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Oslo police shoot 'armed man who stole ambulance and drove at crowds'

The woman and her baby were taken to a hospital. Footage showed an ambulance driving in the Torshov neighbourhood of Oslo while several gunshots rang out. "We...

A conversation with Shel: What happened last night in Dallas?

The all-time annual record for the state is 145, which was set in 1999. No serious injuries are reported after a tornado hits a heavily-populated area in T...

Former President Jimmy Carter suffers another fall at his Ga

This video accompanied another article on Jimmy Carter earlier this month. This is the third time Carter has fallen in recent months. While getting ready f...

Ban on Sharm el-Sheikh flights from the United Kingdom lifted

Egyptian officials have since admitted the airport fell well short of worldwide security standards. The Department for Transport announced that it has ended t...

Wisconsin school guard not mad over firing, credits support

A livestream of the walkout that showed what appeared to be at least a few dozen students milling around on sidewalks. Anderson, who did not immediately res...

Driver survives after logs smash through his vehicle windscreen

Photos by the Whitfield County Fire Department show logs rammed through the front of the Nissan Xterra to the rear hatch from the October 11 accident in Cohut...

BA airhostess suspended after drunk boyfriend's Singapore brawl

Natalie Flindall, the flight stewardess of a British Airways flight that was flying from Sydney to London , is now under investigation for bringing her partner...

US, China trade deal doesn't have to be signed in November: Ross

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told reporters that the administration's target is still to finish phase one by the time the Asia-Pacific Economic C...

8 dead in Chile mass riots over metro price hike

The fare increase sparked major protests that included rioting that caused millions of dollars in damage to burned buses and vandalised subway stops, office b...

Obama Administration ignored warnings about Hunter Biden’s business in Ukraine

Biden has said that he never spoke with his son about his dealings with Ukraine and has said that he only learned of his position on the Burisma board when he r...

United Kingdom reviews diplomatic immunity rules after crash involving U.S. diplomat's wife

And the Foreign Secretary said of Mr Dunn's family: "We will continue to fight for justice for them". But Mr Dunn's parents said the Commons statement had onl...

Honk Kong Police Fire Water Cannon at Mosque

Protesters had said they would not target the mosque in Sunday's march after a leading pro-democracy leader was brutally attacked by masked men last week that t...

Boeing shares slide on internal survey 'pressure' concerns

Congress as they continue their investigations", the company said in a statement . Boeing said it informed the FAA about its decision to expand MCAS to low...

AOC Endorses Bernie Sanders in New York City

As has been well-documented , Ocasio-Cortez painted herself as the "girl from the Bronx" during her ascension to political prominence. Ocasio-Cortez defended...

Letwin amendment approved, GBP/USD negative, crunch Brexit vote due on Tuesday

The DUP supported the Letwin amendment, two days after they rejected Boris Johnson's new Brexit deal. The meaningful vote will likely take place this week, yet ...

Fire rages in Auckland SkyCity Convention Centre

There are unconfirmed reports that a worker went to lunch, leaving a blowtorch machine on. He says there are no injuries at present and is not sure what cause...

Palisades Fire in Los Angeles burns more than 30 acres, threatens homes

Even without wind, embers floating into the neighborhood from the flames below set off at least one fire in shrubs separating a pair of homes, and firefighters ...

Michelle Obama shows off abs in 'self-care Sunday' post

In the shot, Obama, clad in a black sports bra, leggings, sneakers, and a baseball cap, holds a medicine ball above her head mid-lunge. She admitted that it doe...

Commons Speaker rejects Government bid for Brexit 'meaningful vote'

According to convention, the Government can not ask MPs the same question again unless there is a substantive change - a precedent previously used by Mr Bercow ...

Bolivia's Evo Morales leads vote, but appears headed for runoff

He said his coalition had scored "an unquestionable triumph", and called on others parties to join him for a "definitive triumph" in the second round. "Morales'...

Mulvaney getting second-guessed on defense of Trump

Trump dismissed concerns that he was trying to get free publicity for his resort. Trump said the Democrats are "vicious and they stick together". Romney was t...

Woman accused of killing daughter after portraying her as terminally ill

The station reports the Make-A-Wish Foundation and DaVita Inc., a Denver-based dialysis company, helped Olivia dress up as "Bat Princess" to save the Disney...

Facebook ramps up election security efforts ahead of 2020

Facebook, Twitter and YouTube all recently came under scrutiny after showing ads from Chinese state-controlled media that criticized Hong Kong protesters. "So t...

Iran rejects Turkey's establishing of military posts in Syria

Meanwhile, Esper said the U.S.is using overhead surveillance to try and monitor the cease-fire - or "pause" - it brokered between Turkish and Kurdish forces "as...

Election for Canadian prime minister: Will Trudeau survive the blackface scandal?

Outside polling stations, Canadians told AFP they'd wished for a more positive campaign focused on issues. Elections Canada did not immediately confirm these re...

Iran says ready to settle tensions with Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister has said his country is convinced Iran was behind the attack on Aramco's oil facilities in September and the region an "Iran Pro...

Trump blames Democrats, media for relocation of G7

Yet, when Mulvaney was informing the press last week at the White House, he said that Trump knew he'd get some heat for the announcement. When asked whether h...

Australian papers go black to protest against media restrictions

Monday's edition of the Herald Sun , part of the News Corp Australia Network, asked, "When government keeps the truth from you, what are they covering up?" ...

Led summit opens in Bahrain to address 'Iran threat'

The maritime workshop being held in Manama stems from a Middle East conference held in Warsaw in February that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the ...

Trump drops plan to host G7 summit at his resort

Mulvaney said Sunday that Trump was "honestly surprised at the level of pushback" on his choice of Doral. Trump, while initially blocking the aid to Ukrain...