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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…

As the June 24 dateline allowing women in Saudi Arabia to drive draws near, the government has enacted far-reaching laws to curb possible harassment or outright physical attacks. The newly promulgated eight-article law punishes…

British special forces are guarding the newly-married Duke and Duchess of Sussex with sub-machine guns amid fears that the royal couple could be targeted by the Taliban. The threat is believed to be directly linked to comments that…

Kenyan authorities have arrested the head of the National Youth Service as part of investigations into a 99-million dollars ( N35.7bn) theft of funds, media said on Monday. In spite of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s pledges to stamp out…

A Malian migrant has been hailed a hero after he scaled the front of a building in Paris to save a small boy hanging from a fourth-floor balcony. Video of Mamoudou Gassama's spectacular rescue went viral on social media. In less than…

Qatar has ordered shops to remove goods originating from a group of Saudi Arabian-led countries which a year ago imposed a wide-ranging boycott on the emirate, Doha officials said Saturday. A directive from the economy ministry…

North and South Korea’s leaders held surprise talks on Saturday after President Donald Trump cast an uncertain pall over the turbulent Korean peninsula by cancelling a historic summit with Pyongyang only to suggest it might still go…

Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire businessman and owner of the Chelsea FC, immigrated to Israel on Thursday, according to reports in Tel Aviv. Abramovich’s decision to immigrate to Israel comes amid the recent expiration of…

One day after abruptly pulling the plug on a high-stakes summit with North Korea, US President Donald Trump said Friday the meeting with Kim Jong Un could go ahead after all — possibly even on the originally scheduled date of June 12.…

Parents of Benito Mussolini, a 14-month old baby, have been summoned to appear in an Italian court over their son’s controversial name, according to a newspaper report. Young Benito is named after one of his grandfathers, a common…

Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to New York police Friday morning and was arrested on charges that he raped one woman and forced another to perform oral sex on him, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. Manhattan…

Malaysian police said on Friday that cash worth 114 million ringgit (28.6 million dollars) and over 400 luxury handbags were seized from several apartments as part of an anti-graft probe into a state fund founded by former premier Najib…

A bomb has exploded at a suburban Indian restaurant in the Canadian city of Mississauga, injuring more than a dozen people. Two men entered the Bombay Bhel restaurant in the city, near Toronto, and detonated the improvised…