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Won't surrender to U.S.-led sanctions: North Korea

The Ministry's Wednesday statement sharply criticized the White House's decision last Friday to extend 6 executive orders sanctioning the country over their nuc...

Wayfair workers to walk off job over partnership with detention centers

Others called out the employees for virtue-signaling: "If they really cared they'd donate their salaries, not ask the company to suffer". Leaders of the wal...

France braced for potentially record-breaking 40°C heatwave

Scientists attribute it to global warming, and warn of more such heatwaves if countries don't cut their greenhouse gas emissions soon. Countries including F...

Migrant Father-Daughter Pair Found Dead on Border Riverbank

On the surface, the Rio Grande appears placid, but strong currents run beneath. The father clung to the little girl in red trousers and black shoes, but a str...

Protesters urge discussion of Hong Kong issues at G-20

Protesters in Hong Kong opposed to contentious extradition legislation are calling on leaders of the USA, the European Union and others to raise the issue with ...

Wednesday's forecast: Will we see rain today?

Widespread severe weather is not necessarily expected, but the pattern we are in will favor heavy rain, strong wind and possibly hail with any storms over the n...

Serial killer given seven life sentences

Metaxas read out a handwritten statement apologizing to his victims, saying he could not explain why he carried out the killings. "I acknowledge my guilt", he...

4 children, 2 adults killed in rural Wisconsin house fire

The fire broke out at a multi-family home on County Highway DD in Pickerel. The fire was reported at around 6:30 this morning, and crews spent four hours gett...

Pres. Trump awards highest military honor to Iraq veteran

The Medal of Honor hangs around the neck of Medal of Honor recipient Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia, June 25, 2019. Also watching the ceremony Tuesday was...

Revolutionary Guard officials celebrate Iran's downing of U.S. drone

Relations in the region have worsened significantly since then. Tehran has pursued nuclear weapons in the past but signed a deal with the EU, USA, UK, France,...

Two workers, gunman dead at California Ford dealership

They were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. It's unclear whether the shooter is one of those killed . Law enforcement officers stand outside a build...

Missouri Officer Shot While Responding to Call Has Died

Those who wear the badge and worked with Langsdorf decorated a police cruiser in his honor. "He was at work and lost his life, and people think I put it on Fa...

Boris Johnson reiterates no-deal Brexit threat

He pitched himself as more likely to wrangle a deal out of Brussels. Tory leadership favorite Boris Johnson has declined to refute allegations that a photo ...

Baby in Critical Condition after Fresno Shooting

Authorities say she then went outside to tell people what had happened. Inside the home was Echartea, whom she'd met a week prior. He attempted to grab the mo...

House passes $4.5 billion border funding bill

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is questioned by reporters at the Capitol in Washington , Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The congression...

Facebook to give data on hate speech suspects to French courts

The social network had already been giving French authorities IP addresses and identifying data of suspected terrorists after judges demanded their cooperation,...

China suspends some Canadian pork imports as tensions rise

Baby pigs in their pen on a small farm outside of Calgary, Alberta, April 2, 2009. China has suspended all imports of meat from Canada, saying it found traces...

N Korea not ready to denuclearise: U.S. intelligence agency chief

Moon is expected to face greater pressure from Trump to join America's anti-Huawei campaign and shoulder more of the costs of maintaining the 28,500 US troops i...

Fiancee of Saudi Khashoggi seeks UN action over his killing

Khashoggi , a Washington Post contributor and USA resident, was killed October 2 while at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to get documents for his wedding. Kh...

UK falling behind in race to engage with India: British Parliamentary Inquiry

The UK government has said Brexit will allow for a closer relationship with India, and that the Asian country is central to its aspirations for a more outward-f...

Unauthorised drone activities: Drone sightings disrupt Singapore flights for second time

It marked the second time in a week that flights at the Singapore airport - a major global transit hub - had been disrupted by drone activity. Drone activ...

Malaysia shuts schools after chemical pollution sickens kids

Authorities say the waste from that event was cleaned up and the two incidents are unrelated. Mahathir said the recurring pollution was "unfortunate". He said...

Driver Pleads Not Guilty in New Hampshire Motorcycle Crash that Killed 7

Zhukovskyy, who has been named as the truck driver in Friday's crash, is also expected to be arraigned on seven counts of negligent homicide on Tuesday in Coos ...

Meet The Winner Of This Year's 'World's Ugliest Dog Contest'

Scamp makes volunteer visits to schoolchildren and a local senior citizens center. The street dog from Compton was rescued by Morones in 2014 after she spotte...

Pompeo says U.S. prepared to remove troops from Afghanistan

He said that in his meetings with President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, they agreed that peace is their highest priority and that Afgh...

Robert Mueller to testify before Congress, Democrats say

The House Judiciary and House Intelligence committees have subpoenaed former special counsel Robert Mueller for his testimony before Congress, according...

Woman charged in fatal stabbing of twin sister in New Jersey

That same day, police arrested Amanda Ramirez , Anna's identical twin sister, who they claimed was responsible for the slaying. She was taken to a hospital, ...

San Francisco becomes 1st major U.S. city to ban e-cigarettes

In a statement Tuesday ahead of the vote, she expressed her support. It will also "deny the opportunity to switch for current adult smokers, and create a thri...

New Pentagon Chief Hopes to Win NATO Allies' Support on Iran

But Trump threatened on Tuesday to obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked "anything American". The Pentagon has not been led by a Senate-confirmed leader sin...

Crater appears overnight after WWII bomb explodes in Germany

So, what was with the unwelcome wake-up call? "The area was used for target practice during the Second World War", he added. But after a day studying the crat...