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US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have made an unannounced Christmas visit to US troops in Iraq. They travelled there “late on Christmas night” to thank troops for “their service, their…

US Customs and Border Protection announced medical checks on all children in its custody following the death of an eight-year-old Guatemalan migrant — the second child fatality in American detention this month.Guatemala called…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a skilled survivor of Israel’s cutthroat politics, is hoping snap elections will help him withstand a potential corruption indictment, analysts say, and polls show he is likely to…

President Donald Trump has lashed out at America's central bank as a stock market whose gains he once took credit for continued a historic plunge. Mr Trump said the Federal Reserve was "the only problem" of the US…

A Fake Catholic priest who has worked as cleric for more than 18 years has been dismissed by the Catholic Church in Spain. Miguel Angel Ibarra carried out weddings and baptisms, first in Colombia and then in southern Spain, despite having…

The death toll in Indonesia’s weekend tsunami jumped to 373 on Monday as search teams pushed on with the grim hunt for more corpses. Rescue teams used their bare hands, diggers and other heavy equipment to haul…

Car flies in the air after driver sleeps off while driving on a highway in Slovakia. The unnamed driver is said to have had a ‘micro-sleep’ as he drove his BMW, causing him to veer off the road, hit a ramp and hit the roof of a…

At least 62 people have been killed and 584 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia's Sunda Strait, government officials say.The country's disaster management agency says hundreds of buildings were damaged by Saturday's…

Parts of the federal government shut down at midnight after Congress and the White House failed to reach a deal Friday night to avert the shuttering of several departments.Both the US House of Representatives and the Senate…

North Korea said Thursday its commitment to denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula was bound up with “complete removal of US nuclear threats”. Following a rapid diplomatic rapprochement this year, the North’s…

President Donald Trump has announced that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will retire at the end of February. Trump announced this on Twitter and added that a new secretary of defense will be named soon. Trump’s…

South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has issued an arrest warrant for Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s former first lady. AfriForum, a minority rights group announced the development at a press conference…

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday, as expected, but forecast fewer rate hikes next year and signalled its tightening cycle is nearing an end in the face of financial market volatility and…

A British couple have been jailed for more than 10 years combined after naming their child Adolf Hitler and being members of a banned neo-Nazi group. Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, were sentenced to six-and-a-half and five…

The Trump family has agreed to the closure of their troubled charitable foundation under pressure from the New York attorney-general. Barbara Underwood, the New York attorney-general, announced on Tuesday that the…

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google of being biased in favor of opposition Democrats, a day after a report for the Senate revealed Russian agents had used social media in an attempt…

CBS has announced that former CEO Les Moonves will not receive his $120m severance package after the board of directors concluded he violated company policy and was uncooperative with an investigation into sexual…

At least 21 boys have died in South Africa while undergoing circumcision in the bi-annual ceremony which began in November, authorities have said. Seventeen young boys died in Eastern Cape province while two…

Malaysia has said it filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and two of the US bank’s former employees, in connection with a corruption and money laundering probe at the state fund 1MDB. Goldman Sachs has…

Meghan Markle’s father has urged Queen Elizabeth to intercede in the rift between him and his daughter, the Duchess of Sussex. “I would appreciate anything she can do and I would think that she would want to…

Saudi Arabia on Monday rejected a resolution passed by the US Senate last week, which directly pinned the blame for the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The resolution…

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will review the case of a soldier charged with premeditated murder for killing an alleged bomb-maker in Afghanistan. “I will be reviewing the case of a ‘U.S. Military…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown concern at the growing popularity of rap music. Due to its growing popularity, he advised that the government control it and channel it to ensure that it does not promote…

About 40 gay couples in Brazil got married in downtown on Saturday, tying the knot partly out of fear that the new administration of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro could restrict same sex marriage. Although his campaign did not express…