Worldwide

5 things you didn’t know about leap day, from Google Search

MORE NEWS THIS CATEGORIES

House Democrats have no good alternative to Pelosi

The response from some is that it better be. While some House Democrats are blaming House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for their party's loss in a ...

It's Bring Your Dog to Work Day today…are you taking part?

Thousands of people across the United Kingdom will bring their four-legged friends into their workplaces today. Established in 1999 , Take Your Dog to Work D...

Trump questions Obama's response to 'election meddling by Russian Federation

As Time reports, they're also looking into whether the Trump associates used data from hacked voter databases during the campaign. Complacency may have also...

Saudi Arabia sights moon, declares Sunday Eid-el-Fitr Day

Officials at the Islamic Education Unit in the Ashanti Region are calling on parents not to allow their wards to stay home after the official Eid al-Fitr holi...

China, US agree on aim of 'complete, irreversible' Korean denuclearization

The United States and China agreed to tighten sanctions on North Korea by banning companies of the two countries from doing business with UN-blacklisted North K...

Dennis Rodman Takes Credit For Otto Warmbier's Release

Two months later, he was found guilty of committing "hostile acts" against the North Korean regime and sentenced to 15 years' hard labor in a trial that reporte...

Donald Trump has revealed all about those cryptic James Comey 'tapes' tweets

CNN's article titled: "Special Counsel #Robert Mueller meets with House Russia investigators" reported that the Senate Intel Committee was not pursuing a ca...

Trump wishes Muslims 'warm greetings' for Idul Fitri

Similarly, Ghana will celebrate Eid for 3 days (June 24 to June 26) and Pakistan will celebrate Eid al-Fitr for 3 days as well (from June 26 to June 28). Canb...

How the GOP health care bills help the rich

Mitch McConnell , the Senate majority leader, is expected to bring the healthcare bill to a vote next week. She's set to appear on ABC's "This Week" on Sun...

Democrats and the losing politics of contempt

As usual, the Dems put up a stiff for its candidate, one Jon Ossoff , who didn't even live in the district. "They had a debate, and each got to ask one que...

Senate Republican health care bill is 'inhumane,' local leaders say

The bill's rolling back of Medicaid expansion was key point of contention for Heller and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval. The S&P 500 healthcare index .SPXHC dip...

Friends, family to farewell Otto Warmbier

He will be buried on June 22 in his home state of Ohio. Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in March 2016 for stealing a propaganda poster from...

West Virginia: Cindy's remnants raise flood threat

In southwest Louisiana, not far from where Cindy came ashore before dawn Thursday, motorists in trucks were driving through knee-high water in the streets of Ca...

Qatar says Saudi-led ultimatum unreasonable

Complying would bring Qatar's policies in line with the regional vision of Saudi Arabia, the Middle East's biggest economy and gatekeeper of Qatar's only land b...

Russian Federation belittles American president's U-turn on Cuba

Boozman said he agreed with Trump pushing for democratic reforms in Cuba , but called restoring the restrictions the "wrong approach". Trump challenged...

Lewandowski: 'No White House shake-up coming'

The announcement came as a surprise to many, especially considering that for nearly the entirety of the Trump administration , there have been grumblings that ...

World's Ugliest Dog crowned

As she was awarded her first-place prize - $1500, a trophy and a trip to NY for media appearances - Martha appeared unmoved, rolling over to let her volumin...

Jordan condemns failed terror attack against Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia

He was killed while the blast wounded six foreigners and five members of security forces, according to the Interior Ministry's statement. Saudi officials said t...

Release of Castile slaying video shocks, angers many anew

Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter and other charges stemming from the shooting by a Minnesota jury on Friday. - The shooting happened quickly . Prosecutor...

Presidential polls: Kovind gets 25000-vote boost as Shiv Sena backs NDA

The Shiv Sena leadership is to meet sometime later today to weigh its options but as its half-a-century's history has revealed, it is the chief, earlier the lat...

Martha crowned 2017 'World's Ugliest Dog' at Sonoma-Marin Fair

The title for the World's Ugliest Dog in 2017 went to a Neapolitan Mastiff on Friday. Martha underwent surgery to improve her eyesight, and now, she's th...

Turkish ministers to visit Qatar amid diplomatic row

The crisis has put Turkey in a delicate position as Ankara regards Qatar as its chief ally in the Gulf but is also keen to maintain its improving relation...

United States may send more troops to Afghanistan in fight against 'surging' Taliban

There are presently just under 10,000 USA service members in the Asian nation. During the wide-ranging hearing, Mattis sought congressional approval to shutte...

Puerto Rico, set to become US' 51st State?

On the other hand, independence and free association received 1.5% of the vote, while the current territorial status gained just 1.3%. About 97 percent of t...

Mali official says at least 2 dead in attack

Mali has been in a state of emergency nearly continuously since the attack against a five-star hotel in the capital on November 20th, 2015, which left 22 peop...

Flint airport attack: New details emerge about suspect

Neville was attacked Wednesday morning in a public area of Bishop International Airport. The man accused of stabbing a police officer at a MI airport was de...

More than 100 dead in Pakistan after oil tanker explodes

Punjab government spokesman Salman Sufi said that at least 120 people had been killed and 130 others injured in the explosion. "Authorities say most of the b...

UAE says US, European guarantees needed to solve Gulf crisis

Qatar will hand over its response to Kuwait, which is mediating the crisis , the Qatar News Agency said, citing a statement by the ministry of foreign affai...

Ed Gillespie Appears To Eke Out Win In Virginia's Republican Gubernatorial Primary

Stewart, an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump , has made preserving Confederate history a top priority, along with immigration, saying he wants any pe...

Trump wishes Muslims 'warm greetings' for Eid

It is, therefore, an official holiday in all Muslim-majority countries across the world. President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of greetings to Niger...