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Elizabeth Warren: I assume Joe Biden would honor a subpoena

Over the weekend in Iowa, in the midst of one of the most critical periods of campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Biden was forced to repea...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. 'is not an advanced society'

She revealed on Twitter that she was "nervous' ahead of the event, as she does not regularly speak the language despite having a Puerto Rican mother". However, ...

Firefighters battle bushfires around Melbourne

Extreme fire weather threatens local residents as blazes intensify, Australia-based ABC News reported. An evacuation alert was put in place for the Bundoora fir...

Florida grandmother tased by deputies on 70th birthday

Pinkney says several sheriff's deputies knocked on the door - loudly - and insisted on serving an arrest warrant to her grandson, Tevin Turner . In the video...

Ways to celebrate New Year's Eve in and around Edmonton - Edmonton

The museum will open at 9 a.m. December 31, 30 minutes earlier than normal. In addition to the ball drop, the Noon Year's Eve celebration will feature craft a...

GOP senator said she's 'disturbed' by McConnell impeachment remark

After nearly three years of floating allegations, they have finally let their hatred of Trump overcome their judgment and voted for a pair of impeachment arti...

Iran blasts France for ‘interference’ over jailed academic

In Tehran on Saturday, foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said "Iran will not submit to political games and propaganda" in response to "certain reports" i...

Uddhav expands M'rashtra Cabinet; Ajit Pawar back as Deputy CM

Aditya Thackeray is Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's son and the first member of the Thackeray clan to have contested and entered the Assembly. Ajit Pawar ,...

Death sentence: Saudi sentences Yemeni to death over Spanish theatre stabbing

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been leading an Arab military coalition against Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen for more than four years in support of the exiled in...

Scott Morrison insists Sydney fireworks will go ahead

New South Wales Rural Fire Services Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said 85 fires were still burning across the state with nearly half of them not contained. En...

Cyprus court finds British woman guilty of false rape claim

The judge delayed sentencing until Jan 7. Papathanasiou said that the defendant admitted to investigators under questioning that she had lied and apologized. ...

Police Identified Suspect in Mass Stabbing at Rabbi’s Home

Public defender Kristine Ciganek argued her client had no criminal history and lived with his mother. The rabbi said Jewish communities as a whole have done w...

Civil rights leader John Lewis has stage 4 pancreatic cancer

On a previous Sunday, Lewis said in a statement that he had recently heard from doctors that he needed treatment after it was found to have stage IV pancrea...

New York Hanukkah stabbings suspect faces attempted murder charges

In Israel, President Reuven Rivlin expressed his "shock and outrage" at the attack . The Simon Wiesenthal Center said it wants the Federal Bureau of Investigat...

Pair of avalanches kill 4 skiers in the Italian Alps

The woman, aged 35, was the mother of one of the girls, according to reports in Italian media. Emergency services at the scene after an avalanche in Val Sen...

Search for cruise ship jumper halted

A statement from the Norwegian Cruise Line said CCTV footage and witness statements confirmed the man deliberately jumped overboard while the vessel was sailing...

UN condemns human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya

While neither the rulings of the International Court of Justice nor the resolutions of the UN General Assembly have any binding effect, they are seen as refle...

Trump faces blowback for outing alleged whistleblower online

The whistleblower's report ultimately led to an inquiry in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives which culminated in Trump's impeachment on December ...

People leave parts of Australia's Victoria state as fire conditions worsen

In a public address, State Emergency Management Commissioner, Andrew Crisp, stated that both vacationers and residents living in the East Gippsland region to le...

Somalia responds to Mogadishu terror attack

A national-level response committee was established Saturday to help the injured and offer support to those who lost family members in the attack, Somalia's Pri...

Iconic Sydney Fireworks Display Could Be Cancelled Because Of Australian Bushfires

The fireworks event is expected to generate $130million for the NSW economy. Over 85 wildfires are still burning across New South Wales, with conditions expec...

Australia: Thirsty koala stops cyclist to drink water amid heatwave

Koalas are native to Australia and are one of the country's most beloved animals, but they've been under threat due to a loss of habitat. Australia's Federal ...

Man dies after Christmas Eve mugging. His attackers got $1

One of them hits Fresnada with a metal garbage can, the video shows. They fled with $1, police said. Fresnada was taken to Lincoln Hospital in a critical bu...

Priyanka Gandhi allegedly manhandled by UP Police, writes to CRPF IG

As the other vehicles of the fleet were moving on the scheduled route, the vehicle of Priyanka Gandhi instead moving on the scheduled route (from 1090 crossin...

Three people shot at church in Texas

One person was reportedly found dead at the scene while another died on the way to the hospital. A third person in critical condition is being treated at a hosp...

Deaths of two men found in Kent lane 'not suspicious'

Tributes to the pair poured in online following news of their deaths. Kent Police said they were called to Dibden Lane, Sevenoaks , on Saturday morning aft...

Freezing rain for Sudbury area Sunday afternoon, Monday morning, followed by snow

Snow, ice pellets and risk of freezing rain expected. A significant mix of wintry precipitation is expected over much of Northern Ontario today into Monday, i...

Ukraine, Russia-Backed Separatists Hold Prisoner Swap

A convoy with prisoners, whom the Ukrainian side is expected to exchange for its citizens, has also left a pretrial detention center in the town of Bakhmut. In ...

FBI investigating Jeffrey Epstein gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell

They say a principal focus of the FBI's investigation is Maxwell , a longtime associate of Epstein, and other "people who facilitated" Epstein's allegedly ille...

Spotify pauses 2020 political ads over inability to "validate and review"

The suspension will apply to both political advertisements as well as Spotify exclusive and original podcasts. Facebook, Google, Snapchat and Reddit, on the...