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President Moon Jae-in has reaffirmed that signing a treaty to formally end the Korean War will require a tripartite agreement among North and South Korea and the United States, and is not possible just between the two Koreas. He made the remarks during a 40-minute phone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tuesday, three […]

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed arrives for celebrations to mark the 57th anniversary of the Somali National Armed Forces in the capital Mogadishu, April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar  The recent statement from the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) that American forces had carried out an airstrike destroying an al-Shabaab truck bomb near Jana Cadalle in southern Somalia […]

Photo: AFP The French and American presidents walked in step as they approached George Washington’s historic Mount Vernon mansion overlooking the Potomac River, their stiletto-clad wives following as a harpist serenaded the glamorous double date. Donald Trump’s answer to a lavish Eiffel Tower dinner last summer at the invitation of Emmanuel Macron, Monday’s theatricality set […]

Alleged driver of the vehicle identified as Alek Minassian, as police search for motive. Meanwhile, anguished Toronto residents wondered why. If ever there was a moment for an overdose of quintessential Canadian resilience it is now, as our metropolis struggles to make sense of the incomprehensible: a deliberate massacre on Toronto’s most famous street. A […]

© Brian Barker / Instagram Nine people have been killed and 16 more are injured after a white van struck a number of pedestrians in Toronto, police said. The incident on Yonge Street and Finch Avenue East occurred just after 1 pm local time. The Toronto Police Department which said in a press conference shortly […]

Play Live updates on the Toronto van incident from CBC News Network. 0:00 Toronto police arrested a driver after a white van struck a number of pedestrians Monday in the Yonge Street and Finch Avenue area. A witness told police that eight to 10 people were hit, according to Toronto police spokesperson Gary Long. A spokesperson […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet at the truce village of Panmunjeom, Friday morning, Cheong Wa Dae said after the last working-level preparation meeting was held Monday. The exact time the summit will begin was not disclosed. Because the meeting will be held on the South’s side of […]

Image Credit: Okaz Child firing from machine gun in residential area. Manama: A Saudi man has been referred to the public prosecution after he encouraged a child to fire live bullets from a machine gun in a residential area in the capital Riyadh. The man was identified after a video was widely circulated on social […]

Somali Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beileh (center) is seen flanked by participants of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings last week in Washington. (Twitter – @DrBeileh WASHINGTON — Somalia’s finance minister said the country is winning in its effort to get the trust of international financial institutions and could receive debt relief as early […]

Macron is one of Trump’s closest allies after the US president attended Bastille Day celebrations last year [File: Charles Platiau/Reuters] Emmanuel Macron made the comments ahead of his visit to the US, during which he will meet with President Donald Trump. French President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants to persuade US President Donald Trump to protect the JCPOA, […]