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Security officers run from the scene of the blast [Feisal Omar/Reuters] At least 20 people have been killed and 17 injured in explosions followed by heavy gunfire in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to police. Plumes of smoke billowed into the air on Friday as at least two car bombs went off near the popular Sahafi Hotel and […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and participants of international talks on Afghanistan pose for a photo in Moscow on November 9, 2018. (AFP) Moscow on Friday hosted international talks on Afghanistan aimed at kick starting direct negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban militant group, both of whom sent delegations. Russia hopes “through joint efforts to […]

A lone terrorist was responsible for a deadly stabbing attack that unfolded on Bourke Street in Melbourne’s CBD on Friday afternoon. One man was killed and two others injured after being stabbed by a man who set a ute alight outside the Target store near the busy intersection of Bourke and Swanston streets. The attacker, who […]

‘We don’t want to give him ammunition,’ one White House reporter said of the president. ‘At the same time, we don’t want to be a doormat and just lie down.’ White House correspondents and media outlets widely view the Trump administration’s decision to pull CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass as an assault on the […]

CNN’s Jim Acosta questions U.S. President Donald Trump during his news conference following Tuesday’s midterm U.S. congressional elections at the White House in Washington, U.S., Nov. 7, 2018. (Reuters Photo) The White House has suspended the press pass of CNN correspondent Jim Acosta after he and U.S. President Donald Trump had a heated confrontation during […]

A 28-year-old former Marine opened fire in a California country music bar packed with college students, killing 12 people including a police officer as dozens of terrified youngsters stampeded towards the door, authorities said Thursday. The gunman   who apparently killed himself   stepped into the Borderline Bar and Grill around 11:20 pm Wednesday and […]

Demonstrators covering their faces participate in a protest called “The traditional clown’s walk against the burqa ban” in Vienna, Austria October 1, 2017. © Reuters / Leonhard Foeger A pending Egyptian law that would prohibit face veils in public places has rekindled the debate over anti-terror measures and their limits on individual freedoms. RT sought […]

Sessions earned Trump’s anger by recusing himself from the investigation on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election [Alex Brandon/AP Photo] US President Donald Trump forced out Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday, less than 24 hours Republican party lost control of the House of Representatives. Sessions informed Trump of his resignation in a letter sent to […]

Trump used a press briefing to air his frustration with the media, angrily shooting down questions from CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta and admonishing him for his interactions with White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders. | AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied having ever made racist remarks and accused a reporter […]

The kidnappings on Monday were the first such mass abductions seen in Cameroon and coincide with an upsurge of political tensions in the majority French-speaking country AFP/Reinnier KAZE YAOUNDE: Ninety children kidnapped at a school in a troubled English-speaking region of Cameroon have been freed, officials said on Wednesday (Nov 7), revealing that in addition […]