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Twin Blasts Hit Kabul, Killing At Least Four: Police

Security officials have warned of the risk of increasing attacks in Kabul. (Representational)

Kabul, Afghanistan:  Four people were killed when a suicide bomb hit central Kabul, swiftly followed by a second explosion that tore through a crowd of journalists at the scene Monday, police said.

The second explosion came

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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi To Visit North Korea This Week

Wang Yi will be the first Chinese foreign minister to visit the North since 2007. (File)

Beijing, China:  Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit North Korea this week, his office said Monday, days after the leaders of the two Koreas held a landmark summit.

Wang will be in the neighbouring country at the invitation of

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Second US Diplomat Involved In Road Accident In Pak, Detained: Report

Chad Rex Ausburn was driving a Toyota jeep on the Constitution Avenue on Sunday.

Islamabad:  Police in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Monday said that an American diplomat had been taken into custody after his car hit and injured two motorcyclists.

A police report said the US diplomat, Chad Rex Ausburn, was driving

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JERUSALEM:  It is among the most heavily guarded borders in the world, yet on Sept. 7, 2014, a slender Israeli man managed to squeeze through rolls of thick barbed wire and cross from Israel into the Gaza Strip.

He has not been heard from since.

The last confirmed sighting of Avera Mengistu, who was 26 at the time, was on

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Trump And Macron Planted A Tree. Days Later, It Was Nowhere To Be Seen

Emmanuel Macron joined Donald Trump to throw handfuls of soil on the roots of a young oak tree. (AFP)

Washington, United States:  The photograph was seen around the world: US President Donald Trump and France's Emmanuel Macron, gilded spades in hand, shovelling dirt over a young sapling.

A week ago, at the beginning of Macr

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UK Interior Minister Amber Rudd Resigns In Blow To Theresa May

The opposition had accused Amber Rudd of incompetence and being a "human shield" for Theresa May

London:  Britain's interior minister Amber Rudd resigned on Sunday over an illegal immigration policy controversy, in a bitter blow to Prime Minister Theresa May days before local elections.

Rudd stood down amid claims she

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