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Xi and Kim wave from an open-top limousine as they travel along a street in Pyongyang [Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP Photo] The leaders of North Korea and China lauded their two nations’ historic ties on Friday, as Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up a two-day visit to Pyongyang amid stalled talks with the United States over the North’s nuclear programme. Kim Jong Un told […]

Amisom and Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers patrol the neighbourhood of Bariire town on June 13, 2019. The town was captured from Al-Shabaab militants during a joint military operation conducted by AMISOM and SNA troops in May. Image: AMISOM Photo / Ilyas Ahmed On 30 April 2018, the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) endorsed […]

A North Korean intermediate-range strategic ballistic rocket lifting off from the launching pad at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang. North Korea has made minimal advances in the capabilities needed for an effective nuclear missile that could reach the American mainland, according to the U.S.’s No. 2 military official.  “Probably the only thing they’ve advanced is their […]

  Picture for illustrative purposesImage Credit: Stock image Patna: A six-month-old who was declared dead by a doctor in the Indian state of Bihar woke up while being laid to rest in a freshly dug grave on Monday.  The incident took place in the Khairabad locality, which is under the jurisdiction of the police station in […]

The Triton unmanned aircraft is designed to fly surveillance missions up to 24-hours at high altitudes [Reuters]  Iran has shot down a US drone, raising fears that a major military confrontation could erupt between Tehran and Washington in the Gulf. While Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) force said the United States’s aircraft was brought by a […]

This file photo shows Agnes Callamard, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, visiting the Saudi Consulate General in Istanbul to examine the investigation on the murder Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (DHA Photo) Credible evidence of liability of high-level Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, found in investigation into the murder of Saudi […]

MThe reconstructed wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 which crashed over Ukraine in July 2014 is seen in Gilze Rijen, Netherlands, on Oct 13, 2015. (Photo: Reuters/Michael Kooren)  THE HAGUE: International investigators are on Wednesday (Jun 19) expected to announce charges against four suspects including a Russian officer in the shooting down of flight MH17 […]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered uncharacteristic praise of Mexico’s measures to curb the flow of migrants. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo President Donald Trump pledged Monday to begin deporting millions of undocumented immigrants who have entered the U.S. illegally and offered uncharacteristic praise for Mexico’s efforts to stem the tide of Central American migrants surging […]

  Egypt‘s former President Mohamed Morsihas died after appearing in court in the capital, Cairo, according to authorities. The public prosecutor said the 67-year-old collapsed in a defendants’ cage in the courtroom and was pronounced dead in hospital at 4:50pm local time (02:50 GMT) on Monday. A medical report showed no apparent recent injuries on his body, […]

Mexico is on pace to triple the number of African immigrants it is processing this year, up from 2,100 in 2017. (AFP) Undaunted by a dangerous journey over thousands of miles, people fleeing economic hardship and human rights abuses in African countries are coming to the US-Mexico border in unprecedented numbers, surprising Border Patrol agents […]