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Russian President Vladimir Putin Still Uses Windows XP

The default Windows XP desktop is an iconic part of computing history... or the present for Putin. Later, the head of Russia's Internet Protection Society c...

Maguindanao massacre: Philippine Supreme Court to deliver verdict

The judge in a Manila court found top members of the Ampatuan family accused of masterminding an attack on a rival election candidate's convoy guilty of killing...

Donald Trump congratulated Boris Johnson on election win in phone call

The official said that Johnson's Conservative party promised that Brexit would be delivered by 31 January, and that the government would instead be focused on t...

Justice Ginsburg Says Trump ‘Is Not a Lawyer’

The Supreme Court Justice said: "Well if a judge said that, a judge would be disqualified from sitting on the case". Ginsburg participated in a Q&A with BB...

Corbyn guilty of 'preening narcissism', says former Labour MP Mary Creagh

Emily Anne Thornberry has served in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Foreign Secretary since 2016, and Shadow First Secretary of State since 2017. Wit...

Trump team weighs ambassador pick for Ukraine

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee at the Capitol in Washington on November 1...

Conservative critics launch super PAC to defeat Trump

John Kasich adviser John Weaver; former New Hampshire GOP chair Jennifer Horn; veteran Republican operative Rick Wilson; and George Conway - the conserv...

NY Judge Dismisses State-level Manafort Prosecution On Double Jeopardy Grounds

Manafort still faces unrelated state charges in NY. Coincidentally, it was scheduled for the same day that the U.S. House of Representatives was poised to imp...

Amnesty raises Iran protest death toll to 304

Only five fatalities verified because of the authorities The NGO claims this has collected "the trying testimonies of witnesses" suggesting that "the Iranian au...

Burglars nab jewellery worth $64 million from British model Tamara Ecclestone

On Friday, Ecclestone and her husband had 66 million jewellery stolen by their sprawling London house in the town's billionaire's row. Within the apartment, t...

US House votes on impeaching Trump

Republican-introduced motions to adjourn the impeachment proceedings and another condemning the actions of Democratic committee leaders are defeated along par...

Australian man cooks pork roast in auto during heatwave

Throughout the day, Pengelly used a thermometer to monitor the temperature inside the vehicle. He posted the results of his "science experiment" to his Faceb...

Giuliani associate got $1 million from indicted Ukrainian

Firtash ..." The government submitted this information in an attempt to revoke the Ukrainian-Floridian businessman's bail ahead of trial. A Ukrainian oligarch...

Wales weather: Wind and weather warnings issued

It's going to turn less cold and more unsettled this week as a low-pressure system moves across the United Kingdom, bringing spells of wet and windy weather to ...

Man due in court over serious assault on woman in Arklow

There a man was arrested and taken to the hospital where he was treated for injuries sustained during the crash. 32-year-old Daniel Murtagh from Clondalkin, C...

Dead After Apparent Tornado in Louisiana

Forecasters said an area of northeastern Louisiana and southwestern MS - where about 1 million people live - had a moderate chance of unsafe weather . A seve...

Police searching for second suspect in NY stabbing

We are absolutely troubled by the fact that our client was questioned and interrogated by police without an attorney present. An NYPD detective testified that...

Vladimir Putin Still Uses The Obsolete 'Windows XP' In His Office

According to The Guardian , the photos show that Putin uses Windows XP in his Kremlin office and Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside of Moscow. Why is Putin...

New Zealand scaling down search after eruption

The eruption happened on New Zealand's White Isle - also known as Whakaari - leaving 16 confirmed dead, with 17 still in hospital . Based on tidal patterns, th...

Imran Khan gives KL Summit a miss

The Malaysian PM's Office clarified that the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 was not meant to create a new bloc to replace the OIC. Prime Minister Imran Khan has r...

Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Will Be Completed Despite US Sanctions

The 745-mile-long twin pipeline will carry up to 55 billion cubic metres (1.942 trillion cubic feet) of gas per year from Russia to Germany, passing through the...

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Greek Royal Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years

Nevertheless, they had been disturbed during the period of their use over several generations - unlike another Mycenaean grave found nearby in 2015 that yielded...

Nora Quorin's parents believe there was a 'criminal element' in her death

Nora Quoirin's body was found just over a mile away from Dusun resort where the Quoirin's were staying on holiday. Having gone through some of their hardest m...

Why an Indian citizenship bill is prompting protests

The government says it will protect people from persecution, but critics say it is part of a "Hindu nationalist" agenda to marginalise India's Muslims. Police...

Trump, Johnson hope for 'ambitious free trade agreement' between U.S. and UK

Will they also make it to Davos next month? The UK's newly elected Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has banned his ministers from attending the Davos world lead...

UN Security Council to meet on J&K issue today at China’s request

The UN spokesman said he was aware of the situation but did not have anything new to report. French diplomatic sources said Kashmir will not be discussed in...

Brexit: Boris Johnson's plan would finish European Union exit by end of 2020

However, if the UK doesn't seal a deal by the end of the transition period, then the UK-EU trade relationship will default to World Trade Organization (WTO) ter...

Christmas trees spell big business for U.S. tree farms

At this time of year, Christmas trees are top of mind, a focus of the family room and, according to those who make a living with a saw, a bail of twine and a ...

China's First Domestically-Produced Aircraft Carrier Commissionned into Service

State broadcaster China Central Television gave the event prominent coverage but carried little of Xi's remarks, perhaps out of deference to the US and Asian ne...

UK PM vows to work 'flat out', outlaw Brexit transition past 2020

Any duty-free, quota-free deal would need to be accompanied with guarantees of a level playing field in areas such as state aid and competition, environmental a...