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Turkey criticizes US, France calls for United Nations ceasefire in Afrin

The US has been informed about Turkey's position on the Syrian Manbij district, the Turkish media reported March 1 citing the country's President Recep Tayyip...

Real's Luka Modric Faces 5yrs Imprisonment If Found Guilty Of False Testimony

Local media identified him as Modric. The indictment has yet to be approved by a court and the Croatia captain is now not threatened with an arrest. The entir...

Lebanon PM Hariri in Saudi Arabia for 1st visit since reversed resignation

The invitation came during a meeting between Saudi envoy Nizar al-Aloula and Hariri, the first between the Lebanese premier and a Saudi official since tensi...

Mumbai court sends PNB internal chief auditor Bishnubrata Mishra to CBI custody

Modi, his uncle Mehul Choksi and others are being investigated by multiple probe agencies following a complaint by the PNB that they allegedly cheated the nat...

Mississippi Lawmaker Chris McDaniel Enters GOP Primary Race for US Senate Seat

Roger Wicker for the Republican nomination. The most recent poll of likely Republican primary voters, conducted by JMC Analytics between February 15 and 17,...

President Donald Trump Signed Deal With Boeing

The informal deal was first reported by Fox News . The Air Force said it saved some money previous year when he reached a deal with Boeing for two 747 jets t...

Iran detains 35 women for trying to attend soccer…

The FIFA President invited the Iranian Sports Minister and the President, Hassan Rouhani, to attend the opening ceremony of the 2018 World Cup in Russian Federa...

PNG quake assessment hindered by damage

Geological Survey, the strongest of which was a 6.2-magnitude quake. A whole of government approach has been identified as one of the priorities of Papua New ...

Erdogan under fire for wishing martyrdom on crying 6-year-old girl

Erdogan gave her a final kiss before letting her go. "But Maroon Berets don't cry", the president said. Predictably, the weird statement prompted criticism ...

PSL 2018: Kings bat first against Sultans after rain delay

Just when umpires decided the play could begin, the drizzle returned and forced a further delay. The Sultans will not overreact to that defeat and they may we...

Carles Puigdemont throws in the towel for Catalan presidency

Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont on Thursday said he was giving up his bid for a second term in office, Reuters reported. The decision "does not f...

Presidential Elections in Venezuela Set for Second Half of May

The U.S. has sanctioned dozens of top officials, including Maduro himself, and has called the snap election further proof of the president's intention to dism...

China shares set to open higher after U.S., early Asia gains

At the Communist Party's key five-yearly congress last October, he enunciated new long-term goals for China to become a "global leader" in terms of worldwid...

Two more men held over deadly Leicester explosion

The blast, at about 7.20pm on Sunday, caused a large fire, bringing down the grocery store and two-storey flat. Police have yet to reveal... The property, a...

Ben Stokes stars as England level series against New Zealand

England all-rounder Ben Stokes felt very emotional yet satisfied after his brilliance helped secure a one-day worldwide series-levelling victory against New...

Warriors Skip White House, Take Students To African American Museum

As NBA legend Jalen Rose pointed out in the NBA ESPN postgame show, the Warriors shut down Beal by throwing multiple defenders in his face including Durant...

Tennessee school bus driver convicted in crash that killed 6 children

Prosecutor Crystle Carrion said Tuesday in court that Walker was driving 50 miles per hour (80 kph) on the narrow road when the bus ran off the pavement, hit a ...

Massachusetts Home Dead: Woman, 3 Young Children Found

Three children and a woman were found dead in a home in West Brookfield, Massachusetts Thursday, CBS Boston reports. "We need to let them do their work", the di...

High Court Seems Poised to Rule Against Microsoft

Rosenkranz said Microsoft doesn't want to see the Supreme Court innovate on the 1986 law just for the sake of deciding this case and establishing a lega...

Attackers hit targets in Burkina Faso's capital in coordinated assault

This is the third major attack in Ouagadougou in the past two years. "French nationals in Ouagadougou should follow the embassy´s instructions", the pre...

2 killed in shooting at Central Michigan University dorm; suspect at-large

Faculty and staff on campus were sent emergency alerts about 9 a.m. that a shot had been fired at Campbell Hall. Police had advised people to take shelter as ...

7000-year-old Native American burial site found in Gulf of Mexico

The site, located a mere 900 feet (275 meters) off the coast of Manasota Key in Florida is preserved in what would have been a "a peat-bottomed freshwater pond ...

Afghan Taliban calls on U.S. officials for direct talks

Speaking at an internatiional conference of countries and organisations involved in the second Kabul Process, on Wednesday, 28 February, the Afghan leader tol...

ICE Official: 800 Illegal Aliens Avoided Arrest Due to Oakland Mayor's Warning

In that operation, 88 percent of those arrested by ICE were convicted criminals. No, the Trump Administration believes no such thing. Oakland leader Libby Sc...

Competitive 2018 legislative election season ahead

Perry Village Democrat Rick Walker is running as a write-in candidate in the State Representative 61st District. That said , the rosters are now set.as to ...

Global warming causes freezing blast in Europe - scientists

Temperatures in the Arctic even rose beyond freezing while they plunged to -24c in Lithuania - a scenario described by meteorologists as "crazy ", "weird ", ...

Trump to discuss 'violent' video games with execs

Until then, the U.S. and the world must continue to make it known that North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes are a dead end'. At issue was a California l...

Federal Bureau of Investigation seizes $250 MILLION megayacht linked to 1MDB

The AIS system uses satellites to pinpoint locations, and switching it off would make it harder to detect the vessel. The Wall Street Journal reports the 91...

Israel Police Grill Netanyahu Over Allegations Of Fraud, Bribery

It is the first time that Netanyahu, who as prime minister also held the communications portfolio until past year, is being questioned over the affair, known as...

The new Federal budget Canada places a priority on women and scientists

Compared to the fall, the government says it has $19.8 billion in additional cash to play with over the next six years - an average of $3.3 billion a year in ex...