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U.S. President Donald Trump has hit back at his former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, calling him “dumb as a rock”. Trump was responding to Tillerson’s claim that the president was “undisciplined”, “doesn’t like to read”…

President Donald Trump is expected Friday to nominate State Department spokeswoman and former Fox TV news anchor Heather Nauert as US ambassador to the United Nations, according to multiple reports. If confirmed…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hand off leadership of her party Friday after nearly two decades at the helm, with the race wide open between a loyal deputy and a longtime rival. The contest’s outcome is…

Luxembourg is to become the first country in the world to make all public transportation free. All fares for trains, trams and buses will be scrapped by summer 2019 as part of a new environmental initiative, Xavier…

Britain has promised not to extradite Julian Assange, saying the fugitive WikiLeaks founder can leave the Ecuador embassy in London. Ecuador’s president said that the UK government has assured him that Assange will not be…

As part of its drive to crack down crime and money laundering, Britain has said it will suspend its top tier investor visas which will require $2.55 million in investment. From Russian oligarchs and Middle Eastern oil barons…

The Afgan born Murtaza Ahmadi popularly regarded as ‘little Messi’ and family have been forced to flee their home in southeastern Ghazni province along with hundreds of others fleeing intense fighting after the Taliban, in…

President Donald Trump and his wife ,Melanie Trump were forced to sit next to the Obamas at George Bush’s funeral service today . Despite the bad blood between the former first couple and the incumbent following Michelle…

United Nations human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, says an international investigation is needed to determine who is responsible for the murder of Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in October. Bachelet was…

6A business group warned on Tuesday that a labour shortage in Canada is deepening, with more than 430,000 jobs at small and medium-sized firms remaining unfilled for at least four months.The job vacancy rate has risen to 3.3…

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will spend Christmas with Kate Middleton and Prince William despite speculation of a rift, it has been reported. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are said to be looking forward to the festive…

Two key US Republican senators said they have “zero” doubt Saudi Arabia’s crown prince directed the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Senators came to the emphatic conclusion after they were briefed by the CIA…

Japan is giving away approximately 8 million abandoned houses for free, and I am sure you must be planning to relocate to the country. I know you might be wondering why there is such huge number of abandoned houses in the country,…

CNN President Jeff Zucker has put President Donald Trump’s attacks on his network down to three things. In a new episode of David Axelrod’s “The Axe Files” podcast, Zucker claimed Trump’s overwhelming…

Israel has launched what it calls “an operation to expose and neutralise” tunnels between Lebanon and Israel allegedly made by armed group Hezbollah. The operation was announced on Tuesday by the Israeli military on…

President Donald Trump, despite invitation to late President George Bush state funeral, will not be allowed to speak to the crowd, CNN reports. The official schedule of events commemorating the United States’ 41st president does…

China has called for the end of lavish wedding ceremonies as the government ramps up its campaign against gaudy displays of wealth. Weddings, the ministry of civil affairs has said, should “integrate core socialist values…

Belgium’s richest man, multi-billionaire entrepreneur Albert Frere, has died aged 92, his investment company GBL announced Monday. According to Forbes magazine, the self-made former scrap metal merchant turned media,…

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will lose one of its members, Qatar, in January 2019. In a series of tweets on Monday, the Arab country said the exit is as a result of the decision to…

America’s national farewell to George H.W. Bush begins Monday with the transfer of his casket aboard the presidential plane from Texas to Washington, where he will lie in state in the rotunda of the US Capitol.…

Any prosecutor familiar with the prosecution of mob bosses and other major racketeering leaders will tell you that one of the first signs that investigators are making headway in an investigation are guilty pleas and cooperation…

US President Donald Trump said Saturday he hoped to organize a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in early 2019, perhaps as soon as January or February. Trump told reporters traveling home to Washington with…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has put the global debt at $180 trillion, warning highly indebted emerging-markets and low-income countries against what it termed pro-cyclical fiscal policies. IMF Managing…

Israeli police on Sunday said its investigation has found sufficient evidence for bribery and fraud charges to be brought against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife in a third corruption case against the…