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National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is not a whistleblower and most of the documents he stole were defence secrets that had nothing to do with privacy, an official US report has said. The House of Representatives intelligence committee released a three-page unclassified summary of...

South Sudanese arch-foes signed a final power-sharing deal on Sunday, aimed at ending a civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions in the world's youngest country. President Salva Kiir and his bitter rival Riek Machar were in neighbouring Sudan...

Interpol removed Yousef al-Qaradawi, head of the Doha-based International Union of Muslim Scholars, from its "wanted" list, the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) announced Sunday. The Egyptian authorities had earlier accused al-Qaradawi of having perpetrated a range of crimes -- including murder and theft...

Turkey’s Red Crescent aid organization, Kizilay, is planning to reach millions of people across the world with food aid during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the agency said Sunday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency in southern Mersin province, Kerem Kinik, the president of the Turkish...

Britain's PM apologises for losing Conservatives' majority after snap election, but vows to continue despite anger. People living in Britain are waking up to uncertainty as Prime Minister Theresa May ignored calls to stand down after the ruling Conservative Party lost an overall majority in...

The lavish wedding of the daughter of an Indian politician has sparked outrage as millions across the country are in the midst of a cashflow crisis. The five-day wedding of businessman and ex-state minister G Janardhana Reddy's daughter, Brahmani, is estimated to cost about 5bn...

It has been a week of tough talk and miscommunication by the White House. Donald Trump promised to handle the situation in North Korea after its latest missile test. But he was silent on exactly what that meant. Several hours later, Trump faced backlash...

People suffering in Somalia's latest drought have fared better when donors deftly shift funding to emergency projects that help residents save money and stockpile food, a charity said on Tuesday. Severe drought in the Horn of Africa nation is expected to deepen until the October...

Horndiplomat- Boris Johnson elected as the new U.K. Prime Minister. Johnson, 55, beats Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to the post. The former Mayor of London replaces Theresa May who resigned in May having failed to secure Brexit from the European Union. This is a developing story,...

China's opening of a military facility in Djibouti just a few miles from a U.S. base should spark a new era of cooperation between the two countries in Africa, according to the top U.S. commander on the continent. Beijing formally opened its first overseas military...