At least 43 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a meeting of top clerics in Kabul on Tuesday, officials said, in one of the deadliest attacks to strike Afghanistan this year. It follows a wave of bloody violence across the war-torn country in recent weeks, with hundreds of people killed as militants step up assaults…
If you were to looking for a time to re-ignite the slumbering conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Sunday would have been a good choice. With European leaders preoccupied with Brexit and the president of the United States silent, Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian ships occurred in a diplomatic vacuum that makes the danger of escalation greater than any…
I need to keep 900+ guests in my park for three consecutive minutes. This is a doddle, I reckon. I’m making $350,000 a minute here. Everyone seems pretty happy. They’re lapping up the new gift shop which boasts a “fun” rating of two whole stars. Like a lot of the challenges to date – some…
Donald Trump played a "central role" in hush money payments to a porn star and Playboy model before the 2016 election, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to the report Mr Trump worked closely with publisher David Pecker, using the National Enquirer magazine to pay off the women. The president has previously denied involvement but the…
The test-firing of an “ultramodern tactical weapon” by the North Korean military sends messages to both domestic and international audiences, according to analysts, with the presence of Kim Jong-un at Friday’s exercises underlining Pyongyang’s resolve to stand up to Washington. North Korean state media reported that the North Korean leader “supervised” a test of a…
A combined European defence force would be “out of its depth” if required to act on several fronts, a report laying bare the continent’s military frailties has found. Researchers attempted to pitch the EU’s military ambitions against the actual capabilities of its members by creating a range of scenarios to which they may have to…
Interpol announced Wednesday that Kim Jong-yang of South Korea had been chosen as its new president, beating a Russian official whose candidacy had unnerved Western nations. The US-backed Kim, acting president of the global police body, was picked at a meeting of delegates from member nations in Dubai to replace Meng Hongwei, who went missing…
Ugandan diving teams are retrieving bodies from Lake Victoria where police say at least 30 people died in a boat accident near the capital, Kampala. The boat overturned and sank at about 7 p.m. on Saturday night, said senior police officer Zurah Ganyana. She said that 27 people were rescued overnight, lower than earlier reports….
(Reuters) — The verified Facebook pages of Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX and electric carmaker Tesla Inc disappeared on Friday, minutes after the Silicon Valley billionaire promised on Twitter to take down the pages when challenged by users. “Delete SpaceX page on Facebook if you’re the man?” a user tweeted to Tesla Chief Executive Musk….
Donald Trump has secured a greater majority in the Senate by taking three seats from the Democrats in the midterm elections. The Republicans’ success in North Dakota, Indiana and Missouri has allowed Mr Trump to claim the midterms as a "tremendous success", though the loss of the House of Representatives presents the likelihood of legislative roadblock over…