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Snowfall warning issued for Calgary, surrounding area

With 15 to 25 centimetres of snow expected, a snowfall warning has been issued for the city of Calgary. Erin Davidson, manager with Alberta 511, said poor dri...

Lindsey Graham decries whistleblower complaint as ‘all hearsay’

Lindsey Graham says there's a double standard between an inquiry into Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president and an inquiry into Hunter Biden's overse...

China Doubles Troop Presence in Hong Kong as Protests Turn Violent

As reported by NHK , Japan's national broadcasting organization, the protesters were dressed in black with many hiding their faces with masks, before marching ...

House Votes Again to End Trump's Border Emergency Declaration

The letter from the whistleblower's legal team - in which the lawyers call attention to Mr Trump's language - was sent to Acting Director of National Intelligen...

Trump Says He Deserves to Meet Whistleblower, Warns of ‘Big Consequences’

The comment prompted three House chairmen - including Schiff - to call on the President to stop attacking the whistleblower . "We understand all agree that p...

India dismisses Pakistan raising Kashmir issue as mere propaganda

The Indian Army retaliated strongly and a heavy exchange of fire was going on when the last reports were received, he added. RAWALPINDI: Unprovoked Indian fi...

PM Johnson's spokesman denies groping allegations as party conference opens

The other woman said Johnson had also groped her, Edwardes said. Asked if the allegations were overshadowing the conference, he said "Not at all". After the...

Jason Momoa urges world leaders to act on climate crisis

The native Hawaiian actor stressed that while Earth's island nations contribute the least to climate change they are more often that not made to suffer the weig...

Prince Harry says ‘no one can deny science’ on climate

As for the Prince Harry's presence in Angola, the minister said that the local authorities view the visit as a driving force for demining efforts in the count...

Houthis claim to have captured three Saudi military brigades

Houthi spokesman Yahya Sarea says the three-day "large-scale" operation was launched on August 25 and showed footage purportedly of the attack , but it was not...

Riots continue in Hong Kong ahead of 70th anniversary of Communist rule

Sunday's violent protests followed what started as a peaceful gathering Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the Umbrella Movement , a pro-democracy cam...

First House Republican comes out in support of impeachment inquiry

Various Democrats have been calling to impeach Trump for different reasons ever since he took office more than two years ago. In a conference call with repo...

Dozens of French and foreign VIPs pay tribute to Chirac

World Leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, gathered on Monday in the French capital for the funeral of former President Jacques Chirac. Over the...

British PM Boris Johnson denies allegedly groping a columnist in 1999

Even if their ploy fell through, it would wreak disruption against the backdrop of the Conservative Party's ongoing annual conference in Manchester , launched ...

Deal reached for whistleblower’s testimony, House Intelligence chairman says

In addition, the president also blasted House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff for "blatant and sinister" lies and asked that Schiff be questioned ...

Fugitive who evaded police for 17 years found living in secluded cave

According to a statement released by Yongshan police on its official social media account, Mr Song escaped from a prison camp in south-western China's Sichu...

Fire strikes Saudi high-speed train station, at least five injured

There have been no reports of casualties as yet, and the possible cause of the blaze is also unknown. "16 medical teams were present at the site, and 11 peopl...

Magnitude 6.8 natural disaster detected off the coast of Chile

Despite the tremor's strength, there were no reports of injuries, impacts to basic services or damage to infrastructure, according to Chile's National Emergen...

Lavrov calls allegations about Russia’s involvement in Trump-Zelensky scandal as paranoia

On election interference, Trump told Lavrov and Kislyak he was not concerned about Russian meddling because the United States did the same in other countries,...

Boris Johnson denies making sexual advances as allegations mount

The tough talk pitching him against parliament appears to be winning over pro-Brexit voters. "While the difficulties caused by leaving without a deal will pas...

Saudi prince says war with Iran would gut world economy

The de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia then called it an act of war along with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, both of whom accused Iran, Saudi Arabia's arch...

Groping claims against PM Johnson overshadow Conservative conference

Sunday Times columnist Charlotte Edwardes says the incident took place when she worked at conservative newsmagazine The Spectator while Johnson was its edito...

Russians rally in Moscow over jailing of protesters

Protests erupted in Moscow in July after officials refused to allow a dozen independent and opposition candidates to run for the Moscow city legislature in the ...

Impeachment Poll: 55% Support Inquiry into Trump Impeachment

A senior administration official told Reuters there are some internal concerns that the White House response thus far has been limited to the lawyers when the i...

Pope slams global indifference to refugees

President Donald Trump and populist anti-immigrant politicians in Europe. We must not fail to weep. The 20-foot tall, 3.5-ton bronze sculpture was created by ...

Somalia: Jihadists Attack US Training Base

The U.S. military uses the Belidogle airstrip base to launch drones that attack al-Shabab targets and to train Somali troops. A Reuters journalist saw a serio...

Weather forecast for the coming week for Ireland

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) mentioned Lorenzo's wind field is large, increasing the chances it may impact the group of Portuguese islands about 900 mi...

Rains batter Bihar, Patna remains flooded ahead of festive season

The Uttar Pradesh government said that as many as 35 people had lost their lives since Friday in rain-related incidents. Dramatic images of the impact of floo...

Turkey says it downed unidentified drone along Syrian border

Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from the Turkish military base Incirlik which then shot down the drone. It added that it was not known who the drone be...

Turkey to uncover the truth on Khashoggi murder: Erdoğan

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said he takes full responsibility for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi , because it involved p...