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German police watch as Yamen Alahmad appears in courtULI DECK/AFP  On the surface, at least, Yamen Alahmad was a model refugee, a Syrian teenager apparently motivated only by the hope of starting a new life far from the hell of … Read More

If there is one thing the Spain vs Catalonia conflict reminds us of, it has got to be Turkey. And that is a much bigger problem for the EU than it realizes. First of all, Brussels can no longer insist … Read More

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga Saturday in the tectonically active Pacific region, but there was no tsunami threat, seismologists said. The tremor hit at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) some 90 kilometres off the … Read More

Both share strategic interests and are trusted friends at global fora, says President Halimah On the surface, Germany and Singapore look very different, but the two countries have forged a tight bond, President Halimah Yacob said yesterday. This is because … Read More

North Korea accused the “gangster-like” United States of staging a “surprise nuclear strike drill” after two bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula in a show of force ahead of President Trump’s visit to Asia. The B-1B bombers based on the … Read More

Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Monday. CreditPool photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev The first indictments in Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 American presidential elections have made it very clear that “Russia-gate” will be a critical factor in … Read More

Israelis celebrate it. Palestinians despise it. The Balfour Declaration, Britain’s promise to Zionists to create a Jewish home in what is now Israel, turns 100 this week, with events in Israel, the Palestinian territories and Britain drawing attention to the … Read More

The Arab Middle East is currently being carved into spheres of influence by imperial powers. This time it’s not Britain and France but Iran and Turkey – but the reasons they seek to assert their domination are exactly the same. … Read More

Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbek migrant based in Florida, was shot in the abdomen by a police officer after he got out of his vehicle that collided with a school bus. Police investigate a pickup truck used in an attack … Read More

11 people were injured when a rented pickup truck ran over cyclists in lower Manhattan. An NYPD officer from Long Island shot the suspect, and he was captured. This story was reported by Anthony M. DeStefano, Maria Alvarez, Laura Figueroa Hernandez, Matthew Chayes, Stefanie Dazio, Robert … Read More

(CNN)Eight people were killed and almost a dozen injured when a 29-year-old man in a rented pickup truck drove down a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center Tuesday in Manhattan, New York City. The suspect was identified by … Read More

Southern Province has recorded over 55 suspected cases of typhoid disease in Mazabuka district. Southern Province Permanent Secretary Sibanze Simuchoba said the outbreak of the disease in the district calls for concerted efforts from various stakeholders, in order to avoid … Read More

With populism endemic in its periphery, the European Union is clearly in a period of deep uncertainty. If EU leaders are ever going to right the ship, they will need to identify the root cause of today’s instability, which is … Read More

As many as 200 North Korean workers may have been killed in a tunnel collapse at the country’s nuclear test site, according to a Japanese news report Tuesday. Around 100 people were trapped when an unfinished tunnel at the Punggye-ri … Read More

A Rohingya refugee woman washes clothes in a stream at Palong Khali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. Reuters file photo UNB, Dhaka European Union Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides today described the Rohingya crisis as the … Read More