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Egyptians start voting on the second day of elections (Photo: AFP) Egyptian citizens headed to polling stations across the country on Tuesday for the second day of voting in Egypt’s 2018 presidential elections. Voting is due to run from 9am to 9pm in 13,706 polling stations in all 26 governorates, with the process due to […]

Durban – Embattled former president Jacob Zuma is not about to go down for corruption charges without putting up a big fight. On Monday, the Hawks finally served Zuma with a summons to appear in the Durban High Court on April 6, his lawyer Michael Hulley confirmed to The Star on Monday night. But Hulley […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the “criminal negligence” and corruption behind the tragedy in Kemerovo, Russia, where more than 60 people, including many children, perished in a massive blaze. “The first feeling when they speak about the number of the dead and dead children – you want, not to cry, but wail,” the president said after […]

The Russian consulate in Seattle that US President Donald Trump ordered to be closed on March 26, 2018 © Google Maps Moscow won’t leave the provocative acts against Russian diplomats unanswered, the Foreign Ministry said, adding that several countries blindly copied the UK’s “hypocritical” stance on the Skripal case in the absence of evidence. The […]

The magnitude of the tragedy that struck the Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday afternoon, taking the lives of dozens, including many children, has been captured by a drone, as firefighters were battling to contain the blaze. WATCH: VIDEO of moment blaze begins at busy shopping mall in Russia’s Kemerovo The disaster struck the packed shopping […]

Damascus Countryside, SANA – The second batch of the militants who rejected the reconciliation and their families exited from Jobar, Ein Tarma, Zamalka and Erbin to Idleb on Sunday. SANA’s correspondent at Erbin corridor on the outskirts of Eastern Ghouta said that 81 buses carrying 5435 militants and their families, among them 2107 men, 1289 […]

Stormy Daniels detailed her alleged affair, and subsequent non-disclosure agreement with President Trump in an interview with Anderson Cooper that aired on Sunday. (AP) Risking hefty fines for violating a $130,000 hush agreement, Daniels detailed what she said was the only time she and Trump had sex — saying she spanked Trump with a magazine […]

Washington’s newly appointed national security advisor John Bolton may seek a comprehensive denuclearization deal with North Korea as the U.S. used to disarm Libya in the early 2000s. Bolton has referred to the Libya case as a means to denuclearize how Pyongyang. The remark was made as leaders of North Korea and the U.S. are […]

Photo: AFP With Italy still in political deadlock following the general election earlier this month, the two parties battling it out to head a new government reached agreement Saturday on the respective positions of speaker for both the lower and upper houses of parliament. In a horse-trading deal that could now pave the way for […]

The death toll of the deadly blaze in Kemerovo shopping mall has risen to 64 people, according to Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puckov. “64 is the final number,” he said. The bodies of six victims have yet to be located. Earlier reports suggested that 11 children were among the dead. “We continue search and rescue efforts, there are […]