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Samsung's foldable phone will be first—but at what cost? Samsung has been working on a foldable phone believed to be  called the Galaxy X  for years.

Facebook forces admins of popular pages to share location info Facebook is rolling out a new requirement to people who manage pages with a large following in the US: They'll soon have to confirm their locations.

Has China's 'Area 51' been found in the Gobi Desert? For decades, the U.S. government denied that Area 51, a top-secret military base in Nevada, existed, until 2013, when a 2005 Freedom of Information Act request forced the CIA to officially acknowledge it. Now, using images from Google Maps, conspiracy theorists claim they have found China's version in the Gobi desert.

Police officers test new restraint technology Police officers in Illinois are testing a new restraint weapon designed for situations where deadly force is not warranted.

A man was arrested after a car collided with security barriers outside London's parliament building and a number of pedestrians were injured, police said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ozy7MZ

Abbot's murder in desert monastery shocks Egypt's Christians It reads like a murder mystery set in an exotic locale: an abbot found dead in a desert monastery; a monk defrocked and arrested; another held by police and hospitalized after trying to kill himself — or did his fellow monks stage a revenge attack?

Beijing: Anti-China forces are criticizing Uighur crackdown China blamed "anti-China forces" on Tuesday for the growing criticism of Beijing's policies in a far western region where large groups of ethnic Uighurs are being detained in internment camps.

Mexico: Lopez Obrador expands plan for Yucatan tourist train Mexico's president-elect announced an even more ambitious proposal for a train on the Yucatan peninsula Monday that would link nearly all the region's main tourist draws and cost double or more than the previously announced figure.

Australia archbishop gets house detention for abuse cover-up The most senior Roman Catholic cleric convicted of covering up child sex abuse was ordered by an Australian court Tuesday to serve his 1-year sentence in home detention rather than jail.

Army Green Beret dies after IED explosion in southern Afghanistan A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier, who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, has died from wounds he received in a bomb blast in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province, the Pentagon announced Monday.

US Army Special Forces soldier killed in action Sgt. 1st Class Reymund Transfiguracion died from wounds received when an I.E.D. exploded while he was on patrol in Afghanistan.

Ex-Gitmo detainee now selling sweets in Uruguay capital A bit of sweetness has entered the life of at least one of the men formerly held at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

Lira falls as dispute between US and Turkey deepens Turkish President Erdogan says his country is under economic siege and that the U.S. is stabbing his country in the back; Rich Edson reports from the State Department.

Argentina's Fernandez denies charges in corruption case Former President Cristina Fernandez on Monday denied any wrongdoing following recent accusations that she was responsible for a corruption scheme involving public works contracts that has ensnared many of Argentina's former officials and business elite.

UN report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Iraq, Syria The Islamic State extremist group has up to 30,000 members roughly equally distributed between Syria and Iraq and its global network poses a rising threat — as does al-Qaida, which is much stronger in places, a United Nations report says.

A number of pedestrians have been injured, Scotland Yard say. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MMMVYh

National forecast for Friday, August 10 Janice Dean has your FoxCast.

The political wing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been to Damascus for a second round of talks with the state, the pro-government al-Watan newspaper said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Muj61K

China rejected on Monday allegations raised by a U.N. panel that 1 million Uighurs may be held in internment camps in the restive Xinjiang region, but said that some people underwent re-education after being deceived by extremists. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MaFf5A

Anti-China forces are behind criticism of policies in the far western region of Xinjiang, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after a U.N. panel aired accusations that a million ethnic Uighurs may be held in internment camps there. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2w0JCVS

Hundreds of people were hurt, two seriously, when a wooden platform collapsed at a seaside music festival in northwestern Spain on Sunday night, local authorities said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2P2rwf0

A former Australian archbishop, the most senior Catholic cleric in the world convicted of concealing child sex abuse, was spared jail on Tuesday when he was ordered to serve his one-year sentence at home. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MJgWrJ

A Thai court on Tuesday said it would extend a hearing into accusations of graft against Airports of Thailand Pcl (AOT) and duty-free retailer King Power, delaying a decision on whether to take up the case. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2B6gz9a

A fire broke out in a hospital in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon late on Monday, forcing staff to evacuate patients on stretchers and in wheelchairs, rescuers said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vEadsE

Egypt's president said on Monday Cairo was deeply concerned about security in the Red Sea following an attack by Yemen's Houthis on two oil tankers that forced Saudi Arabia to suspend crude shipments temporarily through the strait of Bab al-Mandab. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MJ09VR