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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the construction site of the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist area as Kim Su-gil (3rd L), newly appointed director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, looks on, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. / Internet photo

North Korea shakes up top military brass ahead of Trump summit - U.S. official

Monday, June 04, 2018

North Korea is accused of cooperating with Assad on its chemical weapons programme. / Internet photo

Syria's Bashar al-Assad to visit North Korea

Monday, June 04, 2018

The army said it had evacuated 3,100 people from around the volcano. / Internet photo

Dozens dead as 'Volcan de Fuego' erupts in Guatemala

Monday, June 04, 2018

Kendrick Lamar performs at the Grammy Awards earlier this year. Is it appropriation if African Americans draw influence from Africa? Net photos.

A Black Panther lawsuit is testing the cultural exchange between Africans and African-Americans

Saturday, June 02, 2018

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Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy voted out of office

Friday, June 01, 2018

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets Kim Jong-un

Friday, June 01, 2018

The tarriffs imposed by the US have attracted widespread criticism. / Internet photo

US hits EU, Mexico and Canada with steel, aluminium tariffs

Friday, June 01, 2018

Conte's earlier attempt to form a government failed after Italy's president rejected one of his appointees. / Internet photo

Italy's Giuseppe Conte to be sworn in as PM

Friday, June 01, 2018

Evin prison is notable for keeping political prisoners, dissidents and dual Iranian nationals. / Internet photo

Iran's Evin prison, Ansar-e Hezbollah face new US sanctions

Friday, June 01, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) walks past French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on his way to his spot for a family photo during the NATO summit at their new headquarters in Brussels, Belgium May 25, 2017. / Internet photo

Trump looks prepared to kick off a trade war with EU

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Demonstrators briefly clash with police in Athens as a nationwide strike brings Greece to a standstill. / Internet photo

Greece at a standstill as thousands strike against austerity

Thursday, May 31, 2018

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Philippines' Duterte 'intimidated by strong women'

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, widely reported to have been assassinated in Kiev on Tuesday, has turned up alive at a press conference. (Net Photo)

'Murdered' Russian journalist Babchenko appears at a news conference very much alive

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Police are seen near the attack site in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Net photo)

Militants attack Afghan gov't building in Kabul

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Apollo Hospitals is the worldu2019s largest private cancer care provider. (Net photo)

Indian hospital launches online clinical opinion service for cancer patients

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti in a Chinese pressure suit during training with Chinese colleagues to practice sea survival off Chinau2019s coastal city of Yantai. / Internet photo

China invites the world to its space station

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

The 130 million-year-old fossilized skull belonged to a u201creptile-like mammal.u201d(Illustration: Jorge A. Gonzalez)

Discovery of 'reptilian-mammal' fossil could rewrite history

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

The parliament's vote on legalising euthanasia is dividing many in the country. / Internet photo

Portugal parliament rejects euthanasia decriminalisation

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike on the Palestinian coastal enclave in Gaza City, on May 29, 2018. Israel launched a massive airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, hitting 35 targets and a tunnel crossing into Egypt and Israel, said the Israeli military in a statement. The statement said the airstrike was in response to a barrage of 28 mortar shells that Gaza militants fired at Israel on Tuesday morning. / Xinhua/Stringer

Tensions rise as Gaza, Israel trade heavy fire

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Arkadiy Babchenko was shot and killed in Kiev. / Internet photo

Russia demands immediate investigation into murder of journalist

Wednesday, May 30, 2018