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US and Chinese relations are on the brink of a disastrous trade conflict as a series of explosive documents were delivered to the White House. This comes as President Trump considers imposing broad restrictions on steel and aluminium imports over … Read More

GETTY The 209 people have since been taken to a migrant detention centre. The migrants are breached the gates leading into Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the border of Northern Morocco. One police officer was injured in the incident after … Read More

Money to go home. (Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach) Germany’s offer to pay rejected asylum seekers up to €1,000 ($1226) for individuals and €3,000 for families, to go home sparked condemnation and praise. But Europe’s economic powerhouse, which took in one million refugees in 2015, is by no … Read More

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 has struck off the coast of Peru, killing 1 man and injuring 20 more people. It triggered temporary tsunami warnings along the Peruvian coast. Casualty figures were provided by the governor of Peru’s … Read More

 French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Paris. (photo credit: PHILIPPE WOJAZER / REUTERS) PARIS – A day after President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to fix “disastrous flaws” in a deal curbing Iran’s nuclear program, … Read More

Officials from North and South earlier this week said they had agreed to hold negotiations to resolve problems and avert accidental conflict. SEOUL: North Korea and South Korea have agreed to hold working-level talks at the Tongil Pavilion on the … Read More

An image of the alert sent to cellphones on Saturday morning. An early-morning emergency alert mistakenly warning of an incoming ballistic missile attack was dispatched to cellphones across Hawaii on Saturday, setting off widespread panic in a state that was … Read More

Germany’s government is concerned that proposed changes to EU asylum rules will force it to take in significantly more refugees in the future, according to Der Spiegel. The reforms would also void any caps on refugees. Berlin fears the European … Read More

Germany is beginning to think about life after Angela Merkel, despite a deal this week which paved the way for her to form a new coalition government. A visibily exhausted Mrs Merkel appeared before the cameras on Friday to announce … Read More

GERMAN Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel revealed his shocking vision of the future that would see the European Union completely control the continent. The fervently pro-EU politician suggested European countries in the future will only be able to exercise self-control through … Read More

Listeriosis is one of the serious food-borne illnesses you can contract from bacteria. Johannesburg – The World Health Organisation has said South Africa’s Listeria outbreak, with nearly 750 confirmed cases, is believed to be the largest-ever outbreak of the bacterial … Read More

Iran said Saturday that the 2015 nuclear deal with the United States and other key world powers “cannot be renegotiated in any way,” rejecting President Trump’s threat to pull out of the agreement if the other parties do not fix its “disastrous flaws.” Trump, … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia deployed a new division of S-400 surface-to-air missiles in Crimea on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, in an escalation of military tensions on the Crimean peninsula. Russian annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, triggering economic sanctions … Read More

Our series, “Take A Number,” is exploring problems around the world — and the people who are trying to solve them — through the lens of a single number. 158,000. That’s roughly how many refugees are stuck in limbo in … Read More