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A US envoy signalled early on saturday that President Donald Trump may be ready to soften his stance on the Paris climate pact. Any shift in the US position on the historic deal could be hugely significant, after Trump announced in June that he was abandoning...

North Korea said on Saturday it aims to reach an “equilibrium” of military force with the United States, which earlier signaled its patience for diplomacy is wearing thin after Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan for the second time in under a month....

Supporters of Catalan independence from Spain are rallying in Barcelona behind more than 700 mayors facing the threat of arrest for backing a referendum separatists plan to hold on 1 October. The mayors have been called in for questioning by prosecutors...

Uganda's Health State Minister, Sarah Opendi, visited the China-Naguru hospital incognito to check how it has been run only to discover that patients have to bribe hospital staff to get treatment. Two of the nurses who were to attend to her, asked her...

A spokeswoman for President Beji Caid Essebsi has confirmed today that Tunisia has overturned the law banning women from marrying non-Muslims.The announcement was made today while congratulating women on gaining "the freedom to choose one's spouse". Tunisia,...

There have been a lot of confusion about what will be Aamir Khan‘s look in Thugs Of Hindostan. When he started sporting a long and dense beard, everybody speculated that it was for the YRF project. But turned out it wasn’t. Later when he was seen in yet...

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of terror offences in connection with Friday's attack on a London Tube. The man was detained in the port area of Dover on Saturday by Kent Police and is being held at a local station. Metropolitan Police...

President Donald Trump sparked fury in London and yet another pointed rebuke from Prime Minster Theresa May Friday after he claimed “loser terrorists” behind a botched London train attack were known to British police. Trump took to Twitter to condemn...

A United Nations report has shown that the number of people in dire need of food globally increased to 815 million in 2016 from 777 million in 2015. According to The State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition in the World, global hunger numbers fell steadily...

On Friday morning, a North Korean ballistic missile flew over the Japanese island of Hokkaido and into the Pacific Ocean. This was the second time in less than three weeks that a missile has flown over Japan; worryingly, it came just a day after Pyongyang...

A Pakistani Christian has been handed a death sentence for allegedly sending a poem insulting Islam, in particular Prophet Mohammed, to a Muslim friend via WhatsApp. The friend reported him to police, annoyed by the Christian man's affair with a Muslim...

British Prime minister, Teresa May has raised the country terror threat level to critical, meaning an attack could be imminent. The "Islamic State" said it was linked to the blast that injured 29 people in a crowded London Underground train. British police...

The French president, President Emmanuel Marcon, has encouraged other Gulf nations to lift the ban they have placed on Qatar. Qatar, was accused of supporting extremism by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates,and which led the Gulf...

Beijing has condemned recent ballistic missile launched by North Korea. The North Korean President, Kim Jong Un, claimed that the missile launch is a sign of warning against the its sanctions by UN. Meanwhile, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman, Hua...

An allegation over a paedophile's links to Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has prompted the collapse of Iceland's ruling coalition. The Bright Future party announced it was withdrawing from the three-party coalition after nine months in office. It...

Angola's Constitutional Court (CC) Wednesday ruled against an opposition petition seeking to overturn the results of the August 23 election which extended the ruling MPLA party's 42-year grip on power. CC head Rui Ferreira made the announcement saying...

South Korea has been angered by Pyongyang’s latest missile launch, with president Moon Jae-in warning that further provocations could result in complete destruction. He also ruled out the possibility of opening a dialogue with the belligerent North. “In...

August was a noisy month for both Washington and Beijing. The Trump White House opened an investigation into China's intellectual property policies. Meanwhile, the Chinese government launched an anti-dumping probe into some rubber imports from the US...

North Korea fired an unidentified missile eastward from the Sunan district in its capital, Pyongyang, South Korea’s military said. The South Korean and US militaries were analysing details of the launch, South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said. Japan’s...

I Tunisia has abolished the law that ban Muslim women from marrying non-Muslims. The law which has been existing since 1973 was scrapped, as the President Beji Essebsi called for scrapping of the law which violates fundamental human rights to choose a...

I 'The wall is already under construction' - Donald Trump US President Donald Trump who campaigned rigorously on building a border wall back in 2016 tweeted that the wall is already under construction and will continue to be built.

North Korea has threatened to sink Japan and make the US be “beaten to death like a rabid dog” after the two countries spearheaded fresh UN security council sanctions in response to the regime’s recent nuclear test. It is the first time that Pyongyang...

Both the U.S. House and Senate Democratic leaders have agreed with President Donald Trump to quickly put into law protections for undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children, while also working on border security measures that do not include...

Both the U.S. House and Senate Democratic leaders have agreed with President Donald Trump to quickly put into law protections for undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children, while also working on border security measures that do not include...

The U.S President, Donald Trump has barricaded the acquisition of a U.S. computer chip manufacturer by a Chinese company, calling it a threat to national security. The Chinese-owned Canyon Bridge Fund has sought to take over Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor...