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  • Britain’s Queen Elizabeth waves to the audience during a special concert “The Queen’s Birthday Party” to celebrate her 92nd birthday at the Royal Albert Hall in London, on Saturday night. Pop stars Tom Jones and Kylie Minogue are also in the picture.- AFP
    Queen celebrates 92nd birthday with charity concert
    UK: Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 92nd birthday on Saturday with a star-studded, Commonwealth-themed charity concert featuring Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue and Shaggy.The...
  • Two Koreas open hotline between leaders
    SOUTH KOREA: The two Koreas opened a hotline between their leaders on Friday, Seoul's presidential office said, a week before a summit between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and...
  • Swazi king changes country's name
    Residents of the tiny African kingdom of Swaziland on Friday weighed up their country's new official name after the king unexpectedly announced it would now be known as “...
  • In honour of Bush’s life, President Donald Trump ordered that the US flag be flown at half-staff until sundown on the day she is buried.
    America mourns Barbara Bush
    US: Former President George H.W. Bush thanked fellow Americans on Wednesday for their “outpouring of love” following the loss of his wife of seven decades, Barbara, saying...
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  • Cuba nominates Castro replacement Miguel Díaz-Canel
     Cuba's parliament has picked Raúl Castro's right-hand man, Miguel Díaz-Canel, as the sole candidate to succeed him, ending the family's long rule.Castro took over as president from his ailing...
  • A woman walks by a huge screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, in Tokyo.
    Trump OKs direct North Korea peace talks
    US: President Donald Trump Tuesday confirmed direct contacts between the United States and North Korea and gave his blessing to talks aimed at formally ending the Korean War in a series of diplomatic...
  • Only about five dinosaur skeletons are put up for auction around the world every year.
    Dinosaur skeletons sell for over $3 Mn
    FRANCE: Two dinosaur skeletons marketed as hip design objects -- one of a diplodocus, the other of an allosaurus -- sold for more than 1.4 million euros ($1.7 million) apiece at auction in Paris on...
  • The Damascus sky lights up with surface-to-air missile fire as a U.S.-led attack targeted different parts of the Syrian capital early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
    British PM faces Parliament over Syria attacks
    UK: Theresa May is to face MPs' questions about her decision to authorise air strikes against the Syrian government.Opposition parties say MPs should have been consulted before the UK joined the US...
  • US to impose new sanctions on Russia in wake of Syria chemical attack
    Washington will impose new sanctions on Russia, US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said – as Western allies look to put some diplomatic clout behind military strikes launched on...
  • Saudi army artillery fire shells towards Houthi movement positions at the Saudi border with Yemen.
    Saudis shoot down rebel missiles, drones
    SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia said its air defences on Wednesday intercepted ballistic missiles fired from rebel-held Yemen at Riyadh and the south of the kingdom where two drones were also shot down....
  • A Trafalgar class submarine and a Wildcat HMA2.
    British submarines move into missile range of Syria
    UK: British Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered British submarines in the Mediterranean to move within missile range of Syria in readiness for strikes against the Assad regime by the end of this...
  • US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley shakes hands with her Russian counterpart Vassily Nebenzia during a UN Security Council meeting.- AFP
    Divided UN fails to agree on Syria
    UN: Russia and the United States failed Tuesday to win support at the UN Security Council for their rival proposals to investigate chemical weapons use in Syria as the threat of military action...
  • Many feared dead after military plane crash in Algeria
     At least 100 people have reportedly died, and local sources have been quoted as saying the death toll could exceed 200. News reports said 14 ambulances were at the scene and injured people...
  • Syria 'chemical attack': Russia warns US against military action
     Russia has urged the US to avoid taking military action in response to an alleged chemical attack in Syria. "I would once again beseech you to refrain from the plans that you're currently...
  • U.S. sells guided missiles to Qatar
    US: The United States approved a deal to sell Qatar $300 million in guided missiles Monday, on the eve of President Donald Trump's White House meeting with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.The Gulf...
  • TRUMP sees trade deal with ‘MY FRIEND’ XI
    US: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he sees an end to the escalating trade dispute with China, after tit-for-tat retaliatory tariffs and threats that rattled markets.“China will take down...