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A man looks at a board with images of the parties’ logos. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP Italians are heading to the polls today to vote in the country’s general election after a rollercoaster of a campaign. Follow our live blog for the latest updates, predictions, and the results when we get them. 11:00 Welcome to The […]

Egypt’s army continues operations under comprehensive operation Sinai 2018, killing ten takfiris in Al-Arish, according to statement number 14 (Photo Screenshot from released video communique 14 by Egypt armed forces) Egypt’s armed forces said on Sunday that military and police units have eliminated “ten extremely dangerous takfiris” in North Sinai’s Al-Arish as part of the […]

© Jianan Yu / Reuters Beijing is not going to “sit idly” if Washington’s actions damage Chinese interests, and will take “necessary measures,” the spokesman for the National People’s Congress has warned. China shrugged off a trade war with the US, but is prepared to retaliate if necessary, a former Chinese ambassador to the US […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, during the Winter Olympics [Reuters] South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, during the Winter Olympics [Reuters] A delegation of South Korean envoys will travel to North Korea to discuss […]

Image captionMr Trump said that “nobody does self-deprecating humour better” than he does US President Donald Trump joked about White House “chaos” and poked fun at his aides and wife in a light-hearted speech at an annual dinner on Saturday. “Nobody does self-deprecating humour better than I do,” he told politicians and journalists in Washington […]

© Ruptly Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Berlin to protest against ‘Operation Olive Branch’ in Afrin, Syria, which was launched by Turkey in January. Some of the protesters were seen clashing with police. The protesters marched from Berlin’s Neptune Fountain to Brandenburg Gate under the slogan ‘Freedom for Afrin,’ RBB 24 reported. […]

A protestor holds a banner demanding freedom for jailed deposed Catalanregional vice-president Oriol Junqueras. Photo: OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP  Catalan separatists began the challenging search for a new candidate to lead their region on Friday after deposed president Carles Puigdemont, in self-exile in Belgium and wanted in Spain, abandoned his comeback bid. In his […]

Kampala, mar 3 (Prensa Latina) Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed thanked the Ugandan government for its support to his country through troops during the last 10 years in the war against the terrorist group Al Shabab, a Somali press reported today. The head of the Mogadishu government highlighted here at a subregional summit that this […]

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer told The House he worries the government lacks a plan to deal with how trade friction with the U.S. will hurt the Canadian economy. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press) The Canadian government needs to decide on a proactive response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on steel and aluminum, according to politicians and […]

People watch as black smoke rises as the capital of Burkina Faso came under multiple attacks on Friday, targeting the French embassy, the French cultural centre and the country’s military headquarters Twin attacks on the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the country’s military headquarters Friday left dozens dead or wounded, security sources said. The […]