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Mike Pompeo urges China to immediately halt detention of Uighurs in Xinjiang

The State Department said that Mr Pompeo also met three other Uighurs whose relatives are detained by China, which according to a United Nations report has deta...

11 dead, 16 wounded in Somalia bomb blast, say medics

The afternoon explosion on a busy road in Mogadishu sent a huge could of smoke into the sky and destroyed two restaurants and cars parked in the area. Somalia...

Yemen's civil war enters fifth year

The Saudi-led war has also taken a heavy toll on the country's infrastructure, destroying hospitals, schools, and factories. "On the eve of the war's shameful...

Poaching footage released of father and son in Alaska killing protected bears

The video shows the two hunters entering the sleeping bears' den on Esther Island in Prince William Sound and killing the mother while the two cubs look on, ...

Purdue Pharma reaches $270M settlement with Oklahoma in opioid epidemic suit

More than $70 million will go to pay Oklahoma cities, counties and tribes and to reimburse the state for its litigation costs. In addition, the House Oversight ...

Trump trashes media's ratings after Mueller report

Trump, who is a frequent viewer of Fox News , also praised Hannity and his colleagues for their coverage of the Mueller report and their coverage of his admini...

Fears of a 'blind Brexit' as MPs given vote on 'divorce' deal

MPs are to vote on the Government's EU Withdrawal Agreement on Friday. Theresa May has announced she has split the withdrawal agreement and the political de...

Melbourne man wins Oz Lotto - twice

Oz Lotto spokesman Bronwyn Spencer told The Age: "When we reached out to the division one victor from Melbourne to let him know he'd won this massive prize,...

Far-right Austrian activist faces probe over ties to NZ terrorist

Martin Sellner, the head of the white nationalist Identitarian Movement in Austria, blogged about the raid on Monday evening, adding that it was "because of C...

Thailand's pro-army party won popular vote, opposition second

But an opposition alliance majority in the lower house, the House of Representatives, could lead to deadlock. Four days after the national election and we are...

UK’s Theresa May says she’ll resign if Parliament backs Brexit plan

May told Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday that she would step down if Parliament approved her plan for withdrawal from the European Union . The "nuclear ...

On trial, Saudi women detail torture and harassment during year in captivity

Eleven women responded to charges that rights groups say include contact with global media and human rights groups, in the second hearing of a high-profile t...

Brexit: DUP leader says abstaining on May's deal 'never an option'

In a serious blow for May, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) announced on Wednesday it would not support her deal. A leading Brexiteer in May's Conservative...

US Supreme Court rules against USS Cole sailors over $315m Sudan lawsuit

In 2012, a federal judge in Washington issued a default judgment of $314.7 million against Sudan. Washington has set certain benchmarks that Sudan has to meet...

Guns Drawn, Cops Raid Home of Sick Toddler at 1am

Townsend, a Republican in District 16, played a big role in getting legislation passed requiring the Arizona Department of Child Safety to get a search warran...

Pompeo commits USA to finding, punishing those behind Saudi journalist's murder

The Department of Energy document seen by Reuters said the companies involved had asked the administration to keep the approvals confidential. According to ...

Vatican editor denies interfering in women's mag

One of the reasons she cited behind the decision was the lack of editorial independence from L'Osservatore - something the magazine enjoyed ever since it came i...

Independent review into death of woman and baby at CUMH

Limerick Camogie County chairperson Liz Hennessy paid tribute and offered "condolences" to the family. Councillor Jerome Scanlan, a friend of Ms Downey's Lime...

Prince William travelling to New Zealand to visit Christchurch attack survivors

During the poignant trip, Kensington Palace confirmed that the Duke of Cambridge will meet with those affected by the attack. 'I'm really pleased that he can ...

Pope Explains Ring Kissing Mystery

Mr Gisotti added that the Pope "likes to embrace people and be embraced by people", and that he was happy to let people kiss his ring in small groups. Peter. ...

House fails to override Trump veto on border, Abraham statement

Democrats tried to cancel the emergency declaration, but Trump vetoed their vote. That political victory for Trump may make it more challenging for Republ...

Woman who shoved friend off Washington bridge gets jail, work crew

I'm really sorry it turned out that way. Amanda Cowan/The Columbian Judge Darvin Zimmerman, from left, listens to comments from survivor Jordan Holgerson as d...

Truck slams into crowd on highway in Guatemala; 18 dead

A video circulating on social media showed bodies strewn on the roadway while several people cry and shout for help. At the time, a fatal vehicle crash had ju...

Facebook 'encourages, enables, and causes housing discrimination'

HUD Secretary Ben Carson compared Facebook's alleged housing discrimination actions to "slamming a door in someone's face". The Fair Housing Act prohibits ...

Woman delivers twins just a month after first birth

According to Christopher Ng of the GynaeMD Clinic in Singapore, uterus didelphys - the condition of having two uteruses - is "not as rare as people think". Su...

North Korea's Actions 'Inconsistent' with Ending Nuclear Threat

Trump has placed the emphasis on the fact that Pyongyang has not conducted nuclear and missile tests, but regional experts have said that does not mean the coun...

DeVos Under Fire For Plan To Defund Special Olympics

Although DeVos admitted that she found the Special Olympics to be "awesome", her plan would cut $17.6 million in federal funding that now goes to athletes, ...

Israeli airstrike kills Iranian, 6 Iraqi fighters in Syria

Israel occupied the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and continues to occupy roughly two-thirds of the wider Golan Heights region ...

Office workers trapped in Dhaka skyscraper inferno

Six people died after jumping from the 22-floor building while another victim suffered fatal burns, officials said. Three of the dead appeared to have jumped ...

Liberals to put One Nation below Labor on how-to-vote cards

In footage from an Al Jazeera undercover investigation , Ms Hanson floats the idea that the 1996 Port Arthur shootings, which left 35 people dead, were a false...