As Melania Trump walked up to the White House podium on Thursday, standing where President Donald Trump had just over a week ago made his address to the nation on Iran, there was absolutely no indication that this would be a jaw-dropping appearance.
There was curiosity, yes, but no one guessed it would be must-see viewing. Not even those most plugged into the administration had any forewarning of the topic, according to officials.
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HANDOUT Multiple people have been killed after gunmen targeted civilians at a picnic spot in western Afghanistan, officials and a local doctor have said.
There have been different reported death tolls from the attack in the Enjil district of Herat province on Friday. A Taliban interior ministry spokesperson said seven people were killed, with a provincial official reporting four had died.
No group has claimed responsibility so far.
"Unidentified armed men" riding motorcycles opened fire near the village of Deh Mehri,
Getty Images A man in eastern France has been charged with keeping his nine-year-old son locked in a van for more than a year.
The boy was found on Monday after neighbours in the town of Hagenbach, Alsace, heard "sounds of a child" coming from the van, which was parked in the common area of a block of flats.
He was lying naked under a blanket, on a pile of rubbish near human excrement, malnourished and unable to walk due to spending a long time in the
Reuters Israel and Lebanon's ambassadors to the US have agreed in a first phone call to meet in Washington on Tuesday to seek an announcement on a ceasefire and a date to begin direct negotiations.
The Lebanese presidency made the announcement. Earlier, a senior presidency official told the BBC negotiations could only happen with a ceasefire in place. There was no immediate comment from Israel.
It comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorised direct
Getty Images/Reuters The venue is ready, the guards are in place and the curb along the approach road has received a fresh coat of yellow and black paint.
As hosts of vital US-Iranian talks, the Pakistani government officials are making optimistic noises, emphasising that unlike many others, they enjoy the trust of both sides.
The man heading the US
South Korean authorities have deployed heat-seeking cameras and drones in a widening search for a runaway wolf that has been on the loose for three days after escaping from a zoo.
The two-year-old male, named Neukgu, burrowed under a fence at Daejeon O-World zoo and theme park in the central city of Daejeon on Wednesday, officials said.
More than 300 personnel - including firefighters, police officers and military troops - have been
Supplied A Palestinian man was shot dead by an Israeli during a settler attack on a village in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday evening.
A relative said Alaa Khalid Subeih, 28, was killed as he tried to defend a greenhouse from the settlers in Tayasir in the northern West Bank. A senior UN official also said he was killed by a settler.
The Israeli military said he was shot by an off-duty soldier and accused him
Reuters A charity co-founded by the Duke of Sussex is suing him for defamation, court records suggest.
Sentebale, which supports young people in Africa, is shown on online court records as suing Prince Harry, in a case filed on 24 March.
Representatives of Prince Harry and Sentebale have not provided any more details about the claim.
Prince Harry left the charity last year in an acrimonious dispute over how Sentebale was being managed.
The court filings show
Aaron Sandel via Reuters The world's largest known group of wild chimpanzees has split and been locked in a vicious "civil war" for the last eight years, according to researchers.
It is not clear exactly why the once close-knit community of Ngogo chimpanzees at Uganda's Kibale National Park are at loggerheads, but since 2018 the scientists have recorded 24 killings, including
Getty Images A 61-year-old Swedish man has gone on trial accused of coercing his wife into providing sexual services to more than 120 men.
The man is alleged to have used the remoteness of their farm near Kramfors in northern Sweden, as well as surveillance cameras and drugs, to force her to perform sexual acts with men he had found online.
He denies wrongdoing and alleges the encounters were consensual - all he had