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Quake-hit Puerto Rico to get $8.2 billion in delayed USA aid

Officials blamed the delay on political volatility in the USA territory but the President may have other reasons to hold on to the fund. After Hurricane Maria, ...

Minister Koizumi will take paternity leave

With Japan facing an ageing population and a dwindling birthrate, the government recently began promoting paternity leave. Shinjiro Koizumi, a media-savvy 3...

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar holds talks with Iranian FM Javad Zarif

Zarif said, "last few nights we've had people in the streets of Tehran demonstrating against the fact that they were lied to for a couple of days". Soleimani ...

Lawsuit: Jeffrey Epstein trafficked underage girls in the Virgin Islands

The two islands are estimated to be worth $86m. "Today the Virgin Islands is standing up on its own for justice", she said. A lawyer for the estate and its ...

Cambodia begins treason trial against opposition leader despite global outcry

A Cambodian court convened on Wednesday to begin the trial of opposition party leader Kem Sokha on charges of treason in a case that has drawn condemnation from...

Iraqi Troops Wounded in Attack on Air Base North of Baghdad

The facility has become a frequent target of attacks in the wake of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian commander. Another had destroyed two hangars that normal...

Kansas man asks Iowa judge for sword battle with ex-wife, lawyer

In the documents, Ostrom expressed a desire to meet his ex-wife and her attorney 'on the field of battle where (he) will rend their souls from their corporal...

Body of Port Clinton teen found in chimney

When they entered the second floor of the house, they found Dilly's jacket and glasses next to a brick chimney and his body caught inside. "It appears that Ha...

Malaysia Airlines stops taking deliveries of Boeing MAX 737 jets

It means the U.S. firm has lost its title as the world's biggest plane maker to European rival Airbus . The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is not ex...

Garda probe after body parts found on Dublin street Irish News Video

The scene remains sealed off this morning to preserve any evidence. Officers are believed to be checking missing person files to try to identify the remains. ...

Arrested Kashmir policeman Davinder Singh sheltered Hizbul Mujahideen militants in his home

With the Union Home Ministry likely to hand over the case to the NIA and shift him to Delhi for further interrogation, the J&K police's Special Investigation Te...

China blasts human rights report, praises current situation

The report's release comes after HRW executive director Kenneth Roth said he was denied entry to Hong Kong - with no reason given by immigration authorities. ...

Pelosi sets Wednesday vote to send Trump impeachment to US Senate

Pelosi is holding a news conference at 10 a.m. ET to announce the impeachment managers, ahead of a vote on the resolution to appoint the managers and formally s...

Prague Cancels Partnership Deal with Beijing, Signs One with Taiwanese Capital

The deal between Prague and Taipei was signed by the mayors of the two cities, Zdenek Hrib and Ko Wen-je. The Czech capital Prague branded China "unreliable" ...

Russian government and PM Medvedev resign as Putin plans constitutional changes

Thanking his long-time ally for his work, Putin asked Medvedev to continue as head of government, and asks his cabinet to keep working until a new government ha...

Trump to Take Another $7.2 Billion From the Pentagon for Border Wall

The Trump administration is planning to divert an additional $7.2 billion funds from the Department of Defence for the construction of the wall along the US-Mex...

Michael Flynn Withdraws Guilty Plea, Says Government Acted in Bad Faith

Earlier this month, the Department of Justice recommended that Sullivan sentence Flynn to up to six months in prison. "It is beyond ironic and completely ou...

US Sanctions Venezuela's New Parliament Leader, Senior Opposition Lawmakers

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday he was open to allowing United Nations and European Union observers to monitor legislative elections slated ...

Three people feared dead in Australian bushfires-authorities

The annual Australian fire season, which peaks during the Southern Hemisphere summer, started early after an unusually warm and dry winter. Huge bushfires hav...

6 tourists arrested after feces found at sacred Peru temple

Several areas of the semicircular Temple of the Sun are said to be off-limits to visitors, the AFP reported. "The six tourists are being detained and investig...

Fire smoke in Australia will go 'full circuit' around the world

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) wrote on its website that it has been tracking the movement of bushfire smoke more than 15 kilometres...

Chemical emergency alert activated in northeastern Spain after explosion

The explosion led to a fire, the regional service said. One person died as a effect of an explosion at a chemical factory in Spain's north-eastern Tarragona...

Trudeau cites US ratcheting up tensions with Iran in plane's downing

The announcement followed a surge of angry protests in Iran over the downing of the Ukraine International Airlines plane, and after Iran denied for three da...

Pelosi advances impeachment process, clearing way for Trump's trial

At stake is not how best to achieve a preordained partisan result, but how best to conduct a fair trial. "The president and the senators will be held accounta...

Plane dumps fuel on US school

Officials did not provide the name of the school, but Sky5 video showed multiple first responder units - including ambulances - at the scene of Park Avenue Ele...

Smoke from Australian wildfires will travel around the globe

In fact, by January 8, smoke from the fires had reached South America, turning skies hazy in some regions, while also causing colorful sunrises and sunsets. "As...

Rockets Hit Iraq Airbase Hosting US Forces, No Casualties Reported

The killing raised fears of a new Middle East war, but the United States, Iraq and other countries with troops at the base said no one was hurt. "Right now, thi...

Cartel assassin 'La Catrina' shot dead by cops in Mexico

It is understood she died in hospital an hour after her arrest. The last moments of La Catrina, captured on the body camera of an officer. She led a team o...

Donald Trump planning India visit in February, says official

Trump will announce a revocation of that decision during the visit. There has been no official confirmation about this from either side so far. This comes at ...

Iran vows to punish those responsible for downing Ukrainian plane

Images emerged from the previous two days of protests showing wounded people being carried and pools of blood on the ground, while the sound of gunfire could ...