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Iraqi Kurdish president Barzani speaks during a news conference in Erbil. (Reuters) Demonstrators, some carrying clubs, stormed the Iraqi Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil on Sunday, angry at the decision of Masoud Barzani to step down from the presidency of the region, witnesses said. Gunshots were heard as protesters who claimed they were “Peshmerga” Kurdish […]

Attorneys close to the case said they were discussing whether the indictment in the investigation by special counsel Robert was for former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn or former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s White House and personal lawyers scrambled Saturday to learn where the knife might […]

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati giving an update on results received at the National Tallying Centre at Bomas of Kenya on October 28, 2017. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP NAIROB  Kenya’s election chief was to announce on Sunday whether elections will go forward in flashpoint opposition areas, where a boycott sparked violent protests in […]

A Canadian woman who survived the 1945 atomic bomb attack in Hiroshima and devoted the rest of her life to nuclear disarmament will accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Setsuko Thurlow, 85, says Canada should be doing more to support nuclear disarmament around the world. Setsuko […]

Pro-unity protesters gathered for a rally in Catalonia’s capital Barcelona on Sunday, two days after regional lawmakers voted to break away from Spain, plunging the country into an unprecedented political crisis.As protesters gathered for the march, the deputy president of the region’s now-deposed government lashed out against Madrid over what he called a “coup d’etat” […]

The armed group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the twin bombings [Feisal Omar/Reuters] At least 10 people have been killed in a double car bombing in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, which is still reeling from a massive attack that left hundreds dead earlier this month. A suicide car bomber first drove into a hotel where President Mohamed […]

Decision comes after days of clashes between Iraqi and Kurdish forces Canadian special forces soldiers, left and right, speak with Kurdish Peshmerga fighters at an observation post in northern Iraq in February. Canada is suspending its training and assistance operations due to worsening relations between allied Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the region. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian […]

The key to the coming petro-yuan lies in Moscow. And, if the Chinese currency eventually succeeds in usurping the long-standing petrodollar, Washington will only have itself to blame. © Alexei Danichev / Sputnik News that China plans to launch a yuan-denominated oil futures contract by the end of this year has come as a surprise to […]

The United States will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and any nuclear attack by Pyongyang will be met with a massive military response, the US defence chief warned. Mattis, right, and South Korean Defence Minister Song Young-moo inspect a guard of honour on Saturday [Lee Jin-man/AP] James Mattis made the comments in Seoul, South […]

Photo: AFP An Italian court on Friday sentenced an HIV-positive man to 24 years in jail for intentionally infecting 30 women he had unprotected sex with over nearly 10 years. Under the pseudonym “Hearty Style”, 33-year-old accountant Valentino Talluto seduced dozens of young women on social networks and internet dating sites, often dating several at […]