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German fans during the World Cup 2018 qualifier against the Czech Republic in Prague. Photo: DPA Germany players have blasted a hardcore group of “fans” for shouting Nazi-era chants during a World Cup qualifier as the world champions hope to secure a finals berth on Monday. Germany have three qualifiers left but can wrap up […]

Pyongyang has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb which can be mounted on an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), the country’s state TV announced. Earlier an “artificial quake” was registered near a nuclear testing site in North Korea. The bomb test was a “perfect success” and was a “meaningful” step to complete the North’s nuclear weapons program, state television said, as […]

AA Photo An under-construction mosque in southeastern Netherlands was targeted by a group of far-right extremists, head of the mosque said Saturday. The far-right ‘Identitair Verzet’ movement hanged anti-Islam banners at the roof of Tevhid mosque which is under construction in Venlo city. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Ahmet Dursun, head of Tevhid Mosque, condemned the […]

© Google map Russia has summoned the deputy chief of mission of the US Embassy in Moscow to lodge a note of protest over US plans to search the Russian trade mission in Washington, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Anthony F. Godfrey was summoned to the ministry on Saturday, it said in a statement, adding that […]

Eleven buses carrying ISIL fighters and their families head for Deir Az Zor province after deal with Syrian government. The buses left ISIL’s enclave near Syria’s border with Lebanon on Monday [File: Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images] Most of an ISIL evacuation convoy stuck in east Syria has crossed out of government territory headed to ISIL-held Deir […]

Composite: AFP US President Donald Trump and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will hold their first one-on-one talks on September 26th at the White House, Spain’s government announced Friday. The two leaders have already met at a G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany and a NATO  summit in Brussels, but this will be their first scheduled […]

Myanmar blames armed Rohingya group for burning homes in Rakhine, but survivors pin responsibility on soldiers.   Myanmar officials blamed a Rohingya armed group for the mass torching of homes [Bernat Armangue/AP] More than 2,600 houses have been burned down in Rohingya-majority areas of Myanmar’s restive northwest in the last week, as tens of thousands […]

The leaders of South Korea and the United States have agreed to enhance Seoul’s deterrence against North Korea by increasing its missile capabilities, but also reaffirmed the need to bring the communist state back to the dialogue table, Seoul’s presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae, said Saturday. The agreement came in a telephone conversation between South […]

Kyein Ni Pyin camp, Pauktaw Township, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Photo: OCHA/Htet Htet Oo 1 September 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today urged restraint and calm in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, cautioning that the situation may otherwise lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. In a statement from his spokesperson, the Secretary-General expressed deep concern about reported violence since […]

 Connie Serbu called police herself after the attack and admitted shooting 18-year-old Xavier Sierra A woman from Florida has been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of a teenager who she allegedly lured into a wood and shot dead because she suspected him of raping her young daughter several years previously. Connie Serbu, a […]