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A Turkish television station has broadcast CCTV footage showing men carrying cases and bags which it says contained slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s body parts. The images shown on A-Haber television late…

US President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed opposition Democrats for the death of two immigrant children in US custody, comments set to heighten tensions as the second week of a government shutdown began over his…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to meet the South’s President Moon Jae-in “frequently” next year to discuss denuclearisation of the peninsula in a rare letter sent to Seoul, Moon’s office said Sunday. The…

During a conversation on BBC Radio 4, Angelina Jolie hinted that she may consider a move into politics in the future. The high-profile actress and activist told BBC host Justin Webb that in the past she would have…

Dutch security forces arrested four people in the port city of Rotterdam on Saturday on suspicion of preparing for a “terrorist crime”, police said. Elite counter-terrorism units and police arrested the men and…

China just lifted its ban on new video games after nearly a year of keeping games from getting released. Its regulatory arm approved 80 new games today, as first reported by Reuters. But curiously enough, none of…

Michelle Obama, former US first lady, has been voted America’s most admired woman in a Gallup poll, ousting Hillary Clinton from the top spot for the first time in 17 years. Obama sat atop the list released on…

The trafficking and consumption of rare and endangered species are widespread in Vietnam as many still believe in the healing and medicinal qualities of the animals’ body parts. But the sale of the animals occurs…

An Argentine woman kidnapped 32 years ago as a teenager has been found alive and well in Bolivia following a joint investigation between the two countries, Argentine police said Wednesday. Now 45, the woman was…

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…