The Eiffel Tower was plunged into darkness this morning in solidarity with the victims of the Barcelona van attack as iconic landmarks around the world paid tribute to those caught up in Spain’s 24 hours of terror.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of sometimes heated internal debate, the Trump administration has almost reached a decision on a new approach for fighting the…
KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. soldier was killed and several others were wounded in a battle with Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S.…
New Delhi: India is tightening the rules for businesses entering its power transmission sector and making stringent checks on both power and telecoms equipment…
Infosys Ltd said on FridayVishal Sikka has resigned as managing director and chiefexecutive of the company with immediate effect. U B Pravin Rao has been…
Venezuela‘s high court issued an arrest order for the ousted chief prosecutor’s husband after authorities accused him of running a USD 6 million extortion ring,…
Peru’s defense minister warned Thursday a new cocaine-producing hot spot is gaining traction in Peru near its border with Columbia and Braziland local…
JoshuaWong, the school boy who led Hong Kong‘s youth to protest for greater democracy and occupy city streets for months in 2014 has been jailed for six…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia will open its border with Qatar to let pilgrims attend the hajj, marking a breakthrough in a monthslong rift between…
(Adds MMG statement, paragraphs 4,5) LIMA, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Peru declared a 30-day state of emergency in a remote Andean region to end a protest by residents…
Baghdad: Iraqi and Saudi officials on Wednesday inspected a border crossing between their countries to examine how to reopen the frontier, closed for the past…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A SpaceX shipment arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday, delivering a bonanza of science experiments. The SpaceX…
by Olatunji Saliu ABUJA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) — Local police in Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed 19 people were killed, including three suicide bombers, in two…
Roman Polanski A 59-year-old woman has accused director Roman Polanski of sexual assault conducted in 1973 when she was a minor, 40 years after he went on the…
US presidentDonald Trump buoyed the white nationalist movement on Tuesday as no president has done in generations, equating activists protesting racism with…
Another member of US PresidentDonald Trump’s advisory council has resigned, making five the number of people quitting their jobs over his response to the…
Residents of the U.S. territory of Guam – currently caught in the middle of an intense war of words between North Korea and the United States – were jolted awake early Tuesday after two radio stations accidentally issued…
Johor Bahru: The daughter of one of Malaysia’s most powerful sultans married her Dutch fiance Monday in a tradition-filled ceremony during a day of lavish…
Russia’s main intelligence agency, the FSB, busted a Daesh-linked terror cell containing four people working on a plot to launch attacks in the capital Moscow,…
A statement released by state news agency SPAannounced a group of Twitter users will be arrested in Saudi Arabia on charges of harming public order by…
Italy announced Monday it will return its ambassador to Cairo more than a year after the death of an Italian graduate student caused Rome’s government to cancel…
According to Austria’s food safety agency, tests revealed some imported egg products in Austria were contaminated with a potentially harmful insecticide —…
Pacific bluefin tuna has unique worldwide status as one of the most awe-inspiring remarkable creatures on the planet. They grow to 12 feet and 1,500 pounds and live up to 35 years whilst swimming super-fast, crossing the entire ocean in 21 days. They are the essence of nature’s wonderful creativity and beauty.
