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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, an ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, was elected Friday the new leader of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU). Kramp-Karrenbauer, 56, won the leadership with 517 from 999 votes cast by delegates. Her rival, Friedrich Merz, won 482 votes

Internet service providers have finally blocked pornography websites in fulfilment of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) orders. At least 25 of the 27 banned websites cannot be accessed on mobile phones. However, users of VPN can access the banned sites. There

Six top US senators from across party lines have introduced a scathing resolution to hold the Saudi crown prince accountable for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi more than two months ago. The proposal, which was introduced on Wednesday, says the Senate “has

The United Kingdom’s tier one visa, known as the “golden visa,” will be suspended on Dec. 7 until new regulations are put in place in 2019, due to exploitation and money laundering allegations, Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes announced Thursday. The golden

A suicide car bomber attacked a police headquarters in the southeastern Iranian port city of Chabahar on Thursday, killing at least three people and wounding several others, state TV reported. State television broke into its regular broadcast to report the attack,

Turkish security forces on Thursday confiscated around 10,000 historical coins dating back to Roman and Byzantine eras in the Aegean province of Kutahya. In an anti-smuggling operation, the gendarmerie raided a gas station after a tip off that a group of

A U.K. Parliament committee accused Facebook on Wednesday of cutting special deals with some advertisers to give them more access to data as it released 250 pages worth of documents on the tech giant’s internal discussions about the value of users’

Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies for possible extradition to the United States. China demanded her immediate release, and a former Canadian envoy to China warned the case might lead to