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S. President Donald Trump welcomed six North Korean defectors to the Oval Office on Friday, a high profile and potentially provocative show of support. U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean defectors in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 2, 2018. (Reuters Photo) The group — whose stories Trump […]

Doctors in India are these days adding a dose of music therapy to their treatment regimen for physical and mental ailments and seem to have hit the right note with their patients. Dr Parth Mankad (extreme right), Dr Kedar Upadhyay (extreme left) and Dhvanit Thaker have set up Euphonious Healing Music Therapy Clinic and Research […]

Aleppo, SANA- Syrian Arab Army units, in cooperation with supporting forces, expanded their control over Aleppo southern countryside on Friday, eliminating the last gatherings of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization in five villages near the administrative boarders of Idleb province. SANA’s reporter said that during the past few hours, army units and supporting forces engaged in […]

A Moncton pharmacist has been fined and reprimanded by the New Brunswick College of Pharmacists after someone on his staff made a dispensing error that led to the death of a patient in long-term care. The New Brunswick College of Pharmacists says it found Ford’s Pharmacy was not practising up to standard when a staff member […]

Around 90 people have drowned after a shipwreck off western Libya, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Around 3,116 people died trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2017 [Image for illustration: AP Images] Around 3,116 people died trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2017 [Image for illustration: AP Images] A spokesperson for the UN-affiliated […]

An investigation by Swedish news agency TT suggests that Stockholm terror suspect Rakhmat Akilov was in direct contact with high-level members of Isis before, during and after the April 2017 attack. A CCTV image of Akilov following the attack taken from the police investigation. Photo: Polisen/TT The news agency, in collaboration with US government-funded broadcaster […]

The president renewed his attacks on senior law enforcement officials, saying they favor Democrats. President Donald Trump accused officials at the FBI and the Justice Department on Friday of having “politicized” their investigations, ratcheting up his attacks on law enforcement agencies as he readies the release of an incendiary memo alleging wrongdoing by top bureau […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at the gathering of people in the city of Sirjan in Kerman province on February 1, 2018. In an apparent rebuke to his US counterpart, President Hassan Rouhani has rejected Washington’s claim of having “sympathy” for the Iranian people, saying the nation has not forgotten the American acts of aggression […]

At least four people suffered gunshot wounds and dozens were injured as violent clashes between Afghan and Eritrean migrants broke out in and around the French port city of Calais. French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb (C) meets with gendarmes on February 2, 2018 in Calais, northern France, following a large brawl between a hundred migrants […]

Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN’s migration agency. Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals. Libya has for years been a major transit route for migrants trying to reach southern Europe by sea. The number trying to reach Italy from Libya […]