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Record number of women and LGBT lawmakers elected in British vote

European Union leaders expressed fears that Mrs May's shock loss of her majority would delay the Brexit talks, due to begin on June 19, and so raise the risk...

London attack: Australia confirms death of two citizens

The Metropolitan Police confirmed the au pair, who lived and worked in London , was among the dead. Five out of the seven confirmed deaths from the attac...

Ruth Davidson has urged Theresa May to press DUP on LGBT rights

Mr Johnson said on Twitter on Saturday: " Mail on Sunday tripe - I am backing Theresa may ". "I'm afraid we ran a pretty terrible campaign", Soubry said. ...

Britain's Theresa May backtracks on announcement of DUP deal

May responded that the DUP deal "would provide stability and certainty for the United Kingdom going forward", her office said. The most senior ministers stayed ...

Oz Kiwi 'reassured' after meeting Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee

Doing so would not diminish their citizenship at home in New Zealand but would give them better rights in their adopted country, he says. "He has gone out of th...

Iran sends five planes full of supplies to Qatar amid blockade

Qatar's official overseer of charities denied on Sunday that philanthropic groups in the country backed terrorism, saying it deplored the accusation. Iran als...

SNP would back 'progressive alliance' in event of hung parliament

A choice between a future in which I ensure their voices are heard loud and clear in Westminster, and one where crucial decisions are made, behind closed doors,...

Australia to build new prison to isolate militants in counter-terrorism drive

The new facility would have space for 54 people and is hoped to be completed in 2018. More than 30 of the 45 inmates now held in Goulburn's highest-security w...

Kosovo exit poll: ex-rebels first in election

Ramush Haradinaj , left, candidate for prime minister joined by Kadri Veseli, coalition partner, claiming victory in general elections, reacts to the crowd gath...

Growing up fast, Stroll scores first points

Especially here. There's overtaking, there's some strategy, stopping early. The name Villeneuve became synonymous with the Canadian Grand Prix long before...

Activist probing Ivanka Trump's brands in China arrested: rights group

China Labour Watch is one of the highest profile rights groups working in China, examining working conditions in factories that were the backbone of China's mas...

'Top Gear' star jokes 'I'm not dead' after horror vehicle crash

The auto reportedly plummeted down the hill, flipped over, and burst into flames, with the 47-year-old former Top Gear presenter thankfully able to crawl out ...

U.S. tests missile defence system

USA military officials said an interceptor missile launched Tuesday from a California military base shot down a simulated incoming warhead as part of a US def...

Merkel assumes UK to stick with its Brexit plan

May reflects on losses suffered by her Conservative Party in Parliament. Most obviously, she sought to win a mandate for a policy on social care under which...

NYC officer shot man who chased stabbed roommate

Officials say an officer shot the attacker after he refused orders to drop the knife. According to the NYPD, police fired one shot at the 31-year-old man and ...

Jimmy Gomez wins Democratic fight for House seat in 34th District

State Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez on Tuesday defeated rival Robert Lee Ahn to claim the seat in the 34th Congressional District, which runs through downtown Los A...

Terrorists behind London Bridge attack tried to hire 7.5-tonne truck

He said: "There were three identical knives - each attacker had one of those in their hand, wrapped with some kind of leather binding". Following the terror att...

Battle for Raqqa: US-backed forces launch offensive against Islamic State stronghold

Former U.S. defense secretary Ashton Carter had urged that IS be attacked simultaneously in Raqa and Mosul , Iraq , the group's other key stronghold. He s...

Trump says Obamacare in 'death spiral,' urges Congress to act

Wray, a former assistant attorney general under former President George W. Bush. Trump is also pushing efforts to fix the nation's crumbling infrastructure wh...

Three men arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences

Thomas' girlfriend was seriously injured after being hit by the attackers' van. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the search for Thomas continued on Wednes...

Iran claims to have killed planner of Tehran terror attacks

The authorities say Iranian security forces killed the mastermind of the attacks on Saturday and that more than 50 suspects have been arrested around the countr...

Notre-Dame attacker lunges at cop with hammer in dramatic video

The nation is still under a state of emergency which is repeatedly stretched due to the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Paris attacks, Nice attack and a sequence ...

'The Grand Tour's Richard Hammond Injured In Crash While Filming Amazon Series

Hammond, who was in Switzerland filming Amazon's The Grand Tour was flown to hospital in St. Gallen after the electric supercar he was driving crashed a...

Richard Hammond awaits knee surgery, thanks Swiss doctors from hospital bed

All he said about his injuries was that his knee hurt a lot, which I'm not surprised about as it now has bolts in it and it is fractured. "I'd like to thank a...

Boris Johnson denies plot to topple UK PM

Downing Street said the outline agreement will be put to the Cabinet for discussion on Monday. And with her political capital all but spent, the Prime Ministe...

Police make new arrest in London Bridge attack probe

Three Islamist militants rammed a hired van into pedestrians on London Bridge last Saturday before going on the rampage through the bustling Borough Market ...

MS doctor lets 12-year-old deliver baby brother

According to the Facebook post, 12-year-old Jacee really wanted to attend her now-brothers birth 18 months ago but her parents felt she was too young. "I was re...

British police arrest seventh man in London Bridge attack probe

The 34-year-old said: "They were behind me so I couldn't see, one was standing basically beside me as I was huddled down in the corner". At the time of the L...

Israel calls on UN Security Council to condemn Hamas for endangering Gazans

I regret that UNRWA, to a large degree, by its very existence, perpetuates - and does not solve - the Palestinian refugee problem. "Therefore, the time has co...

Israel PM wants UN's Palestinian refugee agency closed

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) announced on Friday that on June 1, its workers discovered two Hamas terror tunnels underneath schools the or...