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© Photovolcanica / YouTube Mother Nature produced a light show made of lava when Indonesia’s Krakatau volcano erupted, scattering fiery specks and volcanic lightning into the night sky. The entire display was caught on video. The beautiful footage shows the volcano, known for its violent eruptions, shoot ash and lava from its crater in a way that […]

Merkel and Macron at a meeting in Marseille in September. Photo: DPA French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hailed Angela Merkel’s “extremely dignified” decision to step down as German chancellor in 2021. “She has never forgotten what Europe’s values are and she leads her country with great courage,” Macron told a press conference following talks […]

Parliamentary speaker Andreas Norlén holds a press conference on Monday. Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT Sweden’s parliamentary speaker will today gather most of the country’s party leaders together for group talks behind closed doors, in an effort to make progress in building Sweden’s next government. After the September 9th election left neither of the two main blocs […]

Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, is seen during an interview in London on Monday [Dylan Martinez/Reuters] The fiencee of murdered  Saudi Arabiyan journalist Jamal Khashoggi has demanded that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reveal the whereabouts of his body. In an emotional plea, Hatice Cengiz told an audience in London: “I believe that […]

AA Photo Turkey will soon launch larger scale operations against terrorists east of Euphrates River in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday. “Our preparations and plans [for an operation] are done, we will soon bring down the terror formation east of the Euphrates,” Erdoğan said. According to the president, the Turkish military already started […]

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun speaks with his South Korean counterpart Lee Do-hoon at the foreign ministry building in Seoul, Monday. / Yonhap The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States met in Seoul, Monday, to discuss North Korea’s denuclearization. U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun and […]

Jair Bolsonaro has been elected the next president of Brazil, winning 55 percent of the vote, photo internet recreation. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In perhaps the most divisive election in Brazil’s history, right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro has been elected the next president of Brazil, winning 55 percent of the vote over his leftist rival, […]

Stefan Löfven after meeting parliament speaker Andreas Norlén on Monday. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT Social Democrats leader Stefan Löfven has not yet managed to form a new government, he said at a press conference on Monday. Sweden has never waited so long for a government to be formed before.After an inconclusive election left neither of the […]

AA Photo Saudi Arabia’s chief prosecutor has arrived in Istanbul as part of an investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Attorney General Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb landed at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport on a private plane overnight. He met with Istanbul Chief Prosecutor Irfan Fidan at the Istanbul Çağlayan Courthouse in an approximately one-hour and […]

(File pix) Photo shows a Lion Air aircraft. Archive image for illustration purposes only. Reuters Photo AKARTA: Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said on Monday a Lion Air passenger flight from Jakarta, the capital, to the city of Pangkal Pinang off the island of Sumatra, had crashed into the sea. “It has been confirmed that […]