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Three months ago, Jacob Zuma was ousted as president of South Africa, in a humiliating end to his nine-year rule. But he and his supporters seem determined to not go quietly. Zuma reluctantly resigned from office after the ruling…

North Korea is threatening to pull out of a historic summit with the United States and South Korea unless its current terms are reviewed from their current “one-sided” affair, reports say Wednesday. The North said it was being pressured…

North Korea announced on Tuesday that it would be suspending its Wednesday, May 16 talks with South Korea over ongoing joint military drills conducted by Seoul and Washington DC. According to Yonhap News reports, the Max Thunder…

Turkey and Israel expelled each other’s senior diplomats on Tuesday in a dispute over the killing by Israeli forces of 60 Palestinians a day earlier during protests on the Gaza border. Turkey told Israel’s ambassador to leave the…

Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, will on Wednesday assent to a new law that may cost Kenyans Sh5 million (N90.1m) or a jail term of two years for spreading fake news electronically, reports The Star. Parliament passed the Computer…

Russia's first robot brothel has opened in Moscow, hoping to attract clients attending next month's World Cup including England fans and even players taking part in the tournament. The Dolls Hotel is located in Moscow's business…

Germany on Tuesday began the deportation procedure for a  Togolese asylum seeker, whose detention caused the migration debate in Germany to flare up this month. “The deportation has begun,’’ the man’s lawyer, Engin Sanli, told…

The British-Iraqi family, who live in Wembley, north London, received two separate letters addressed to them with a racist message last August. But because the family, who wish to remain anonymous, hadn't ordered new…

A stunning nude painting that is the largest produced by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani sold for $157.2 million in New York on Monday night, becoming the fourth most expensive work of art sold at auction. Painted a century ago,…

President Donald Trump flew to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Monday to visit FirstLady Melania Trump hours after she underwent a kidney procedure. The first lady's office announced the first lady had the procedure Monday.…

As the U.S. mulls the next line of action on the abandoned Iran nuclear deal, National Security Adviser John Bolton has warned that Washington is prepared to impose sanctions on European companies if their governments don’t support…

The United States officially opened its deeply controversial Jerusalem embassy on Monday in a ceremony that included a video address by President Donald Trump. Trump told the ceremony that the United States remained committed to…

New Zealand’s pregnant Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, on Monday revealed her government’s plans for running the country after she gives birth and takes six weeks maternity leave. Ardern, 37, said she will continue working as close…

Clashes erupted along the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel on Monday between Palestinians and Israeli forces ahead of the controversial inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem, AFP journalists reported. Gaza’s health ministry said…

Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle, who will walk his daughter down the aisle at Windsor Castle on Saturday, has been caught on CCTV willingly posing for faked photos that have been sold to newspapers around the world for up to £100,000.…

America will help rebuild North Korea’s economy if it agrees to give up its nuclear weapons, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. The US would be “prepared to work with North Korea to achieve prosperity on the par with our…

An Arizona woman, Jacqueline Ades, who broke into a Paradise Valley home, and reportedly sent tens of thousands of disturbing text messages to the man’s phone after the pair went on one date, was found in the Paradise Valley man’s bathtub.…

A third teenage girl has been raped and burned alive in a week in India, the latest brutal sexual assault to shock the country. The 16-year-old died from the burns after being set alight by a 26-year-old man who acted after the young…

A 51-year-old man from Iowa was shot by his own dog while playing with the pet in his home, local media reported Friday. Richard Remme of Fort Dodge was encouraging his dog Balew, a cross between a pit bull and a labrador, to jump on…

Gambia is selling several planes and a fleet of luxury cars bought by former President Yahya Jammeh as it seeks to reduce debt contracted during the former leader’s decades-long rule. Jammeh, who seized power in a 1994 coup, fled…

A gynaecologist caused an unborn baby to be accidentally decapitated inside his mother’s womb as she carried out a bungled delivery on an NHS maternity unit. A tribunal in Manchester heard Dr Vaishnavy Laxman, 41, should have given…

A Bangladeshi security guard was handed a jail sentence on Thursday for burying alive two dogs and their 14 puppies, in what activists hailed as the country’s first ever animal cruelty conviction. Mohammad Siddique, who buried…

An Uber driver found guilty of raping a passenger has been jailed for 12 years. Muhammad Khurram Durrani, 38 (20.02.80) of Oakdale Road, Streatham SW16 was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, 10 May to 12 years in prison…

Mahathir Mohamad, 92, has been sworn in as Malaysia’s new Prime Minister, making him the oldest elected leader in the world. Mohamad had ruled the South Asian country for 22 years, between 1981 and 2003. His alliance of four…