an effort to wrest back control of one of the country's best-known political journals.

Official figures show consumer prices in Britain rose more than expected in July, while the cost of raw materials for manufacturers grew as a result of the pound's drop in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union.

Police say that a man attacked passengers on a train in western Austria, seriously wounding two people.

A breakaway Taliban faction in Afghanistan has appointed a new leader for the group, the nephew of the faction's leader who was killed last year.

Russia's Defense Ministry says that Russian warplanes have taken off from a base in Iran to target Islamic State fighters in Syria.

The International Commission of Jurists says its Central America director's home in Guatemala has been ransacked by armed men.

Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces say they have completed the operation to retake a string of villages east of the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group, an advance that is part of laying the groundwork ahead of the key battle for Iraq's second-largest city.

Turkey's state-run news agency says police have launched simultaneous raids on 44 companies suspected of providing financial support to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen's movement.

The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton has posted a $6.4 billion loss, the worst full-year result in the Anglo-Australian company's history.

Iranian police say security forces have killed three armed Sunni militants in a firefight in the country's west.

Iran's state-run news agency is reporting that authorities have detained an Iranian-British citizen, alleging the person had links to the British intelligence service.

Police say three people have been killed in troubled Indian Kashmir as hundreds clashed with government troops during anti-India protests.

The tropical glaciers of South America are dying from soot and rising temperatures, threatening water supplies to communities that have depended on them for centuries.

Police and troops are searching for 10 to 12 suspected gang members who were abducted in a shocking raid by gunmen on an apparent celebration at an upscale restaurant in the popular beach resort of Puerto Vallarta.

An adult Indian elephant that became trapped in a swamp in Bangladesh after being caught up in raging floodwaters has died after weeks of struggling for survival.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he would personally like to see a woman become the next United Nations chief for the first time since the world body was established more than 70 years ago.

Fifteen prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have been released to the United Arab Emirates in the single largest transfer of detainees during the Obama administration.

Belgian media reports say police have shot an armed man who refused to hand over a gun he was carrying in the city of Ghent, with the country still on high alert in the wake of suicide attacks in Brussels in March.