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German shopping mall shut on police fears of an attack

Police in the western German city of Essen sealed off a shopping center in the center of town and ordered it to remain closed on Saturday due to concrete indications of a possible attack.

Opponents of South Korea's ousted Park rally to call for her arrest

Opponents of South Korea's ousted leader, Park Geun-hye rallied in the capital, Seoul, on Saturday to demand that she be arrested, a day after she was thrown out of office over a corruption scandal involving the country's conglomerates.

Dutch bar plane carrying Turkish foreign minister from landing

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Saturday barred a plane carrying Turkey's foreign minister from landing, saying his visit would be a threat to public order.

Assad says yet to see real steps on Islamic State by Trump, U.S. forces 'invaders'

yrian President Bashar al-Assad said he had yet to see "anything concrete" from U.S. President Donald Trump over his vow to defeat Islamic State and called U.S. forces in Syria "invaders" because they were there without government permission.

Double suicide attack kills 40 in Damascus: report

At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded in an attack by two suicide bombers in Damascus on Saturday, Hezbollah's al-Manar TV reported, in an attack the Syrian Observatory said targeted Shi'ite pilgrims.

Youth gets three years for sex with minor

Two weeks shy of his 22nd birthday, Tevin Hendrickson was sentenced to three years at Her Majesty’s Prison for having sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 16, almost two years ago.

US authorities probe Antiguan woman’s death

Two investigations are reportedly under way in Miami, Florida, into the death of 32-year old Antiguan Nikisha Lewis.

Opposition rubbishes argument that Deluxe purchase won’t help Fernandez

The United Progressive Party (UPP) has rubbished the government of Antigua & Barbuda’s position that its planned purchase of the Deluxe Cinemas property will not benefit its shareholder, Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles “Max” Fernandez.

Horsford Hill vendors want PM’s intervention

Thirteen irate souvenir vendors at Horsford Hill have sent out an “SOS” to Prime Minister Gaston Browne as their seemingly one-sided dispute with the National Parks Authority (NPA) picks up steam.

Antiguan student wins opportunity to be Canadian High Commissioner for a day

An Antiguan student at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus performed in the top position in the Canadian High Commission in Barbados, for one day.
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