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President Trump briefed on missile strike in Saudi Arabia, spokeswoman says

Several other recent drone and missile attacks targeting other southern regions of the kingdom, including Khamis Mushait and Jizan, were intercepted by Saudi ...

Pakistani climber killed, Italians injured by avalanche on Pakistan mountain

The climbers were at an altitude of around 5,300 meters (17,390 feet) in Ishkoman Valley in the Ghizar district. Six mountaineers who were trapped by an avala...

Syrian refugee arrested, accused of plotting attack on Pittsburgh church for ISIS

It is unclear if the man was radicalized while in the US or initially arrived in the guise of a refugee, but three years after setting foot on US soil, he devis...

1,000 troops sent to Gulf by USA as Iran row deepens

Britain said if Iran breached agreed limits, London would look at "all options". The targeting of six vessels on a major artery for world oil supplies was a...

Paris Air Show: IAG orders 200 Boeing 737 Max jets

Airlines rarely pay anything close to the list price - carriers often get half off - and here IAG may have done better. The once bestseller has become the m...

Iran claims Revolutionary Guard shot down United States drone

The US added the IRGC attempted to down one of its drones last week ahead of the tanker attack. State media reported the military hit a drone, which they name...

BJP MP Om Birla elected Lok Sabha Speaker

This besides several other factors went in his favour fetching Birla the nomination - a post to be held by a Rajasthani for the first time and only the second t...

Train Transporting Bombs, Hazardous Material Derails in Nevada

No injuries were immediately reported when the train, which was transporting munitions to Hawthorne Army Depot, derailed near Wells, according to the Reno Ga...

Trump's pick for Defence withdraws after reports of domestic violence

Shanahan's time as acting head of the Pentagon had also been clouded by questions over whether he had the experience to lead the Defense Department, how hi...

Hope Hicks, former Trump staffer, questioned by Democrats on Russian Federation probe

Democrats got some questions answered about the president's alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, Rep. David Cicilline (D-N.J.) ...

Death toll in China's quake grows to 11

Mud and rock slipped from the side of a hill, blocking a road and wrapping around a truck, CCTV footage showed. More than 70 buildings have collapsed and ther...

Police arrest man on suspicion of manslaughter over Sala death

His name was not immediately released. The man is assisting with enquiries and has been released while the investigation continues. A single-engine aircraft c...

Canada resettled more refugees than any other country in 2018, United Nations says

At more than 1.5 million, Ethiopians were the largest newly displaced population in 2018, 98% of them internally, more than doubling the previous number. Direct...

Detective tackles man accused of stalking during dramatic Australian press conference

Criminal Investigation Branch officer in charge detective Senior Sergeant Daren Edwards was giving a press conference outside Maroochydore Police Station, next ...

Hong Kong's leader offers 'sincerest apologies,' but refuses to resign

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers and activists rejected a new apology Tuesday by the city's leader over a highly unpopular extradition bill , demanding that ...

Ocasio-Cortez Claims She Wasn’t Comparing Detention Centers to Nazi Camps

Ocasio-Cortez initially compared border facilities to Nazi-era concentration camps during an Instagram live session from her D.C. apartment Monday night. ...

Jury deliberations to begin in NXIVM sex-trafficking case

Keith faces up to life behind bars. A jury is about to begin deliberating at the trial of the former leader of an upstate NY self-help group that prosecutors ...

Sudan's Bashir charged on corruption in first public appearance since removal

In the wake of the sit-in dispersal, negotiations between the military and protesters were called off and the Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change, ...

Princeton professor calls Trump's tweet about ICE raids a 'terroristic act'

A Trump administration official says the 1 million migrants who have been issued final deportation orders but are still living in the USA would be targeted ...

Trump launches 2020 re-election campaign to 'Keep America Great'

Trump for President, Inc. on January 18, 2017, two days before he was sworn into office and subsequently filed for reelection, and 882 days before his scheduled...

Over 100 children die of Encephalitis in India

Bihar Chief Secy Deepak Kumar said that the doctors are carrying out their duties but the chief minister has ordered to bring some doctors from Dharbhanga Medic...

Saudi prince 'should be investigated over Khashoggi death'

The two discussed which type of bag to place the body in - leather, they suggested - and referred to Khashoggi as a "sacrificial animal". She also called on t...

Trump Won't Apologize For Calling For Death Penalty On Central Park 5

The Central Park Five were exonerated in 2002, after another man confessed. "They admitted their guilt", Trump told Ryan. After telling police they were gui...

UK judge sentences teen for abhorrent post on Prince Harry

University student Szewczuk created an image of Harry with a pistol to his head against a blood-spattered background. " See ya later race traitor ", said the ...

Trump campaign raises $24.8M in less than 24 hours

She declared that it was proof that "enthusiasm across the country for this president is unmatched and unlike anything we've ever seen". The RNC took in $10.8...

Xi Jinping Voices Support for North Korea Ahead of Visit

Xi said his visit on Thursday and Friday will "strengthen strategic communication and exchange" between the traditional, though sometimes strained, allies. He m...

US Supreme Court lets Virginia voting go ahead under redrawn map

Attorney General Eric Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), said in a statement Monday. In addition to the immediate...

Prince William & Kate Middleton ''Saddened'' After Convoy Hits Woman

The incident occurred during the couple's journey to Monday's Garter Day ceremony at St George's Castle in Windsor . The Duke and Duchess have been in ...

Egyptian ex-president Morsi was ‘killed’, says Erdogan

In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez "condemned" the suggestion, insisting it was "a case of natural death". Mr Hafez saysMr Colville's "p...

Heatwave conditions forecast in parts of north Tamil Nadu for two days

With severe water crisis and consequential increase in prices of vegetables eating into their margins, several small and medium-sized hotels in the city say t...