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Bougainville votes for independence from Papua New Guinea

Residents were asked to choose between greater autonomy from Papua New Guinea or full independence. As the writs were signed by commissioners after the result...

Elevated fire danger adds to NSW smoke risks

Local health officials advised people to stay indoors as much as possible and those with heart and lung problems were told to avoid all outdoor activity. Tota...

Al-Shabaab claims attack on elite hotel in Mogadishu

All five are now thought to have been killed by security forces. At least three people were killed in the firefight at the hotel, which lasted about two hours...

Tremors At New Zealand Volcano Island Hinder Recovery Of Bodies

An American couple who were celebrating their honeymoon with a visit to the New Zealand volcano that erupted on Monday haven't been heard from since they last...

Stephen Colbert Celebrates Early Christmas "Present" - DOJ Report On Russia Probe

Criticizing the FBI director this morning, President Trump tweeted: "I don't know what report current Director of the FBI Christopher Wray was reading, but ...

U.S. church depicts Jesus, Mary and Joseph as refugees separated in cages

A nativity scene depicts Jesus, Mary and Joseph as refugees in cages. "What if the holy family, who were refugees when they needed to flee Nazareth to Egy...

Russian, Ukrainian presidents meet for first time to end conflict

Earlier, President Zelensky announced that Ukraine was going to raise issues of the prisoner exchange, the security in the Donbas, elections on the occupied t...

Citizenship Amendment Bill: USCIRF statement 'inaccurate and unwarranted', says Centre

This wasn't the case in 2016, when the original Citizenship Bill proposed to consider applications from refugees after a minimum stay of six years in India. "...

'Frightened, angry and exhausted': Hong Kong protesters apologise for airport violence

The uprisings began in June as a protest to an unpopular extradition bill that has since been shelved but not formally withdrawn. By Tuesday afternoon, thou...

U.S. grounds Saudi pilots, halts military training after base shooting

December 9, 2019. Saudi students are now not training in aircraft, Genualdi said, and there is no timeline on when that will resume. The memo signed by Deputy...

Protests in India over bill fast-tracking citizenship for non-Muslims

Hours after the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) suggested the Donald Trump-led government to consider imposing sanctions against Home...

Merriam-Webster's 2019 word of the year is "they"

More recently, people have been driven to investigate the meaning of "impeach", with the largest single spike following Nancy Pelosi's announcement of an impeac...

CIO endorses USMCA as 'vast improvement' over NAFTA

Pelosi is a longtime free-trader and supported the original North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA , breaking with many Democratic labor supporters wh...

Jersey City police respond to active shooter situation at bodega, officer shot

Police were searching the cemetery for evidence and have recovered the officer's vehicle and radio there. A gunman opened fire at a Jersey City cemetery Tuesd...

Albania to boycott Nobel prize awards ceremony

The Turkish ambassador to Sweden , Hakki Emre Yunt, told Turkish broadcaster Hurriyet on December 9 he would not attend the awards ceremony the next day in Sto...

China points to national security procedures for two Canadians

Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Kovrig and Spavor have not had access to lawyers and have been denied contact with their families sin...

Paris summit seeks solution to Ukraine war, Europe News & Top Stories

Meeting face to face at a four-way summit with the leaders of France and Germany in Paris, all sides also agreed to push for an "all for all" prisoner exchange ...

Finland's Marin approved as world's youngest PM

Out of the parliament's 200 members, 99 voted in favour and 70 against Ms Marin's nomination as the country's new prime minister. The government has a comfortab...

PM Johnson criticised for response to photo of sick child

His mother Sarah Williment said the lack of beds at the hospital - during its busiest week for A&E for three years - meant he had to be placed in a room, using ...

One of UK's 'most dangerous' criminals jailed for life

During a two-week cocaine and vodka-fuelled rampage, McCann abducted and raped his victims, aged 11 to 71, at knife-point in London, Watford and the North West....

Matt Gaetz: Rudy Giuliani recent trip to Ukraine 'weird'

The Post and The New York Times also previously reported that Giuliani pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in business from officials in Ukraine at the...

Former Australian PM Bob Hawke 'asked daughter to keep rape secret'

The explosive allegations came as Ms Dillon lodged a $4 million legal claim on much of her father's estate following his death in May. The legal action claimi...

Led U.N. Security Council to discuss risk of North Korean 'provocation'

Tensions between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim have broken out into the open in recent days. Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo said during a visit to Sydney that Seou...

Trump says he's Israel's best pal in White House

But Trump's words were: "We have to get the people of our country, of this country, to love Israel more; we have to get them to love Israel more". "I know you...

Military statement: Rockets hit military base near Baghdad airport, six wounded

A larger attack was reportedly planned as the forces found several launchers with rockets that were not fired properly. It is the latest in a series of rocket...

At least 4 dead in Czech hospital shooting

Czech TV reported that he was about 180 centimetres (5.9 feet) tall. Police said on Twitter they were still searching for the assailant and posted a picture o...

800,000 rally in Hong Kong to mark half a year of protests

Even though the freedom of assembly is enshrined Hong Kong's own constitution, an ordinance inherited from the colonial era mandates a letter of no objection ...

Rights groups call for Myanmar boycott ahead of Rohingya genocide trial

The Myanmar government said on November 20 that State Counsellor Suu Kyi, in her capacity of as the foreign minister, will lead the Myanmar legal team t...

Australia braces as authorities warn new fires could threaten high population areas

Situations are anticipated to worsen from Tuesday, when temperatures are forecast to prime 40 levels Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and winds are anticipated to start...

Air Force: Chile military plane disappears with 38 aboard

It said the military had declared an alert and activated search and rescue teams. "38 people are traveling", the Air Force said in a statement. Chilean Presid...