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20 million people across five states are in the path of the storm President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency for Florida as it prepares for Hurricane Michael, which he said could be “more intense” than Florence. He tweeted: “Hurricane on its way to the Florida Pan Handle with major elements arriving tomorrow. Could also hit, in later […]

AP Photo The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi raises concerns in the United States – where he was a longtime resident – with senators calling President Donald Trump to intensify efforts for a resolution of the mystery. Trump himself had expressed concerns but reaction from the White House to the incident was largely cautious. Senator Tim […]

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha answers a lawmaker’s question during a National Assembly audit , at the ministry building in Seoul, Wednesday. / Yonhap The government is closely discussing with the U.S. about including South Korean experts in the inspection of the Punggye-ri nuclear testing site in the North, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Wednesday. The […]

© Stephen Keith, AFP | US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley attends a media briefing during the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2018, in New York City. Nikki Haley abruptly resigned Tuesday as the US ambassador t o the United Nations, in the latest departure from President Donald Trump’s often shifting […]

What remains of ‘Homeboyz bus’ that killed over 50 in Fort Ternan crash. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter What remains of ‘Homeboyz bus’ that killed over 50 in Fort Ternan crash. [Photo: Courtesy] A male survivor of the Kakamega-bound bus that has killed more than 50 passengers in an accident at Tunnel area along […]

Turkey says it will search the Saudi consulate in Istanbul as part of a probe into Khashoggi’s disappearance [Lefteris Pitarakis/AP] Top Saudi leaders deployed a 15-man hit squad to lay in wait for dissident writer Jamal Khashoggiinside Riyadh’s consulate in Istanbul, The New York Times said in an explosive story. Among the assassination team was a […]

  FILE PHOTO: A Somalian soldier walks past a consignment of charcoal destined for the export market in Barawe October 12, 2014. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA)/File Photo UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars annually in […]

A girl holds a poster with a photo of missing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi during a protest [Lefteris Pitarakis/AP] US President Donald Trump expressed concern about the fate of prominent Saudi journalist and regime critic Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week. “I am concerned. I don’t like hearing about it. Hopefully, […]

Matteo Salvini (L) meets Edouard Philippe in Lyon. Photo: Jeff Pachoud/AFP French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe urged Italian leader Matteo Salvini on Monday to drop his “posturing” on immigration and help find a European response to the issue. Salvini, Italy’s powerful interior minister and deputy premier, has singled out French President Emmanuel Macron for criticism […]

© Omar Marques / Global Look Press Google is closing the Google+ social network after an error exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users last spring, in an incident which the company never disclosed to those affected. Google put the “final nail in the coffin” of the Google+ product by shutting down “all consumer […]