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De Turkse president Recep Tayyip Erdogan heeft vandaag zijn excuses aangeboden aan het Turkse volk vanwege zijn eerdere banden met de invloedrijke geestelijke Fethullah Gülen. Hij vraagt de Turken hem te vergeven voor het feit dat hij zijn voormalige bondgenoot niet heeft kunnen ontmaskeren.

Editor’s note: Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, the chief of army staff of Nigeria, was appointed to by President Muhammadu Buhari on July 13, 2015. In this opinion article by Phillip Agbese, an international public affairs commentator, who contributed this piece from the United Kingdom, highlighted the works of Brutai since he assumed office. In his appraisal, […]

ABBEVILLE, S.C. — Deputies say a 17-year-old has been arrested after pictures of someone standing inside an above- ground tomb at a South Carolina church cemetery were posted on Facebook. Abbeville County Sheriff’s Capt. Natalie Talbert told The Index-Journal of Greenwood (http://bit.ly/2asfPLi ) that deputies went to Ridge Church in Iva after seeing the pictures

You had to be pretty good to fight the greatest boxer Australia has ever seen, Les Darcy, and Reg Paton did that.

PARIJS (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - Air France gaat opnieuw onderhandelen met vertegenwoordigers van het cabinepersoneel, dat afgelopen week staakte voor een betere cao. Dat meldden Franse media woensdag.

Very revealing.

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean idol group BigBang has been named the honorary ambassador of the state-run national branding business, the group's agency said Wednesday. The globally followed K-pop group will promote "Creative Korea," a

The 165-room QT is a quirky, sprawling resort in Port Douglas with its own outdoor cinema. It's a magnet for the hip crowd, who jam the bar on weekends; slightly retro but with a tropical feel to it. There's something for everyone, from families to honeymooners.

NEW YORK — Kate Spade expects its business to take a hit this year as tourists spend less on its handbags, clothing and accessories. Shares of Kate Spade & Co. tumbled more than 20 percent in morning trading Wednesday. Travelers spent less at Kate Spade stores that are dependent on tourist shoppers, Kate Spade CEO

Outgoing Tshwane mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa cast his vote amidst an ecstatic reception at the Seaparankwe Primary School in Atteridgeville.

They’ve done everything they could, and now it’s show-time for Banyana Banyana at the Rio Olympics.

– The minister of environment, Amina Mohammed has opposed a bill proposed by the minister of justice, Malami, putting the management of the ecological fund under the office of the secretary to the government of the federation – The ecological fund is currently under the management of the presidency – Mohammed demands that the management […]

(ATTN: INCORPORATES US military-NK missile; Edits to conform) WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- The United States condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches as a violation of U.N. resolutions on Tuesday, expressing strong commitment to the

It is pretty well-known that Marilyn Monroe was a size 12. However, in modern times she could fit into anything between a 4 and a 10. These gaps in numbers alone demonstrate how confusing and frustrating our sizing system is.

RIO DE JANEIRO — The first time Steven Lopez made the U.S. Olympic taekwondo team, he was just 15 years old. More than two decades later, the Texas-based fighter recently qualified again and will likely be the oldest athlete competing in taekwondo at the Rio de Janeiro games. At 37, Lopez is the most acclaimed

"I've never seen a contract re-purposed in such a major way."

A new report from the UK House of Commons has severely criticized the EU for its failure to anticipate and tackle 'colossal' migration crisis and that it has done "too little, too late" with the failing EU-Turkey migrant deal being only a "partial solution".

A push by the authorities to introduce a two-tier Test system with promotion and relegation may be scrapped after the powerful Indian board rejected the proposal.

While Russia was hardly affected by the months long conflict with Turkey, Ankara felt the pinch of Moscow's sanctions, above all in the fields of tourism and agriculture. Now that the difficult times are over, Turkish businessmen are looking for ways to return to the Russian market.