Two U.S. service members were killed and five more were wounded during combat operations in northern Iraq; however, the casualties were not due to direct…
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 47 people in southern Nepal and left thousands homeless, police…
(MENAFN – Jordan Times) BEIRUT — Syrian government bombardment on two areas included in fragile “de-escalation zones” in the country killed four people on…
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) ” Pakistan’s army says “terrorists” have targeted a military truck with a bomb killing eight soldiers and seven civilians in the…
At least one vehicle hit a crowd of people gathered in a Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, hours after police broke up a clash between white nationalists…
In a horrifying incident of its kind, a baby was put inside a refrigerator by baby sitters and the video was posted on Snapchat. The incident happened in…
SEOUL–North Korea said on Saturday that nearly 3.5 million workers, party members and soldiers volunteered to join or rejoin its army to resist new U.N.…
As our understanding of the minds of our fellow species improves, will we increasingly look back at the way we have treated them in horror and repulsion?…
The European Union said Friday that it plans to hold an extraordinary meeting late next month over a growing tainted egg scandal as it revealed that products…
The owner of an amateur submarine was arrested on Friday on suspicion of murder after his vessel sank in Danish waters and a journalist who was supposed to be…
At least thirty Taliban insurgents were killed after suicide attack vests exploded prematurely among the gathering of Taliban militants in western Farah…
A Briton held hostage by al Qaida for six years in West Africa has revealed he converted to Islam in captivity. Stephen McGown, who also has South African…
A seven year old from Indore and a 14-year-old from Solapur have been found to be under the influence of the Blue Whale challenge. We had hoped this was over,…
The number of fines for illegal pollution has crashed under PresidentDonald Trump‘s administration, according to a report from an environmental advocacy group…
U.S. investigators uncovered a global financial network run by a senior Islamic State official that funneled money to an alleged ISIS operative in the U.S.…
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will limit the movement of non-humanitarian goods at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Syria because the Syrian side is controlled…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel warned Gaza‘s Hamas rulers on Thursday not to try to foil its construction of a border wall designed to stop tunnels between the…
Officials say Philippine troops attempting to rescue hostages held by the Abu Sayyaf clashed with the militants, leaving two soldiers and five gunmen dead.…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German ChancellorAngela Merkel, about to return from holiday, has seen her popularity fall by 10 points just six weeks before an election in…
A senior Taliban commander has made new revelations regarding the death of the former commander of the group Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. The commander who has wished…
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — Pakistan has introduced a bill in the parliament to protect the fundamental rights of transgender people, local media reported on…
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will limit the movement of non-humanitarian goods at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Syria because the Syrian side is controlled…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel warned Gaza‘s Hamas rulers on Thursday not to try to foil its construction of a border wall designed to stop tunnels between the…
Officials say Philippine troops attempting to rescue hostages held by the Abu Sayyaf clashed with the militants, leaving two soldiers and five gunmen dead.…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German ChancellorAngela Merkel, about to return from holiday, has seen her popularity fall by 10 points just six weeks before an election in…
A senior Taliban commander has made new revelations regarding the death of the former commander of the group Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. The commander who has wished…
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — Pakistan has introduced a bill in the parliament to protect the fundamental rights of transgender people, local media reported on…
Iranian PresidentHassan Rouhani appointed two female vice presidents on Wednesday, a day after coming under fire from reformists for nominating no women…
America must decide what it wants to do about Syria. Does it want to get rid of Bashar al-Assad? Or is defeating ISIS its most important priority? Morally, it…
A police hunt is underway after a vehicle rammed into soldiers in a Paris suburb according to reports. Sky News, citing French media, reported that several…
More Julian Assange has offered the Googleemployee who was fired for writing an anti-diversity memo a job at Wikileaks. Assange, who is currently in the…
A trauma expert who helped victims of the Omagh and Enniskillen massacres has claimed that over 200,000 people in Northern Ireland are living with mental…
The one-day drop-in comes as Washingtonreboots its relationship with Thailand under PresidentDonald Trump, whose administration has enraged rights groups by…
HYDERABAD: Four-month-old Rohaan Sadiq from Lahore, who underwent a heart surgery in India, passed away in Pakistan. “He died due to diarrhoea. He was down with…
Article by WN.com Correspondent DallasDarling It doesn’t take long to observe how PresidentDonald Trump and his administration is in full-blown crises mode, let alone a state of chaos. To be sure, and from a series of…
Samsung ElectronicsVice Chairman Jay Y. Lee fought back tears and denied wrongdoing on Monday as prosecutors sought a 12-year jail term on charges that include…
MADRID (Reuters) – Dozens of sub-Saharan migrants crossed into Spain from Morocco in the early hours of Monday after running through a border gate into the…
