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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…

Zhang Shaniu enjoys watching open-air plays, particularly the Yuju folk opera. The 83-year-old remembers the plot of each show that has been staged in his village. The latest one, he says, was about bidding…

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has condemned former prime minister, Tony Blair, accusing him of undermining the Brexit talks by calling for another referendum. Blair has been calling for another…

Several thousand people marched in Rome Saturday in protest at Italy’s tough new anti-migrant law which makes it easier to expel new arrivals. The protesters waved flags and donned yellow vests emblazoned with the…

FORMER United States Secretary of State and Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group, Madeleine Albright, has said she may consider a political asylum. Albright  gave the hint while featuring as one of the speakers…

Michael D. Cohen said in an interview broadcast Friday that he knew arranging payments during the 2016 campaign to quiet two women who claimed to have had affairs with President Trump was wrong. And, he said, Mr. Trump knew it was…

Marriage to a Vietnamese bride is just a click — and a few thousand dollars — away on a blizzard of Chinese websites promising to solve the “single problems” of China’s men.A decades-long one-child policy has created a yawning…

The leader of a South African political party has called for the killing of white women and children in a row over the taxi industry. Andile Mngxitama, president of Black First Land First (BLF), was speaking at a…

Former South African president Jacob Zuma must pay back state funds and cover his own costs, a court ruled on Thursday, leaving him facing massive legal bills as he fights graft charges.Zuma, who was ousted in February over multiple…