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Man denies murder of Wickford backpacker Grace Millane

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Macron had traveled to the town in Normandy - where nationalist leader Marine Le Pen placed first in the 2017 presidential election - to launch a "Grand Nationa...

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Mueller is investigating whether Russian interfered in the election and whether Trump campaign members coordinated with Moscow officials. Aside from the Russi...

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A lawyer for one of the seven people arrested alongside Vashukevich said that all eight of them pleaded guilty, prompting the Thai court to order a suspension o...

Trump rejects senator's proposal for temporary government reopening

Pelosi and Schumer spoke in primetime after the president. Although a majority of Americans blame the US president for the prolonged partial government shutd...

Indian Among 4 Killed In Bomb Attack In Kabul, Says Centre

The wounded include 23 children and 12 women , according to Tolo News . Danish said most of the wounded are civilians. The Embassy of India in Kabul in a st...

Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo acquitted by International Criminal Court

The former leader faced four counts of crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, persecution and other inhumane acts during post-electoral violence in I...

United States president to Erdogan: attack Kurds and we will wreck economy

U.S. support for the YPG has been a major source of friction between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies. The White House meanwhile said that Trump ...

New Migrant Caravan Sets Out From Honduras to U.S.

The group is estimated to be between 600 to 800 members, according to Miroslava Serpas, head of migrant affairs with the CIPRODEH human rights research center...

Explosions and gunfire heard in Nairobi; al-Shabaab claim responsibility

People run away from the Dusit Hotel after being rescued. Police and anti-terrorist forces have been fighting to regain control of a hotel and office complex ...

Iran satellite in US row fails to reach orbit: state media

Payam means "message" in Farsi, while Doosti means "friendship". An image that is claimed to show the launch of a satellite-carrying rocket on July 27, 2017. ...

I felt that I was reborn: Saudi teen Rahaf Qunun tells Canada

The 18-year-old now plans to pursue an education, get a job and live a normal life in Canada - things she said she could not do in her home of Saudi Arabia...

Iran restarting uranium enrichment, nuclear chief says

If it chooses, it could resume mass enrichment at its main facility in the central Iranian town of Natanz. But in the past, Salehi was also repeatedly quoted ...

Euro MPs back Brexit delay in letter to Britain

But MPs opposed to May's deal dismissed the letters as unconvincing. The backstop, which would keep Northern Ireland in elements of the single market as a gua...

China Oil Imports Up 30% In December, Gas Imports Hit Record

The surplus stood at a record-high $323.3 billion, compared to $275.8 billion recorded the year before. China's global trade volume rose past year but its s...

Judge blocks Trump administration effort to undo ACA birth control mandate

Judge Haywood Gilliam , Jr. found in favor of the challenge by 13 Democratic states and the District of Columbia, led by California Attorney General Xavier Bec...

Stormy Daniels Sues Ohio Police For Her Strip Club Arrest

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, filed the federal defamation lawsuit with her lawyer, Michael Avenatti , on Monday against six officers of the ...

Ted Cruz: Americans outside D.C. don't care about Russian Federation investigation

President Trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to hide details of his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, including on at least one occasio...

Trump Slams Reporter For Asking Him If He Worked For Russia

A former senior administration official said a number of top figures in the administration sought in the hours and days after the meeting to find out details ...

Trade war's wounded: Companies improvise to dodge cost hikes

China's exports to the United States grew by 11.3 percent in 2018, year-on-year to $478.4bn, while imports of U.S. goods rose slightly by 0.7 percent compare...

Hero teacher killed by vehicle after she pushed child (6) to safety

Dawn Croke was fatally injured when she was struck by a vehicle close to St Crona's National School in Dungloe, Co Donegal , on Thursday evening at around 6.30...

Huawei spy case threatens China’s drive to win over Eastern Europe

China on Monday urged countries to end "fabrications" about Huawei, after an official in Poland said his country could limit the use of the company's products...

Trump Shrugs Off Ocasio-Cortez Criticism: ‘Who Cares?’

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Monday, asking "who cares?" when a reporter asked about the freshman Congresswoman calling him a racist. "Ocasio-Cortez's shee...

SADC urges vote recount in DRC poll

The December 30 vote was supposed to herald Congo's first democratic transfer of power in six decades of independence and a new era after President Joseph Kabil...

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun Is Coming To Canada: Thai Police

She said she raised Australia's concerns about the case with Thailand's deputy prime minister and foreign minister. Thailand's immigration police chief, Sur...

Los Angeles teachers go on strike after failed negotiations with district

The Los Angeles Unified School District, with 640,000 students, stated the delay provides an opportunity to keep talking and avoid a strike. "This crisis can ...

Hunger striker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'urged to spy for Iran'

Villa said: "It is extremely shocking to see our colleague ... going on hunger strike to protest at her inhumane treatment in Evin prison, at a time where her h...

William Barr says it's "vitally important" that Mueller finish Russian Federation investigation

The appeal claims Whitaker's appointment is illegal under federal law and asks the court to name Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as a party in the case...

Gun seized from 6-year-old walking into school in Ohio

Staff at Columbus Africentric Early College , a K-12 school, received a call that a student was walking in with what looked to be a heavy object in their trous...

European Union letter in full: What assurances have been offered for Brexit?

The Prime Minister has exchanged letters with European Union leaders Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker over the Irish backstop arrangement. Political in...