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File image of deputies in Spain’s Congress. Photo: AFP The new batch of MPs to take their seats in Spain’s Congress will include more women than ever before – almost but not quite as many as men. With all the votes counted on Monday morning, it is now clear that 46.8 percent of elected members […]

President Donald Trump told reporters he would “hold a very positive rally instead” of attending the “so boring” White House Correspondents’ Dinner. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images   President Donald Trump was exactly where he wanted to be Saturday night — far away from Washington and the gala of journalists who cover his administration. As the […]

April 28, 2019 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s opposition and military council agreed to form a joint transitional authority but failed to define its tasks or the representation of each side. The Freedom and Change forces and the military council held two meetings on Saturday to discuss the formation of the transitional institutions, in line with an […]

A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-214ON at Ramenskoye Airport in Moscow region. ©  Wikipedia / Oleg Belyakov A Russian Tu-214ON Spy plane has reportedly made a reconnaissance tour over the southwestern US, taking a glimpse at an array of military bases as well as nuclear and chemical weapons depots as part of the Open Skies treaty. The […]

Soldiers evacuate an injured child after the raid on suspected Easter bombers in Kalmunai [AFP] The bodies of 15 people, including six children, have been discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka. A police spokesman on Saturday said three suspected suicide bombers were among the 15 dead […]

This picture shows an aid convoy of the Red Crescent arriving at the Rukban desert camp for displaced Syrians along Syria’s border with Jordan on February 06, 2019. (AFP) More than 7,000 people have left a desperate desert camp for displaced Syrians near the Jordanian border since March, a United Nations spokesperson said on Friday. […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Mohamed Noor fled Somalia’s civil war as a child, following a well-worn path with his family to a refugee camp in Kenya, the U.S. and eventually Minnesota. After a difficult start, he “fell in love” with his new city, Minneapolis, and carved out a life in business. Then he spotted an online […]

“We have nothing to do with Russia except that we have been tougher on Russia than any administration in 50 years,” President Donald Trump said. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo   “We have nothing to do with Russia except that we have been tougher on Russia than any administration in 50 years,” President Donald Trump said. […]

Entire families attending Easter Mass, a mother and daughter enjoying breakfast on the Christian holy day, a newlywed man on honeymoon – these are the victims of the devastating bomb blasts that rocked churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Scores of children, many of them from the same family, are among the 359 people killed when […]

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok © RIA Novosti / Valery Melnikov Leaders of Russia and North Korea sat down for a historic summit in Vladivostok, expressing hope it will revive the peace process in the Korean Peninsula and talks on normalizing relations with the US. The summit […]