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Hyundai Santa Fe (Reuters File Photo) Toyota and Hyundai have recalled roughly a combined 110,000 trucks and sport utility vehicles, including the 2018 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia, and the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport. In its recall announced Saturday, Hyundai says some of Santa Fe vehicles are at risk for the steering […]

CasaPound supporters demonstrate outside a mosque in Esquilino in October 2017. Photo: AFP CasaPound: a neo-fascist grassroots group turned political party, patrols Rome’s multi-ethnic Esquilino district. As night falls near the Piazza Vittorio, a crowd of men stand silently waving Italian flags and another, blood red with a black tortoise emblem. The 50-strong group unfurls […]

Theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku believes that humans will make contact with alien civilization this century, but expects they will be largely peaceful – unlike robots, which pose a greater threat to humanity. © Nezar Balout / AFP Kaku made the revelations during a Reddit AMA (Ask me Anything), where intrigued users asked questions relating to […]

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote for ceasefire to Syrian bombing in eastern Ghouta. (Reuters) AFP, United NationsSaturday, 24 February 2018 With Russia’s backing, the UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously demanded a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries and medical evacuations. The resolution demanding the ceasefire “without delay” […]

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): At least 25 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and two Taliban insurgents have been killed during a clash in the Bala Baluk district of western Farah province, an official said on Saturday. Public representative Dadullah Qane told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants stormed a military check-post in the Kasank area of the district late […]

Family and rights group demand release of a Canadian citizen imprisoned in Ethiopia for alleged ‘terrorist crimes’. A Canadian family is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to negotiate the release of a citizen imprisoned in Ethiopia saying “there will never be a better time than now to get him home”. Canadian Bashir Makhtal, 49, […]

More than 70 South Korean lawmakers are calling for the leader of the North’s Olympic delegation to be publicly hanged and “sliced to death.” The demands came at a protest outside the presidential Blue House in Seoul Friday. North Korea’s general reconnaissance bureau head Kim Yong Chol speaks during an emergency briefing for diplomats basing […]

The US decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem prompted angry protests [File: Ammar Awad/Reuters] Announcement labelled ‘provocation to Arabs’ as May 15 marks Nakba Day and the mass displacement of Palestinians. The US State Department has said the new US embassy in Jerusalem will open in May 2018, to coincide with […]

The UN Security Council delayed a vote on demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to Saturday at noon (1700 GMT) to allow more time for negotiations, diplomats said. Syria’s UN envoy Staffan De Mistura in Vienna. (File Photo: Reuters) The council has been in talks on a draft resolution on the truce since February 9 […]

Egypt’s National Elections Authority (NEA) approved on Friday President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Moussa Mostafa Moussa, the head of the Ghad Party, as the final candidates in the upcoming presidential elections, which are set for 26-28 March 2018. National Elections Authority sets two final Presidential candidates (Photo: Ahram ) The Authority has also approved the electoral […]