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Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era. “Today, I am concluding my…

Penis amputation as it is called in Brazil is bothering their president because in one year about 1,000 men do penis amputations. Sadly penis amputations are done because of many reasons: Lack of personal hygiene…

The U.S. State Department has issued a heightened travel warning for Sri Lanka after last Sunday’s suicide bombings that killed more than 250 people. The department is urging Americans to “reconsider…

Two septuagenarian grandfathers are sparring over who possess more relative youthful vigor, as US President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden circle each other in one of the first overt…

The bodies of 15 people, including six children, have been discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka. A police spokesman on Saturday said three suspected…

Two of the suicide bombers involved in the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka were members of a prominent and wealthy family in Colombo, sources have told CNN, in a development that has rocked the small Muslim community…

Fresh details have emerged about Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed, a former UK student who is suspected of carrying out a Sri Lanka suicide bombing. Mohammed travelled to UK on 1 January 2006 and returned to…

Sri Lanka has revised down the death toll from Sunday’s blasts by more than 100, to “about 253”, the health ministry says. It has blamed a calculation error. Suicide bombers struck hotels and churches…

US President Donald Trump on Thursday cast doubt on Joe Biden’s mental capacity for a successful primary campaign as the seasoned Democrat became the latest to join the 2020 race for the White House.…

Pyongyang, the capital and largest city of North Korea, on Thursday threatened a “corresponding response”, three days after South Korea and the U.S. kicked off two weeks of joint air-force drills.The “acts of perfidy’’ by…

Former US vice president Joe Biden has announced his candidacy for the 2020 presidential election. Launching his campaign for the Democratic nomination, the 76-year-old posted on Twitter: “The core…

The Catholic Church is the spiritual home to 1.1 billion people around the world. It's also a big business that handles billions of dollars.Here's how it makes money and how it spends it. 1. The Vatican Bank has $8 billion in…

This is the moment one of Sri Lanka suicide bombers walked into a church just moments before detonating a device. CCTV footage shows one of the attackers entering St Sebastian's Church -- a man wearing a…

A woman from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who was seriously injured in a traffic accident in 1991 has made a seemingly miraculous recovery after emerging from a 27-year-long coma. Munira Abdulla, who…

The suspected leader of a New Mexico militia group allegedly boasted of plans to assassinate former President Barack Obama, the FBI has said. Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69, and his group United…

The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday unveiled a new branch of government, a Ministry of Possibilities, three years after launching a department in charge of happiness.Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the UAE’s premier and…

Saudi Arabia has executed 37 people who were convicted in terrorism-related cases, the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday. The 37 people were all Saudi nationals, who received the death penalty for…

Britain’s youngest royal, Prince Louis, turned one on Tuesday, but the world was anxiously awaiting news from his aunt and uncle, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting their first child…

The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed a series of bombings that killed more than 320 people in Sri Lanka. “Those that carried out the attack that targeted members of the US-led coalition and…

The richest man in Denmark has lost three children in theri Lanka terror attacks, his spokesperson confirmed on Monday. Anders Holch Povlsen, 46, is a fashion mogul – one of the names behind global retail giants…

Volododymyr Zelensky, Ukranian comic actor and showman, has defeated Petro Poroshenko, the incumbent President, in an election in Ukraine on Sunday. Zelensky, a 41-year-old comedian whose announcement of his ambition…

At least 137 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police and hospital sources say. At least six explosions have been reported. Three churches in Kochchikade,…

Gunmen raided a family party in the Mexican state of Veracruz, killing 13 people, including a child, authorities said. Four other people were injured in the attack Friday in the city of Minatitlán…

US intelligence has accused Huawei Technologies of being funded by Chinese state security, adding to the list of allegations against the company, Reuters reports The CIA accused Huawei of receiving…