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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy giving a statement following the attack in Barcelona. Photo: Lluis Gene/AFPL Spain’s King, political leaders and media have reacted with defiance in response to the terror attack in Barcelona which killed at least 13 and left around 100 injured. “Unfortunately Spaniards know very well the absurd and irrational pain caused […]

Thomas Olsson. Photo: Magnus Jirlind/Armed Forces Thirty-four Swedish soldiers are heading to east Africa as part of international efforts to prevent attacks from Somali pirates. The soldiers, from Gothenburg, will be stationed off the coast of Somalia as part of Sweden’s fifth mission to the region. Two small Swedish combined transport and war ships will […]

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump © Carlos Barria / Reuters US allies Germany, France, Japan, and South Korea are among countries which trust Vladimir Putin more than Donald Trump in handling foreign affairs, a new Pew poll shows. “In many countries he [Putin] is more trusted than American President Donald Trump,” according […]

US Vice President Mike Pence has asked Chile, Peru, Mexico and Brazil to break diplomatic and other ties with North Korea, as part of a campaign to pressure Pyongyang into giving up missiles and nuclear weapons. “It’s imperative that the regime in Pyongyang understand that all options are on the table,”Pence said  on Wednesday in […]

First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday reportedly evaded arrest in dramatic style in South Africa following her violent attack on a model who she had found partying at an upmarket hotel with her two sons, Robert Jr and Chatunga Bellarmine, NewsDay has learnt. The First Lady was expected to appear at […]

Police slaughter dozens of suspected drug dealers and arrest more than 100 in raids near the capital, Manila. Police killed at least 32 suspected drug offenders in a series of raids near Manila, in the bloodiest night of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte‘s war on drugs. Senior Superintendent Romeo M. Caramat Jr. said 67 operations in various […]

With hopes running high for possible dialogue between the United States and North Korea, the upcoming South Korea-U.S. military exercise is drawing keen attention. Military officials do not rule out the possibility of the North carrying out fresh provocations to protest the annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) drill that starts Monday. Pyongyang customarily reacts with […]

Reuters The United States and China have agreed to enhance their direct military communication line in order to reduce chances of any “miscalculations” amid the Korean peninsula crisis and other standing issues between Washington and Beijing. The joint strategic dialogue mechanism agreement was signed Tuesday between Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint […]

President Ernest Bai Koroma has twice visited the Mortormeh community at Regent where a deadly mudslide took place which claimed several lives. The mudslide, which took place around 6:00 am on Monday morning, mostly hit and caused tremendous damage in Mortormeh, Kamayama and Kaningo communities in the outskirts of Freetown. RESOURCE: Witness Describes ‘Disaster’ in […]

Industry interest organisation Energi Norge says that Norway is in with a chance of becoming the world’s first fully electrically powered society. A target of becoming 100 percent electric by 2050 is achievable, according to the firm. The organisation handed over a new plan for growing green energy to climate minister Vidar Helgesen on Monday, […]