The British monarchy scrambled Thursday to find urgent “workable solutions” for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan after their bombshell decision to quit front-line duties caught the royal family off guard. Queen Elizabeth II, heir to the throne Prince Charles and his eldest son Prince William, Harry’s brother, have ordered their aides to work with […]

Heavily armed assailants stormed a military base in Niger on Thursday killing 25 people and leading to fierce clashes that killed 63 “terrorists”, the defence ministry said, in an area where dozens died in a previous jihadist attack. The raid near to the volatile frontier with Mali by attackers in vehicles and on motorbikes began […]

Lewis Hamilton has pledged $500,000 to “support the animals, wildlife volunteers and rural fire services” affected by the bushfire crisis in Australia. The six-time Formula One world champion announced the donation on Twitter on Thursday, saying: “It breaks my heart to see the devastation the Australian bushfires are causing to people and animals across the […]

The Russian army announced Thursday that a ceasefire has begun in Syria’s Idlib, the last major opposition stronghold in the country, in accordance with a Russ-a-Turkey agreement. From 1100 GMT “a ceasefire has been in place in the de-escalation zone of Idlib,” the Russian military’s Centre for Reconciliation in Syria said in a statement. Despite a […]

United States President, Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled what he called a “beautiful” acronym for NATO deployments in the Middle East — NATOME. “I actually had a name: NATO, right, and then you have ME — Middle East. NATOME. I said, what a beautiful name,” Trump told reporters, in extensive comments about the issue. “NATO […]