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Lesotho PM fails to appear for murder charge on medical grounds: aide

The 80-year-old Thabane took to the radio to announce he would step down at the end of July but chose not to mention the murder case. Lipolelo , who had been...

China Revokes Credentials of 3 'Wall Street Journal' Reporters

Officials had actually withdrawed journalism qualifications of Josh Chin and also Chao Deng, that are both UNITED STATE nationals, which of Philip Wen, an Austr...

Meghan McCain slams Bernie Sanders's supporters

McCain asked Ocasio-Cortez. "I want to talk about the Bernie bros", McCain stated. She called Pelosi the "mama bear of the Democratic party" and shouted out...

Trump Is Keen to Do Deals With African Countries, Pompeo Says

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ended his three-country Africa tour on Wednesday with a thinly veiled swipe at China, as he talked up Washington'...

Hannah Clarke: Officer Who Made "Open Mind" Comments Stood Down

The comments were "victim-blaming at its worst", said Betty Taylor who heads the Red Rose Foundation - an organisation that raises awareness about domestic viol...

South Sudan's Kiir, Machar agree to form unity government on Saturday

Kiir said he would appoint Machar as first vice president on Friday and provide all the members of the former opposition with protection, Reuters reported. "We ...

New York Times Publishes Op-Ed From Taliban Leader

Taliban , Afghan and United States forces on Friday announced a weeklong "reduction in violence", according to an Afghan official. Haqqani stressed in the pie...

South Korean cult church leader says coronavirus outbreak is the 'devil's deed'

On Wednesday, the city confirmed 13 cases and 11 either went to the same church with the woman or were in contact with her in hospital, according to the disease...

California to apologize for WWII internment of Japanese

Ouchida said that Japanese families like his were always considered loyal citizens before and after internment. On Thursday, the California State Legislature ...

Tennessee governor won’t intervene in scheduled execution

Sharp, who is a former federal judge, added that Sutton's petition was supported by prison officials because he made Riverbend a safer place for guards-and had ...

Vladimir Putin sacks top Ukraine adviser who oversaw Crimeas annexation

While visiting his native city of Saint Petersburg on Wednesday, Putin had laid a wreath at a political mentor's grave and was approached by people passing ne...

Man Who Murdered British Backpacker Grace Millane Jailed For Life

The killer, who can not be named for legal reasons, strangled the victim in a hotel in Auckland after meeting her via Tinder on 1 December, 2018 - the day befor...

'MAGA' hat-wearing pigeons released in downtown Las Vegas, group says

A group sent pigeons into downtown Las Vegas with hair like President Donald Trump and MAGA hats glued onto them in a satirical prank before the Democratic ...

Fearing infection, residents protest coronavirus evacuees landing in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also appealed to the locals to show compassion for about 70 people who had been evacuated from China's Hebei province on ...

Korea confirms 53 more cases of coronavirus, 104 in total

The deaths were reported as the shipwide 14-day quarantine expires and as the governments of Hong Kong, Australia, Israel, Canada and other countries work to ...

Russian Federation to challenge Dutch court ruling in $50bn Yukos case

Earlier on Tuesday, the appeals court overruled a decision by the District Court of The Hague in 2016, which overturned a 2014 compensation order by the Pe...

N.H. police chief stripped of duties disrobes, walks into storm

The almost 20-year veteran stripped down to his underwear and boots right in front of the board chairman who oversaw his dismissal. It was snowing in Croydon ...

Plucky pensioner fights off robber after cash machine confrontation

The 77-year-old was using a cash machine outside a Sainsbury's supermarket in Cardiff in the early hours of Wednesday, February 5th. After the man defended hi...

Trump cites advice from friends, allies in his spree of clemency

Indeed, Pascrell predicted that, following Trump's acquittal by the Republican-controlled Senate, "outrageous abuses like these will accelerate and worsen". Pat...

Mexican Man Arrested In Miami, Accused Of Working As Russian Agent

Border Patrol found an image of the informant's auto in the "recently deleted" folder of Fuentes's wife's phone, as well as an extensive WhatsApp conversation...

Roger Stone Sentenced To 40 Months In Prison

Donald Trump's longtime ally Roger Stone has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison for impeding a congressional investigation. Trump has ...

Donald Trump 'offered Julian Assange pardon'

The U.S.is seeking his extradition on 18 charges including publishing classified information and conspiracy to commit computer intrusion that could land Ass...

Roger Stone's sentencing to move ahead after judge refuses new trial request

One onlooker shouted: "Traitor!" This is Trump speaking about the Justice Department's abrupt decision to withdraw an earlier sentencing recommendation for Trum...

Korea reports 1st virus death, warns of community transmission

Some 2,130 people have died. Since January 3, the country has tested more than 13,000 people, among whom 11,238 tested negative for the COVID-19 virus and 1,8...

Man stabbed at London mosque

The victim has been taken to hospital, and his injuries are not life-threatening, police said. A crime scene has been established and inquiries are ongoing. P...

Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial to begin on March 17, says Israeli Justice Ministry

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he was reviving a plan for the construction of some 3,000 new settler homes near East Jerusalem . ...

'I won't meddle in search for new CDU leader' - Merkel

Merkel's protegee, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, threw the party into turmoil last week by saying she would not stand as chancellor in the next federal election ...

Newspaper: Britain to tighten immigration rules following Brexit

But Priti Patel is facing calls to grant special exemptions for those working in the social care sector in a bid to stave off staff shortages. "The way this...

Human brain inside jar found in MI was en route to Wisconsin

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized a human brain sent through the mail near the Michigan-Canadian border last week, the agency said. CBP said ...

Dwarf child pleads for death after school bullying

Since being posted online the video has been viewed more than 4.6 million times. "So hopefully we can make some changes so that this doesn't happen to another f...