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Turkey's Peace Spring Operation in Syria

It was Turkey's third such incursion since 2016. " Kurds in Syria . should support the Syrian army", state news agency IRNA quoted Rouhani as saying. Smoke ...

Prince Harry and Ed Sheeran team up on World Mental Health Day

The singer told the Prince: "I've actually been trying to write a song about this, to get it out to more people ", to which Harry replied: "Someone with yo...

United Airlines pushes MAX flights back to 2020

USA aviation regulators were slammed Friday for allowing design changes to Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft that have been implicated in two crashes causing the deaths...

Montgomery elects first black mayor in city's 200-year history

Reed, a judge for Montgomery County, defeated David Woods by winning about 67 percent of the vote. 45-year-old Reed, who was also the first African-American p...

Daughter of jailed British-Iranian woman returns to UK

In images which will melt hearts, little Gabriella gave her father a huge hug after landing in London, beaming with a huge smile as the pair were finally reunit...

Paradise Man Charged with Child Pornography Possession

The investigation started in August of 2018 and was conducted by the RNC/RCMP Integrated Internet Child Exploitation Unit (IICE). A number of the file names l...

South Africa’s ex-leader Zuma to face corruption charges

The charges were raised more than a decade ago, then withdrawn, then reinstated after the National Prosecuting Authority announced there were sufficient groun...

Memory card labeled ‘homicide at midtown Marriott’ leads to arrest

There are 39 images and 12 videos on the card, according to a charging document filed by the Alaska Department of Law . During a brief court hearing Wednesda...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

He worked in close cooperation with the President of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki and quickly worked out the principles of a peace agreement to end the long "no peace...

Donald Trump on diplomatic immunity row: Wrong-way driving ‘happens’

The family of the teenager who was killed in a road accident involving the wife of a USA diplomat are said to be "angry and frustrated" after meeting the Fore...

Wildfire in California: millions without power as blazes threaten state

About 126,000 customers had service restored as weather conditions improved, the company said. About 600,000 customers remain without power. "We faced a choic...

UK, Ireland leaders agree Brexit deal 'possible'

Welcome to a Friday edition of Politics live after an unexpectedly positive Brexit meeting between Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar . The two prime minister agre...

US Sanctions on Guptas, Essa over 'corruption'

The Guptas' business empire in South Africa, which included interests in technology, mining and media, started collapsing after major South African banks closed...

North Korea slams Europeans over criticism of missile test

Pyongyang declared a moratorium on intercontinental ballistic missile launches and nuclear tests at the end of 2017, saying it had completed the development of ...

Explosion sets ablaze Iranian oil tanker near Saudi port

According to the the ship tracking website Marine Traffic the tanker was heading to Suez. An explosion set ablaze an Iranian oil tanker off the Saudi port...

Hong Kong protesters clamor for release of detained activist

When asked if China was specifically trying to get Apple to eliminate the app from its store, Geng Shuang, a spokesman for the the country's foreign ministry,...

Crazed fan finds singer's home by zooming in on reflection of eyes

Sato allegedly approached her from behind and covered her mouth with a piece of cloth before dragging her to a dark corner and molesting her. Admitting he was...

Could Turkey's military moves destabilise north Syria?

Turkey says the military incursion aims to create a "safe zone and peace corridor". Turkey has long threatened an attack on the Kurdish fighters in Syria wh...

Colorado jury clears Uber driver in passenger's shooting death

Michael Hancock , 29, was cleared of the murder of Hyun Kim, 45, a father who he shot dead on a freeway in Denver , Colorado , previous year just before 3 a.m...

Washington transfers two British jihadis from Syria into USA custody

Kotey and Elsheikh had been guarded by Kurdish forces in camps in Syria but were taken into custody to avoid possible escape during the incursion by Turkey. "Th...

Passengers revolt as cruise turns into 'holiday from hell'

The ship stopped in Norway in what was described as a "deserted" town before skipping Reykjavik for an unintended stop in Greenock, Scotland. But the holiday ...

Advance polls open Friday

Four days of advance voting opens Friday in Bay of Quinte riding to cast ballots well before federal election day October 21. If you have not received your vo...

Seoul unsure if North Korea will air World Cup qualifier

A ministry statement took issue with condemnation Tuesday by the European members of the U.N. Security Council of North Korea's recent ballistic missile and oth...

Giuliani dealings with associates scrutinized as part of investigation

Prosecutors charge that the two men falsely claimed the contributions came from GEP, which was described as a liquefied natural gas business. "They have a str...

Turkey launches military operation in northern Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched an operation against Kurdish-led militias in northeastern Syria . There were no independent reports, ho...

'Jesus Shoes' filled with holy water sold out in minutes

The shoes also have the Bible verse Matthew 14:25 - the passage describing Jesus walking on water - at the side of the show along with a single blood drop to re...

Climate protesters from Extinction Rebellion scale Jacques Cartier Bridge

Those who refused were arrested, the spokesperson added. At 5 p.m. on Tuesday, the group will hand out birthday cake at Place du Canada to "celebrate" one yea...

Tsai rejects China's 'one country, two systems'

But it also threatens to backfire as Taiwan's presidential election draws closer, with U.S. and Australian concerns about China's growing footprint in the Pac...

Romania government collapses after no-confidence vote

Before the vote, opposition lawmaker Raluca Turcan denounced Dancila's "political patronage" and "lies" to ensure her government's survival. Doing so could be h...

Vladimir Putin insists Russia is complying with WADA requirements

The anti-doping agency said last month it had opened compliance proceedings against Russia's anti-doping agency after examining the vast bank of historical te...