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Mexico missing students: Government ‘hampered’ independent inquiry
A panel of international experts investigating the disappearance of 43 Mexican trainee teachers in 2014 says the government of President Enrique Pena Neto has hampered its inquiries. In its scathing final report, the experts also dismissed the conclusions of the official inquiry. They said officials failed to pursue the...
President Sisi urges Egyptians to ‘defend state’ ahead of protests
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has urged citizens to defend the state and its institutions ahead of planned anti-government protests. In a televised speech, Mr Sisi said attempts to destabilize Egypt would not succeed if the country stood united. Security has been stepped up across the country, with officials...
Obama dismisses N Korea proposal to ‘halt’ nuclear tests
US President Barack Obama has dismissed North Korea's proposal to suspend nuclear tests if the US ends its annual military exercises with the South. On Sunday Mr Obama told reporters that the US did not take such a proposal seriously and that Pyongyang would "have to do better than that". The North's foreign...
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Divorce: ‘Salt’ Actress Felt ‘Betrayed’ After Learning Husband and Jennifer Aniston Almost Had A Baby? ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’ Stars Now Splitting?
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been plagued with several split rumors even before their marriage. However, up until now, the bankable couple has been keeping mum about the real status of their relationship. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston almost had a baby Now, new reports claimed that Angelina and Brad are on the verge of...
Nepal still reeling from devastating 2015 earthquake
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Usha Pandey was dancing when the earthquake hit. She was at home with her younger sister and brother on a school holiday, listening to music and having fun. "As soon as the house started shaking, we ran outside," Pandey, 19, said. "The house collapsed right afterward. We're lucky to...
Beyoncé drops brand new album LEMONADE and causes Twitter MELTDOWN
BEYONCÉ has finally dropped her new album LEMONADE and fans of the singer could hardly contain their excitement. The unannounced album launch came after her mysterious TV special on HBO, which turned out to be a visual teaser for the album along with music videos and new music. #LEMONADE the Visual Album....
Kurdish PKK warns Turkey of long fight for freedom
The Kurdish rebel PKK movement has told the BBC that it is ready to intensify its fight against Turkey because Ankara is trying to make it surrender. Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Cemil Bayik said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was "escalating this war". "The Kurds will defend themselves to the...
The dawn of Britain’s shocking art movement
Before the late 1980s, only a handful of contemporary British artists had made it into the mainstream. That all changed in 1988 when 16 students from London’s Goldsmiths College, led by Damien Hirst, staged their exhibition Freeze – the show that became the nucleus of the BritArt movement. Freeze is now legendary...
Viewpoint: How would Trump remove 11 million people from the US?
Lost in the most consistently astonishing US presidential campaign since the 1864 Democrats ran on a platform of conceding the Civil War, is a disturbing question that seems to bring into doubt the very premise of the American experiment. Exactly how would Donald Trump deport 11 million undocumented migrants from the US? Who...
Former US Ambassador to Kabul Reflects on Missed Opportunities
The former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, says one of the biggest problems facing Afghanistan continues to be its poor relationship with its neighbor, Pakistan. Khalilzad told VOA in an interview Friday that "the two countries need each other and they should cooperate." He said the United States did...
Daughter of Trump shared new photos of her third child
Ivanka Trump shared new adorable Instagram photos of her 4-year-old daughter, Arabella, with husband, Jared Kushner, holding their newborn son, Theodore, on Tuesday, March 29....
List of Trump delegates in Pennsylvania
?PENNSYLVANIA?VOTE #Trump2016 delegates in your congressional district that are below! #PAPrimary #TrumpTrain?????? pic.twitter.com/sxW66hlh5M — Dan Scavino (@DanScavino) 24 апреля 2016...