KABUL (Reuters) – The number of people killed in a militant attack on a Shi’ite Muslim gathering in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has risen to 11, up from an earlier estimate of three, the interior ministry said on Friday. Militants fired mortar bombs at the gathering on Thursday, a commemoration on the anniversary of the death of a leader of […]

EU summons ALL 27 ambassadors to ‘Brexit talks’ as May begs Brussels to help her pass the deal: PM warns the bloc ‘must move too’ as she CANCELS plans to fly in for last-ditch showdown Theresa May is making a last-ditch appeal to Brussels in Grimsby later today  She will call on the EU to give ground and meet UK […]

A Brooklyn deli worker flipped out on an elderly woman whose car smashed into the store Thursday morning — slapping her in the face after being grazed by the vehicle, cops said. A fuming Susan Pulizzi allegedly lashed out at the senior as she climbed out of the crumpled Nissan Altima, although Pulizzi claims she only snatched and crushed the […]

As much as you may love your choice of baby name at the time, there’s always a danger it may not age well. There’s also a chance that it will come back into fashion, but this isn’t always a guarantee. After all, ‘Nigel’ has sadly been languishing on the endangered list for quite some time now. So you can’t blame […]

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Three Indonesian soldiers were killed in a clash with dozens of rebels in the eastern province of Papua, the military said late on Thursday, the latest deaths amid high tensions and violence in the restive region. Papua, a former Dutch colony and the western part of New Guinea island, was incorporated into Indonesia after a widely criticized […]

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – In a radiation-proof room at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Emar Thomasa sits behind shielded glass as he carefully measures and mixes lutetium octreotate, an intravenous treatment for certain types of cancer. The Dutch hospital has been offering it to patients for more than a decade at 16,000 euros ($18,000) for one course of treatments. Drug […]

Two months ago, giggles floated through the home of fisherman Dada as his four-year-old son played ball outside with his two younger cousins on one of Madagascar’s famed sun soaked beaches. A few weeks later, all three children were dead, victims of the worst measles outbreak on the Indian Ocean island in decades. Measles cases are on the rise globally, […]

NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – India wants to keep buying Iranian oil at its current level of about 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), as it negotiates with Washington about extending a waiver of U.S. sanctions past early May, two sources in India with knowledge of the matter said. India has reduced its purchases of Iranian oil, but has been in talks […]

New York: This week provided a preview of how the Democratic Party could blow its chance to make Donald Trump a one-term president. When Democrats took control of the US House of Representatives last November, they had a plan: hold Trump accountable through investigations while passing legislation that helps working and middle class Americans. This would help set them up, they […]

Crown Prince of Dubai ‘put 6ft prison-style fence around £75million Surrey estate because locals were “abusing his guards” and trespassing on his property’ Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum erected fence around Surrey home last year The Crown Prince of Dubai was slammed by neighbours who were left outraged  He claims the fence was put up because locals were hurling abuse at […]