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Madrid – Spanish prison authorities say that the brother-in-law of Spain’s King Felipe VI has begun serving a nearly six-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion. An official with the Interior Ministry’s prison management division said Inaki Urdangarin arrived Monday morning at a prison near …...

Singapore – Former NBA star Dennis Rodman openly wept on television in a live interview from Singapore as President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met for the first time. He told the Associated Press that he hopes to soon visit the White … Read more via IOL section Feed for...

Singapore – U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a “comprehensive” document following a historic summit aimed at the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. There were mo immediate details on the contents of the document. Although the breakthrough made at …...

Nairobi – Kenyan authorities will investigate 10 financial institutions suspected of handling funds that were stolen from the government’s National Youth Service (NYS), the director of criminal investigations confirmed on Thursday. The Daily Nation named nine commercial banks and a financial...

Johannesburg – The SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) will set up two commissions of inquiry to investigate ”sex for jobs” allegations and interference with journalists’ work in newsrooms, as the scandal-ridden public broadcaster cleans up the house, acting CEO Nomsa Philiso said on Thursday...

The Ugandan government has declared three days of national mourning after a collision between a passenger bus, tractor and truck left over 20 people dead. The mourning period was announced in a government..... Read more via IOL News – https://ift.tt/2GU39uA Get more World News

A 1917 painting by Amedeo Modigliani of a reclining nude woman that was once considered obscene in Paris sold for over $157 million at an auction in Manhattan on Monday. “Nu couche (sur le cote gauche)” was the highlight of Sotheby’s “Impressionist … Read more via IOL section Feed for News...

Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned the official opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem and urged other countries not to “bow to pressure” and refrain from taking any steps that harm the rights of the Palestinian people. “It is shameful to … Read more via IOL section Feed for News...

A leading British liver surgeon pleaded guilty to assault on Wednesday after he admitted scorching his initials onto the livers of two patients. Simon Bramhall, 53, accepted two “assault by beating” charges but denied more serious charges of assault causing “actual bodily harm” at Birmingham...