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North Korean ‎Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho is making a rare and surprise visit to Sweden amid speculation that Stockholm might be the location of the planned summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Sweden is the diplomatic liaison between the U.S. and North Korea. Swedish officials have offered their country […]

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un / Yonhap If there could be lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula after two summits by the end of May, all three protagonists ― President Moon Jae-in, U.S. President Donald Trump and, yes, North Korea’s young dictator Kim Jong-un ― would deserve a piece of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. […]

A file picture taken in Brest harbor, western France, on September 21, 2004, shows the Russian nuclear submarine of Shchuka-B type / FRED TANNEAU / AFP Russian nuclear-powered submarines have reportedly pulled off an exercise near American military bases. They avoided detection as they approached the US coast, Russian military TV said, citing an officer […]

Lavapiés is home to a large part of the city’s migrant population. Photo: Olmo Calvo/AFP Security forces in the multicultural Madrid neighbourhood of Lavapiés on Thursday following the death of a Senegalese man whom they said was chased through the streets by police. Riot police and firefighters were deployed to Lavapiés, a district in the […]

The bridge connects the university with the city of Sweetwater and was only opened days ago, CBS Miami reported. The channel showed footage of firefighters climbing on the wreckage of the bridge while paramedics treated several people on the road. pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed on Thursday at Florida International University in […]

U.S. forces take up positions on the outskirts of the Syrian town, Manbij, a flashpoint between Turkish troops and YPG terrorists in al-Asaliyah village, Aleppo province, Syria. (Arab 24 network, via AP) No agreement has been reached yet between the U.S. and Turkey on Manbij, a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department said Thursday. Spokeswoman […]

© Aleksey Nikolskyi / Sputnik  In his first public reaction to the UK measures against Russia in ex-spy Sergei Skripal’s poisoning, President Vladimir Putin said he was “extremely concerned” by the “destructive and provocative” stance of the UK. A “detailed discussion” of the current crisis in Russian-UK relations was held when Putin met with top officials from the […]

Land ownership is a sensitive subject in South Africa, 24 years after the end of apartheid rule [File:AP] South Africa has criticised an Australian government minister for suggesting that white South African farmers should get special visas so they can flee “horrific circumstances” in the country. Australia‘s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, who oversees immigration and […]

© Valeriy Sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. Aeroflot will be happy to become the first customer of a new Russian civilian supersonic jet, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian flag carrier Vitaly Savelyev said on the air with Rossiya 24 TV Channel on Thursday. READ ALSO Russia’s first modern supersonic passenger jet can be designed in […]

Frenchman Maxime Hauchard, one of two French nationals identified in a brutal Isis video. Photo: AFP A Frenchman from rural Normandy who was identified as one of the militants involved in the Isis terror group beheadings of a US aid worker and 18 Syrian military captives, has died, according to French media reports. Maxime Hauchard, […]