World News Update, What you need to know

World News Update, What you need to know

Russia has blocked a push at the United Nations Security Council, led by Malaysia and supported by other nations including Australia, to establish an international criminal tribunal to bring

ELSEWHERE:

LOS ANGELES - Australian authorities, who have led the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, are working to determine if debris washed up on an isolated Indian Ocean island is from the missing plane

KABUL - Taliban supremo Mullah Omar died two years ago in Pakistan, Afghanistan has confirmed, after unnamed government and militant sources reported the demise of the reclusive warrior-cleric.

CHICAGO, Illinois - An Ohio police officer who shot a black man during a routine traffic stop has been charged with murder, with prosecutors calling the killing a "senseless" act motivated by anger.

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has warned he would resort to early elections if hardliners in his party continued to resist an unpopular new bailout deal that promised debt relief.

KIEV - Ukraine's security service has announced the capture of a Russian army major who was allegedly delivering explosives to pro-Kremlin rebels in the separatist east.

HWANGE, Zimbabwe - A professional Zimbabwean hunter has been granted bail on charges of "failing to prevent an illegal hunt" after he organised an expedition in which an American dentist killed a lion popular with tourists.

NEW DELHI - India's president has rejected a last-ditch plea to stay the execution of Yakub Memon for his role in the country's worst ever attack, Press Trust of India reports.


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