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© Kenneth Garrett / Global Look Press Scientists have discovered a secret, giant void hiding inside the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Located above the pyramid’s Grand Gallery, the 30-meter-long void inside Khufu’s Pyramid remains a mystery. Its size suggests it plays an important role in the tomb’s structure. It’s the first discovery of […]

AFP Photo The Assad regime’s foreign ministry welcomed a deal between Turkey and Russia on Tuesday to create a demilitarized zone around Syria’s Idlib, the Syrian regime news agency (SANA) said, quoting a foreign ministry official. The regime vowed to press on with its “war against terrorism” to “liberate” the entire country. “This agreement was […]

The ship BBC Lagos went aground off the coast of southern Sweden on August 3rd. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT A Russian captain who ran his ship aground off the coast of Helsingborg in southern Sweden and then tried to hide a whisky bottle has been sentenced to four months in jail for being drunk at sea. […]

Somali soldiers march during military training. The process of building a national identity in Somalia requires the country’s political elites and federal government to generate an effective road map to help build a strong society and state In the pre-colonial era, Somalia existed as segmented city states in coastal regions and as various independent principalities […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shake hands after signing Pyongyang Peace Agreement at the end of their summit talks at the North’s state guesthouse Paekhwawon in Pyongyang, Wednesday. Joint Press Corp SEOUL/PYONGYANG – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made a surprise announcement Wednesday that he will visit Seoul soon. […]

Maaßen at a Bundestag meeting earlier in September. Photo: DPA The German government said Tuesday it was relieving controversial spy chief Hans-Georg Maaßen of his duties and moving him to a different post, defusing a row that had rocked Chancellor Angela Merkel’s fragile coalition. “Mr Maaßen will become state secretary in the interior ministry,” Merkel […]

President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un react to citizens lining the roads to Pyongyang, Tuesday, on their way to the Baekhwawon State Guest House from Sunan International Airport. Yonhap SEOUL/PYONGYANG ― President Moon Jae-in began talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to seek momentum in denuclearization, following his arrival in Pyongyang […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Sochi, Russia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held a meeting at the Russian leader’s presidential residence on […]

Dozens of people were thought to have been trapped when part of a mountain slope collapsed in a remote village in Itogon [Harley Palangchao/Reuters] Rescue efforts are under way in the northern Philippines as authorities have raised the death toll of Typhoon Mangkhut to 65. Philippines National Police said that as of Monday, a further 43 people […]