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Hurricane Irma made landfall for the second time in Florida on Saturday, this time striking Marco Island near the popular shopping and golf destination of Naples, US forecasters said. The horrendous hurricane hit Marco Island at 3:35 pm (1935 GMT) as...

It’s strange to think of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a reliable source when it comes to geopolitical analysis. Yet when Putin talked about the US-North Korea nuclear standoff in a press conference on Thursday night, his assessment of the situation...

Canada’s most populous province has begun the sales of marijuana in government-regulated shops and over the internet by mid 2018 when recreational use of the drug becomes legal. Ontario’s Justice Minister Yasir Naqvi said a dozen shops will be open on...

The U.S has made a suggestion that a global oil embargo against North Korea, something both China and Russia oppose. The DPRK's neighbours to the north support UN sanctions against Pyongyang, but have firmly opposed unilateral US sanctions against North...

Myanmar’s military has been accused of planting landmines in the path of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in western Rakhine state, with Amnesty International reporting that two people were wounded on Sunday. Lt Col SM Ariful Islam, the commanding officer...

The Hurricane Irma which is recorded to be the powerful Atlantic storm ever wrecking havoc in the Caribbean and taken at least 14 lives, has been reportedly said to close to Florida. The National Hurricane Center has said, the hurricane is about 110 miles...

The United States President, Donald Trump has said on Saturday that he is set to speak to the Republican dominated Congress to fast track its effort to overhaul U. S tax code. Trump stated that this is needed because of the potential impact of Hurricane...

The Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has declared three days of national mourning after the fiercest earthquake to hit the country in a century left at least 65 people dead and destroyed thousands of buildings. More than 600 aftershocks have been...

The Oscar award winning actress, jennifer lawrence has finally expressed her opinion on the hurricane that has been hitting america lately. She said that she cannot help but believe that the hurricane is mother nature's way of expressing her disapproval...

For one group of high school students in Washington, D.C., the first week of classes ended on a high note. Former President Barack Obama made a surprise visit Friday to McKinley Technology High School, strolling ordinarily into a classroom to the disbelief...

Egypt made a pronouncement on the discovery of a pharaonic tomb in the southern city of Luxor belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago during the reign of the 18th dynasty. The tomb is located on the west bank of the river Nile...

The French meteorological agency on Saturday has circulated its highest warning for the Caribbean islands of St Martin and St Barts as Hurricane Jose bore down, same days after they were hit by Hurricane Irma. The warning is that the dangerous event of...

Sequel to court case filed by some churches against Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for exempting churches from those who are qualified and entitled for getting funds to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey. President Trump has thrown his...

The Trump administration is preparing to launch a package of diplomatic and military moves against North Korea, including cyberattacks and increased surveillance and intelligence operations. These are coming after the nation's sixth and largest nuclear...

The Syrian army disclosed that Israeli jets have attacked a site in the west of the country where Western powers suspect chemical weapons are being produced. An army statement says rockets fired from Lebanese airspace hit a military post near Masyaf,...

The Catalan parliament is expected on Wednesday to approve plans for a referendum to break away from Spain, setting it on a collision course with the Spanish government which has vowed to stop it. Lawmakers are ready to vote on the law approving an October...

A coalition of US states sued the Trump administration over its decision to end an amnesty program for 800,000 people brought illegally to the United States as minors. The lawsuit was filed in New York federal court by Democratic attorneys general of...

Comedian Steve Harvey Reveals He Regrets Meeting With Donald Trump In January Comedian and TV host, Steve Harvey says he regrets meeting then President-elect Donald Trump in January after suffering a torrent of criticism. In an interview given to The...

Fear, As Hurricane Rolls Fiercely toward USA Again, May Wipe Out Rico, Others Another Hurricane, Irma, regarded as one of the strongest storms ever seen in the Atlantic, is set to hit the United States at a calculated speed of 300km per hour.Worse still,...

The U.S President Donald Trump has offered on Thursday to employ mediation in the rift between Qatar and its Arab neighbors and said he believed the dispute could be solved. “I would be willing to be the mediator,” he told reporters at a joint press conference...

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the escalating crisis over North Korea's weapons program risks developing into a "global catastrophe" with mass casualties. Having seen how western intervention in Iraq ended in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein...

On Tuesday, Federal Police found a "bunker" with thousands of notes in reais owned by Geddel Vieira Lima, former minister of Michel Temer. The amount seized will be transported to a bank where it will be accounted for and deposited in a court account....

A mother has donated eight gallons of her breast milk to nursing mothers that survived Hurricane Harvey. Reports stated that the Missouri woman, Danielle Palmer who said she was moved after watching footage of the storm on TV took the bottled breast milk...

A draft United Nations resolution has sought to impose a travel ban on Kim Jong-un as part of a range of new sanctions against North Korea aimed at curbing its nuclear weapons programme. The US is pushing the UN Security Council to place an oil embargo...

A suspected bomb-making laboratory was discovered Wednesday in an unoccupied apartment in a Paris suburb, leading to the arrest of two. However, One of the arrested pair, aged 36 and 47, is the owner of the flat, sources close to the probe said.Police...