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Heavy fighting broke in northern Mexico after the security forces seized one of the sons of jailed drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Fighting raged for several hours after Ovidio Guzmán López was found during a routine patrol in the city of Culiacán. Footage on Mexican TV showed armed men …

Boris Johnson will attempt to persuade MPs to back his Brexit deal today ahead of what is expected to be a knife-edge vote in the Commons on Saturday. Mr Johnson has insisted he is “very confident” MPs will back his deal. But the DUP’s opposition to his plans means he faces …

The twists and turns of Brexit – after more than three years of negotiations – dominate an EU summit on Thursday, amid signs of an emerging deal. Intensive negotiations went on all day on Wednesday to nail down complex special arrangements for Northern Ireland, the main sticking point in the …

Vatican police chief Domenico Giani, who is also Pope Francis’ Chief Bodyguard on Monday October 14, announced his resignation following the leak of a Vatican police flyer which identified five Holy See employees who were suspended as part of a financial investigation. The Vatican said Giani bore no responsibility for the …

The US has sanctioned two Turkish ministries and three senior government officials in response to the country’s military offensive in northern Syria. President Donald Trump also phoned his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to demand an immediate truce, Vice-President Mike Pence said. Mr Pence said he would travel to the …

27-year-old American boxer, Patrick Day has been hospitalized after suffering a brutal knockout during a fight with 21-year-old unbeaten Charles Conwell in a super welterweight bout in Chicago on Saturday October 12. ESPN reported that Patrick Day had an emergency brain surgery and currently in the intensive care unit following …

Torrential rain and tornado-like winds are lashing large parts of Japan, as the country endures what could be its worst storm for 60 years. The eye of Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on Japan’s main island shortly before 19:00 local time (10:00 GMT), in Izu Peninsula, south-west of Tokyo. It is …

Four days after a BBC Africa Eye documentary was broadcast revealing cases of sexual harassment at two top West African Universities, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said more needs to be done to prevent abuse in educational institutions. Although First Lady Aisha Buhari reacted to the BBC’s investigation on Monday, …

EU countries have agreed to “intensify” Brexit talks with the UK over the next few days. The development comes after a meeting in Brussels between Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier, described by both sides as “constructive”. But UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there was …

An American man is presently on the run after he allegedly forged his estranged wife’s signature on their divorce papers. According to the New York Daily News, Paul Nixon – who hails from Texas – ‘fraudulently’ divorced his wife without her knowledge. Mr. Nixon is now being sought after for submitting …