A year after he last spoke to his mother on the phone, Rituraj Sahani, 43, returned home from America to find her skeleton in their posh Oshiwara flat on…
PARIS >> A young French man who recently was discharged from a psychiatric hospital is under investigation for an attempted terrorist attack after he brandished…
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Vice PresidentMike Pence has pushed back against a news report suggesting he is laying groundwork for a possible presidential bid in…
Noone was hurt in the incident. A man carrying a knife was arrested as he tried to force his way into the Eiffel Tower, the company that runs the Paris landmark…
France has seen 271 jihadi militants return from war zones in Iraq and Syria and all of them are subject to investigation by public prosecutors, the country’s…
LONDON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — On the very rare occasion in sports history, a bronze medalist received much more cheers and applause than the winner. Jamaican…
Khyber Agency will be free of terrorism on completion of the Khyber-IV operation, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa promised in a visit to Rajgal…
(CNN)A fourth-grader’s cover letter grabbed NASA‘s attention in the search for the next real-life guardian of the planet. Earlier this week, the space agency…
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s long-time president has 99 percent support with nearly half the ballots counted in Friday’s presidential election, according to…
The governing body of an east London boroughhas ruled that the developers of the site of a popular gay pub must include an LGBT venue, The Guardian reports.…
Authorities made a grisly discovery in Southern California on Friday when they found more than 1,000 dead animals in an industrial complex, according to Fox…
A Rwandan man who sought asylum in the United States claiming he fled the African nation’s 1994genocide was charged by U.S. prosecutors on Friday with lying…
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — Brazil‘s Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot is preparing to bring a new charge against the president for obstruction of justice…
An eruption of gunfire came from a group of masked men in San Francisco‘s Dolores Park on Thursday afternoon, suddenly sending the large crowd of families,…
The Senate moved to block President Trump from being able to make recess appointments during their last few hours before the Senators head home for their summer…
Prince Henrik of Denmark has announced that he does not wish to be buried next to his wife, Queen Margrethe, saying he is unhappy he was never acknowledged as…
A 60-year old Dalit woman was allegedly lynched in Agra after villagers thought she was out to cut the hair of sleeping women. MaanDevi of Mutnai village…
Doha: Qatar, currently boycotted by four Arab states, on Wednesday created a new permanent residents status for certain groups of foreigners, including those…
NAACP officials have issued their first ever travel advisory for the state of Missouri nationally after the warning was circulated by the Missouri NAACP chapter…
Mumbai: Andheri Police took action arresting 15 boys accused of raping and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old for the past one year. The year long rape torture…
TOKYO: Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe on Thursday dumped arch-conservatives and embraced critical voices in a cabinet revamp he hopes will stem a decline in…
Malaysia has seized elephant tusks and pangolin scales from Africa worth almost a million dollars, an official said Wednesday, highlighting the country’s…
A teenage boy has died in Indian-controlled Kashmir a day after he was wounded by government forces during anti-India protests, triggering a fresh strike by…
BANGKOK–Two former Thai prime ministers were cleared of abuse of power Tuesday in a case involving the quelling of an anti-government protest in 2008. The…
PresidentMichel Temer appeared likely to survive a key vote in Brazil‘s Congress on whether to put him on trial over an alleged bribery scheme to line his…
(MENAFN) Many people gathered in Yemen to witness the public execution of a man convicted of raping and killing a three-year-old girl.Furthermore, the man was…
The Taliban group in Afghanistan has rejected role in a deadly suicide attack on a mosque in western Herat province of Afghanistan. A spokesman of the group…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has extended by two months the house arrest of Hafiz Saeed, accused by the United States of masterminding 2008 attacks on the…
MQM backs PML-N NA session to elect prime minister PML-N’s course of action The National Assembly session, called by President Mamnoon Hussain, has started…
BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of people with an immigrant background in Germany rose 8.5 percent to a record 18.6 million in 2016, largely due to an increase in…
Russia blocked access on Tuesday to U.S. Embassy recreational property in a Moscowsuburb and closed a 2,000 square meter warehouse in an industrial area in the…
Indonesia will deport 153 Chinese nationals arrested for alleged involvement in a multimillion- dollar cyber fraud ring targeting wealthy businessmen and…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops have captured a key bridge leading to the main position of Islamic State group-linked militants in the southern…
ISTANBUL: Thousands of people rallied in Turkey’s largest city on Sunday against security measures Israel has imposed at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem,…
The pope made the appeal during his traditional today prayer on the UN’s world day against trafficking. PopeFrancis is urging the world to show a greater…
July 30, 2017: Gorkhas in over 100 cities and towns across the globe marched for Gorkhaland on Sunday in a first of its kind event “GlobalGorkhaland Unity…
Seven staff from Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet were early yesterday released from prison after more than eight months behind bars, expressing hope…
In a stunning Friday announcement, President Donald Trump announced that he had selected General John Kelly as his new chief of staff, replacing former Republican National Committee (RNC) chief Reince Priebus.
