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Turkish army, Kurdish militia exchange fire across Syria border

The Kurdish fighters are close to the Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey, which is an insurgent group designated as a terror organization by North Atlantic Trea...

Macron team to announce candidates for June parliamentary election

As supportive of the European Union as he is, Macron has also warned he would consider pulling France out of the European Union if the bloc does not reform. M...

BC election was close, but no cigar

Clark also deflected questions about her role in the Liberal Party's loss of seats. "We have a lot in common", she said. "In the event of a tie vote, or if th...

Pentagon intelligence chief warns of Afghan gains being lost

A US watchdog estimates Taliban controls around 11 percent of districts with some 30 percent contested in battles with Afghan forces. "They have been enticing p...

Texas Lawmakers Just Passed A Bill Banning Sanctuary Cities

Officers would also be allowed to question a person's immigration status in the course of any legal detention, even for an offense as minor as jaywalking or spe...

United Nations organization: Israel is an 'occupying power'

It described Israel as the "occupying power" and accused the regime of taking measures "to alter the character and status of the holy city of Jerusalem [al-Qu...

Modi departs from Sri Lanka

Modi, while addressing thousands of Tamils at a rally in the presence of Lankan President Maithripala Srisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe , also in...

Besty DeVos booed at Bethune-Cookman University

CNN reports today's "commencement program said she was slated to speak an hour or more, but she wrapped up her remarks in about 20 minutes". On Wednesd...

Mugabe in Singapore for eye treatment, spokesman says

President Mugabe was seen sleeping in several meetings and conferences. The most recent case of Mugabe's sleeping was at the World Economic Forum meeting, w...

Pope Nixes Medjugorje Visions But Says Shrine Has Benefits

President Donald Trump over their sharp differences on subjects such as immigration and climate change when the two hold their first meeting at the Vatican late...

Nirbhaya verdict reminder to provide safe environment to women: Sonia

Rejecting the appeal of Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh, the court held that the diabolical nature of the crime - which led to mass pr...

Comey Firing Has No Impact on Russia Probe — Acting FBI Chief

Again, advantage White House. "We have a diversity of opinions about many things", McCabe said. They denied it had anything to do with the FBI investigation i...

Trump Warns Comey, Blasts Media, Asks 'When Does It End' on Russian Federation

Trump said a decision on Comey's replacement could be made as early as next week before he is scheduled to leave on May 19 for his first foreign trip as pre...

Officer charged over shooting of teenager Jordan Edwards in vehicle

Lee Merritt , an attorney for the Edwards family, told the Morning News that it was critical that Oliver be arrested on the most serious charge possible. Alth...

South Korea says North Korea launched possible ballistic missile

North Korea on Sunday test-fired a ballistic missile, the Seoul army said, the first since South Korea's new president took power. The South Korean military...

TDP suspends MLC Vakati Narayana Reddy

The CBI has filed a case under various sections of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act. The CBI alleged that the company submitted documents showing ...

Tories `leading fightback against SNP´ with major gains in local elections

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will order her Conservatives to forget last week's triumph in local elections and to renew their efforts to work "flat out" ...

Senate conservatives: Ease Obama health care law protections

Mark Sanford, R-S.C. The poll, released Thursday by Quinnipiac University, found that just 21% of American voters approve of House Republicans' bill to repeal...

Emmanuel Macron Arrives for Inauguration as French President

But the outcome of a fraught, tight, and bitterly contested election campaign was a disappointment for nearly half of France's 47 million voters. Macron wil...

Demonstrators Arrested After Staging Sit-In At State Office To Protest 'Sanctuary' Bill

Other Senate Democrats, who thought that the bill might go to a conference committee for final changes before heading to the governor, pressed Perry on the disc...

South Koreans hope to resume business at joint factory park

Even though he did not go to Pyongyang himself, Im was convicted and jailed over the trip. Mr Moon and the US President agreed "on close cooperation" to deal ...

We are closing the gap on the Tories - Corbyn on Labour's results

Despite the thumping victory, Mrs May said there was no room for complacency ahead of the June 8 general election and the negotiations that follow on Britain'...

Trump calls for a 'good shutdown' to deal with United States 'mess'

As a result, there is no funding for Trump's border wall and no reductions in funding to "sanctuary cities". But the call was beset by technical troubles, and...

Women march in Venezuela as unrest continues

Borges was also cited as saying to the Times that Washington's hands-on approach under Trump could help Venezuela overcome the "classic dictatorship" led by...

Trump calls for tougher sanctions after N. Korea missile

South Korea, Japan and the United States have condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch, which came just days after President Moon Jae In was inau...

Nigeria presidency releases names of 82 freed Chibok girls

Esther Yakubu, a woman who says one of her daughter is missing waits for news if she is among the girls released in Abuja, Nigeria , Sunday, May. In exchange...

Could Sean Spicer be the next to leave Donald Trump's team?

Trump, the president dined privately with Mr. Comey at Mr. Comey's request and asked the FBI director to tell him whether he was under investigation. The pr...

Trump threatens to cancel press briefings, says Spicer 'gets beat up'

White House spokesman Sean Spicer denied that account, insisting that the president simply "wants loyalty to this country and the rule of law". Comey told ass...

Labour thinks it can win back seats in Glasgow from SNP

Although that marked the first time that the SNP had managed to outpoll Labour in local elections , the outcome was, in truth, widely regarded as a disappointm...

The new faces of France? Macron's candidates gather in Paris

It was a potpourri of citizens, more than half of whom, like Macron , have never held elected office. Mr Macron will need a strong presence in parliament t...