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by Paul HANDLEY Pressure built on the US Congress to pass tough gun control legislation Thursday as the mother of the man arrested for the slaughter of 22 people in El Paso, Texas said she had called police out of concern he had a military-style weapon. But President Donald Trump and most Republicans continued to […]

WESTLIFE has joined the appeal to extend the search for missing Irish girl Nora Quoirin, asking Malaysian fans to come forward with any information that could help find the schoolgirl. The band is in Malaysia on a tour and speaking during a show at the Melawati Stadium in Shah Alam group member Nicky Byrne said, […]

China demanded Thursday that US diplomats based in Hong Kong “stop interfering” in the city’s affairs, after reports that they met with pro-democracy activists, prompting a furious response from Washington. China’s foreign ministry had expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with US authorities, citing local media reports that a US official from Hong Kong’s US consulate general had […]

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie’s eldest son is going to attend college in South Korea at the end of the month. Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt, her adopted son who just turned 18 will be attending the prestigious Yonsei University in Seoul according to People. “He got accepted into other universities, but chose Yonsei,” the insider said. Maddox […]

The Fast & Furious family relationship has been a little rocky in the past few years. Vin Diesel doesn’t get on well with The Rock, Tyrese Gibson broke down on the internet and now Michelle Rodriguez seems to have problems with the writer. Writer Chris Morgan has been writing Fast & Furious screenplays since Tokyo […]

South Korean actor Song Joong-ki is no longer a favourite for advertisers since his divorce from A-list actress Song Hye-Kyo. 33-year-old Joong-ki announced his break-up in June which was not well-received by many fans. He is now paying the price with Korean media noting that there has been a significant drop in demand for him […]

The US government has approved the sale of $800 million worth of helicopters to South Korea, the Pentagon announced Wednesday, hours after President Donald Trump said Seoul had agreed to pay more for the US military presence in the country. The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the State Department had approved the sale of […]

Brazil’s environment minister said on Tuesday data showing surging deforestation in the Amazon was “sensationalist,” as the government faces scrutiny over destruction of the rainforest seen as vital to combating climate change. Around 2,254 square kilometers (870 square miles) of the Amazon were cleared in July, an increase of 278 percent from a year ago, […]

Wedding proposals are usually memorable moments because they signify the beginning of a lifelong marriage (or at least we hope so). However, one man took it to a whole other level. On the Facebook group That’s It, I’m Ring Shaming: The Wreckoning a Singaporean woman posted about a farmer making known his marital intentions by putting a […]

Just less than a year after a company official said it will not feature transgender models in its fashion shows, Victoria’s Secret featured its first transgender model, Valentina Sampaio. Erio Zanon, Sampaio’s agent said, “I confirm she will be featured in the new Pink campaign that will be released in Mid August. Victoria’s Secret contacted […]

by Hamza Mekouar More than 2.5 million Muslims will on Friday begin the annual hajj pilgrimage in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, against a backdrop of tensions in the Gulf. Crowds of worshippers have already begun to gather in Mecca in the days ahead of the hajj, the focal point of the […]

A helicopter and dozens of people were deployed Tuesday on the third day of a search for a vulnerable London teenager who went missing from a Malaysian rainforest resort, police said. The search effort left the grandfather of Nora Quoirin, 15, optimistic she will be found despite the “extremely mysterious” circumstances of her disappearance. Nora […]

Britain will experience shortages of certain foods in the event of a “disastrous” no-deal Brexit, with “serious disruption” expected for months, the country’s food and drink lobby warned Wednesday. “The food sector is absolutely clear that a no-deal exit is a disastrous outcome for us, but we’ve never said that the country is going to […]

A former Australian spy announced a surprise guilty plea Tuesday for exposing an alleged 2004 bugging operation against East Timor officials, after years of fighting the charges. Lawyers for the former agent, known only as “Witness K”, told a Canberra court he would plead guilty to blowing the whistle on the spying operation against the […]

Hong Kong police on Tuesday said 148 people were arrested during running battles with protesters the day before, the largest daily toll since huge pro-democracy protests kicked off two months ago. On Monday Hong Kong buckled under a general strike followed by the most widespread and sustained clashes so far with tear gas fired at […]