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No news a week after Australian disappears in North Korea：The Asahi Shimbun

Speaking on 2GB radio this afternoon, Minister Payne said the government had asked a Swedish envoy which is making a scheduled trip to North Korea to make inqui...

Men charged over alleged terror plot targeting Sydney CBD

Police believe the plans for local terror attacks were in "early stage preparations". Police said one of the accused, Isaak el Matari, had been monitored si...

Italy’s Salvini: Release of migrant rescue ship captain is ‘politically motivated’

Agrigento Prosecutor Luigi Patronaggio said the judge's denial of his request to keep the captain under house arrest reflected "strong political tensions", th...

Nike pulls 'offensive' Betsy Ross American flag shoes after Colin Kaepernick complains

In a statement Tuesday, the city said it would stand by the agreement it made with Nike . Despite Nike's attempt to take back its controversial United Stat...

Sudan protest leaders agree to talks with ruling generals

The FFC leader pointed out that all components of movement, "the Sudan Appeal Alliance, the National Consensus Forces (NCF), the Opposition Federal Assembly" an...

Dubai ruler's wife flees to London in bid for political asylum

Still, the domestic dispute between the royal couple may have widespread implications on global affairs of other countries as well, as Princess Haya is the half...

WH Press Secretary injured in brawl with No Korean guards

North Korea conducted tests of short-range missiles that could potentially threaten the South and demanded that Seoul break away from Washington and resume in...

Alek Sigley: Australian missing in North Korea released

The Australian foreign minister, Marise Payne, said on Thursday Australia had asked the envoy to raise Sigley's case with the North Korean government. Austral...

Wanted militant blows himself up in Tunisia

There were no other injuries or damage reported. Authorities inspect the scene after a man reported to be wearing an explosive belt died in the Intilaka area ...

North Korea says U.S. hell-bent on sanctions despite Trump-Kim meeting

It also accused Washington of attempting to "undermine the peaceful atmosphere" on the Korean peninsular. FILE - In this June 30, 2019 file photo, President ...

Should Nike have pulled the Betsy Ross sneaker?

While some accused him of disrespecting the American flag, Kaepernick maintained his protest was against systemic racism in the U.S. On his nationally syndic...

United States judge says teenager rape defendant from 'good family' deserves leniency

But the boy was college-bound, from a "good family" and an Eagle Scout, the judge said in his denial. The teen filmed himself penetrating the 16-year-old girl...

Khalid Al Qasimi: UAE sheikh and fashion designer dies

Sheikh Sultan received a cable of condolences from His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, on the death of Sheikh Khalid Bin Sultan Al Qasi...

Alabama DA won't prosecute woman who was shot, lost fetus

The indictment, unsealed the day after Jones' arrest, says the Birmingham mother "intentionally caused the death of. unborn baby Jones by initiating a fight kno...

Cockroaches are becoming immune to insecticides

While that's not scientifically proven, scientists at Purdue University discovered German cockroaches are becoming resistant to insecticides. And the research...

Tourist killed as volcano erupts on Sicily's Stromboli island

Its volcano is one of the most active on the planet and has been under an nearly constant state of eruption since 1932. The injured man was from Brazil. The exp...

Sorry, no offence: Dalai Lama on women

One of the world's most beloved spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, apologized for his recent remarks made on a woman successor. "Firstly, in responding to a qu...

Boeing Promises $100 Million To Help Families Affected By 737 MAX Crashes

These funds will support education, hardship and living expenses for impacted families, community programmes, and economic development in impacted communities. ...

Facebook, Instagram not working for some, company says

For many Instagram users, most images and videos were failing to load in the app on Wednesday, July 3. Facebook users have reported images are not loading...

'Naive' Canada shouldn't believe Trump asked about detained citizens: China

Trudeau said he had spoken to Xi about ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and consultant Michael Spavor during brief, informal exchanges on the sidelines of the G20 sum...

Congress headed for border funding compromise as migrants kept in squalor

During a debate Wednesday night, numerous Democratic candidates called for an overhaul of US immigration laws and about 12 of them are set to visit a Florida fa...

Lawyers make closing arguments in U.S. Navy SEAL's war crimes trial

Former Navy SEAL Dylan Dille told jurors that Gallagher posed for individual and group photos with the prisoner's body. Gallagher was also charged with atte...

White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham Brawls With North Korean Guards

The first Trump-Kim summit took place in a blaze of publicity in Singapore a year ago but produced only a vaguely worded pledge about denuclearisation. Donald T...

U.S. Accuses Venezuelan Regime Of Torturing, Murdering Military Officer

The officer "died in the custody of Maduro's thugs", spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said. The judge ordered him transferred to a hospital where he died hours late...

Warming to slash equivalent of 80 million jobs by 2030

The new ILO report, titled "Working on a warmer planet: The impact of heat stress on labor productivity and decent work", draws on climate, physiological and em...

Imelda Marcos Threw a Party. It Did Not Go Well

The Philippine Red Cross and a local community official said at least 137 people had been sent to the hospital during the party at an indoor sports arena. "I ap...

‘Absolutely Moving Forward’ with Census Citizenship Question

President Donald Trump said that he's instructed two federal agencies to continue trying to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census after news c...

Mike Pence's plane called back to Washington due to emergency

After the cancellation was announced, Tom Mountain, a former RNC delegate who works in MA and New Hampshire for the Trump campaign, spoke to reporters about the...

Family of 4 Among 10 Killed in Private Plane Crash in Texas

Burns said in a statement. Their place of residence was unclear Tuesday but Mary Titus was the mixed-league director for Tennis Competitors of Dallas, the tel...

Natural gas boom on 'collison course' with climate goals

He stated that is why the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has referred to as for reducing natural gas within the coming a long time to...