US President Donald Trump said a deal to end the war in Iran could be reached soon, although the timing remained unclear, while US allies were gathering to discuss reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping route.

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The Rohingya mainly leave from huge camps in Bangladesh, where more than 1 million refugees forced to flee across the border from Myanmar’s Rakhine state live in squalid conditions.

A PILOT has fainted in the cockpit mid-flight after reportedly not sleeping a wink the night before. Emergency services raced onto the tarmac after receiving reports that the pilot, 57, had collapsed in the air while piloting a Tarom flight. The pilot …