Ankara / AFP Turkish authorities on Thursday imposed a three-month state of emergency, strengthening powers to round up suspects accused of staging the failed military coup despite global alarm over a widening purge. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the state of emergency, Turkey’s first in 14 years, shortly before midnight after a marathon meeting of his national security council, …

  Beijing/ AFP Torrential rain lashing northern China in recent days has left nearly 100 people dead or missing, official figures showed. At least 24 people in the provinces of Hebei, which surrounds Beijing, Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi have been confirmed dead in a rainstorm that has been pounding the region since Monday, according to figures from the civil affairs …

  Gyeonggi / Emirates Business Man Hee Lee, Chairman of Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) was bestowed with the “Mahatma Gandhi Prize for Non-Violent Peace” at the Peace Palace in Gyeonggi, South Korea on July 19. Mahatma Gandhi Prize for Nonviolent Peace, is an international award boasting of renowned past winners, including Jimmy Carter, Nelson Mandela, Margaret …