NICOSIA -- Twelve Israelis were arrested Wednesday over an alleged gang-rape of a British woman in the Cypriot resort town of Ayia Napa.

The 19-year-old woman filed a complaint at a local police station on Wednesday morning, claiming that the suspects raped her in a hotel the night before, local media reported. (Cyprus-Tourist-Gang Rape)

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WASHINGTON -- Despite support from nearly 100 lawmakers, a resolution to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump was killed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The House voted 332-95 to table the bill, signifying a deeply divided Democratic Party on whether to impeach Trump, especially after Trump fired racially charged tweets at progressive lawmakers that evoked outcry from both sides of the aisle. (US-Trump-Impeachment)

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NEW YORK -- French billionaire Bernard Arnault, the CEO of luxury goods maker LVMH, has overtaken Bill Gates as the world's second richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Arnault, 70, has a net worth of around 108 billion U.S. dollars, while Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, now is valued at 107 billion dollars. (World-Richest)

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Top U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing said Wednesday it will give 50 million U.S. dollars in near-term financial relief to the families of passengers and crew members who died in two deadly air crashes.

The money "represents the initial expenditure of a 100 million dollar pledge by Boeing to address family and community needs of those affected by the accidents," said the company in a statement. (US-Boeing-Funds)

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LONDON -- Boris Johnson, a frontrunner in the race to become the next British prime minister, ruled out a general election deal with the newly-formed Brexit Party in his final Conservative Party leadership debate on Wednesday.

The Conservative Party has been badly stung by the Brexit Party, which was launched earlier this year by veteran Eurosceptic Nigel Farage and stormed to the top place in the European Parliament elections. (UK-PM-Frontrunner)

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TOKYO -- A fire at an animation studio in the city of Kyoto, western Japan, left multiple people dead and more than 30 others injured, some of them seriously, local media quoted investigators as saying Thursday.

According to local reports, 10 people who were found lying unconscious inside the three-storey studio of Kyoto Animation Co. were believed to have died in the blaze, police at the scene said. (Japan-Fire) Enditem

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