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Egypt's el-Sisi says Haftar backs Libya ceasefire

On Thursday, the Government of National Accord said it had retaken the whole of Greater Tripoli, finally beating off an offensive Haftar's forces launched in ...

Trump has reportedly ordered thousands of United States troops out of Germany

The move would reduce U.S. troops numbers in Germany to 25,000 from the 34,500 now there. The Wall Street Journal first reported the expected drawdown. As...

Joe Biden blasts Trump for walking into church holding bible — George Floyd

It's clear that hackers are already trying to interfere with the next presidential election. Trump, surrounded by his aides on Monday, held up the Bible in ...

GOP Senator Rand Paul Seeks Changes To Emmett Till Antilynching Act

And all the sudden, things we didn't meant to happen. "I don't think it's a good idea to conflate someone who has an altercation, where they had minor bruises...

Biden clinches Democratic nomination for 2020 race against Trump

Biden has been ahead of Trump in most polls since the former vice president declared his candidacy in April 2019. The former vice president became the par...

Czechs Expel Russian Diplomats Over Poison Plot Hoax

An alleged Russian plot to murder mayors in Prague is false, according to the Czech Republic's prime minister. The Czech government has chose to expel two emp...

B.C. woman fatally shot by police in New Brunswick

Chantel Moore was killed early Thursday morning when police arrived at her home in response to a request to check on her well-being. There is no standardized ...

Different type of school to open in August

The Seattle school district says it will soon decide how the next school year will operate given the current coronavirus pandemic. Students' grades were fro...

First US air strikes on Taliban since ceasefire

Sonny Leggett tweeted Friday that an overnight strike targeted 25 armed Taliban fighters who were "executing a coordinated attack" on an Afghan forces checkpo...

Minneapolis to ban chokehold after Floyd's death

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, a Democrat who in April proposed increasing law enforcement funding, this week reversed course and said he would seek some $150...

European Commission wants borders open by end of June

Currently, only healthcare workers and researchers from non-EU countries can travel to the EU. But delays in opening some individual national frontiers meant ...

Ohio National Guardsman Suspended For 'White Supremacist' Ideology

The governor added that the Ohio National Guard and state's Department of Public Safety fully cooperating with the federal agency in its investigation into the ...

Amidst standoff, China appoints new commander for troops overseeing India border

The positive approach came at a diplomatic dialogue through video conference between Naveen Srivastava, joint secretary (East Asia) in the external affairs mini...

Bolsonaro says Brazil may withdraw from WHO

The number of coronavirus deaths in Brazil blew past Italy's toll on Thursday, while Mexico reported a record number of new cases, as regional leaders i...

7 dead in Alabama shooting

Investigators said a dog at the house was also found dead, the station reported. Mike Swafford, public information officer of the Morgan County Sheriff's Off...

George Floyd: Reddit co-founder quits board and asks for black replacement

Ohanian previously supported the Black-owned, San Francisco-based hair parlor Naza Beauty run by Natanya Montgomery. Ohanian and Huffman resumed full time lea...

D.C. Mayor requests Trump to remove federal law enforcement, military presence

Shops and offices in D.C. and nearby areas were hit by nighttime vandalism and looting after peaceful demonstrations last weekend, prompting Bowser to impose a ...

Mudslide in Arctic Norway sweeps houses into the sea

Local man Jan Egil Bakkeby recalled hearing a bang in the cabin where he and his wife Grethe Pedersen had stayed overnight. Nobody was hurt when the houses, nea...

French forces kill al Qaeda's North Africa chief in Mali, ministry says

French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly confirmed on Friday that France and its military partners had killed Abdelmalek Droukdal, the North African h...

Senate Republican Murkowski Struggles With Whether To Back Trump

But comments this week show he might not have the full support of military leaders. She didn't say this explicitly, but that line hinted at a truth that general...

Cyclist confronts, attacks BLM supporters putting up fliers in Md

In a video shot by one of the activists, the cyclist can be seen getting in the face of one young woman, while the man filming shouts, "Hey, leave her alone...

Lifting Of Covid-19 Restrictions Brought Forward As Revised Roadmap Announced

Phase four beginning on 20 July will then be the final phase, as phase five has been scrapped, the Taoiseach said. However, that rule has now been relaxed to ...

Citing COVID-19, Australia seeks to bar George Floyd protests

But Morrison said people should reconsider their planned action due to the threat of spreading coronavirus . "It is self-evident that the social distancing m...

Former MI6 chief says coronavirus started 'as an accident' in China

Stating that the findings in the report would lead to China paying "reparations" to the rest of the world due to the havoc caused by the virus, Dearlove said:...

Trump orders U.S. troop reduction in Germany

A second senior administration official said the 9,500 troops would be sent elsewhere, some to Poland, some to other allied countries, while some would return h...

Ivanka Trump slams Biden for saying only Fauci should speak about coronavirus

Biden, the previous vice chairman and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, mentioned in an interview with TMJ4 that "we'd be higher off if the only part...

Three new cases of COVID-19 reported in Boone County

Dauphin is now over 1,400 cases and two new deaths at 87. Yesterday, the department reported 511 new cases. Closer to home in the Mount Rogers Health District...

California cop fatally shoots suspected looter after mistaking hammer for gun

The Vallejo Police Department said: "The officer who discharged his weapon has been placed on routine, paid administrative leave". My condolences to his family;...

Mexico reports new one-day high of 1092 coronavirus deaths

Despite starting a gradual return to normal activities this week, Mexico recorded the most Coronavirus fatalities in one day. Wednesday's report was an emba...

COVID-19: India records highest single-day spike of 9,304 cases

Meanwhile, at least seven states and union territories independently recorded their biggest spikes. In its morning update, the Union Health Ministry said th...