“I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff,” Trump announced on Twitter. “He is a Great American and a Great Leader.”
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Iran‘s elite Revolutionary Guard said a US navyaircraft carrier fired a warning shot in an “unprofessional” confrontation with Iranian vessels, the official…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S.…
Body parts that could belong to passengers killed in one or other of two Air India plane crashes more than 50 years ago have been found on Mont Blanc in the…
Moscow has ordered a reduction in the number of US diplomats in Russia and will close down an American recreation retreat in response to fresh sanctions from…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trumpeting his administration&aposs crackdown on illegal immigration and violent crime, PresidentDonald Trump is traveling to Long Island…
A defensive mucus that slugs secrete when threatened has inspired a new kind of adhesive that could revolutionize modern medicine, according to BBCNews. The…
Islamabad – Pakistani police have arrested 25 members of an informal village council accused of ordering the rape of a 16-year-old girl as revenge for her…
An Indian magistrate trying to promote cleanliness is under fire after telling a man to “sell his wife” if he can’t afford to pay for a toilet in his house. ...…
Technology that allows alteration of genes in a human embryo has been used for the first time in the United States. The research shows it is possible to safely…
Mr Che‘s stand drew widespread outrage, including condemnation from women’s rights activist Marina Mahathir who is also the daughter of former MalaysianPrime…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation opened an investigation on Wednesday after a domestic dispute led to a death of a 39-year-old Utahwoman on a cruise ship in…
(CNN)A national strike has begun in Venezuelabuilding up tension ahead of a controversial vote to elect a special assembly intended to rewrite the country’s…
Iran will respond if the U.S. government passes new sanctions, deputy foreign minister AbbasAraqchi said Wednesday, according to state media. New sanctions…
MELBOURNE, AustraliaSilent but defiant, Cardinal George Pell made his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday on charges of sexual abuse, vowing…
JERUSALEM (AP) ” Thousands of PalestinianMuslims prayed in the streets near Jerusalem‘s most contested holy site Tuesday, heeding a call by clergy to not enter…
Thiruvananthapuram: Few residents of Keralaare reported to have joined the ISIS terror outfit, sources state. Sources add that the suspects have gone to Syria…
China on Monday warned India not to “push your luck” by underestimating Beijing‘s determination to safeguard what it considers sovereign Chineseterritory,…
TOKYO (AP) ” Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe has denied he misused his influence to help a friend in a growing favoritism scandal.With support ratings for…
Syrian jihadists linked to a former al Qaeda affiliate consolidated their grip over large parts of the northwestern province of Idlib on Sunday after their main…
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Washington, Jul 22: Amid the ongoing Doklam stand-off the Pentagon has encouraged India and China to engage in a direct dialogue free of any “coercive aspects”.…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The killing of an unarmed Australian woman by a Minneapolis police officer who is a Somali-American has turned an unwelcome spotlight on the…
US Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, discussed Trump campaign with the Russian envoy during presidential race. Embattled US Attorney General, Jeff Sessions,…
Washington, Jul 22: Amid the ongoing Doklam stand-off the Pentagon has encouraged India and China to engage in a direct dialogue free of any “coercive aspects”.…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The killing of an unarmed Australian woman by a Minneapolis police officer who is a Somali-American has turned an unwelcome spotlight on the…
US Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, discussed Trump campaign with the Russian envoy during presidential race. Embattled US Attorney General, Jeff Sessions,…
India plans to seek an explanation from Philip Morris International Inc. about its marketing practices after Reuters reported that the tobacco giant used…
A judge in Tennessee is raising ire after offering reduced jail sentences for an inmate that undergoes a birth control procedure, according to BBCNews. Judge…
Frankfurt — German luxury car maker Audi, a Volkswagen subsidiary, issued a voluntary recall of up to 850,000 diesel vehicles on Friday, saying it would help…
Germany has frozen all arms shipment to Turkeyafter Ankara arrested several human rights activists, including a German national. The Bild newspaper reported on…
London, July 21 (IANS) Personal items owned and used by Princess Diana, including cassette tapes, a lunch box and ballet shoes, will be put on display at the…
Report demands massive expansion of military-industrial complex to maintain global “access to resources.” This article was produced in partnership with AlterNet…
