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(File photo) © Beawiharta Beawiharta / Reuters Joking about bombs while aboard a plane is never a good idea – and so it has proved once again after a passenger’s ill-advised japes sparked a mass evacuation that left 10 people injured. READ MORE: London City Airport closed, all flights canceled after discovery of WWII bomb […]

More information has emerged about Tuesday morning’s shootings in Liège. The Judicial authorities held a press conference shortly after 1pm in which they gave more information about the circumstance surrounding the shootings and the identity of the gunman. Gunman claims three victims before being shot dead At around 10:30am Benjamin Herman, a prisoner that was […]

Preliminary results of the first round of the Colombian presidential election go on display. Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images With nearly all ballots counted in Sunday’s first round, Ivan Duque was leading with 39.7% ahead of Gustavo Petro on 24.8%. Former Medellin Mayor Sergio Fajardo came third with 23.8%. Preliminary results of the first round of the Colombian presidential election go on display. Photograph: […]

File photo. Yves Herman / Reuters Two police officers and a passer-by have been shot dead after a man opened fire in Liege, Belgium. The attacker was shot dead after taking a woman hostage in a local high school. Another two people have been injured in the incident, according to Belgian broadcaster RTBF. Police have now […]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a conference with science ministers from around the world in Jerusalem on May 28, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) PM holds Hamas responsible for not preventing Islamic Jihad fire, says ‘Israel will make anyone trying to harm it pay a heavy price’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to respond “with great force” […]

In this image made from video, Kim Yong-chol, center, a former military intelligence chief who is now Kim Jong-un’s top official on inter-Korean relations, walks upon arrival at Beijing airport in Beijing Tuesday, May 29, 2018. He was at North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s side at the table in last weekend’s North-South summit, and had […]

Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich sits in his box before the English Premier League soccermatch between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London. (AP Photo) Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich sits in his box before the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London. […]

Carlo Cottarelli arriving at the presidential palace. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP Carlo Cottarelli, a former International Monetary Fund director, will face an uphill battle to form a technocrat government for Italy in the midst of a deep political crisis and populist rage at the financial “elite”. Cottarelli, 64, was given a mandate to form a government […]

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas walks inside the hospital in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank May 21, 2018. (Reuters Photo) Related Articles MidEastPalestine’s Abbas making swift recovery after pneumonia    MidEastPalestine’s Abbas hospitalized in Ramallah following minor surgery    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was released from the hospital Monday after an eight-day stay and treatment for what […]

(CNN)US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were planning to meet in Singapore on June 12, and, until just a few days ago, everything appeared to be on track. Then the summit was off. Then it was on. Maybe. Will it still happen? Who knows, but this should get you up […]