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French Gossip Magazine Closer lost its appeal on Wednesday against hefty fines issued over topless pictures it published of Kate, Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge. A court in Versailles confirmed fines against two Closer journalists…

A 38-year-old French priest in a town in northern France committed suicide in his church after being accused of molesting a girl, local prosecutors and police sources told AFP on Wednesday. Jean-Baptiste Sebe killed himself on…

Local bank notes worth about $60 million, printed abroad and brought into Liberia in two huge consignments, have “vanished”. The consignments were brought in between November 2017 and August 2018. According to BBC, there were reports…

Malaysia's toppled leader Najib Razak was arrested Wednesday and will be charged over allegations that $628 million linked to state investment fund 1MDB ended up in his personal bank accounts, officials said. Allegations that Najib…

North Korea has agreed to “permanently” shut one of its main missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in announced at a joint press conference with Kim Jong-un on Wednesday. The leaders…

South Africa’s constitutional court has decriminalised the private use of marijuana. The ruling came after a provincial high court in 2017 held that the use of cannabis in private space should be allowed because laws against it were…

Vladimir Putin has said the Syrian government will allow a demilitarised zone around Idlib. The Russian president said the 15-20km (9.3-12.4 miles) wide safe zone will be created in the northwest Syrian province by 15 October. He…

The U.S. Government says it anticipates processing up to 310,000 refugees and asylum seekers in 2019. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the country proposed resettling up to 30,000 refugees under the new refugee ceiling as…

China has promised to retaliate if US President Donald Trump goes ahead and slaps tariffs on 200 billion dollars’ worth of Chinese imports. Beijing “will have to take necessary counter-measures,” a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman…

Salesforce.com chief Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne will buy storied US news magazine Time for $190 million, a company statement said Sunday. “The Benioffs are purchasing TIME personally and the transaction is unrelated to…

Some view it as gainful employment for youths with too much free time, others as a tool to blunt protest movements — Moroccans are divided over the looming return of military service. Twelve years after conscription was scrapped, the…

US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has denied an allegation of sexual misconduct made against him. The allegation was made by an unnamed woman, who said in a letter Kavanaugh had tried to force himself on her when both of them…

President Donald Trump lashed out at former Secretary of State John Kerry for his meetings with Iran’s foreign minister after the Obama-appointee had left office. “John Kerry had illegal meetings with the very hostile Iranian Regime…

Several employees of a Cuban supermarket have been fired for selling 15,000 apples to a single customer in a country regularly plagued by food shortages. State news outlet Granma reported on Friday that the employees involved were…

The Qatari Emir has given Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a Boeing 747-8 aircraft as a gift, reportedly the world’s largest and most expensive private jet, a local newspaper reported. The luxurious jet, worth about 367 million…

In a bid to calm frayed nerves and move forward following the sex scandal involving senior Catholic officials, a delegation of U.S. cardinals and bishops is to meet Thursday with Pope Francis. The meeting is also coming amid a crisis…

Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday signed the first ever government law that would allow paid leave from work for parents who suffer the death of a child. The new law to support parents affected by the tragedy of childhood mortality is…

Two Russian men accused by the United Kingdom of attempting to murder a former Russian double agent and his daughter have claimed they were in the country as tourists. The men, who identified themselves as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan…

Ghanaians bid farewell to former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday in a state funeral attended by African leaders and international statesmen who hailed his record as an advocate for humanity and world peace. Annan, a…

US President Donald Trump reportedly mocked Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and referred to him as a “f***ing killer”, according to investigative journalist Bob Woodward. In an excerpt from Woodward’s recently released book,…

South Korean authorities have vowed to "make an example" of 12 music students accused of conspiring to gain weight to avoid mandatory military service. South Korea's Military Manpower Administration said the group had exchanged…

Armed men early Monday blew down the front gate of a maximum security prison in northeastern Brazil and with guns allowing 92 inmates to escape while killing a policeman. Officials said the assault was carried out by about 20 men in…

The updated guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to U.S. operators, was issued on Sunday at the expiry of the prior year’s advisory, said there were also military activities emanating from or transiting through Iran’s…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said Moscow and Beijing plan to use their own national currencies more often in trade deals as Russia’s relations with the West deteriorate. “The Russian and Chinese sides confirmed their…