Kim Jong-Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet for the first time this month – 17 years after Putin met Kim’s father The Kremlin say Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin will meet this month Putin has never met Kim, last meeting Kim’s father Kim Jong-Il in 2002 It is thought they will meet in the Russian Far East close […]

ROME — Rome’s “Holy Stairs,” which some Catholics believe were climbed by Jesus in Jerusalem, have been uncovered from a protective wooden casing for the first time in nearly three centuries and restored. The 28 marble steps will remain bare temporarily for devout pilgrims to climb on their knees with direct contact with the stone until they are covered again […]

A teenager has been doused with kerosene and burnt to death after refusing to withdraw a sexual harassment complaint against her headteacher. Nusrat Jahan Rafi was killed in the incident that has outraged Bangladesh after being taken to the roof of her school by a fellow student and attacked. According to statement she gave before her death, the 19-year-old was […]

Could a quote from religious text be considered hate speech on social media? Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was criticized on social media Wednesday over a comment he made about Disney’s $5 million donation to restore the scorched Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The Walt Disney Company, which was among a handful of corporations that pledged to help rebuild the almost 900-year-old cathedral […]

5,000 interviews, 200 indictments, countless furious tweets and ONE report – but Robert Mueller’s verdict is NOT the end of the claims of Russian interference that have ensnared Trump, his family and his presidency Attorney General William Barr makes public a redacted version of the 400-page Mueller report Thursday He holds a press conference from the Justice Department at 9:30 […]

Say “bonjour” to Colossus: the French firefighting robot that helped save Notre Dame. As the 850-year-old cathedral burned Monday, the Paris Fire Brigade deployed the fire-resistant, waterproof android to quell the flames. Dramatic footage shows 2.5-foot tall remote-controlled bot spraying water inside the smoke-filled Gothic gem. The 1,000-plus pound machine is equipped with a fire hose and a camera that […]

Margaret Thatcher’s handbags, clothes and jewellery including an 18-carat gold ring she wore on the day she became Prime Minister is to go up for auction Auction house Christie’s, based in London, is holding an online sale in early May It will mark 40th anniversary of Mrs Thatcher’s election as UK’s first female PM The auction will comprise 170 lots […]

WATFORD midfielder Etienne Capoue faces a lengthy driving ban if convicted after he was clocked doing at least 116mph while undertaking a police car. A dash-cam allegedly caught him whizz past on an off slip of the M25 in his £150,000 Mercedes G Wagon. Cops put footage on Twitter after the incident in December but later deleted it. Capoue, 30, […]

Anti-gay protesters spew homophobic insults at Pete Buttigieg and stage disturbing play depicting the presidential hopeful whipping Jesus, as the politician attends nearby fundraiser Pete Buttigieg, 37, was heckled for the second day in a row by anti-gay and anti-abortion protesters  On Wednesday anti-abortion activists Randall Terry and Gary Boisclair staged a scene depicting Buttigieg flogging Jesus Christ on the cross […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the testing of a new type of tactical guided weapon, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Thursday. It is North Korea's first public weapons test since the second US-North Korea summit in Hanoi ended with no agreement in February. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Credit:AP KCNA did not describe exactly […]