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A Kuwaiti social media star is facing a backlash after criticising new laws improving conditions for the country’s Filipino domestic workers. Sondos Alqattan, an Instagram star and makeup artist with over 2.3 million followers,…

One woman has been killed and at least 13 people wounded, including a young girl, after a gunman opened fire in the Canadian city of Toronto before being shot dead by police, officials said. An unidentified man opened fire late…

Mr Rouhani said: “America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.” Iran’s president has warned Donald Trump against provoking the country, telling the United States…

An American man has narrated how their new baby was born in the bathroom of a restaurant who promised to give her free food for life. The excited father, Robert Griffin, took to Facebook to reveal how his daughter was born in popular…

President Donald Trump on Saturday described as “totally unheard of” the action of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen after it emerged that he had secretly taped a discussion about payments to a former Playboy model who claimed she had an…

President Donald Trump has invited his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to Washington for a summit in October, the White House has confirmed. White House spokeswoman, Sarah Sanders, said in a tweet that Trump asked his National…

The Ugandan government on Thursday re-tabled before parliament the social media and mobile money amendment bill following public protest. Matia Kasaija, minister of finance planning and economic development, tabled the amendment bill…

President Donald Trump lashed out Thursday after Brussels hit US tech giant Google with a record fine, and warned he would no longer allow Europe to take "advantage" of the United States. "I told you so! The European Union just…

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused forces in the U.S. of trying to undermine the success of his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, and said the two leaders had managed to begin to improve U.S.-Russia ties anyway.…

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are calling on a US judge to dismiss a lawsuit from actress Ashley Judd — who accuses the disgraced mogul of torpedoing her career — on the grounds that she had made a sexual “deal” with him. The…

President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that Russia is no longer targeting the United States, contradicting his top intelligence official who said the opposite earlier this week. The statement came amid continued furor over…

US President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that his meeting with Vladimir Putin could prove successful, as he tries to quell fury in Washington after appearing to defer to the Russian leader over US intelligence chiefs. The…

The neighbours of a Zimbabwean man, Godfrey Makeche Ncube of Chinotimba suburb teamed up in mob justice style to trap Tafireyi Zimba who had been cheating with his wife, Cynthia Ngwenya. Neighbours who included Ncube’s brothers…

18 men have been arrested for raping an 11-year-old school girl for several months in an apartment complex in the eastern Indian city of Chennai. The hearing-impaired girl was allegedly sedated and given spiked soft drinks by the…

Egypt’s parliament passed a law giving the government sweeping powers to regulate traditional and social media, a move critics say will boost the Sisi regime’s ability to crack down on free speech and dissent. The measure allows…

Donald Trump is facing a storm of criticism in America for his performance in Helsinki. His Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is faring rather better. Back home in Russia, political figures have been lining up to praise the results of…

Warren Buffett has donated roughly 3.4 billion dollars of Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock to five charities, the billionaire’s largest contribution in his longstanding plan to give away his fortune. Buffett’s 13th annual donation…

Israel has blocked fuel and gas transfers to the Gaza Strip until Sunday in retaliation for “continued terrorist attempts by the Hamas terrorist group,” Israel’s Defence Ministry confirmed Tuesday. The ministry said the Kerem Shalom…

Americans and in general most of the world was left stunned after Donald Trump apparently sided with Vladmir Putin over his own intelligence agencies over the issue of Russian collusion in American elections. The two rival nations have…

Former US President Barack Obama has arrived in Kenya, the country of his father’s birth, for a private visit, his first to this country since leaving office. Obama is in Kenya to help launch his half-sister’s, Auma Obama, sports,…

Hours before he was due to sit down for his first ever summit with Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump has derided his nation, blaming what he called “U.S. foolishness” for bad relations between Washington and Moscow, while the…

Indonesian villagers armed with knives, hammers and clubs have slaughtered 292 crocodiles in revenge for the death of a man killed by a crocodile at a breeding farm, according to an official. Photographs released by Antara news…

The much-anticipated summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Monday comes after years of mutual compliments and backslapping, despite growing strains in US-Russian relations. Ahead of the Helsinki meeting, here is a…

A Saudi Arabia girl has been arrested for hugging a singer at a concert in the Saudi city of Ta’if, police said on Saturday. The audience at the concert of Saudi-Iraqi singer Majid Al Mohandes was astonished on Friday night when the…