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Joshua Wong disqualified from local HK elections

Hong Kong Free Press, an online news service, called for the release of a freelance photographer arrested on Sunday after she had asked to see a police office...

IMF congratulates Argentina's new leader

Fernandez, a 60-year-old law professor, had 48 percent of the votes - easily crossing the threshold for outright victory - after 99 percent of the votes had bee...

Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Says Pilots Put Cameras In The Bathroom

Now, the airline denies there was ever a camera at all. In addition to that claim, the lawsuit says the pilots violated airline protocol and 'disembarked, l...

Man accused of Capital Gazette killings admits guilt

Phil Davis and Rachael Pacella, reporters who survived the 2018 shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper , speak outside Anne Arundel County Circuit Court in ...

Trump says Islamic State leader’s likely successor killed by U.S

On Sunday , news surfaced that the Islamic State's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed in a raid by U.S. Special Forces in Syria . A source has to...

Brexit coin to be recycled amid further delay

A spokesperson for The Royal Mint, which makes and distributes coins in the United Kingdom, said the coins would be melted down but said it had no further infor...

Netanyahu Accuses Iran Of Preparing Precision Missiles To Strike Israel

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday the United States would increase economic pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, making the pledge during...

Woman missing for days is found after spelling out 'SOS' with rocks

Her family reported her missing to the San Francisco Police Department when she failed to show for her nursing shift on Friday. A massive search ensued, resul...

Biden calls Trump an 'idiot' for dismissing Russian election interference

O'Donnell seemed to pick up Biden's claim that the Trump campaign was running ads that are "lies", and didn't push back on Biden's claim that the president is "...

U.S. House recognizes Armenian genocide in rebuke to Turkey

A similar sanctions bill was introduced in the Senate, but no vote has been taken. Multiple requests to the Turkish Embassy for comment went unanswered. Many co...

Sadako Ogata, first female United Nations refugee chief, dies at 92

Mrs. Ogata became High Commissioner shortly after the Cold War came to an end, triggering profound changes in the global political landscape and uprooting tens ...

Trumps host their third White House Halloween

The encounter took place during this year's White House Halloween celebration, the Trumps' third time hosting the annual pumpkin-decorated festivities. Guests c...

German funeral ends on a high after hash cake accidentally served

Authorities later determined that the drug-laced cake was brought in by a restaurant employee in charge of baked goods, who asked her 18-year-old daughter to ma...

USA senators grill Boeing CEO over plane involved in two crashes

Other senators seized on internal messages and emails from 2016 by a senior Boeing test pilot, who reported "egregious" problems while testing MCAS on a fli...

Reaction to federal judge’s decision to block Alabama’s abortion law

The ban, which Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey had signed into law in May, would have gone into effect on November 15. Both sides reacted with similar passion on Tues...

Queensland shark attack: Two British men injured at tourist spot

Tracey Eastwick, manager of operations for Queensland Ambulance Service, said the shark attacked one of the backpackers before turning its attention on the othe...

Govt providing best medical facilities to Nawaz Sharif: Imran Khan

First, we can grant permanent bail to Nawaz Sharif . He later received a seven-year jail sentence. A large number of party workers gathered outside the hospi...

Lebanese keep up protests despite emergency measures

Roads were blocked for a fifth day across the country. "If we give the government another chance we would be insane". "We have today taken steps to fight ...

India raises Pakistan's airspace denial to Modi with United Nations agency

Organisers say 300 speakers from over 30 countries, including American officials and heads of global banks and major sovereign wealth funds, are attending the t...

'We Are Considering it':' US Could release Baghdadi Stunt Movie

But some on social media initially doubted the context of the White House's photo, which bears a similarity to a now-famous image during the 2011 raid on ...

In Chicago, Trump calls the city an embarrassment to the US

She then belittled Trump for his mocking attacks on Chicago's Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson , who boycotted Trump's speech because he said the presid...

'Serious failings' in response to Grenfell fire

London's Grenfell Tower fire was the worst residential blaze in the United Kingdom since the Second World War, claiming 72 lives. Inquiry chairman Sir Martin...

Army Veteran Says Attacks by Trump Allies on Vindman are 'Disgusting'

In explosive prepared testimony , Vindman said he personally listened to Trump pressure Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in a July 25 phone call. "Sondland...

'Phase one' of US-China trade deal 'ahead of schedule'

Trump has said he hopes to sign the deal with China's President Xi Jinping next month at a summit in Chile. Both sides have said discussions will go on co...

Gardai assist in search for brothers wanted in relation to lorry deaths

Maurice Robinson, who is from Northern Ireland, appeared in court via video link on Monday and is charged with 39 counts of manslaughter , conspiracy to traf...

Former British soldier breaks record for climbing world's 14 highest peaks

Twenty-three days later he was standing atop Broad Peak, his fifth and final mountain of the second phase. Purja climbed another two peaks in Nepal - Cho Oyu ...

Plane crashes into a house in New Jersey and bursts into flames

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said a Cessna 414A crashed into the home. No one was home at the house that took the brunt of the crash and no injur...

Britain appears headed toward December election as opposition backs early poll

Parliament had rejected her divorce deal with the bloc three times, and the European Union had delayed Britain's scheduled March 29 departure - first to April...

Vietnam police will come to United Kingdom for truck death investigation

British authorities charged the 25-year-old truck driver with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. The brief hearing came on the same...

Administration Extends Temporary Protected Status To Many Salvadorans In US

As per reports, there were over 263,000 TPS beneficiaries from El Salvador until October 2018. They could be extended for a second year, through January 2022,...