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Trump rages at New York Times tax fraud story

That's one of several jaw-dropping findings in the report , and now the New York Department of Taxation is " vigorously pursuing " a review of the Trumps' acti...

Trump Boards Air Force One With Toilet Paper Stuck to His Shoe

After the President entered Air Force Once, four other people walked up the steps, with the last one bending down to pick un the stubborn bottom-wiper with thei...

France raises questions over disappearance of Interpol chief

The Interpol chief's wife, who is living in France, where the worldwide law enforcement organization is based, reported him missing on Friday, according to mult...

Roque mulls resignation after President confirms hospital visit

Roque's briefing, Mr. Duterte said in a public speech that he went to the Cardinal Santos Medical Center last Wednesday for a check-up. "I really don't want i...

Facebook executive's Kavanaugh support triggers backlash for Zuckerberg

Joel Kaplan , Facebook's VP of global public policy, is a personal friend of Kavanaugh's, and they worked together during the last George W. Bush administration...

Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad awarded Nobel Peace Prize 2018

She testified before the British and European parliaments. "I share this award with all Yezidis, Iraqis, Kurds, other persecuted minorities and all of the c...

Utah toddler shreds over $1000 his parents saved to pay a debt

Though it would have been a bit harsh on a 2-year-old kid, a couple from Utah seems to have left it a bit too late with their son. But this past weekend, the ...

Korean hacking group attempted to steal $1.1 billion from global banks

While North Korean hackers had previously been publicly linked to these attacks, FireEye's report provides a detailed look at the group's tactics and explains...

Australian woman, 27, sexually assaulted while walking home in Brooklyn, NY

The man is seen on video forcibly grabbing the woman around 2:15 a.m.as she walked on the sidewalk near Richardson Street and Kingsland Avenue in Williamsburg. ...

Young girl pulls 1500-year-old sword from lake, earns 'Queen' nickname

Saga told The Local that she had been skimming objects in the water when she picked up what looked like a stick. An eight-year-old girl went for a dip in a S...

United Kingdom says Russian Federation was behind 4 major cyber-attacks on Western democracies

Authorities also accuse the GRU of sustained efforts to breach the computer systems of anti-doping agencies and sporting governing bodies including the Intern...

Turkey summons Saudi envoy to Ankara

At the time of this writing, we have not been able to reach him. Press freedom watchdogs also raised red flags, while the Washington Post , which has regul...

Nawaz Sharif condemns Shehbaz Sharif's arrest as 'worst form of political victimization'

President Shehbaz Sharif was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday in a Rs 14 billion housing scam case. According to the media s...

Prospects for new diplomacy as Pompeo heads to Pyongyang

Pompeo's trip at the weekend comes as the U.S. hopes to move forward in negotiations with the North, which has repeatedly complained the Trump administration ha...

Anti-rape activists Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad awarded Nobel Peace Prize

DR Congo has experienced decades of unrest and violence. The winners were named Friday by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Murad is a Yazidi who was a captive o...

Donald Trump: Brett Kavanaugh Protesters 'Paid Professionals' by George Soros

Don't fall for it! Trump described the women as "rude elevator screamers" and said they have "professionally made identical signs". Trump is claiming, with ...

Probe opened in France after Interpol chief reported missing

The official said the Interpol chief left France , where the global police organization is based, and arrived in China at the end of September. French police...

Man, 23, dies after being bitten by sea snake

A rescue helicopter with a medical team was sent from the city of Darwin, CareFlight spokesman David Wheeldon said. The man was pronounced dead after being ta...

Korea ex-president jailed for 15 years over corruption

During the televised trial, the Seoul District Court ruled that the 76-year-old is the de facto owner of his brother's company, DAS, which is at the centre of...

U.S. charges seven Russian spies over cyber-hacking

The OPCW is the world's foremost chemical weapons watchdog, and in June granted itself new powers to assign blame for attacks despite protests by Russian Fe...

Nobel Peace Prize awarded for efforts to end sexual violence in war

Denis Mukwege heads the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Congo, which has, since 1999, seen many women, victims of sexual violence. Murad, who was a captive of Isis ...

Zoo uses fake penguins for exhibit due to bird shortage

The Telford Exotic Zoo spent months building a penguin enclosure and was anticipating a new batch of Humboldt penguins this summer. According to Scott A...

Trump mocks Christine Blasey Ford at campaign rally

Kavanaugh has denied the accusations by all three women. "I believe - and again, this is Republican senators and this is the Senate - I believe they've been ver...

Ex-Supreme Court justice is no longer a Brett Kavanaugh fan

Stevens, 98, served on the Supreme Court from 1975 until his retirement in 2010. "I think there's merit in that criticism, and that the senators should really...

'Tampon tax' on the verge of being axed

A range of sanitary products, including tampons and pads, will have the tax removed, although the full list has yet to be determined. They're incredibly conside...

US President Donald Trump signs new counterterrorism strategy

It's the first U.S. strategy on counterterrorism since President Barack Obama released his approach in 2011, but it has similar themes to those released by ...

Saudi probing journalist’s ‘disappearance after leaving Istanbul consulate’

After an initial period of silence Saudi Arabia said the consulate was working with Turkish authorities "to uncover the circumstances of the disappearance of J...

'An accomplice of genocide': Canada strips Aung San Suu Kyi's citizenship

Myanmar's de facto leader has no power over the military, but a United Nations fact-finding mission in August concluded that Aung San Suu Kyi, who serves as sta...

Trump Supporters Fill Mayo Civic Center For Rochester Rally

Man". "Oh, he did something, I resign, I resign, I quit", Trump said as he mocked Franken. Lt. Gov. Tina Smith was appointed by Minnesota's governor to ...

United States charges Russian GRU officers with hacking athletes, nuclear power company

The GRU was nearly certainly behind those attacks, Britain said, as well as attacks on Ukraine's Kyiv metro and Odessa airport, Russia's central bank, two ...