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North Korea conditions denuclearisation with removal of USA threat

Mr. Bolton was referring to a pledge that the North Korean leader made in June at his first face-to-face meeting with Mr. Trump in Singapore. "We bade farewel...

Christmas travel: Snow tomorrow and Sunday in some areas

With the temperature falling Friday, Environment Canada meteorologist Marie-eve Giguere said that the first of two snowfalls before Christmas Day is expected. T...

Tsunami leaves 20 dead in Indonesia after volcano eruption

Authorities say the tsunami may have been triggered by an abnormal tidal surge due to a new moon and an underwater landslide following the eruption of Anak Krak...

‘Emotionally Distressed’ Man Climbs National Christmas Tree And Refuses To Come Down

Park police called in hostage negotiators, who were able to coax the man down soon before 7 p.m., authorities said. According to Sergeant Eduardo Delgado of t...

People are freaking out about Michelle Obama's $3,900 boots

Outfitted in head-to-toe Balenciaga , the author (who, coincidentally, was being interviewed by fellow glitter boot-wearer SJP) stunned in a silky yellow shirt...

House intelligence panel sending Stone transcript to Mueller

The panel's unanimous vote comes as the longtime confidant of President Donald Trump is under investigation in Mueller's Russian Federation probe, and it coul...

Al-Shabaab auto bomb kills at least 16 in Mogadishu

A lawmaker and a deputy mayor of Mogadishu were among those wounded, he said. Soldiers also were among the dead, Col. Ahmed Mohamud said. The first vehicle ...

Canada and U.S. demand ‘immediate release’ of two Canadians held by China

The US wants Ms Meng, 46, extradited to face charges of misleading multinational banks into making trades with Iran in defiance of US sanctions. The condition...

Lockerbie bombing victims remembered on 30th anniversary - 12/21/2018 5:27:59 AM

A Pan American jumbo jet blew up and crashed in the Scottish border town of Lockerbie killing all 259 passengers on board and at least 11 people on the ground. ...

Denmark to hold foreign criminals on isolated island

The plan will cost around $115 million and will be established in 2021. Former prisoners convicted of crimes ranging from rape and murder to less serious offe...

Slack allegedly 'bans' users who visited US-sanctioned countries

On Thursday, various Slack users took to Twitter to share account closure notices they had just received from Slack HQ. He said she had been flagged for t...

Ivan Lewis quits Labour Party with Jeremy Corbyn attack

Former minister Ivan Lewis has resigned his membership of the Labour Party and hit out at Jeremy Corbyn for being "unwilling to condemn those whose hatred...

The Yellow Vest toll: Number of injured in French protests nearly 3,000

Police did make at least 65 arrests, including one of the movement's leaders, Eric Drouet. A 36-year-old man died in the accident near Perpignan on Friday eveni...

US, UK allege China-backed global hacking scheme

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said this week the tit-for-tat tariffs are one of the factors the central bank is monitoring amid signs of slowing global growth. "We...

United Nations ceasefire monitors arrive in Yemen

Security Council called a vote for Friday on a resolution that would authorize the use of U.N. monitors to observe the implementation of a cease-fire in Yemen's...

Dancing FBI agent pleads guilty to misdemeanor assault

A gun falls from his waistband while he does a backflip, and goes off as he picks it up from the floor. As he picked the weapon up it went off. Bishop was jaile...

Broadcaster behind Alex Salmond Show faces Ofcom sanction

The programmes were broadcast in the wake of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury on March 4. Ofcom has told RT that it is mind...

DRC Presidential election delayed for a week

The central African nation's electoral commission on Thursday pushed back the elections from December 23 to 30, blaming a fire at one of its warehouses which de...

Typical late-December weather for the weekend before Christmas

Lawrence residents hoping for a white Christmas will have to hope for it next year, said Matt Wolters, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Topek...

Iran's Guard launches drill near Strait of Hormuz

A USA aircraft carrier has sailed into the Persian Gulf , becoming the first in the region since President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nu...

Man unhurt after launching auto off barrier in Slovakia

Police confirmed the man was alone in the vehicle at the time of the crash and was not badly hurt. Moments later, the vehicle rolled then crashed into the cei...

Iran executes trader dubbed 'Sultan of Bitumen'

Hamid-Reza Baqeri-Dermani, nicknamed "the Sultan of Bitumen ", was hanged on Saturday after conviction on the charge of "corruption on earth", which carries ca...

United States special envoy on N

A statement released though the official Korean Central News Agency accused Washington of being misleading over the agreement between Donald Trump andKim Jo...

Special forces retake cargo ship after migrants threatened staff

Police said there were no indications anyone on board had been harmed and that the incident was not being treated as a "hostage, piracy or terror related" event...

Supreme Court deals Trump another immigration setback

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, despite having surgery in NY on Friday to remove cancerous nodules in her lung, apparently voted with the majority, avoiding a 4-...

Trump Supporter Launches $1 Billion GoFundMe Campaign to Finance Border Wall

Kolfage lost both his legs and one arm during a September 11, 2004, rocket attack on Balad Air Base in Iraq during his second deployment there as part of Operat...

Yemen woman to see dying son after United States waives visa ban

Mr Hassan said he had been ready to take his son off life support last week, after doctors said the case was terminal, with his wife receiving only automated re...

Shutdowns Are Part of What Federal Employees 'Sign Up For'

Historically, workers get back-pay once the government resumes normal operations. And how will that affect government services? Q: How many federal workers w...

Pope Francis urges abusive priests to turn themselves in

NPR notes that the pope also offered "heartfelt thanks" to members of the media "who were honest and objective and sought to unmask these predators and to make...

Gavin Williamson: UK ship in Ukraine 'sends message to Russia'

On November 25, Russian border ships committed aggressive actions against Ukrainian naval vessels that were en route from the port of Odesa to the port of Mariu...