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A Palmdale man was sentenced to death and his girlfriend to life in prison without parole Thursday for murdering the woman’s 8-year-old son, who was routinely beaten, starved, forced to sleep in a closet and tortured until his death in 2013…

Divisions between Donald Trump and the other leaders of the G7 nations have been laid bare at a summit in Canada. The US president said Russia should be readmitted to the group of major industrialised nations following its expulsion for…

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is considering granting a posthumous pardon to boxing great Muhammad Ali. Ali died in 2016.  His refusal of military service during the Vietnam War made him a champion of the US civil…

Britain’s 92-year-old Queen Elizabeth II underwent eye surgery to remove a cataract in May, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. “I can confirm that the queen successfully underwent a short, planned procedure to treat a cataract last…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma, who was ousted by his own party in February, arrived at the Durban High Court on Friday for his second appearance on corruption charges relating to a $2.5 billion arms deal in the late 1990s.…

Anthony Bourdain, a gifted storyteller and writer who took CNN viewers around the world, has died. He was 61. CNN confirmed Bourdain's death on Friday and said the cause of death was suicide. "It is with extraordinary sadness we…

The city of Paris has rewarded a Malian immigrant for his bravery in saving a child last month. But the accolades come as city police razed migrant camps just a few kilometers north, underscoring the broader, polarized question of…

A woman has died following complications from Bosom  enlargement surgery in the latest death linked to plastic surgery in Russia. Mum-of-two Galina Rakushina had said she wanted to surprise her husband Alexander by having the procedure…

A woman has been sentenced to one year in jail or a fine of Shs300,000 ($2,967) for faking her own kidnap ostensibly to test her husband’s love for her. The Ugandan woman, Aminah Mirembe, 23, is a resident of Nakawa, a Kampala…

The United Nations has said that no less than 40 million Americans live in poverty, with 18.5 million living in extreme poverty, while 5.3 million Americans live in what it calls “Third World conditions of absolute poverty.” Some…

Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, state media reported. “The first group of women today received their Saudi driving licences,” the official Saudi Press Agency said. “The general…

Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of rape and sexual assaults. More than 70 women have accused the Miramax film studio’s co-founder of sexual misconduct, including rape, in a series of incidents…

The next edition of the Miss America pageant will scrap swimsuits and will be more inclusive to women of all sizes, the contest announced Tuesday. Gretchen Carlson, the chairwoman of the Miss America board of directors,…

A jilted boyfriend has shot his girlfriend dead right outside her university dorm in Bangkok, Thailand and the shocking moment was captured on video. Killer Pukkapong Chittarom, 24, went looking for student Natchareeya Thaprajit, 21,…

Bill Clinton, former president of America, says he has no plans to directly ask Monica Lewinsky for forgiveness. In 1998, the news of an affair between Clinton, who was then president, and Lewinsky, a 21-year-old intern at the White…

President Donald Trump asserted Monday that he has the right to pardon himself but suggested that he won't use that power, adding that the special counsel investigation is "unconstitutional." "As has been stated by numerous legal…

US President Donald Trump says the meeting with Kim Jong-un, North Korean leader, will hold as previously scheduled. The development comes after a North Korean envoy led by Kim Yong Chol, a senior official, visited the White House on…

Two lions, two tigers and a jaguar have escaped from a zoo in Lünebach in western Germany, police have said. Local authorities advised residents to stay inside their homes and call the police if they saw any of the five predators at…

Billionaire Roman Abramovich of Russia became Israel’s wealthiest citizen on Monday, JNS.org reports A Jew entitled to Israeli citizenship by law, Abramovich is now a permanent Israeli resident. The owner of Chelsea, he had been…

A Catholic Church archdiocese in the US state of Minnesota reached a $210 million settlement Thursday with hundreds of victims of clergy abuse, resolving a years-long battle.The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, which filed for…

True to the words of French President Emmanuel Macron that African Spiderman, Mamoudou Gassama, would be employed as a firefighter in France, Gassama has started his training. Taking to his Twitter handle on Wednesday, Gassama…

Malian immigrant, Mamadou Gassama has now joined the Fire Brigade after his French Citizenship was fast-tracked, refuse to go back to his country after Malian president invitation

Saudi Arabia has passed a new law to criminalise sexual harassment, state media said Wednesday, less than a month before the conservative kingdom lifts its decades-long ban on women driving. The kingdom’s Shura Council, which advises…

A total of 245 Russian citizens and 439 legal entities are currently under US sanctions, a senior official from the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. “US, since 2011, has imposed 52 rounds of sanctions on Russia,’’ Georgy…