A former Buddhist monk, wanted on child sex charges as well as fraud and money laundering, arrives in Thailand after being extradited from the US. No reporter…
The scales have tipped in the fight against AIDS, with more than half of people infected with HIVnow getting treatment and AIDS-related deaths almost halving…
NEW DELHI (AP) — India says it is ready to hold talks with China with both sides pulling back their forces to end a standoff along a disputed territory high in…
The global tobacco industry continues to interfere with governments’ efforts to implement the World Health Organization‘s (WHO) policy package which aims to…
A newly-discovered seam of gold on New Zealand’sNorth Island has sparked a bitter stand-off between a mining company and environmental activists. Locals are concerned about the impact the mining will have on their…
A U.S. Navy sailor who was presumed lost at sea, prompting a massive search and rescue operation, but was later found hiding in an engineering space on board…
The Philippines on Wednesday canceled talks with Maoist-led rebels due on the weekend in the Netherlands after guerrillas attacked a convoy of President Rodrigo…
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nobel Peacelaureate Malala Yousafzai was greeted with cheers Tuesday by dozens of young women in northeastern Nigeria, where she…
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese airport police have found 30 bullets in an American Airlinescrewmember’s carry-on bag and say the flight attendant apparently carried…
The Centre has asked state governments to compulsorily register FIRs in all “untoward incidents” happening in the name of cow protection, the Lok Sabha was…
MILAN (AP) ” As Italians confront the pressure of new migrant arrivals with two distinct reactions ” putting out the welcome mat, or erecting barricades ” the…
JAKARTA–The speaker of Indonesia‘s parliament, once hailed by PresidentDonald Trump as one of Indonesia’s most powerful men, has denied any wrongdoing after…
MILAN (AP) – The Latest on migrants and Europe(all times local): 9:00 a.m. The United Nations‘ refugee agency is appealing for $421.2 million to help improve…
The Trump administration has again told Congress that Iran is complying with the nuclear deal, but insisted Tehran would face consequences for breaching “the…
BEIJING (AP) — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral…
Australia’s military will be given greater power to act during terror attacks, the prime minister said Monday, following a review of security forces’ responses…
Hundreds of family, friends and community members in Pennsylvania have gathered for a vigil to remember four missing young men who were killed and their remains…
Cameroon‘s elite Rapid InterventionBrigade is in the front line of the country’s fight against Islamic State-affiliated Boko Haram jihadists A Cameroon army…
BERLIN: Two German air force jets were deployed late Saturday to escort and help a Korean plane land in Stuttgart after it lost contact with air traffic…
BERLIN (AP) – The head of the European Union‘s executive body says the EU’s hand remains outstretched to Turkey but is renewing warnings that Ankara will not…
BERLIN: Two German air force jets were deployed late Saturday to escort and help a Korean plane land in Stuttgart after it lost contact with air traffic…
BERLIN (AP) – The head of the European Union‘s executive body says the EU’s hand remains outstretched to Turkey but is renewing warnings that Ankara will not…
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is re-upping his push to rename the address of the Chinese Embassy in Washington “as soon as possible” after a pro-democracy dissident in the…
Beijing: Chinese state media on Saturday said the standoff between India and China in Dokalam area in Sikkim could worsen if India does not withdraw its troops…
The Turkish government has dismissed over 7,000 people, mostly police officers, civil servants and academics, from their jobs as part of the latest wave of…
Legal sales of marijuana for recreational purposes are set to begin next week in Uruguayat a limited number of pharmacies to nearly 5,000 people who have…
Multiple officials told CNN a Chinese spy ship has been cruising for several days off the Alaskancoast – arriving shortly before a U.S. missile defense system…
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says there is no evidence that Daesh chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, despite the Takfiri group’s confirmation that its…
One in 18 elderly Americans fall into financial scams or frauds every year, even without taking into consideration those that face financial abuse by friends or…
(CNN)In a victory for challengers of the Trump administration’s travel ban, a federal court judge late Thursday agreed once again to partially halt the ban of…
An elephant was rescued after it was swept out to sea in a strong current off the coast of Sri Lanka on Thursday, according to The Guardian. The country‘s navy…
Nevada‘s new recreational marijuana stores generated $3 million in sales revenue and close to $500,000 in tax revenue in their first four days open, placing…
