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Europe reacts to Trump's Paris Agreement withdrawal with collective dismay

Tapping into the "America First" message he used on the election trail, Trump announced the withdrawal on Thursday, saying that participating would undermin...

White House Just Won't Say If Trump Believes in Climate Change

A Vox analysis found that Trump has tweeted such skepticism at least 115 times since 2011, describing global warming as "mythical", "nonexistent", "fictional"...

American visas for Pakistan fall 40%

Pakistan's name is not on the travel ban list but there has been a noteworthy decline in the provision of visas for Pakistani nationals who apply for non-immigr...

Trump misstated our climate change data, MIT researchers say

Trump announced on Thursday that the US would withdraw from the Paris accord , joining Nicaragua and Syria as the only countries not committed to the pact...

Trump becomes first sitting United States prez to pray at Western Wall

Netanyahu told Knesset members that the reunification of Jerusalem by Israeli forces corrected "a historic injustice" and the "achievement of courageous fight...

Seattle stays hot at the plate beating the Rockies, 10-4

The Mariners pounded the Colorado Rockies 10-3 to sweep the two-game series and win their third straight game, one shy of their season high. Cruz left Tu...

US Def. Sec'y Mattis touts Trump predecessors' Asia policy

South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo (C) leaves Incheon International Airport for Singapore on June 2, 2017, to attend the Asia Security Summit. If this ...

Under Armour's Kevin Plank rips decision to exit Paris climate agreement

Charlie Baker said Friday he made a decision to partner with other states to combat climate change after speaking with Vermont Republican Gov. In 2015,...

Putin says Russian meddling claims remind him of "anti-semitism"

With Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting next to him at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Modi emphasised that the world should ...

Australia stands by Afghanistan after attack

The bomb exploded during the morning rush hour in one of the worst attacks since the drawdown of foreign forces from Afghanistan in 2014. Strongly condemning ...

Strong, swift UN reaction to Trump on climate

The executive director of the Sierra Club is calling the expected USA pullout from a global agreement on climate change a "historic mistake". On Wednesday, a ...

Putin: US Probe Into Alleged Meddling and President Trump Collusion is 'Hysteria'

On Thursday, Putin suggested for the first time that private "patriotic" hackers could be behind attacks on the world's democracies - but he still denied inte...

'We want Cyril Ramaphosa as the next ANC president': Cosatu

He said that as the country is trying to transform the economy in ways that seek to advance the interest of South Africans‚ the ANC needs to discuss its impact ...

Putin suggests United States hackers could have interfered with election, blamed Russian Federation

Earlier in his address at the economic forum, Modi referred to the Atharva Veda written 5,000 years ago that is dedicated to nature and its protection. "Help us...

Vladimir Putin Tells Megyn Kelly: US Hackers Could Have Framed Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a blistering attack today on what he said were baseless accusations that Moscow was behind a hacking and influ...

Trump supporters plan 'Pittsburgh Not Paris' rally in Washington

Asked about the national security role of climate change in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" on Saturday, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis demurred, ...

Evangelical Reactions to Trump Pulling Out of Paris Climate Deal

The Green Fund is created to help poor countries adapt to climate change and bypass some of the heavily polluting technologies formerly used by rich countries...

Ex-congressman Weiner expected to plead guilty to sexting charge

As a result, he will have to serve prison time-21 to 27 months-and register as a sex offender . Sentencing is scheduled for September 2017. Weiner's latest...

Vladimir Putin Faces Questions From Megyn Kelly in St. Petersburg

Speaking at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin said he did not want to judge Trump for his decision, but thought Washington could have remain...

Pacific Alliance "Profoundly Disappointed" By Trump's Climate Change Decision

Trump , tapping into the " America first " message he used when he was elected president previous year, said he would withdraw the U.S. from the landmark 2015...

GOP health bill a far cry from Trump promises

AHCA would effectively end the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Medicaid expansion and radically restructure the entire Medicaid program through a per capita c...

Three Mile Island nuclear plant to close in 2019

Exelon says the operating costs for just the one unit are high, further straining Three Mile Island's financial health. It would prefer the state move toward a...

Trump's use of private cellphone raises security concerns

As first reported by The Washington Post last week - and still not denied by the Trump administration as of Tuesday - Donald Trump's son-in-law sought a...

Man accused of Malaysia Airlines threat does not appear in court

The man did not gain entry to the cockpit. Several passengers wrestled the man to the floor, Mr Ashton said. Arif Chaudhery, a passenger on board MH128, tol...

In Bangladesh Nearly 300000 evacuated as cyclone approaches

The administration has set up shelters equipped with enough stockpiled to sustain and organised a number of meetings to raise awareness among people to mitigate...

Gulf Arab dispute rattles Trump's anti-Iran axis

The Brotherhood populated key educational and government institutions in Qatar and other Gulf states at a time that they did not have needed professionals o...

SEC Adjusts Grad Transfer Rule, Opens Door for Zaire

Two graduate transfers during the 2015 season did not meet their academic requirements, which brought about a ban for the Gators. Conference schools previousl...

Merkel: no turning back from historic Paris climate pact

Therefore it can not be renegotiated based on the request of a single Party (the US), the UNFCCC said in a statement . The strongly worded message continues: "...

New England states join Paris climate goal alliance

Study co-author Erwan Monier, a lead researcher at the joint program, said that the school's climate researchers "certainly do not support the withdrawal of...

You don't speak for us on climate

Environmental activists upset at President Donald Trump's exit from the Paris climate accord will protest the controversial withdrawal Friday afternoon. He ...