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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not step down from his role in the negotiations with North Korea, despite calls from Pyonyang for him to step aside and let someone “more mature” take over. “Nothing’s changed. We’re continuing to work to negotiate. I’m still in charge of the team,” Pompeo said in Washington, at […]

FILE PHOTO © Reuters / Rick Wilking US authorities are warning wannabe vigilantes against taking the law into their own hands after an armed militia group detained over 300 migrants earlier this week at the Mexican border in what they claimed was a citizen’s arrest. “These individuals should not attempt to exercise authority reserved for […]

Trump (L) and Haftar The White House said on Friday that President Donald Trump spoke by phone to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar and discussed “ongoing counterterrorism efforts” by the leader of a military assault on the capital of Libya in opposition to the country’s internationally recognized government. A White House statement said Trump “recognized Field […]

Libyan protesters attend a demonstration to demand an end to the Khalifa Haftar’s offensive against Tripoli [Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters] Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, on Friday after US President Donald Trump praised Libya’s Khalifa Haftar amid a military assault by the renegade general to seize the capital. A White House statement said […]

The mother of one of the two Canadian women detained in Somaliland since January is pleading with the government in Canada to secure their release. Maymona Abdi, 28, and Karima Watts, 23, were arrested by police in January in Hargeisa, the most populous city in Somaliland. They face the prospect of 40 lashes each as […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. / AFP-Yonhap North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will come to Russia later this month to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Kremlin. This will be Kim’s first visit to Russia after seizing power in December 2011. It fuels speculation that the North is […]

Police secure the area where a journalist was fatally shot amid rioting overnight in the Creggan area of Derry (Londonderry) in Northern Ireland on April 19, 2019. (AFP Photo) Police secure the area where a journalist was fatally shot amid rioting overnight in the Creggan area of Derry (Londonderry) in Northern Ireland on April 19, […]

Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohamed (pictured), 42, from Northolt, west London has today been jailed for 15 months after he was found with a stash of Islamic State propaganda Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohamed, 42, kept Islamic State propaganda on laptop The father-of-two from Northolt, west London claimed it was for his research But prosecutors said it showed he clearly had terrorist sympathies at […]

Emergency services at the scene of the crash. Photo: DPA Televised images showed the bus had spun off the road, apparently having flipped several times, before crashing into a house at the bottom of a slope. The crash happened Wednesday around 6.30pm. “Horrible news comes to us from Madeira,” a German government spokesman tweeted after […]

Fire investigators will use drone footage to map the spread of the flames. Photo: AFP As investigators sift through the wreckage of the iconic cathedral, attention has now turned to finding the cause of the blaze that devastated the 850-year-old gothic masterpiece. So what do we know so far?  Could it have been arson? No. […]