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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — A press release from the Cuban ministry of tourism reported that on Tuesday, July 25, Cuba reached the three million tourist mark, 75 days faster than last year. The figures translate in a 24 percent growth in the number of tourists, continuing the upward trend the country has experienced in the […]

THE MEDIA IS NOW filled with headlines about North Korea’s missile teston Friday, which demonstrated that its ICBMs may be able to reach the continental U.S. What isn’t mentioned in any of these stories is how we got to this point — in particular, what Dan Coats, President Donald Trump’s Director of National Security, explained last week at the Aspen Security […]

 A woman places a candle at a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles in Hamburg. Photo: Markus Scholz/DPA/AFP The suspect who killed a man with a knife in Hamburg supermarket was a known Islamist, German officials said on Saturday, adding that his motives remained unclear as he also suffered from psychological problems. Identified as a […]

Earlier surgery damaged Somali national’s kidney Doctors at a city-based private hospital were astonished when they found hundreds of small stones in a Somalian’s kidney. They suspect the man suffers from a unique condition that causes his kidneys to produce more stones. The patient from Galkayo in Somalia Abdi Rahman had been suffering with a […]

ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif will replace Nawaz Sharif as the prime minister of the country and Hamza Sharif will replace his father as Punjab chief minister. An interim prime minister will be brought in for 45 days to facilitate Shahbaz Sharif’s election as Member of the National Assembly from NA-120, Lahore, that has […]

An astounding 456 hot air balloons took to the skies in eastern France on Friday, flying straight onto the pages of the record books. The spectacular scene took place at an air base in Chambley-Bussières under somewhat cloudy skies as part of Mondial Air Ballons, a gathering of hot air balloonists which takes place every […]

Thousands of Venezuelans gathered at the Mountain Barracks in Caracas on Friday to celebrate the 63 anniversary of the birth of deceased former President Hugo Chavez. Celebration events began at 9 a.m. local time in the central courtyard of the barracks, where rallies, performances and games are being held. Under the theme of “63 years […]

A volatile asylum debate looked set to reopen in Germany on Saturday weeks ahead of parliamentary elections, after a failed asylum seeker killed one person and wounded five with a knife in the northern city of Hamburg. Police are expected to offer further details about the incident at a midday (1000 GMT) press conference. Photo: […]

US accuses Iran of violating UN convention after launching a satellite-carrying rocket into space on Thursday. The US has hit Iran with new sanctions in response to its launch of a satellite-carrying rocket into space. The ballistic missiles sanctions, announced on Friday, target six Iranian subsidiaries of the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group, which the US treasury […]