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MALE: Tourists have been cancelling hundreds of hotel bookings in Maldives every day since the imposition of a state of emergency last week, tour operators say, despite government assurances things are normal in the resort islands, far from the capital. China, India, the United States and Britain issued travel warnings after President Abdulla Yameen imposed the emergency […]

  A shooting erupted Wednesday outside the suburban Washington headquarters of the National Security Agency, a secretive intelligence organization responsible for global US electronic eavesdropping, leaving at least one person injured, officials said. View of the National Security Agency (NSA) in the Washington suburb of Fort Meade, Maryland. (Photo by AFP) NBC News aired aerial […]

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Wednesday pledged $5 billion in loans and investment for the reconstruction of Iraq after its devastating three-year war with Daesh terror group. MAA Photo Turkey will help redevelop the cities of Kirkuk, Mosul, Tal Afar, Baghdad, Irbil and Sulaymaniyah through the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA) to help […]

 Somali migrant and Dutch national living in the UK discussed killing Her Majesty The Queen with a fellow Islamic State jihadist supporter, a court has heard. Jack Hill – WPA Pool/Getty Images by LIAM DEACON Aweys Shikhey also allegedly fanaticised about shooting Jewish people near his home in London and attacking Tottenham Hotspur football club with […]

WASHINGTON—Most Trump administration scandals recedequickly from the spotlight. This one has stuck. The White House’s comprehensive mishandling of the spousal abuse allegations against Rob Porter, a top aide who resigned last week, has turned into one of the longest-running controversies of President Donald Trump’s year-old tenure. U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on Tuesday. Trump’s White House has this week […]

An elite South African police unit has raided a home of the influential Gupta family in Johannesburg as part of an investigation into corruption and influence peddling with the government. President Zuma was asked by the ruling African National Congress to step down as head of state this week [FILE: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters] Wednesday’s raid in the northern […]

Seoul has agreed to allocate up to $2.6 million to cover the expenses of the North Korean delegation attending the PyeongChang Olympics, under the terms of a recently approved plan. North Korean cheerleaders © Mike Segar / Reuters The fund will cover the cost of hundreds of North Korean delegates participating in the 2018 Winter […]

The president is said to be very angry after the NEC decided to recall him.President Jacob Zuma is “very angry” at being recalled by the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) and there is a possibility that he will not leave the presidency voluntarily, according to Business Day. Senior ANC leaders told Business Day that the possibility […]

The mother of Sam Rajabi, who was arrested in a state-led crackdown on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Iran including the one managed by Kavous Seyed-Emami, who died in custody, said her son has been focused on his career and would never betray his country. Sam Rajabi was detained on January 25, 2018. “My son was not a […]

A Russian-made T-72 battle tank similar to the one destroyed Saturday. (REUTERS Photo) A U.S. drone destroyed a Russian-made T-72 battle tank operated by pro-Assad regime forces in eastern Syria on Saturday in “self defense,” U.S. military officials have said. Three people inside the tank were killed by a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone with precision-guided […]