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Iran has unveiled the latest generation of its short-range Fateh ballistic missile. The new missile, dubbed Fateh Mobin, will be produced in Iran, Defence Minister Amir Hatami said on Monday. The minister said the new generation…

Facebook has announced a news authorization process for pages on its platform in order to make it harder to administer a page while using a fake or compromised account. In a blogpost by Emma Rodgers, Director of Product Marketing, he…

NASA on Sunday blasted off a $1.5 billion spacecraft toward the Sun on a historic mission to protect the Earth by unveiling the mysteries of dangerous solar storms. “Three, two, one, and liftoff!” said a NASA commentator as the…

Russia-US confrontation is extending to the economic and trade field as Washington is poised to hit Moscow new and powerful sanctions on August 22nd. Russia views the move as a declaration of “economic war”. The US State…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hit back Saturday at US “threats” over a detained American pastor which has escalated tensions between the two NATO allies and piled pressure on the Turkish currency. “It is wrong to dare bring Turkey…

Two military F-15 jets were scrambled late Friday after a “suicidal” airline worker stole and later crashed an empty passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma airport, local officials said. Local authorities quickly ruled out terrorism as…

The Indian Railways has begun its world’s largest recruitment drive to fill up nearly 120,000 vacancies for which a whopping 24 million people have applied. According to official sources, the examinations will be conducted in three…

Two police officers were among four people killed on Friday in a shooting in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton, police said. “Of the four people killed in this morning’s shootings on Brookside Drive, two were Fredericton…

Pakistani singer and actress was allegedly shot dead by her own husband. The TV actress known as Reshma is thought to have been gunned down after a domestic dispute. The suspect, who had three wives before Reshma, allegedly stormed…

Melania Trump’s parents on Thursday received American citizenship under so-called “chain migration” rules her husband, President Donald Trump, has frequently derided. The first lady’s Slovenian-born parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs,…

A criminal court in Bangkok on Thursday sentenced a former Thai Buddhist monk who provoked outrage with his lavish lifestyle to 114 years in prison for fraud, money laundering and computer crimes. Wirapol Sukphol, who was seen in a…

Saudi Arabia is considering further measures against Canada, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubair said on Wednesday, amid an escalating diplomatic row between the two countries. On Sunday, Saudi Arabia expelled the Canadian…

The Russian Government was responsible for the attacks on the U.S. election process in 2016, U.S. Secretary of Defence, Gen. James Mattis, has declared. Mattis said at Pentagon that the Defence Department would provide all support…

Saudi Arabia has halted all medical treatment programmes in Canada and is coordinating for the transfer of Saudi patients to medical facilities outside the country, Saudi press agency reported on Wednesday. The agency cited Fahd…

Ivory Coast’s former first lady, Simone Gbagbo, who is serving a 20-year jail term, will be freed on Wednesday after President Alassan Ouattara granted her an amnesty, her lawyer said on Tuesday. The wife of former president Laurent…

It is not uncommon to run up some hefty bills while on holiday, but one British tourist will be feeling particularly glum this week. The unidentified man racked up tens of thousands of pounds in traffic fines in less than four hours…

A former Uganda lawmaker, Patrick Okumu-Ringa, has dismantled all the constituency projects, he set up in his Nebbi Municipality after he lost the last parliamentary election. Okumu-Ringa, a former public service state minister…

The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle has been invited to next month’s Emmy Awards but it’s believed she’s “politely declined”. The 37-year-old former actress, who married Prince Harry in May was asked to attend the glamorous showbiz…

President Xi Jinping of China has congratulated Emmerson Mnangagwa on his election as Zimbabwe’s president, state news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday, offering support after the African nation’s opposition cried foul. Mnangagwa has…

The Frankfurt Airport is being evacuated due to what the authorities described as “security breach” when an unauthorised individual gained undue access into unauthorised space. Taking to its verified Twitter handle on Tuesday, the FA…

President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire has declared amnesty for Simone Gbagbo, who had been convicted of offences against the state during a brief 2011 civil war. Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former president Laurent Gbagbo, was…

President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has relieved Minister for Energy Boakye Agyarko of his post with immediate effect, the presidency said. According to the presidency, Akufo-Addo has asked Agyarko to hand over to John Peter Amewu,…

US President Donald Trump has admitted his son met a Russian lawyer in June 2016 "to get information on an opponent", but argues it was legal. It is his most direct statement so far on the reason for Donald Trump Jr's meeting with…

A court in Vietnam convicted 46 former bankers and businessmen of corruption on Monday over a multi-million-dollar lending scam spearheaded by the once-powerful chairman of Vietnam’s Construction Bank. It is the latest in a series of…