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Reuters Tiger Woods is to receive the US Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump on Monday, the White House announced on Thursday. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Trump will bestow the award, the nation’s highest civilian honour, on the golfing great in the White...

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has married his long-time bodyguard in a surprise move just days before his coronation. The Royal Gazette published an announcement saying Suthida Vajiralongkorn na Ayudhya, a former flight attendant, had “legally married” the king in accordance with royal...

Sudan’s prosecutor general on Thursday ordered the questioning of deposed president Omar al-Bashir over money-laundering and “financing terrorism”, as protesters staged a vast rally in Khartoum to demand a civilian government. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir A source in the prosecutor...