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Saudi Arabia’s leadership has pulled off its boldest move yet to consolidate power around its young crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, arresting 11 senior princes, one of the country’s richest men and scores of former ministers in what it billed as a...

Donald Trump’s five-nation trip to Asia may take him away from his battles with opponents and prosecutors in Washington, but it will inject his volatile, combative personality into the heart of the most dangerous nuclear standoff in the world. The president...

Lol. So this was sported in Uganda. Even the police officer isn't pleased with the choice of vehicle....See the look on his face...lol

Surrounded by the cabinet, Trump -- who ran for the White House on a promise to end what he called "radical Islamic terrorism" -- announced he was "starting the process of terminating" America's green card lottery. "Diversity lottery. Diversity lottery....

Thousands of Catalans have protested against the detention of eight regional ministers sacked over Catalonia's push for independence from Spain. The officials - who appeared in Spain's high court - are accused of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public...

A 19-year-old Moscow college student stabbed his teacher to death following a dispute in the classroom then he went on to take a selfie of himself smiling over the dead body. But he did not stop there. He went on to commit suicide seconds after he posted...

Nabih al-Wahsh's, an Egyptian lawyer, has sparked outrage after he said that harassing and raping girls who wear revealing clothes such as ripped jeans is a “patrotic and national duty”. This controversial statement was made by him during a debate over...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would end the popular US green card lottery after a radicalized Uzbek man who entered the country under the programme killed eight people in New York. “I am starting the process of terminating the diversity...

New York authorities have ended their first briefing, hours after a vehicle entered a bike path in lower Manhattan in an incident officials have called an “act of terror”. Here’s what we know so far: Eight people were killed, and 11 others were seriously...

An Italian court has sentenced an HIV-positive man to 24 years in jail for intentionally infecting 30 women he had unprotected sex with over nearly 10 years.Under the pseudonym "Hearty Style", 33-year-old accountant Valentino Talluto seduced dozens of...

Conjoined twins born with two heads and sharing the same torso defied the odds to be born alive. The two boys were placed on a ventilator at birth but doctors said their chances of survival were zero. The unnamed babies weighed just over eight pounds...

The special investigation into Russian election meddling closed in dramatically on Donald Trump on Monday, as news broke that a former foreign policy adviser pleaded guilty to perjury over his contacts with Russians linked to the Kremlin and the president’s...

Saudi Arabia will allow women to attend sports events in stadiums for the first time from next year, officials say. Families will be able to enter the stadiums in three major cities - Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam. It is another move towards giving more freedom...

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his longtime business partner Rick Gates have been charged in a 12-count indictment with conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money and making false statements. The special counsel...

George Papadopoulos, a former campaign adviser to President Trump, pleaded guilty earlier this month to lying to federal officials about his contacts with Russian nationals he believed had ties to the Russian government during Trump's presidential campaign....

The Spanish government has said the deposed Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, could be jailed within the next two months over his part in the regional parliament’s unilateral declaration of independence. The warning came on Sunday afternoon as hundreds...

The Trump administration is working on a nuclear weapons policy that is intended to mark a decisive end to the era of post-cold war disarmament, by bolstering the US arsenal and loosening the conditions under which it would be used. A draft of the new...

The Spanish government has taken control of Catalonia, dissolved its parliament and announced new elections after secessionist Catalan MPs voted to establish an independent republic, pushing the country’s worst political crisis in 40 years to new and...

The Catalan regional parliament has voted to declare independence from Spain, while the Spanish parliament has approved direct rule over the region. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy had told senators direct rule was needed to return "law, democracy...

Vice President Mike Pence announced Wednesday night that the Trump administration will no longer fund "ineffective" programs run by the United Nations to help persecuted communities and will instead send money to such groups directly through the US Agency...

Syria's government was responsible for a deadly chemical attack on a rebel-held town in the north-west of the country on 4 April, a UN report says. The authors say they are "confident" Damascus used Sarin nerve agent in Khan Sheikhoun, killing more than...

Supporters of independence gathered outside the Catalan parliament as the vote was taking place The Catalan regional parliament has voted to declare independence from Spain, just as the Spanish government appears set to impose direct rule. The move was...

Yesterday morning, an explosion at a fireworks factory near the Indonesian capital killed at least 47 people, most of them female workers who were locked inside, and injured dozens. Witnesses said a huge explosion was heard from the factory at about 10...

Dr. Hannes Vogel, director of neuropathology at Stanford University Medical Center will next month receive the brains of Stephen Paddock, who killed 58 concertgoers in Las Vegas earlier this month in a rampage without any clear motive. While law enforcement...

Russia conducted several ballistic missile tests on Thursday from “land, air and sea” as part of its strategic nuclear programme, the Defence ministry announced. Russian military forces “have carried out an exercise to manage its strategic nuclear forces,”...