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Acting intel director testifies on Trump whistleblower complaint

The revelation reflects the extraordinary tensions between the White House and the nation's highest-ranking intelligence official over a matter that has trigge...

Global postal union reaches deal to prevent 'nightmare' of USA exit

The agreement means the United States and other high volume importers can set their own rates for delivering mail from overseas. In what had shaped up as a te...

Transgender man who gave birth loses legal fight over birth cert

Sir Andrew added: "There would seem to be a pressing need for Government and Parliament to address square-on the question of the status of a trans-male who has ...

Pakistan PM Imran Khan warns of war with India over disputed Kashmir

Erdogan's speech in support of Pakistan comes after the country's Prime Minister Imran Khan met him in NY to discuss the latest situation in Kashmir as well a...

Greta Thunberg 'not surprised' by Donald Trump's sarcastic tweet

By rejecting these fallacious stereotypes, and confidently and visibly expressing her feelings, Thunberg proves that no amount of unfounded, terrified criticism...

Canberra becomes first Australian city to legalise marijuana for personal use

Despite predictable opposition from the Liberal Party, the bill passed with support from the Greens. For starters, the possession of cannabis remains outlawed...

Facebook won't fact-check politicians, Nick Clegg announces

Facebook's stance on politicians' content builds on its policy, in place since 2016 , to leave up content whose public interest it considers to outweigh the ri...

Signs Asylum Deal with Honduras

The agreement focuses on beefing up Honduras's capacity to take in asylum-seekers. The deal was signed by the two governments during the U.N. General Assembly i...

Ukraine memo: What it says, what we know and don't know

The rough transcript is not a full account of what was said on the call between Trump and Zelenskiy - meaning more details might yet emerge. A five-page s...

Labour backs abolishing private schools in conference vote

Members voted to back a move that would scrap tax loopholes, remove charitable status and pubic subsidies to private schools. She furthered this, saying tha...

How cyber-security firm CrowdStrike is linked to Trump's call with Ukraine

The two presidents were due to meet on the sidelines of the assembly later Wednesday. Trump's critics allege he using his powers as president to press Ukraine...

Trump says would be 'terrible' if Johnson Brexit plan blocked

After helping to force through a new law requiring the government to ask for a delay to Brexit if it fails to secure a deal by October 19, Corbyn again set ou...

First astronaut from UAE set to fly to space station

NASA TV will broadcast the launch live , with coverage beginning at 9 a.m. EDT. "Do a little work, but have a great time". The Emirati astronaut who will make...

Stocks Rebound Off Lows After Trump Says He Will Release Zelensky Transcript

Zelenskiy replies that he's appointing a new prosecutor who will "look into the situation". The rough transcript, Schiff said, was actually "far more damning ...

Israeli PM candidate Gantz, US envoy meet after elections

The Blue and White party has won 33 seats among the 120 seats during the September 17 elections, becoming the largest faction in Israel's parliament. Gantz cite...

White House to let Trump whistleblower testify

No one is above the law". Adam Schiff revealed Tuesday that the whistle-blower who alleged Trump pressure Ukraine to prosecute Joe Biden's son is willin...

Israel’s final election results give Netanyahu’s Likud additional seat, deadlock remains

Rivlin summoned Gantz and Netanyahu for another summit on Wednesday before making his decision. With smaller allied parties, a total of 55 lawmakers have thro...

New Zealand minister calls for investigation in dorm death

Police did not confirm this. New Zealand universities typically take their summer breaks in December and January. A young man's dead body sat in a universit...

Trial opens in France over weight loss drug that 'killed hundreds'

It is believed that thousands more are living with debilitating heart and lung problems after taking it. It is believed to have caused between 500 and 2,100 rel...

Trump orders transcript of Ukraine phone call to be released

Sen. Lindsey Graham , R-S.C., told Sean Hannity Tuesday that former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden's connections to Ukraine should be ...

Bracing for October 1 anniversary, Hong Kong mops up after fresh violence

Earlier this month , Annie Wu Suk-ching, daughter of Maxim's founder James Tak Wu, infuriated protesters when she publicly criticized them and defended police...

Russian Federation backs talks between Venezuela's government, opposition — Putin to Maduro

During his speech at U.N. General Assembly Tuesday morning, Trump called Maduro a "Cuban puppet" who is "hiding from his own people while Cubans plunder Venez...

Beijing opens glitzy airport ahead of China's 70th anniversary

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the operation ceremony ...

The Amazon is not being destroyed, says Brazil president Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro said that Brazil's " Amazon is bigger than all of Western Europe" and that more than 60 per cent of it is "preserved", and thus his government "does ...

Whistleblower in Ukraine Controversy Wants to Speak to Congress, House Chairman Says

Acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire , so far, has declined to turn over the complaint to congressional intelligence committees as required ...

Suspending Parliament was unlawful, judges rule

Delighted at the apex court's ruling , House of Commons speaker John Bercow called for the reopening of parliament on Wednesday, while Johnson , on a visit to...

Supreme Court to rule on suspension of Parliament

Johnson - asked about critics' calls for him to resign for misleading the Queen over the issue - pledged to stay on as prime minister and said he was flying ...

German court rules that hangovers are an illness... days after Oktoberfest

Those "disruptions" include tiredness, nausea and headaches resulting from alcohol consumption - all of which the distributor unlawfully claimed its product cou...

Strong natural disaster jolts northeast Pakistan, causing damages

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt Gen Mohammad Afzal said at a briefing in Islamabad that trucks loaded with relief items, including 2...

NY Times Publisher Slams Trump as Threat to Journalism

The Trump administration deliberate to "sit on information" New York Occasions correspondent was about to be arrested in Egypt, the paper's writer has revealed,...