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Parliament is expected to ratify the 15-day extension as the opposition is boycotting the session, leaving only government MPs in the house.

"Someone is insecure and it isn't Oprah," one Twitter user wrote.

War of words between Iran and Israel escalates at Munich security conference.

The UK PM Theresa May says students in England face among the priciest university tuition in the world and often get poor value for money.

Gerard Batten, Ukip interim leader, defended his belief that Islam is a "death cult", reasserting that it is "factually and historically true."

Democrats have criticised President Donald Trump for his demeanour in photos taken during a hospital visit.

Hailemariam Desalegn announced that he was stepping down to quell months-long unrest in the landlocked African nation.

'Jeremy Corbyn knew I was a Soviet spy,' claims Czech diplomat Jan Sarkocy, accusing Labour leader of supplying information to communist regime under name of Agent Cob in 1987.

At one school, just a few miles away from the school shooting, students staged a walkout in solidarity with the victims and survivors campaigning effort for gun reform.

"[I]f God actually wanted me to run, wouldn't God kinda tell me?" Oprah said in response to rumours that she was planning a 2020 run for president.

Theresa May will set out details of the government's landmark review of higher education funding in England, and may announce reduced tuition fees.

Six Turkish journalists have received life sentences for their alleged involvement in the failed July 2016 coup to remove President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Trump has gone longer without holding a formal press conference than any of his predecessors since Lyndon Johnson.

The British Commonwealth came out of mutual dependency and ghosts of empire past which would not sleep.

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has admitted that the party "is collapsing" as it prepares for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to decide the fate of leader Henry Bolton.

British negotiators are reportedly preparing to push for the kind of Brexit favoured by the UK's financial services sector, despite Brussels having already rebuffed such a plan.

A new report claims that the US is wasting billions of dollars upgrading nuclear bombs based in Europe that are no longer an effective deterrent and could be a security liability.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a mausoleum in Pyongyang as the hermit kingdom celebrates the 76th birth anniversary of Kim Jong-il.

Former US Energy Secretary, Ernest Moniz, warns odds on nuclear weapons being launched by mistake were shortening.

A new report has called on the government to give £10,000 to everyone under 55 years of age as part of a move towards a national universal basic income (UBI).

The US president's bill overturned restrictions put into place by Obama administration which made it more difficult for mentally ill people to purchase arms.

Tories fear that the housing crisis affecting middle-class millennials could be an 'iceberg' issue that sinks the party in the upcoming election.

Donald Trump Jr. likes tweet suggesting that FBI was too busy undermining President Donald Trump to prevent Parkland school shooting in Florida.

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said a probe was required to find out if there was "excessive profit-making by those who make Freddos".

Labour's shadow Northern Ireland secretary Owen Smith has said that Theresa May should force the devolved government to accept same-sex marriage if power-sharing talks fail.

Kalicharan Saraf urinated on a wall in Jaipur after getting caught short during a car journey – unfortunately for the Rajasthan state official, an opposition member spotted him.

Labour leader dismisses story in The Sun which suggested he had close ties with a Czechoslovak agent at the height of the Cold War.

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi claims he ended Cold War by bringing the US and Russia together.

The US president tweeted the morning after the shooting which killed 17 people to suggest the suspect's classmates knew he was dangerous and should have reported him earlier.