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The disappearance of an elderly man from a Brittany care home turned out to be an unlikely love story. The 93-year-old was reported missing from the retirement home in the small coastal town of Pléneuf-Val-André by his granddaughter, who arrived for her weekly visit. But when she entered his room on Saturday afternoon, the man was […]

Police used pepper spray and blast balls on rival demonstrations in Seattle on Sunday, just one day after violence broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, leaving one dead and dozens injured. Sunday’s demonstrations took place less than a mile from each other, as the pro-Trump ‘Patriot Prayer’ group gathered for the ‘Freedom Rally’ in Westlake Park, […]

At least 18 killed as minister says three attackers shot dead at Turkish restaurant in the capital Ouagadougou. An attack by gunmen on a Turkish restaurant that began late on Sunday left at least 18 people dead and eight wounded in the capital of Burkina Faso, a West African country that has seen a surge in […]

The German aid group Sea Eye on Sunday said it was suspending its migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean, citing security concerns after Libya barred foreign vessels from a stretch of water off its coast. The announcement comes a day after Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it was halting the use of its largest boat […]

Iran’s lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a motion in response to recent US sanctions, voting to boost spending on Tehran’s missile program and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ defense mechanism. In a session Sunday, 240 lawmakers voted for the bill, with only one abstention, to confront “the US terrorist and adventurous actions” in the region, Press TV […]

Mukhtar Robow, a founding father of group, reportedly taken to Mogadishu after surrendering to government forces. A renegade leader of Somalia’s al-Shabab has defected to the regional government, severing ties to the armed group that has been carrying out attacks in the country, according to a Somali military official. Al Jazeera has learned that Mukhtar […]

As the United States and North Korea faceoff in a nuclear standoff, the very small Arab community in the 163,000 population pacific island is standing strong. Al Arabiya spoke on early Friday morning to one of three Arabs residing in Guam. The island is currently in the midst of strong war of words between US […]

  FILE PHOTO © SANA  MThe Syrian Army, supported by the Russian Air Force, has fully liberated the city of as-Sukhnah (al-Sukhneh) from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), opening the road to the besieged enclave of Deir ez-Zor, says the Russian Defense Ministry. As-Sukhnah, liberated on Sunday, was the last major city held by IS […]

  A teenager who wore the shirt and tie that a Toronto cop bought for him after he allegedly attempted to steal them for a job interview has been hired. Const. Niran Jeyanesan thought he was responding to a routine shoplifting call on Aug. 6 at a Walmart in the city’s north end. The 18-year-old who […]

PAC-3 guided missile units are deployed at the Kochi Camp of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Konan, Kochi Prefecture on Saturday. The Yomiuri ShimbunIn preparation for North Korea’s possible firing of ballistic missiles toward Guam, the Defense Ministry deployed surface-to-air Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) guided missiles at Ground Self-Defense Force camps in four prefectures in […]