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PM urged to pull party into line on energy

Dr Finkel told Fairfax Media that the policy was created to get the results of lower carbon output, but without the instability of supply or uncertainty of inve...

PM May now heads wobbly minority government

The day after the British elections, NPR .org showed considerably more interest in a candidate who ran dressed as a "space lord" than in the leader of the L...

House, Senate committees want Trump tapes, Comey memos

Despite sharply criticizing Comey , Kasowitz said the fired Federal Bureau of Investigation director's testimony established that Trump was not being investi...

Did Donald Trump Just Defame James Comey?

The first is to make the question a he-said, he-said contest between the two men. Disseminating unclassified information is generally not considered leaking, ...

Comey testimony confirms Trump is still his own worst enemy

Over Twitter and now in the Rose Garden , Trump has accused Comey broadly of telling lies and making false statements during his sworn testimony . "Comey wa...

Judiciary Committee members call for Loretta Lynch to testify on Hillary's emails

Former FBI head Comey testified on Thursday that Lynch instructed him, without explanation, to call the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use a private ema...

Wounded Theresa May vows to stay as UK PM

A hung parliament can make it very hard to pass legislation, and with formal Brexit negotiations scheduled to start in two weeks, that could create numerous c...

Comey Told Senators of a Third, Undisclosed Meeting Between Sessions and Russians

President Trump's outside attorney is planning on filing a complaint against fired FBI Director James Comey with the Justice Department over his handling of...

Stormont at risk from DUP pact, says Kenny

The Taoiseach's intervention comes amid concerns about the impact on the peace process of any DUP/Conservative link-up. The Good Friday Agreement states the B...

2 states: Maharashtra, MP have different solutions to farmers' protests

Same day, state agricultural minister Gauri Shankar Bisen said that it was not plausible to waive farm loans as the government was already giving farm loans a...

Middle East Qatar warns military on 'highest alert level' amid diplomatic tensions

On Friday, US President Donald Trump also turned up the heat on Qatar, warning it to stop "funding terrorism " while his state department urged Arab states...

DUP to support minority British government after 'confidence and supply' deal reached

MARTIN: But she is talking to a party out in Northern Ireland called the Democratic Unionists in an effort to form a coalition that would allow her to govern. M...

I'm going to get us out of this mess: UK PM

Despite her party's expectations of a landslide victory, May lost her majority in parliament, pushing her into rushed talks on a support agreement with a small ...

Karnataka denying right of way to Southern power grid: Goyal

Signalling the intent of the government , Goyal said the ministry is doing its job to revive stalled and stressed thermal and hydro power projects . Southern ...

Another US appeals court keeps Donald Trump travel ban block in place

The ruling is the latest in a series of court rebukes to the president's efforts to halt US entry from Iran , Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 d...

Mattis 'shocked' by state of combat readiness

In testimony through Thursday before several defense committees, Mattis, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, could be drawn into ...

Merkel Assumes Britain Stick to Its Plan for Brexit

But, after intensive talks with the DUP as the final election results came in, the PM instead drove the short distance to Buckingham Palace to ask the Queen...

Netanyahu: Israel to keep security control over West Bank

Speaking at a ceremony marking the 50 anniversary of the Six Day War at the armored corps memorial at Latrun, Netanyahu said Israel seeks "true peace" with it...

Sessions wants his testimony open to public

In his testimony, Comey said he had asked Sessions not to leave him alone with Trump following meetings where he said Trump had asked Comey for his loyalty. One...

Qatar willing to listen to Gulf concerns: Kuwait

The severing of air, sea and land transport links has closed off key import routes for Qatar and its population of around 2.7 million people. Energy giant Qat...

Attorneys general of Md. & DC plan to file "major lawsuit" against Pres

Maryland and the district also argue that they themselves are being harmed economically - because their businesses have to compete with Trump's , and because ...

US Secret Service says it doesn't have any Trump-Comey tapes

Trump raised the possibility of tapes last month after firing Comey. Trump has been coy about whether any recordings exist of his private conversations with ...

United Kingdom urges Gulf states to ease blockade against Qatar

President Tayyip Erdogan has approved legislation on deploying Turkish troops in Qatar, signaling support for the Gulf state as it faces isolation imposed b...

Orlando marks 1-year anniversary of Pulse massacre

Sen. Forty-nine pale yellow wreaths emblazoned with the victims' names adorned a wall at the nightclub on Monday, and many people at the ceremony wore T-shirt...

President Trump's travel executive order loses in second appeals court

The president of the United States of America has lost again as the US Appeal Court upholds the bloc on his travel ban . Throughout their decision, the th...

Puerto Ricans - But Not A Lot Of Them - Voted For Statehood

As American citizens, often proudly so, Puerto Ricans can freely enter the United States - but don't have the right to vote for USA presidents or elect represen...

Two US Soldiers Killed By Afghan Soldier, Official Says

The Achin District is home to a USA army base that is tasked with ant-terrorism operations. The soldiers' identities weren't immediately available nor were th...

Northern Illinois city rallies together after home explosion

They say fire from the blast damaged four homes, and more than 50 others sustained broken windows or other damage. The owners of the destroyed house were not at...

Ice Cube receives Hollywood Walk of Fame star

Ice Cube will speak at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony in front of the Musicians Institute on Hollywood Boulevard. Just days before his 48th birthday, the Don Mega t...

President Trump lays out controversial plan to privatize air traffic control system

The fact is this is a proven, good-government reform that has been successfully done around the world in over 60 other countries, and will improve our aviation ...