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General accused of war crimes appointed Sri Lanka army chief

Lieutenant General Silva joined the Sri Lanka Army as a Cadet Officer in 1984 and held the position of Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Army prior to this appointm...

Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple to testify in Washington against French digital tax

According to the regulation, any digital company with worldwide revenue of more than $838 million (€750 million) - of which at least $28 million (€25 million) i...

Alligators caught climbing fences and swimming across roads

In St. Petersburg, a motorist stopped at a traffic light during a downpour on Thursday spotted an alligator swimming through the traffic. "This alligator scar...

Britain’s Johnson to visit Berlin & Paris amid fears of no-deal Brexit

As Brexit day creeps near, Johnson is insisting the bloc make major changes to May's deal, including scrapping an insurance policy for the Irish border that has...

Police make arrests as right-wing, anti-fascist groups rally in Portland

At its peak, there were 1,200 people gathered, Outlaw said . Nearly two months ago, clashes between another far-right group, Patriot Prayer, and counterprotest...

Couple face jail time for taking sand from Italian beach

They spotted some bottles filled with sand through the window of the vehicle, and arrested the couple, a man and woman in their 40s, police told CNN. Sand thi...

Zimbabwe police ban opposition protest

The Movement for Democratic Change had filed a challenge in court seeking to overturn the police decision to bar the protests , but the court ruled that the ...

New Jersey Woman Burns Down Booty Call’s House For Standing Her Up

Describing Russell to the police as his side-chick, the man claimed he missed eight of her calls as a result of falling asleep. Seething, the woman, Taija Rus...

25 deaths in Costa Rica believed to be linked to tainted alcohol

Liquor sellers sometimes dilute products with toxic methanol to increase profit margins or raise alcohol content. The list of tainted alcohol brands inclu...

US Tests Cruise Missile After INF Treaty Exit

A Pentagon spokesman told Reuters that Sunday's test used an MK41 launcher, but the system tested was not the same as the Aegis Ashore missile defence system no...

Police give update on Fermanagh bomb attack

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast which hit near a busy road in County Fermanagh, close to the spot where officers were investigating a ...

Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Cancels Her Trip To Israel

However, Netanyahu said that if Tlaib submitted a request to visit family on humanitarian grounds , Israel would consider it as long as she promised not to ...

Pak Army Chief Gen Bajwa gets 3-year extension amid security concern

Bawja's extension marks the second time in almost a decade that the country's top general had their traditional three-year term extended. "The decision has be...

China's Hong Kong office condemns airport clashes as 'near-terrorist acts'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for a peaceful solution to the unrest in Hong Kong amid fears China could use force to quell pro-democracy protes...

U.S. prisons chief removed after Epstein's death — APNewsBreak

Bush's Attorney General from 1991 t0 1993. The head of the federal Bureau of Prisons was yanked from his post Monday - a little over a week after the controve...

Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco dies

Blanco passed away at a hospice center in Lafayette surrounded by her husband, children and other family members, Edwards said. According to her family, she had...

Donald Trump's latest conspiracy theory target? Fox News

I'll tell you right now. Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris all beat Trump by significant margins in the poll. In CNN video of ...

Prince Andrew 'hosted Jeffrey Epstein and entourage at Balmoral'

The UK's Prince Andrew has said he was "appalled" by allegations of sexual abuse surrounding Jeffrey Epstein after a video was released purporting to show...

34% of economists in survey expect a US recession in 2021

Treasury yield curve inverted , a historical leading indicator of the past nine U.S. recessions. Another 38 per cent of those polled predicted that recession...

NYPD fires officer who put Eric Garner in chokehold before death

NYPD is holding a news conference at 12:30p.m. EDT. Police Commissioner James O'Neill's announced at a midday news conference that he had fired Officer Daniel...

Coal-Loving Australia Is Third Biggest Emissions Exporter

While the United States and China rank as the globe's leading greenhouse gas producers, the report by the Australian environment body emphasizes the role smalle...

Woman who thought she had kidney stones gives birth to triplets

All born within four minutes, and each weighing four pounds, these triplets were born August 10, 2019 to Dannette and Austin Giltz. He said: "Once we left the...

CBI says European Union is 'less prepared' than United Kingdom for no-deal Brexit

Fresh concerns have been raised about the prospect of a no-deal Brexit following the leak of a confidential Whitehall dossier on the Operation Yellowhammer cont...

Protesters, counterprotesters take to Boston streets over Hong Kong tensions

Protesters have in recent weeks thrown bricks and projectiles at the police, who have used tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper-spray, and batons on protesters. Tha...

Turkey removes pro-Kurdish mayors

The pro-Kurdish party mayors of Diyarbakir , Van and Mardin were replaced on Monday, and state governors were appointed in their place. Between them, they ...

A Deadly Blast, 'Then I Couldn't Find Anyone'

The blast , which took place late on Saturday in the city's west, came as Washington and the Taliban are in the final stages of a deal to reduce the USA milit...

Man charged after New York scare over rice cookers

The complaint said Griffin was seen on video pushing a silver shopping cart at West 16th Street and 7th Avenue at 5:56 a.m. As they were searching for the suspe...

Sudan's Bashir got $90 mn from Saudi, investigator tells court

Bashir - who was in a cage in the courtroom, dressed in traditional white robes and a turban - listened to the testimony but did not comment. The deposed lead...

Yemeni Houthi rebels claim fresh drone attacks on Saudi oil refinery

The military source of Yemen's government forces said on condition of anonymity that "the Saudi-led coalition intensified airstrikes against the main strong...

Hot & humid with passing storms

Sunny skies through the afternoon with temperatures ranging from the 80s in the northwest to the 90s in the south. One the storms passed through, clouds cleared...