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According to an email statement from the white house spokeswoman, Sarah Sanders, The United States President, Donald Trump had a telephone conversation with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. As at the time of filling this report, the issue discussed...

A key member of Kim Jong Un’s inner circle touted as a powerful military figure mysteriously vanished from public life recently, sparking rumors he was executed by a North Korean death squad after allegations of bribery, recent reports indicated. Hwang...

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday suffered a grievous parliamentary defeat over Brexit, after her own MPs rebelled to demand parliament have the final say on the divorce deal with Brussels. Members of May’s Conservative party joined with...

In response to America’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel, Islamic nations have put aside their differences and recognised East Jerusalem as the capital of occupied Palestine. This was made known in a communique issued by the Organisation...

Palestinians have the privilege to Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem as their capital, Saudi King Salman said Wednesday, echoing calls at an Islamic summit in Istanbul from which he had stayed away. The king remarked that, "The kingdom has called for a political...

Russia will “do everything necessary” to facilitate an agreement between rival camps in Libya to end the country’s political crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov disclosed on Tuesday. “We will assist in resolving all questions in negotiations...

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the former Libyan dictator, is seeking to make a comeback after years in detention, and claims to be leading a military campaign against terrorist groups around Tripoli. Gaddafi was freed in June after six years as the...

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has warned US recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital was a “threat to peace” as he hosted the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his first foreign trip since Donald Trump provoked widespread...

A former aide to American member of parliament, Trent Franks, has said the congressman repeatedly pressed her to carry his child, at one point offering her $5m to act as a surrogate mother. The eight-term lawmaker abruptly resigned Friday, bowing to an...

Israel's prime minister has said Palestinians must "get to grips with" the reality that Jerusalem is Israel's capital in order to move towards peace. Benjamin Netanyahu said Jerusalem had been the capital of Israel for 3,000 years and had "never been...

Michael Gove has said voters will be able to force changes to an EU withdrawal deal at the next election if they do not like it. The environment secretary’s comments came as prime minister Theresa May won public backing from both wings of the Tory party...

Bayern Munich have been fined €20,000 after fans threw fake notes on the pitch during a Champions League clash with Anderlecht last month. Supporters threw rolls of mock-up €500 bills at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in protest against the high cost...

Thousands of people joined a march against fascism in northern Italy on Saturday, in response to anti-immigration action by far-right groups. “Today in Como is an important day. There are more than 10,000 of us taking part in this demonstration against...

Well armed militants have killed at least 15 peacekeepers and five soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in one of the worst attacks on United Nations personnel in recent memory. More than 50 peacekeepers were left wounded after fighters...

The White House has disclosed that U.S. President Donald Trump will undergo a physical examination while promising to allow the results to be released. Trump will be examined by a doctor at Walter Reed, a military medical center, “scheduled for the first...

The Czech Republic on Wednesday evening plied the footsteps of U.S. President Donald Trump and said it recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. “The Czech Republic currently, before the peace between Israel and Palestine is signed,...

A towering angry and despairing voices across the Middle East and the world have implored Donald Trump not to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at a planned speech on Wednesday, warning him that any such announcement would destroy the peace...

Russia’s justice ministry on Tuesday named nine US media outlets including Voice of America as “foreign agents” after President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing international media to be slapped with the controversial label. The ministry said that...

Democratic leaders of the House and Senate agreed on Monday to meet with US President Donald Trump later in the week to discuss cogent issues in an attempt to avoid avert government shutdown. “We are hopeful the President will be open to an agreement...

Chinese authorities have irrevocably shut down an institute that was teaching women to be obedient and subordinate to men. The education bureau said the institute, which claimed it taught "traditional virtues", had violated socialist core values. An online...

The Afghan president has tendered unreserved apology to women for remarks he made about the traditional headscarf. On Saturday, Ashraf Ghani responded to claims that some government officials have links to so-called Islamic State. He said people should...

Donald Trump countered the FBI on Sunday with a fresh denial that he asked former director James Comey to drop an investigation into the conduct of one of his top aides, Michael Flynn. In a Twitter tirade, Mr Trump said the FBI's reputation was "in tatters"....

The British and the United States governments have warned their citizens of terrorist groups’ threat to carry out bomb attacks in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, during the Yuletide. In its latest foreign travel advice to British nationals, made...

US senators have passed a sweeping tax cuts bill, paving the way for Donald Trump's first big legislative victory. The package would mark the biggest tax overhaulu since the 1980s. It was passed by 51 votes to 49, after a series of amendments in a marathon...

French President, Emmanuel Macron has called on the Iraqi government to dismantle Militias in Iraq and called for dialogue between the semi- autonomous Kurdish regional government and the Iraqi government. While accepting the the prime minister of KRG...