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Pizza from Canada, to US

In a show of solidarity with their unpaid US counterparts, Canadian air traffic controllers ordered pizza for FAA controllers at facilities across the northern ...

Jayme Closs case: Suspect saw parents as 'barrier' to kidnapping

Jake Patterson, 21, is accused of shooting and killing Jayme's parents before abducting the 13-year-old from her northwestern Wisconsin home on October 15. "W...

Stony Plain man, 30, charged with making, distributing child pornography

Police say the investigation began on November 22, when an ongoing monitoring operation detected a computer that was matched to a Kingston IP address connected ...

Trump doubles down on border wall argument

Pressed on whether he was confident he could strike a deal with Ms Pelosi, he said he had "no idea". Sen. Lindsey Graham says he encouraged Trump during a tel...

Wife of furloughed federal worker wins $100,000 plus SUV in Virginia lottery

The wife of a federal worker put out of work by the government shutdown picked up a $100,000 check and a brand-new SUV on Friday after winning a Virginia lotter...

O'Rourke to do Oprah Winfrey interview amid 2020 speculation

O'Rourke's political activity in recent weeks has largely centered on countering President Donald Trump's push for a wall along the US-Mexico border via videos ...

Federal Government to force local councils to hold Australia Day citizenship ceremonies

Immigration Minister David Coleman said the move would ensure every person being given citizenship had the chance to do so on January 26. "We believe all coun...

Former Deputy Secretary of State: Trump's secrecy on Putin meetings 'outrageous'

When asked whether the Senate should subpoena a translator so they can see what Trump and Putin have discussed behind closed doors, Cruz said he would like to...

Italian ex-militant Battisti arrested in Bolivia, faces extradition

Cesare Battisti, 64, is wanted for four murders in Italy during the 1970s, which he denies committing. Battisti was arrested late last night in the Bolivian c...

U.S.’s Pompeo says Venezuela’s Maduro government is ‘illegitimate’

Maduro started a second, six-year term Thursday despite global cries urging him to step down and return democratic rule to a country suffering a historic econom...

Iran summons Polish top envoy over USA summit

Poland's charge d'affaires was summoned to "protest the anti-Iranian so-called peace and security conference", said foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi ...

House GOP leader to meet with King over race remarks

For example, Scott mentioned that over the past two years, "Republicans have focused on spreading opportunity, and it has paid dividends: From the creation of ...

Mayor of Poland’s Gdansk stabbed on stage during charity event - web portal

Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz was attacked with a sharp tool during the fundraising event organized by the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, Poland's most im...

Mass drug overdose in California kills 1 person, leaves 12 more hospitalized

Police officers in Chico County carry Naloxone , a medicine used to reverse overdoses, which they gave to the surviving victims. O' Brien said the ages of the...

Canada to welcome over 1 million new immigrants in next 3 years

Canada's Parliament has announced plans to add more than one million new permanent residents in the next three years, which is almost 1 per cent of the countr...

Protesters in Sudan's capital head for rally point station

On Sunday, protest organisers called for demonstrations in the capital Khartoum and other towns including Madani, Kosti and Dongola as part of what they have ca...

White House asked for options to strike Iran

The Journal , citing conversations with people familiar with the talks, also reported that the council requested options for launching strikes at both Iraq and...

Conflicting reports emerge over US troop withdrawal from Syria

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a USA resident, entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2 seeking documents that would have allowed him to marry his Turk...

May warns MPs against ‘catastrophic’ failure to deliver Brexit

Mr Hunt warned that failure to deliver Brexit would be "incredibly damaging" for the United Kingdom and something the country would regret for "many, many gener...

Authorities Identify Deceased Suspect in Davis Officer Natalie Corona's Murder

Investigators also found a letter on his bed that accused Davis police of using "sonic waves meant to keep dogs from barking" against him. But there were othe...

Israel forces arrest 18 Palestinians during raid

The Israeli-accessible portion of the road is now only operating between 5am and noon, but will be fully opened as of January 10th, Israeli media reported . Ea...

Romania’s political infighting won’t hamper its European Union presidency - FM

For his part, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said there can not be any compromises on rule of law, human rights, and the fight against corr...

Lin-Manuel Miranda Returns to 'Hamilton,' Opens Production in Puerto Rico!

Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Interested in Puerto Rico? See more on how the stars are supporting Puerto Rico in the video belo...

DRC: Fayulu supporters dispersed by riot police at court

The church said Thursday that the official figures do not correspond to vote tallies collected by its 40,000 election observers around the country. But the le...

Merkel says Germany recognises responsibilty for Nazi crimes in Greece

Speaking alongside Alexis Tsipras on her first trip to Athens in five years, Merkel waded into Balkan politics and embraced the Greek prime minister as an...

At least 19 dead after coal mine collapses in northern China

But the pair had been found dead on Sunday morning, Xinhua reported. It was initially reported that 19 miners had died and rescuers were searching for two rem...

A Sydney schoolboy has died following an avalanche in Austria

Parents at the school were told counsellors and senior staff would be on hand at the school today. Max Meyer, 16, was on the mock trial and robotics team at I...

Trump says he has nothing to hide about meetings with Putin

The Washington Post report , published on Sunday, comes two days after the New York Times disclosed that the FBI had opened an investigation into Trump's ...

Saudi Woman Granted Refugee Status, Could Get Asylum In Australia

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, the teenager who locked herself in a Thailand airport hotel room to avoid being returned to her abusive home in Saudi Arabia, has been ...

Myanmar Reuters journalists lose appeal

Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler released a statement Friday calling the decision "yet another injustice" against the two men, who have been held for ...