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Putin and President Trump

Macron, a centrist advocate of open borders, has repeatedly invoked the war in recent weeks to hammer home his message that rising nationalism is again dest...

Austria Accuses Colonel of Spying for Russia for Decades

Kurz told a press conference on Friday that the colonel , now retired, is suspected to have worked with the Russian intelligence since the 1990s and until this...

Rescue workers find bodies after fire ravages California town

Thousand Oaks was already reeling from a shooting at a country music bar that killed a dozen people this week. Officials hope numerous elderly on the list sim...

Conjoined twins ready for separation surgery

Surgeons in Australia Friday began a complex operation to separate 15-month-old Bhutanese conjoined twins Nima and Dawa Pelden. Melbourne Royal Children's...

Pelosi: Whitaker appointment "does violence to the Constitution"

Whitaker himself stayed out of the public debate Friday. And he said the attorney general could kill the investigation by starving it of funding. Trump sa...

One dead in stabbing rampage in Melbourne

He is in jail awaiting trial. One of the victims also died and the two others were admitted to hospital. Hundreds of people watched from behind barricades as po...

Florida Declares Recount for Governor's and US Senate Races

The county must present the unofficial vote total by noon on Saturday. Trump said about that race : "Mayor Gillum conceded on Election Day and now Broward Co...

Australia revamps Pacific strategy to reach out to countries as China looms

Although sparsely populated, Pacific island nations have resource-rich ocean zones. Australian public broadcaster ABC News said centerpiece of the new Austral...

UK's ex-Brexit Secretary pours cold water on May's deal

And the DUP leader said her party could not support Theresa May's current position. "The first option is the one the Government is proposing: an agreement...

Yemen president sacks defence and army chiefs amid Hodeida offensive

Saudi Arabia , in a statement released by its embassy in Washington on Friday (local time), said it had made a decision to request an end to United States aer...

Trump cancels WW1 memorial at cemetery in France due to rain

Macron's dinner was attended by heads of states, governments and worldwide institutions and their spouses who came to the French capital to join in events mark...

Navy Veteran Killed In Thousand Oaks Shooting Had Survived Las Vegas Shooting

Much like his experience in Las Vegas , shots rang out while he and his friends enjoyed a special night devoted to country music fans. He declined to engage on...

Northern Irish Kingmakers Tell PM May: Don't Betray the UK

Without DUP support for a deal, May will have much less chance of getting her deal through parliament. She spoke out after "frank" exchanges with Cabinet Offi...

Sri Lankan prez Maithripala Sirisena dissolves parliament, snap polls on Jan 5

A government minister speaking on condition of anonymity, said the official notification dissolving parliament took effect from midnight Friday. The crisis st...

Bourke Street attack: Melbourne trolley hero says ‘I just went action mode’

The video also shows another individual, dubbed "trolley man", quickly barging in with a trolley directly hitting the attacker and stalling him to buy the polic...

Russian Federation brings together Afghan officials, Taliban in talks

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, second left, speaks as he attends a conference on Afghanistan bringing together representatives of the Afghan authoritie...

5 people found dead in vehicles torched by fire

The Woolsey blaze shut down 101 Freeway after causing the evacuations of 75,000 homes in parts of Thousands Oaks in northwest Los Angeles , the site of a shoot...

China fault lines on display as top officials meet

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned US President Donald Trump to respect its choices, ahead of the two world leaders meeting at the G20 summit in Argent...

Same Old Story: Smog, Haze Back in Delhi After Diwali

Hours after Diwali celebrations, a thick haze enveloped Delhi-NCR as the air quality Thursday morning plunged to "hazardous" - Anand Vihar and areas around Majo...

No remains left of Khashoggi's 'dissolved' body

They killed you and chopped up your body, depriving me and your family of conducting your funeral prayer and burying you in Madinah as wished. It is not yet c...

California wildfires force hundreds of thousands to evacuate, claim lives

The LA County Sheriff's Office said it was receiving "many emergent phone calls" from people who "need our help to evacuate" and urged motorists in the area t...

Trump slams Macron for ‘insulting’ plan to build up Europe’s military

He wasted no time mixing it up with his host, tweeting as he arrived in France that President Emmanuel Macron had made an "insulting" proposal to build up E...

Explosive Northern California Wildfire Is Consuming 32 Hectares Of Land A Minute

Not a single resident of Paradise - population 27,000 - could be seen anywhere in town Friday, the day after a lot of them fled the burning Northern Californi...

Norway warship Helge Ingstad 'warned' before collision

The ship, which had recently taken part in the vast Trident Juncture NATO military drill in Norway , is "strongly listing", Stensoenes told a news conferen...

Rick Scott's lawyer 'fully expecting' recount in Florida Senate race

Florida has made a disturbing return to the election spotlight 18 years after the drama that launched George W Bush's presidency, as the state braces for race ...

US abruptly postpones top-level N Korea talks

Pompeo said in an interview with CBS Sunday that he expects to make "some real progress " when he meets with his counterpart, including on the potential summi...

Tight Florida Senate Race in Turmoil With Late Votes and Lawsuit

The lawsuit , filed Thursday, lists the Democratic Executive Committee as a plaintiff with Nelson and Florida Secretary Ken Detzner as a defendant. She orde...

Legislation to Protect Robert Mueller Still Not on Senate Agenda, McConnell Says

Trump said a permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date. In a CNN op-ed , Whitaker called for limiting the scope of Mueller's investigation. Hi...

Fly Jamaica flight to Toronto crash lands at airport in Guyana

An emergency inflatable slide had been deployed from one of the front doors. The same source also reported that a total of six people were hurt in the crash, ...

Fire Breaks Out In Ventura County Near Thousand Oaks

Massive wildfires are tearing through parts of California , destroying hundreds buildings and forcing thousands of people from their homes. The L.A. Just 1...

Protesters Across US Warn Trump Against Derailing Mueller Probe

Dozens of people gathered Thursday evening on the steps of the State House to protest the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Session and express their suppo...

Imelda Marcos disqualified from holding office after corruption conviction

Imelda Marcos, its chief said Friday. She was acquitted on a further three counts of graft. As well as being first lady, she was the minister of human settlem...

Michelle Obama Reveals IVF, Marriage Counseling

She goes on. "What if someone with an unstable mind loaded a gun and drove to Washington? ". Michelle Obama wrote. " Donald Trump , with his loud and reckles...

California shooting: Ex-Marine hero kills 12 in bar

The fire broke out to the northeast of Thousand Oaks, a suburb 40 miles (64 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, on Thursday afternoon, forcing mandatory evac...

North Carolina Active Shooter School Was A "Faulty Water Heater"

WRAL reports there was a heavy law enforcement presence at the school, which is located at 245 N. Saint Johns Church Road in Hampstead, when the reports of an ...