According to a senior Somali intelligence official, the U.S. and Somali troops raided a rebel-held village in southern Somalia early Thursday where several…
London, July 13: Britain will leave the EU “with maximum certainty, continuity and control,” Brexit SecretaryDavid Davis said as the UK government prepared to…
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Paris: The European Union remains an incomplete project and will require changes to its treaties that bring greater convergence between euro zone member states,…
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Reuters reported that two more gas turbines were delivered to Russian-controlled Crimea, according to two reporters who identified the equipment at the port of…
Kenya police said that six police officers have been killed by herders in the volatile area in LaikipiaCounty, which has had 40 people killed this year over in…
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is taking credit for presidential son Donald Trump Jr. releasing his own emails on a meeting with a Russianlawyer after…
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China says its latest-generation warships have conducted live-firing drills in the Mediterranean Sea while en route to joint exercises with the Russian navy.…
An electric car maker deserted its plan to construct a $1 billion manufacturing plant in southern Nevada in a move experts say could spell trouble for the…
[Pakistan], July 11 (ANI): India‘s policy to isolate Pakistan globally has failed, as foreign countries are showing a keen interest to invest in the country,…
A U.S. Army sergeant who had previously served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and was stationed in Hawaii was arrested on charges of providing material support…
One current Chicago police officer and two former officers pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to cover up what happened when a white officer…
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Syrian forces launched an attack on rebels in the southern province of Sweida on Monday despite a ceasefire, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.…
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — For the second year in a row, the world’s youngest nation will not have any official celebrations to mark the anniversary of its birth…
WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) – A senior U.S.Republican senator predicted on Sunday that the Republican bill to roll back Obamacare would likely fail, adding to…
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Venezuela’s Supreme Court has decided to release a prominent opposition leader from jail just to put him under house arrest. The court said on Saturday…
Peru‘s jailed ex-leader Alberto Fujimori was taken to a hospital Friday after showing signs of hypertension and irregular heartbeat, his doctor said. The…
Egyptian officials said Islamic militants in the Sinai unleashed a suicide car bomb and dozens of masked and heavily armed gunmen who descended in multiple SUVs…
A South Carolina inmate was able to break out of a maximum-security prison using wire cutters that were dropped into the prison from a drone, according to The…
An enormous iceberg, over 2,000 square miles in area – or nearly the size of Delaware – is poised to detach from one of the largest floating ice shelves in Antarctica…
Egyptian officials said Islamic militants in the Sinai unleashed a suicide car bomb and dozens of masked and heavily armed gunmen who descended in multiple SUVs…
A South Carolina inmate was able to break out of a maximum-security prison using wire cutters that were dropped into the prison from a drone, according to The…
Two European development banks financing construction of a controversial dam project in Honduras have pulled out following the murders of local activists, The…
An investigation has been launched into French PresidentEmmanuel Macron’s Las Vegas tech junket – putting pressure on the president’s labor minister “and…
US officials announced charges against a former manager with Audi – a high-end brand in the Volkswagen group – who directed employees to design software to…
A Virginia man who killed a hospital security guard and sheriff’s deputy while escaping from custody in 2006 was executed on Thursday after an unsuccessful…
A Chihuahua-mix puppy was found in a Las Vegasairport bathroom with a handwritten note detailing that the dog’s owner was fleeing from domestic violence and…
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WASHINGTON — Robert Mueller was greeted with near universal praise when he was appointed to lead the investigation into possible coordination between Donald…
Republican Representative Steve Scalise, who was shot in an attack on June 14 when a gunman opened fire at a baseball practice of Republican lawmakers in…
The arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby was ordered to pay a $3 million fine over a federal case that was centered around smuggled Iraqi antiquities on Wednesday,…
(MENAFN – Gulf Times) Germany should brace for further attacks given growing numbers of potential Islamist militants, top security officials warned yesterday,…
The lawyer for the widow of an American soldierkilled in Afghanistan said Tuesday they have filed an application so that any money paid by the Canadian…
