US President, Donald Trump, said Thursday for the first time that he would leave the White House if Joe Biden is officially confirmed the winner of the US election, even as he railed against the “rigged” vote. Trump has made an unprecedented attempt to defy the results of the election by refusing to concede, spreading […]

A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced the mastermind of one of the country’s largest online sex trafficking rings to 40 years in prison. The Seoul Central District Court found Cho Ju-bin guilty of violating laws to protect minors from sexual abuse and of operating a criminal ring to make profits by producing and selling abusive […]

Daria Nicolodi, Italian actress and mother of leading`me too’ activist Asia Argento, has died at the age of 70, her family said on Thursday. “Rest in peace beloved mummy,’’ Argento wrote on Instagram, without giving a cause of death. “Without you I miss the ground under my feet, and I feel I have lost my […]

Diego Maradona’s body was taken on Thursday to the Casa Rosada, the headquarters of Argentina’s federal government, with big crowds of people turning up to pay their respects. According to TV broadcasters TyC and ESPN, Maradona’s body arrived at the Casa Rosada around 5 am local time (0800 GMT). During the night a private ceremony […]

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he is launching the “final phase” of the army’s operation in the northern region of Tigray after weeks of fighting. He said the military would try not to harm civilians in the regional capital Mekelle – a city of 500,000 people – and urged residents to stay at home. […]