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File photo of a dad and a child. Photo: Izabelle Nordfjell/TT A couple in Sweden have become parents after the country’s first same-sex international adoption. Sweden changed its legislation to allow for same-sex adoption 14 years ago, but international adoptions have long been as good as impossible because of many other countries’ more restrictive rules. […]

The World Food Programme has suspended food aid in Myanmar’s violence-scorched Rakhine State, as the humanitarian situation deteriorates with a surging death toll and tens of thousands — both Rohingya Muslims and ethnic Buddhists — on the move. Photo: AF Amnesty International has said the Myanmar authorities’ restrictions on international aid in Rakhine state is putting tens […]

PHOTO: Blair Cottrell outside court where anti-racism protesters clashed with far-right nationalists. (AAP: James Ross) Three far-right nationalists who staged a mock beheading to protest against the building of a mosque in Bendigo in central Victoria have been found guilty of inciting serious contempt of Muslims. Blair Cottrell, Christopher Shortis and Neil Erikson have each been fined […]

FILE PHOTO © Sputnik A Russian warship in the Mediterranean Sea has fired a salvo of Kalibr cruise missiles at a group of jihadists stationed near the city of Deir ez-Zor in western Syria, the Russian military reported. The targeted militants were mainly from Russia and countries of the CIS. The frigate ‘Admiral Essen’ of the […]

Smoke is seen following a Philippine Army airstrike as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group in Marawi city. — Reuters  MANILA — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will discuss with Indonesia and Malaysia the possibility of creating a task force to combat Daesh-inspired militancy, he said on Sunday. Duterte even expressed willingness […]

Angela Merkel and Martin Schulz in a televised debate on Sunday. Photo: DPA. Three weeks before elections, Angela Merkel appeared to powering ahead on Monday to a possible fourth term as chancellor of Germany, after her rival Martin Schulz failed to halt her advance in a crucial televised debate. Sunday’s prime-time TV clash had been billed […]

The Ministry of National Defense said Monday it had detected signs of North Korea preparing for the launch of another missile, presumed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). During a National Assembly session, ministry officials said the North may fire an ICBM again to show off a weapon allegedly capable of attacking the U.S. […]

PHOTO: Bomb technicians sit next to the 1.6 tonne WWII bomb after defusing it. (AP: Michael Probst  German explosives experts have defused a massive World War II bomb in Frankfurt after tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes. The bomb was discovered on a building site last week and around 60,000 people were […]

Eman will have a tour by Abu Dhabi Cornish at 6 pm tomorrow, to eat some ice cream. (Supplied) Eman Ahmed, the world’s former heaviest woman, will get an ice cream treat upon her request by Abu Dhabi Cornish, Wednesday evening. A hospital official told Al Arabiya that the medical team decided to give Eman a […]

File photo: AFP Police fired tear gas and three officers were injured on Saturday in clashes with migrants near the French port of Calais who took advantage of a traffic jam to sneak onto trucks, authorities said. Calais is a magnet for people aiming to reach Britain, a short distance across the Channel. “Our British […]