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US President Donald Trump says he is “very disappointed” with China for not doing enough to stop North Korea’s weapons programme. Writing on Twitter, he said he would not allow China to “do nothing” about the reclusive state. His comments came a day after Pyongyang test-fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a month. It […]

US warships fired several warning shots at Iranian patrol boats in the Persian Gulf in what Tehran calls another “provocative and unprofessional move.” A similar incident involving the US and Iran took place in the region on Tuesday. The US Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and another warship fired warning shots at Iranian vessels in the middle […]

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says anti-terrorism raids carried out in Sydney yesterday “disrupted” an alleged plot to bring down an aircraft. Key points: AFP says operation related to information about use of “improvised device” Extra security measures put in place at major airports, travellers advised to allow extra time for security screening Australia’s terror threat […]

An opposition activist clashes with the police during a march towards the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) in an offensive against President Maduro and his call for Constituent Assembly in Caracas on July 22, 2017. Photo: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images Nicholas Casey, the New York Times’ Andes bureau chief, was returning to Venezuela late last year after a trip to […]

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — A press release from the Cuban ministry of tourism reported that on Tuesday, July 25, Cuba reached the three million tourist mark, 75 days faster than last year. The figures translate in a 24 percent growth in the number of tourists, continuing the upward trend the country has experienced in the […]

THE MEDIA IS NOW filled with headlines about North Korea’s missile teston Friday, which demonstrated that its ICBMs may be able to reach the continental U.S. What isn’t mentioned in any of these stories is how we got to this point — in particular, what Dan Coats, President Donald Trump’s Director of National Security, explained last week at the Aspen Security […]

 A woman places a candle at a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles in Hamburg. Photo: Markus Scholz/DPA/AFP The suspect who killed a man with a knife in Hamburg supermarket was a known Islamist, German officials said on Saturday, adding that his motives remained unclear as he also suffered from psychological problems. Identified as a […]

Earlier surgery damaged Somali national’s kidney Doctors at a city-based private hospital were astonished when they found hundreds of small stones in a Somalian’s kidney. They suspect the man suffers from a unique condition that causes his kidneys to produce more stones. The patient from Galkayo in Somalia Abdi Rahman had been suffering with a […]

ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif will replace Nawaz Sharif as the prime minister of the country and Hamza Sharif will replace his father as Punjab chief minister. An interim prime minister will be brought in for 45 days to facilitate Shahbaz Sharif’s election as Member of the National Assembly from NA-120, Lahore, that has […]

An astounding 456 hot air balloons took to the skies in eastern France on Friday, flying straight onto the pages of the record books. The spectacular scene took place at an air base in Chambley-Bussières under somewhat cloudy skies as part of Mondial Air Ballons, a gathering of hot air balloonists which takes place every […]