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Peter Dejong, Pool, AP, AFP | Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic arrives at the court room of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, Netherlands, on March 20, 2019. United Nations appeals judges have upheld the convictions of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for genocide, war crimes and crimes against […]

MA sea of flowers at the spot where the shooting took place. Photo: Robin Utrecht via HH A sea of flowers at the spot where the shooting took place. Photo: Robin Utrecht via HH Police have arrested a 40-year old man from Utrecht in connection with the tram shooting in the city on Monday in […]

Kenya Defence Forces soldiers under Africa Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) patrol Kismayo town on November 22, 2015. They have withdrawn from military bases in the country. NMG PHOTO Leaders in Somalia are questioning the recent abandonment of a military base in the country by Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers, saying the move will expose […]

© James Gourley/Getty Images Scott Morrison.Before speaking with the ambassador, Mr Morrison told the ABC he was “very offended” with Mr Erdogan’s remarks. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has summoned Turkey’s ambassador to demand an explanation after the country’s President cited the Gallipoli campaign and threatened Australians and New Zealanders following the Christchurch massacre. President Tayyip Erdogan […]

Flowers left at the site of Monday’s shooting. Photo: AP Photo/Peter Dejong via HH No relationship yet found between Utrecht shooter and victims,’ police say Society March 19, 2019 Flowers left at the site of Monday’s shooting. Photo: AP Photo/Peter Dejong via HH Utrecht police and the public prosecution department said on Tuesday morning they […]

“The president uses language often that‘s very similar to the language used by these bigots and racists,” said Sen. Tim Kaine. | Alex Wong/Getty Images   Sen. Tim Kaine on Sunday slammed President Donald Trump’s rhetoric in the wake of a shooting that killed 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand. In an interview […]

Photo: Depositphotos.com One person is believed to have been killed and several others have been injured in a shooting incident on a tram in Utrecht, on Monday morning. The incident happened at around 10.45 on a tram at the 24 Oktoberplein, a busy transport hub close to the city’s main railway station, which has been […]

Somaliland leader Musa Bihi Abdi greets supporters during an election campaign in the city of Hargeisa on Nov. 9, 2017. Somaliland has an estimated GDP per capita of only around US$300. Photo: Reuters A recent of trip of mine was to Somaliland, an impoverished region in East Africa that has remained largely unrecognized by the […]

FILE PHOTO ©  Reuters / Yves Herman A Chinese surgeon has performed the world’s first remote brain surgery using 5G technology, with the patient 3,000km away from the operating doctor. Dr. Ling Zhipei remotely implanted a neurostimulator into his patient’s brain on Saturday, Chinese state-run media reports. The surgeon manipulated the instruments in the Beijing-based PLAGH hospital from […]