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Bangladesh summons US diplomat to protest arrest of envoy in New York

He could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted. According to the indictment, Islam brought another Bangladeshi, Ruhul Amin, to NY between 2012 and 2013 t...

PM May promotes United Kingdom minister Alok Sharma in reshuffle

Sharma, 49, is married and lives in Reading with his wife, two daughters and his dog Olly. Sharma was elected in 2010 for Reading West and has served as a mem...

Russian Opposition Leader Jailed for 30 Days after Protests

Authorities detained Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and almost 1,000 of his supporters Monday. "Under blue skies, security forces massed in ...

Iran identifies IS assailants in twin attacks

The ministry also published pictures of their corpses. It identified the men only by their first names, saying they didn't want to release their last names du...

Iran lawmakers briefed on Tehran attacks

Iran is the world's largest Shiite Muslim majority country, and thus, a prime target for Sunni jihadists like the Islamic State . Iran says it has killed t...

Britain's May Names New Cabinet, Vows to Stay on as PM

Given his chequered past regarding environmental policy (voting against moves to have the Green Investment Bank support carbon emission reduction targets and to...

President Donald Trump's travel ban dealt another blow, faces high court next

Trump has been on the losing side in all four court rulings on the March order and has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency review. "We conclud...

Ministers tipped to push PM for soft Brexit after reshuffle

In other moves David Gauke - who was the Treasury chief secretary and has always been regarded as one of the Government's strongest performers - is promoted t...

Presidency: Peace comes only through a Palestinian state

Global law views the West Bank , including East Jerusalem , as "occupied territory". Israelis claim the whole of the city as their exclusive capital while Pal...

Putin critic Navalny, eyeing power, organizes anti-graft protests

In St. Petersburg, an Associated Press reporter counted about 500 people forced onto police buses. "We are calling for all peaceful protesters swept up in the...

EU Foreign Policy Head Voices Brexit Frustration

But she underestimated the popular appeal of the opposition Labour Party's anti-austerity message. It was also an indictment of Mrs. He said the election " ha...

2 men charged in 36 deaths at Oakland artists' warehouse

The fire was one of the deadliest structure fires in more than a decade. Most of the victims were attending a party on the second floor and were unable to escap...

Tommy Sheppard withdraws from race to become SNP's new Westminster leader

Three of the party's MPs have put their name forward for the post, which became vacant when Angus Robertson lost his seat in last week's general election. She s...

Tiger Woods arrest: Police release radio clip and pictures of Mercedes

The police camera footage from Tiger Woods' arrest has been released. Woods reportedly blew a 0.0 on two breathalyzer tests , so alcohol was evidently not ...

Dennis Rodman Visits North Korea Again to Meet Kim Jong Un

Warmbier, who is 22, is due to arrive home in Cincinnati on Tuesday evening, having been evacuated through an American military base in Sapporo, Japan. He has l...

North Korea frees US prisoner Otto Warmbier 'in a coma'

His family says he is in a coma . These prisoners face a tense time in US - North Korea relations with President Donald Trump taking a tougher stance on the na...

Norway proposes ban on full-face veils in schools

Norway's minority government, a coalition of the center-right Conservatives and the populist Progress Party, said it was confident it would find opposition supp...

Australian Kirsty Boden has died

Mr Turnbull said that as a father himself, the conversation with both Kirsty Boden's and Sara Zelenak's families had been heartrending. The 28-year old Au...

Jonah Goldberg: Comey confirms Trump is still his own worst enemy

Trump added that he "would be glad" to tell Robert Mueller , the special counsel who is overseeing the FBI's investigation into Russia's election meddling an...

Trump responds to Comey's testimony, says, 'No collusion, no obstruction'

Fired FBI director James Comey's testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee about his conversations with President Donald Trump on Russian Federatio...

North Korea releases detained US student 'in coma'

It was not immediately clear whether Warmbier's release was connected to Rodman's latest trip, which he has previously described his trips as "basketball di...

North Korea releases United States citizen Otto Warmbier: Tillerson

Warmbier reportedly contracted botulism sometime after his March trial and fell into a coma after taking a sleeping pill. He was freed Tuesday. Warmbier said...

Sessions denies 'false and scurrilous allegations'

Comey testified that he decided not to report the president's request to Sessions at the time, because the attorney general was weighing his recusal from al...

Comey's dad says son 'laughs' over subject of leaking

Daniel Richman, a criminal law professor at Columbia, later confirmed to reporters that he was the person Comey was referring to in his testimony. The preside...

Warriors take 2nd National Basketball Association title in 3 years

Though the Cavaliers led 37-33 at the end of the first quarter , Golden State soon reasserted their dominance by winning the second 38-23 to lead 71-60 at ha...

American student released by North Korea is in coma

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday. Warmbier , 22, was freed more than a year after a North Korean court sentenced him to 15 years in priso...

Sessions calls notion he colluded with Russia 'detestable lie'

Sessions' determination to mount a vigorous rebuttal, after Comey's testimony before the committee last week raised questions about the administration's conduct...

Sessions to face questions on Russia, Comey in high-stakes Senate hearing

It will be the first sworn public testimony from Sessions, a longtime former senator, since he was confirmed as the nation's top law enforcement officer in Febr...

President Trump's legal team to file complaint on Comey

Whether or not Trump made the tapes is a huge deal for his presidency. Last week, Democratic Sens. Comey repeatedly called Trump a liar to which the latter ...

Hammer attack reported near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Visitors to Notre Dame Cathedral raise their hands during a security operation after a man attacked police officers with a hammer outside the cathedral in Pa...