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Akilov pictured during the trial. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg /TT Rakhmat Akilov, the Uzbek national who carried out the April 2017 Stockholm terror attack, has been sentenced to life in prison for “terrorist crimes”. Stockholm District Court also found him guilty of 119 counts of attempted murder and 24 counts of endangering others. He will be […]

 Italian agents seized more than 10 tonnes of cannabis resin in a dramatic operation on the high seas, arresting nine and confiscating a Dutch fishing boat, police said on Thursday. Italy’s Guardia di Finanza finance police swooped on the boat 130 nautical miles southeast of Sicily after tracking the vessel from the air for two […]

FILE PHOTO. © Reuters A new world war could become “an end of civilization,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a live televised call-in show. Awareness of this should restrain international powers from engaging in global conflict, he added. While giving his take on the risks of a new global conflict, Putin recalled Albert Einstein. “I […]

Police surround a car and the surrounding area after the vehicle was driven into the gates of the U.S. Embassy in central Seoul, Thursday. / Yonhap Police arrested a man who drove into the front gate of the U.S. Embassy in central Seoul, Thursday. The man surnamed Yoon, 48, ran his car into the gate […]

final House Speaker Paul Ryan also said the Justice Department still owed lawmakers information before they reached “final answers” on the episode, and he faulted DOJ for what he described as the slow-walking of congressional document requests. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo The Justice Department intends to offer an additional briefing to a select group of […]

FILE PHOTO: Traditional Chinese story-telling through a loudspeaker © Wang Song / Global Look Press An employee at the US consulate in Guangzhou and his family have reportedly been evacuated from China upon suffering neurological symptoms after hearing strange sounds. Washington says it’s taking the strange illness seriously. The US State Department has said medical […]

North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un during a meeting with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at Kumsusan Palace of the Sun. / TASS-Yonhap China has completely blocked Internet searches for words and articles that could be used to insult North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, sources here said Thursday, reflecting warming bilateral relations between the two […]

© Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters Saudi Arabia has begun issuing driving licenses to women as it prepares to lift ban on female motorists. However, the move has illuminated other ways in which females are discriminated against in the notoriously strict state. Ten women received the first Saudi licences on Monday, with about 2,000 more […]

Rudy Giuliani said North Korean despot Kim Jong Un begged “on his hands and knees” for a summit after President Trump canceled it last month, a report on Wednesday said. Giuliani, the president’s lawyer, said Trump pulled the plug on the meeting with Kim on May 24 because top North Korean officials insulted top administration […]