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Rising US Shale Prompts Banks To Cut Oil Price Forecasts, Again

Brent was down 0.4 per cent to $52.20 a barrel at the time of writing. Gold edged lower on Monday, failing to gain support from a weaker United States dolla...

Civil and Human Rights Coalition: Justice Department Continues to Undermine Voting Rights

Ohio's system for removing inactive voters from the rolls does not violate the National Voter Registration Act , the Justice Department said Monday. "After t...

War on ISIS: US Considers Airstrikes Against Militants in the Philippines

Rex Tillerson , the U.S. secretary of state, met President Duterte at a regional forum in Manila yesterday. The U.S. could be thinking about conducting airstr...

Ryanair pipe bomb passenger found guilty

Muhammad, of Tinline Street, Bury, told the court he had not seen the device before it was discovered in his bag and it had "nothing at all" to do with him. The...

Tillerson visits Thailand and Malaysia

Tillerson's top priority has been urging Southeast Asian countries to do more to cut funding streams for North Korea . The companies are using Bangkok as a...

Israeli archaeologists think they found lost Roman city of Julias

First century Roman historian Flavius Josephus wrote that Julias was built around 30 AD on the ruins of Bethsaid, a fishing village where Peter was born accordi...

'That's my hood dude': Goat won't get off USA policeman's vehicle

An officer responded to a call of a loose pony over the weekend when a goat took a liking to his patrol auto, KOCO reported . But as soon as the officer begi...

Duterte wants North Korea to be Asean's dialogue partner

The Asean foreign ministers, in a joint statement on Saturday, slammed North Korea for its intercontinental ballistic missile tests that may put at risk the pea...

Iranian Drone Buzzes US Navy Fighter Jet During Carrier Landing

A U.S. Navy fighter jet was forced to take evasive action after an Iranian drone came far too close to the plane on Tuesday. The official described the encoun...

Australian Navy ship finds USA military aircraft that crashed off Queensland coast

The Osprey , which belonged to VMM-265, crashed after launching from the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard in a routine operation, officials have said...

Let foreigners vote in local elections?

The Baltimore Sun reports that College Park is now considering allowing undocumented illegals to vote in local elections (" Amid immigration battles, College Pa...

Boy, 3, found dead in Florida day care van

The child is "preschool-aged", officials said. A Florida day care van driver will face criminal charges after a child was found dead inside the vehicle at t...

Arsenal winger Walcott promises different season for the Gunners

He started on the bench on Sunday but replaced captain Per Mertesacker , after he suffered a head injury, and impressed with his strength and aggression. "It i...

Saudi-led coalition denies attack on Yemeni civilians

Malki said the coalition was coordinating with its allies in Yemen's internationally recognised government to investigate the incident and accused their foes in...

North Korea vows to make USA 'pay dearly' for new United Nations sanctions

It has also promised to keep up the development of its nuclear forces. At the end of July, North Korea test-fired an improved intercontinental ballistic mis...

Turkey agrees to German lawmaker visit to troops, says Berlin

Under the proposal, NATO Deputy Secretary-General Rose Gottemoeller can take up to seven members of the German parliamentary defense committee with her on a tri...

Danny Tarkanian to seek US Senate seat held by Dean Heller

With rumors of Republican's growing upset with Heller's opposition to President Trump's policies, it comes as no surprise that Tarkanian will placate towards th...

The US Could Be Considering Airstrikes Against ISIS In The Philippines

If the plan is approved, the report said, "the US military would be able to conduct strikes against ISIS targets in the Philippines that could be a threat to ...

The Military Can Now Shoot Down Drones Getting Too Close To Installations

This will apply to both private and consumer drones that are deemed to be a threat, which we guess makes sense. The Military Times highlighted one issue bou...

Trump Calls for International Toughness, Decisiveness on North Korea

President Trump on this day is a fan of anonymous sources. . As president, Trump can declassify information as he sees fit, and he tweeted on Monday his diss...

Newlywed couple dies just hours after getting married

Bouma and Wesson married on Friday. The pair first met on a mission trip to South Africa in February of this year. According to the Sedgwick County Sheriff'...

Jordan's King Abdullah To Visit Ramallah

The Jordanian king told Abbas that Trump was committed to achieving peace between Palestinians and Israelis. King Abdullah announced he will donate $1.4 m...

Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist killed in Pulwama encounter

Police said that Army's 44 RR patrolling party was sacked upon by militants at Drabgam. The slain terrorist has been identified as Umar and one AK 47 rifle wa...

Almost 200 migrants storm Spanish border post, Red Cross says

Pictures show the migrants celebrating by dancing, raising their hands in joy and one man kneeling on the floor. Ceuta's Red Cross tweeted that four migrant...

Trump praises North Korea sanctions 'after many years of failure'

Bush were viewed as successful at this stage of their presidency by most Americans (56% for Bush, 51% for Obama)". When respondents who identified as Republ...

John Oliver trashes 'revolting' Stephen Miller: 'Vitamin D-deficient Minion'

He then segues through a reference to the original Planet of the Apes movie - with its ruined Statue of Liberty - and ends with a clip of the statue screaming f...

Constable Couple, Who Faked 2016 Mount Everest Feat, Sacked From Police Force

The couple had been suspended from Pune police in November past year. The two recently claimed, in a news conference, that senior police officers were targeting...

Police Appeal For Calm Following Trouble Across Belfast

The trouble began in the Stewart Street area on Monday afternoon. The trouble in the Divis area of the Lower Falls Road centred on the Ross Road area. "Both c...

PCB not willing to play U-19 Asia Cup in India

But with Pakistan at the helm of affairs in the ACC, you can always expect the unexpected but let's hope that good sense prevails and the tournament goes ahead ...

Militant group Jamaat-ud-Dawa launches new party in Pakistan

He told reporters in Islamabad that his party will work to make Pakistan "a real Islamic and welfare state" and that it is ready to cooperate with like-minded p...