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Porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006, filed a lawsuit against the US president on Monday for defamation. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, lodged the complaint with the US…

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday dismissed new allegations by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Tehran has a secret nuclear weapons programme. In a tweet, Zarif said that US President Donald Trump…

Malaysia has for the first time jailed a man, who pleaded guilty to breaking the new law against fake news on Monday. The man, Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman, admitted to making and posting on YouTube a video accusing emergency services…

Investigations have been launched into the activities of 214 people after a pornographic video featuring children was shared on the WhatsApp messaging platform in Germany. There were 50 cases before the public prosecutor’s office in…

A Kenyan man, Jervason Musinga Kiendi, 33, who went to a police station to report a case of robbery was shocked to see the robbers behind  the police reporting desk. Kiendi accused the three policemen, who were in a saloon car of…

It was a buyer’s market in Britain in March as a record number of homes were sold for less than the asking price, new research from estate agents shows. Some 86 per cent of properties, almost nine in 10, sold for less than the asking…

Poland is facing a shortage of workers after an exodus of people to Britain and Germany. The country is having to recruit workers from countries like Ukraine and Bangladesh to fill vacancies in trades such as building, welding and…

Amber Rudd has resigned as home secretary after repeatedly struggling to explain her role in the unjust treatment of Windrush generation migrants. The home secretary had faced mounting pressure over her role in setting the culture…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has repeated his harsh criticism of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for what he calls open bias against Africa, saying it has failed to mete out justice in any other part of the world. “The ICC…

As Ni­ger­ian asylum seekers flood into Canada across a ditch in Upstate New York, Canadian authorities are asking the United States for help — but not with managing the influx at the border. Instead, they want U.S. immigration officials…

North Korea rapprochement is moving with speed as country promised to shut its atomic test site in May and invited US weapons experts to the country. US President Donald Trump had expressed optimism about securing a nuclear deal with…

Terminally-ill British toddler Alfie Evans died on Saturday after doctors withdrew life support, the child’s parents said, following a protracted legal battle and a campaign that drew support from Pope Francis. “Our baby grew…

Louis Arthur Charles - the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge reveal the name of their new prince.    (BBC)

US President Donald Trump has adduced reasons for not getting his wife a gift as she marks her 48th birthday on Thursday. The President confessed that he was rather too busy to go get a birthday gift for the First Lady. The day…

The leaders of the two Koreas made their way to the heavily fortified demilitarized zone between the countries early on Friday, seeking to end their decades-long conflict and ease tensions over the North’s nuclear weapons program.…

Bill Cosby, US actor and comedian, has been convicted of three counts of aggravated sexual assault. A Pennsylvania jury on Thursday found the iconic comic guilty of drugging and sexually-violating Andrea Constand, his one-time…

The world’s top earning footballer, Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi, won an EU court battle on Thursday to register his surname as a trademark to sell sports goods. “The football player’s fame counteracts the visual and…

Prince Harry has asked his brother Prince William to be his best man at his wedding to Meghan Markle, Kensington Palace has said. Prince Harry had been the Duke of Cambridge's best man at his wedding to Kate Middleton in 2011. Prince…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday described North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as “very open” and “very honourable,” saying Pyongyang was keen on a meeting “very soon.” Mr Trump, speaking during a meeting with French President Emmanuel…

A surgeon has been stood down from his post at a New Delhi hospital for performing an unnecessary operation on a patient’s leg after confusing him with another man, an official said Tuesday. The surgeon last week drilled a hole in the…

Nine people have killed and 16 injured after a man drove a van into pedestrians in Toronto, police said. The driver fled the scene of the incident, at a busy intersection in the north of the Canadian city. He was arrested several blocks…

Pope Francis became an ice cream man for a day on Monday as Rome charity workers dished out 3,000 helpings of gelato to the homeless and needy as his gift to them on his name day. Gelato is ice cream made in the Italian style. Gelato…

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have left hospital after the arrival of their third child, a boy. The new prince, who was born at St Mary's Hospital, London, at 11:01 BST, weighing 8lb 7oz, is fifth in line to the throne. Earlier,…

Dressed in a red robe and a gold-trimmed Bishop’s miter, the clergyman pours whiskey into his cupped hand and anoints the forehead of the man sitting before him.  “You are hereby invested as a minister … This is a double tot,” he says…