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New US Secretary of State Pompeo arrives in Brussels to meet NATO allies   Former CIA director Mike Pompeo was confirmed as Rex Tillerson's replacement as US Secretary of State just hours before arriving in Brussels...

Venezuela, Panama agree to restore envoys, air links     The rapprochement between the two countries comes after a diplomatic crisis erupted in late March when Panama added a string of senior Venezuelan officials to a list...

Global powers welcome historic Korean summit   From Washington to Beijing, world leaders and governments praised Friday's historic inter-Korean summit, urging rival Koreas to step into more dialogue. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un (L) and South Korea's...

Armenian parliament to elect new PM on May 1   The press office of the Armenian parliament says it has scheduled a session to vote for a new prime minister next week. Opposition supporters protest against the...

Danish inventor gets life in prison for journalist's murder   Police detained Peter Madsen on August 11 last year when he emerged from his home-made submarine without Kim Wall who had boarded the vessel the previous...

London antiques dealer admits murdering seven-year-old daughter   Robert Peters strangled Sophia at family home in Wimbledon last November. Robert Peters was found not to be a risk to himself or others by a child protection team...

Waffle House shooting suspect arrested by Nashville police   Authorities mounted a massive manhunt for Travis Reinking after the Sunday morning shooting that left four dead and injured others at a Waffle House restaurant near Nashville,...

Nicaragua president scraps pension law that sparked deadly protests     Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega made the announcement on Sunday as looting continued in the capital of Managua on the fifth day of protests that have left...

Stolen heart of French queen consort Anne of Brittany found   The golden casket holds the heart of the French queen Anne, who died over 500 years ago. French police have recovered a solid gold casket...

Spain exhumes bodies from Valley of the Fallen civil war monument The Valley of the Fallen monument is a rallying point for the far-right Work has begun on exhuming the bodies of four men killed in...