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USA aggressively defends 'America First' agenda ahead of Trump's visit to Davos

Trump said before departing Washington that he's traveling to Davos "to tell the world how great America is and is doing". But they should be anxious. ...

Erupting Philippine volcano still swelling with magma below

Over 50 worldwide and domestic flights were cancelled due to the threat, according to media reports. Flows from the volcano have reached five kilometres, accord...

Kerala CM rejects demand of probe against CPM leader's son

The ruling CPI (M) in Kerala today came under attack from the BJP and Congress after allegations of financial fraud surfaced against the son of a senior mar...

SC wonders how sharing Aadhaar number affects citizens in a 'networked' world

Nariman had held that privacy was not an elitist concept and said that in order to restrict privacy, the state's interest must be compelling. Mr Sibal and t...

Georgia loses by 3 Arkansas in Overtime - Recap, Box score

First time : For the first time in series history, Georgia and Arkansas went to double overtime. Georgia head coach Mark Fox elected not to call timeo...

Democratic Senator Will Be The First To Give Birth While In Office

The Democratic senator is due in late April - just weeks after her 50th birthday, her spokesman said . Duckworth will be the first woman to give birth while ...

Freshman trio powers Kentucky to 78-65 win over Mississippi State

In their last five games, Mississippi State is 1-4 ATS with 4 unders and 1 over. Kentucky is 15-5 overall and 5-3 in the Southeastern Conference. United K...

Andre Drummond tweets frustration after All-Star snub

His Pistons team started off red-hot, outperforming expectations, and now sits 22-23, while his personal performance has not been shabby either, with averages...

Trump Says He's Open To Citizenship For Dreamers

Sanders won't say whether that framework will include a pathway to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought to the country as children ...

Three US Gymnastics board members resign amid sex scandal

Nassar is being charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct for abusing many women (young girls at the time ) while saying it was a medical procedure. ...

U.S. senate votes to reopen government for two weeks

The program, which was granted by President Barack Obama under an executive action in 2012, allows certain undocumented immigrants who were children when they e...

Gunmen storm Save the Children office in Afghanistan

Al Jazeera said two attackers are thought to have entered the NGO's office, adding that special forces and ambulances have arrived on the scene. "Our initial in...

One of Suu Kyi's closest allies quits advisory board

Almost seven lakh Rohingya Muslims have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 25, 2017, after a militant attack on security forces resulted in a violent ...

US Attorney General orders probe of Federal Bureau of Investigation agents' texts - lawmaker

Trump's shocking move comes as his lawyers revealed that more than 20 White House personnel have taken part in voluntary interviews since the investigatio...

Serena Williams to make competitive comeback next month alongside Venus

She later revealed she was pregnant during that tournament. This will be the first time in two years that a Williams sister has competed on the team, but this y...

South Africa's Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in hospital for kidney infection

According to the family, Winnie is expected to make a full recovery and should spend almost a week at the hospital. She was taken to the Milpark Hospital , a p...

RAW: AZ police pursuit ends in massive crash

He was reportedly on the phone with officials during the chase, insisting that he was a "sovereign citizen" not bound by the law. Helicopter footage showed th...

Trump 'looking forward' to being questioned under oath

President Donald Trump could soon face direct questioning about the firing of former FBI Director James Comey as well as any possible collusion with Russian F...

Won't allow United Nations sanctions monitoring team access to Hafiz Saeed

He said he was founder/chairman of JuD and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) and had established 142 schools and three universities. "The UN team will come to...

Indiana Pacers vs. Phoenix Suns

On the final stop of a four-game road trip, the Suns looked like they were ready to head home. "They were a physical team, and we didn't match their physicali...

Illini get their first win in Big Ten play

The Hoosiers were 16-29 from the free throw line, whereas the Illini were an efficient 23-23, and they were also in the bonus for the final 14:42 minutes of the...

Robert Mueller seeks to question Donald Trump on Russian Federation probe

Mueller has already interviewed former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and former press secretary Sean Spicer. "But when they have no collusion, and n...

Train derailment kills 2 in Italy

Two carriages peeled off the rails and came to rest at an angle. Survivors clambered out through windows, with rescue crews helping them to escape. The trai...

Bert van Marwijk to take Australia to 2018 FIFA World Cup

The Dutchman, who took the Netherlands to the 2010 World Cup final, had been one of the leading foreign candidates to take on the short-term coaching stint. V...

White House to Roll Out Immigration 'Framework' Next Week

The White House on Tuesday staked out a hard line on immigration negotiations in the Congress, as lawmakers in both parties tried to sort out how best to re...

Furious US ex-governor quits advisory board on Rohingya crisis

In a scathing statement released Thursday, Bill Richardson, the former USA ambassador to the United Nations, accused Suu Kyi - Myanmar's de facto leader, who ...

Duckworth to be first sitting United States senator to give birth

In 2014, Duckworth gave birth to her first daughter, Abigail, while serving in the House. With her second child, Duckworth will become the first sitting U...

Pearl Jam Announce US Summer Stadium Dates

But because this is Pearl Jam , there are several layers to the on-sales. There will be presales for members of Pearl Jam's Ten Club and fans who register th...

Shutdown, Day 3: Senate Plans Midday Vote Amid Active Negotiations

The two New Yorkers agreed that short-term spending plans were largely a waste of time and agreed to meet in person to discuss a way forward. The Republican-c...

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan receives Annual Crystal Awards, Watch Full speech

Other awardees of this year are actor-director Cate Blanchett and singer Elton John. WEF Forum said,"SRK received the crystal award for his leadership in ca...