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Pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc due in court

As of Friday, authorities had intercepted 14 packages Sayoc sent through the U.S. mail system, officials said. The main issue will be whether he waives extradit...

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warns of regional instability over Khashoggi killing

Saudi Arabia acknowledged that Khashoggi had died inside the consulate only after more than two weeks of changing stories. The foreign minister also did not dir...

'Horrendous anti-Semitic brutality': Israel decries synagogue massacre, sends official to Pittsburgh

Police said the suspect had three handguns and an assault-style rife at the shooting. For generations, Squirrel Hill has been known as one of Pittsburgh's m...

Afghans risk lives to vote

Yet millions of Afghans have defied Taliban threats and waited, often for hours, to cast their votes . Scores of attacks marred the first day of the electi...

Federal Bureau of Investigation had plenty of clues on pipe bomb suspect

Attorney's Office in the Southern District of NY. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was asked about why Sayoc had allegedly only been targeting Democrats at that...

Muslims raise over $50k for victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

I can't wait while my people are getting slaughtered. Before the shooting, the poster believed to be Bowers also wrote that "HIAS likes to bring invaders in...

Japan, India Leaders Build Ties Amid Trade, Security Worries

In a message published in Indian newspapers on the day of the two leaders' summit meeting in Japan , Abe said India was driving the region and the world's pr...

Germany election: Further blow for Merkel in Hesse

Her centre-right CDU party and the centre-left SPD were 10% down on the previous election in Hesse state. The left-leaning Greens gained vote share and came t...

Duchess Meghan Markle & Prince Harry Surprise Crowd at Invictus Closing Ceremony

They were also treated to a haka from members of the New Zealand Defence Force and a 21-gun salute. They were greeted at the airport by Prime Minister Jacinda...

UKIPO and Royal British Legion warn of fake remembrance day merchandise

Last year, over $84,000 in donations was raised, and the Legion is hoping to raise $90,000 this year. "For every Canadian, the bright red Poppy stands for our...

Georgia’s rejection of mail ballots over mismatched signatures halted by judge

The lawsuit filed on behalf of the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda and individual voters also challenges the rejection of absentee ballots because...

Koreas Talk about Implementing Recent Military Agreement

In the subsequent agreement on the formation and operation of the Inter-Korean Joint Military Committee, which took effect in May 1992, the two Koreas agree...

Brazil's right-wing candidate poised to win presidential election

Polls opened at 8 a.m. local time (1100 UTC) for the country's 143 million voters to choose between populist ex-army captain Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist ch...

World First section of Trump's wall has been unveiled at Mexico border

Border watch groups and militias have been patrolling the 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) southern boundary off and on for more than a decade. But the Pentagon hav...

Celebrations in Clare Ahead of Anticipated Re-election of President Higgins

Mr Higgins is Ireland's ninth president. The 1937 blasphemy provision makes "matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by...

We're turning back the clock this weekend... for perhaps the last time

The time change always falls on the last Sunday of October, and brings an earlier sunrise and earlier sunset. The change will occur at 4 a.m., when clocks wil...

Trial ordered for Robert Durst in slaying of friend in LA

Judge Mark Windham ordered Durst to be held without bail until his arraignment. Prosecutors have a theory that Durst may have murdered Berman because she was ...

Florida man arrested in string of bomb packages

Cesar Sayoc, 56, a registered Republican with a criminal past, born in NY and who lived in a van covered in pro-Trump and anti-liberal stickers, was arrested ...

Seven Elephants Electrocuted to Death Near Kamalanga Village in Dhenkanal District

Seven elephants died of electrocution after coming in contact with a sagging power line in Odisha's Dhenkanal district Friday night. The incident took...

Trump touts suspect arrest after lamenting talk of 'bomb stuff'

Most of those targeted were past or present USA officials, but one was sent to actor Robert De Niro and billionaire George Soros. Trump's remarks came hours a...

Irish President Michael Higgins wins second term

Mr Higgins is Ireland's ninth president. Michael D Higgins has comfortably won this election with Peter Casey putting in a strong performance. The vote share ...

Former Hurricane Willa could become season's first nor'easter

By Thursday afternoon and evening, rain could intensify from the Panama City area up to southern Alabama where some flash flooding is possible. "At this time,...

Trump says he's 'bringing out the military' at border

The caravans have also become more popular as smugglers up their prices, charging more than $10,000 to cross a U.S. -Mexico border that is fortified by dr...

Syria summit: Leaders call for UN-backed process

Russia , which supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and Turkey , which backs the rebels, agreed to create a buffer zone around Idlib last month, but viol...

Suspect in United States package bombs traced with fingerprint, DNA

CNN received one of the suspicious packages at its NY office. A package intended for former Attorney General Eric Holder is returned to sender and ends up at...

2 bound bodies found in NYC were missing Virginia sisters

The New York Police Department says the bodies that were found Wednesday lying on rocks along the Hudson River were 22-year-old Rotana Farea and her 16-year-old...

Trump has only one official iPhone: White House

Trump called the Times report "soooo wrong!" in a tweet Thursday. Trump followed up about three hours later with a second tweet, saying that The Times "has a ...

Duchess Down Under: Meghan in Oscar de la Renta for Sydney Return

They will then lay a wreath at Pukeahu National War Memorial before an official meeting with the country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Prince Harry and h...

Trump’s lawyers to argue for dismissal in NY foundation case

According to Reuters, however, New York Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla cut Futerfas off as he was making that point in court on Thursday, and dismissed...

Japanese journalist held captive by Al-Qaida in 2015, returns home

Yasuda travelled to Iraq in late 2002 using his paid leave at the Shinano Mainichi newspaper where he had written about environmental problems, food safety and ...