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In order to graduate from a public high school in Chicago, students will soon need a new requirement: they must either show they’ve secured a job, received a…
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Durban – According to a media report on Monday night, the SABC has fired Lotus FM deejay RaviGovender, following his controversial comments about President…
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has built new military facilities on islands in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported on Thursday, a move that could…
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Monalisa Perez, an aspiring YouTube star from Minnesota, has been arrested after shooting her boyfriend in the chest and killing him. But Perez says she did not…
Scientists hope an experimental Band-Aid-like patch that delivers the flu vaccine could increase the number of adults who get vaccinated by providing an…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees that require a…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has taken up a crusade against his state’s largest health insurer in his final year in office, perplexing observers and lawmakers…
After a disastrous election result earlier this month, British Prime MinisterTheresa May’s government got their first parliamentary victory Wednesday after…
Britain’s Conservative minority government is facing its first test in Parliament since the June 8 election, as lawmakers vote on an opposition demand for an…
Facebook post by a filmmaker against the lynching of a Muslim teenager has sparked a powerful online campaign, leading to protest marches being organised in…
There is a massive confusion ahead of GST roll out on June 30, but the Narendra Modi government claims that the biggest tax reform since independence will unify…
The U.S.State Department has released its annual report on human trafficking, listing 23 countries as the world’s worst offenders, including China, which was…
At a campaign rally last October, a grinning Donald Trump held up a rainbow Pride flag with “LGBTs for Trump” written across the yellow stripe. He held the…
By Agence France-PresseChile placed a temporary ban on meat imported from Colombia, citing an outbreak there of foot-and-mouth disease. Chile’s government…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – A Dutch appeals court ruled Tuesday that the government was partially liable in the deaths of some 300 Muslim men killed by…
The battle to wrest full control of the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State will be over in a few days, the Iraqi military said on Monday, as elite…
An herbicide that’s the active ingredient for the popular Roundup weed killer made by Monsanto Co will be added to California’s list of chemicals known to cause…
Australia’s under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is “too big to fail”, a study said Monday. ...…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is expected to decide within days whether the Trump administration can enforce a ban on visitors to the U.S. from six mostly…
Hong Kong (CNN)When Hong Kong was handed over to China in 1997 after more than 150 years of British rule, the Bauhinia flower was chosen as the symbol of the…
Okay, so books were around for a long time before Harry Potter. But JK Rowling turned book consumption, especially for children, into something close to…
The U.S. shoots down a Syrian fighter-bomber. Iran launches missiles into eastern Syria. Russia threatens to attack coalition aircraft west of the Euphrates. What is going on? It might appear a mindless mess, but the…
Riyadh—Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr today as the crescent of Shawwal was sighted, ArabNews reported. “Sunday, June 25, is the…
If Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is confirmed dead, he is likely to be succeeded by one of his top two lieutenants, both of whom were army officers…
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli aircraft struck various positions in Syria Saturday, destroying two tanks, in response to more than 10 projectiles that landed in…
The Obamas have landed in Bali, Indonesia, for a luxurious resort holiday before the former president heads to Jakarta to deliver a keynote speech. ...…
first published in June 2014 It is well-documented that the U.S. government has – at least at some times in some parts of the world – protected drug operations.…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia‘s Marxist ELN rebel group said on Friday it has freed two Dutch journalists captured this week in the northeast of the Andean…
A number of pharmaceutical companies are in the process of developing marijuana-based painkillers as an alternative to opioids after widespread abuse has…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has built a reputation for some pretty creative ways of removing his fellow countrymen who cross him – from siccing wild dogs to…
German Anti-Terror police have seized weaponry from a group of right-wing extremists operating training camps in German forests, The Telegraph reported.…