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Turkey places jailed U.S. cleric under house arrest

State media say the court in the western city of Izmir decided that he should be released on health grounds. He has also been banned from leaving the country. T...

Putin's World Cup gift to Trump may have been bugged

He said the proposal had been passed on to the Russians by Trump's national security advisor John Bolton . Later, a reporter asked McConnell, "What's your vi...

Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star destroyed with pickax

However, this is the second time it has been completely destroyed. While it's unclear what the motive was for the latest attack, police reportedly had the s...

Rescuers continue search for survivors in deadly Greece wildfires

Survivor Kostas Laganos said: "It burned our backs and we dived into the water". Suddenly there was heavy smoke and very strong wind, we couldn't breathe, lucki...

Stormy Daniels' husband files for divorce in Texas, calls her a cheater

He also claims his estranged wife "committed adultery" but hasn't gone into details in the filed paperwork. A petition for divorce was filed last week, the accu...

Record heat broils Japan, prompting warnings

In the city of Ome on the west side of Tokyo , the mercury touched 105.4 degrees (40.8 degrees Celsius), its highest temperature ever recorded. Thousands mor...

White House Postpones Second Putin Summit Until After 'Russia Witch Hunt'

Looking to the 2018 midterm elections, most Americans don't think Russian Federation has abandoned efforts to influence USA politics. "I would want to make ...

Scores dead in southern Syria as ISIS unleashes devastating attacks

The head of the Sweida provincial health authority told the pro-Damascus Sham FM that 215 people were killed and 180 injured in the attack, as well as 75 Islami...

Brock Turner attorney argues ex-Stanford swimmer wanted 'outercourse,' not intercourse

Turner was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape, sexual penetration of an intoxicated person with a foreign object and sexual penetration of an uncon...

Trump administration unveils $12B aid for farmers hurt by tariffs

European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker and trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom will meet Trump, the USA president, and his treasury chief, Steven Mnuchin...

China blames "independence activists" for axing of Taiwan Olympic event

In a major victory for China's Government, the final three of 44 global airlines told to change the way they refer to the self-governing island of Taiwan have c...

Student blocks immigrant's deportation in plane protest

The incident took place on Monday, Swedish airport authorities said. "I don't want a man's life to be taken away just because you don't want to miss your flig...

Five men charged over acid attack on three-year-old boy

Initially, the force said that "for legal reasons" they had chose to not name the five male defendants, but following their appearance in court Wednesday aftern...

Pakistan bomb attack in Quetta kills 18 as country holds general election

The election will be only the second civilian transfer of power in Pakistan's history. Khan campaigned on populist promises to build a "New Pakistan" and vowe...

More than 150 killed in deadliest-ever ISIS attacks on southern Syria

A so-called monitor group says the death toll from a spate of attacks and bombings carried out by members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the country's ...

Tini Owens loses Supreme Court divorce fight

Simon Beccle said Mrs Owens had hoped the Supreme Court justices would make a decision which would be "forward-thinking and fit with the current social mores". ...

Donald Trump says Russian Federation will ‘push hard’ for Democrats during November elections

The reactions are as amusing as the tweet is false. A day later, Trump was forced to attempt to walk back a comment in which he said "I don't see any reason...

Woman charged in north Louisiana baby's death

She stated she thought the attackers were after her and not the baby, although she said she had never seen the men before. When she opened the door, she was spr...

Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star destroyed with pickax

All that was left of the star was a jagged hole in the ground, and pieces of concrete and the star were left strewn about the sidewalk by the time police arrive...

Farmers have mixed reactions to Trump's farm aid

The president has said trade will be central to that discussion. "We're opening up markets". America's farmers don't want to be paid to lose - they want to ...

Dogs run to the rescue of sobbing owners, study finds

New research is putting man's best friend to the test. But Sanford's team is the first to show that dogs who detect emotional distress will hurry to do someth...

Trump says he’s ‘very concerned’ Russian Federation will interfere in 2018

The Russian Ministry of Defense slammed US Gen. Joseph Votel Tuesday, accusing America's top military commander in the Middle East of discrediting President Do...

Cohen recording of pay-off talk broadcast on US TV

Mr Trump was the host of "The Apprentice" on NBC at the time. As she noted in her most recent Vanity Fair report , however, the fixer has no intention to "...

17 bodies recovered in Lao’s floods

The bodies of 17 people have been recovered after flash floods caused by a dam breach in southern Laos , according to an official at the scene. It released fiv...

Family of Toronto gunman says he had history of psychosis

Toronto police executed a search warrant at Hussain's apartment in the Thorncliffe Park area. "The interventions of professionals were unsuccessful". "The ...

Prosecutors have at least 12 recordings by Trump lawyer Cohen

However, Cohen's attorney Lanny Davis told CNN Tuesday evening that it's their opinion that Trump is heard suggesting the cash payment. Of course, the b...

'Israel for Jews' law aims to legalize apartheid: Iran at UN

The legislation further states that a "united Jerusalem " is the capital of Israel and that Hebrew is the country's official language, stripping Arabic of its ...

Putin’s Not So Sure He Wants to Meet With Trump in Washington

President Trump suggested Tuesday that he believes the Russian government has exhausted of his leadership and now may attempt to interfere in the 2018 midterm ...

Theresa May takes personal control of Brexit negotiations

Oh, and she did it just as the man most affected by the announcement, Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab , was facing the Brexit Select Committee alongside the ...

Health warning for Shropshire as heatwave expected to send mercury even higher

Experts at the Met Office have issued an amber heatwave alert as children across Kent start their summer holidays. An amber heat health watch is level thr...