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Dozens Injured At Party In South Carolina When Floor Collapses

It appears as many as 30 people were injured and taken to the hospital for various injuries. Police tape surrounds an apartment complex after a floor collapse...

Taiwanese Passenger Train Derailment Kills at Least 17

Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the derailment. All eight carriages on the Puyuma Express train in Taiwan were derailed and five ...

Africa’s youngest billionaire returns home unharmed after release by kidnappers

Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji . It did not give details about the October 11 abduction or what led to his release but thanked police for working for his...

Italy's PM defiant on budget, denies coalition rift

The head of one of Italy's two ruling parties says the government won't fall over a dispute on the budget draft, which would offer a tax amnesty to Italians w...

Video shows suspects in Saudi writer's disappearance

Trump, questioned by reporters at the White House, said, "If it turns out to be as bad as it might be, there are certainly other ways of handling this situation...

Prince Harry flies solo on tour after pregnant Meghan steps back

The pregnant Duchess of Sussex has been urged to pace herself by her husband after a late night watching the Invictus Games opening ceremony, royal sources ...

Massive protests in London demand second Brexit vote

Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union on March 29, but negotiations have been plagued by disagreements, particularly over the issue of the border bet...

US, China compete to lure ASEAN members

Defense Ministers from left to right, Brunei's Second Minister, Brunei, Halbi Nin Haji Mohd Yusof, Cambodia's Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh, Indonesia's General ...

Julian Assange sues Ecuador for better asylum terms

Julian Assange has launched a case against the Ecuadorian government for alleged "violation of fundamental rights", the latest episode in an escalating row bet...

Storm causes Invictus Opening Ceremony to be delayed

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are now on a 16-day royal tour that includes stops in Australia , Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand . Prince Harry arrived in...

Trump Place condo drops 'Trump'

Residents in another New York City tower have voted to remove the Trump name from their building in a sign that the Republican president's brand is losing some ...

No royal role for Meghan's baby

British royals Harry and Meghan kicked off their shoes and donned tropical garlands Friday as they hit Sydney's famed Bondi beach for the latest stop on the...

Dozens Feared Dead As Train Plows Through Crowd Of Revelers In India

REUTERS/Adnan Abidi Family members cry after seeing the body of their relative after a commuter train traveling at high speed ran through a crowd of people on t...

Amnesty urges United Nations investigation, independent autopsy in Khashoggi death

King Salman issued an order to remove Saud al-Qahtani, an adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to the state-run Ikhbariya television. He said ...

Moon to Push Pope Over N.Korea

Pope Francis also is planning to visit Japan early next year. A meeting with Pope Francis would be the latest in a string of major diplomatic meetings for Kim...

John Kelly, John Bolton engage in shouting match outside Oval Office

The White House chief of staff and the national security adviser got into a profanity-laced argument about immigration outside the Oval Office early Thursda...

Australian government at risk of losing majority in crucial by-election

A jubilant Dr Phelps danced with supporters before delivering her victory speech. Mr Sharma's assessment was positively upbeat compared with the doomsday pred...

63 fetus remains removed from Perry Funeral Home in Detroit

Inspectors for the State of Michigan's Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau said in a statement that they had found "heinous conditions and ...

Thousands turn out for anti-Brexit protest in London

The negotiations so far have been "full of incompetence by the British government", said one protester, Julie Sirvent, 35, a French national who works in oil an...

San Jose Diocese Releases Names Of Priests Accused Of Sexual Abuse

In other words, that it covered the crimes up. The dioceses of Philadelphia , Pittsburgh, Erie, Allentown, Harrisburg and Greensburg all issued statements sa...

Auto accidents up in Colorado, other states with legalized recreational marijuana

The IIHS ran a similar study that looked at police-reported crashes between 2012 and 2016 in Colorado, Oregon and Washington, and it found that the three stat...

Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi died in consulate, Trump says Saudi explanation credible

The overnight announcement in Saudi State media also said a royal court adviser close to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was sacked along with three le...

White House calls for justice in Khashoggi case, lawmakers criticise Saudi statement

Businesses pulled out of an investment conference due to be held in Saudi Arabia next week, and US President Donald Trump came under pressure to issue an uneq...

Meghan reveals what her first job was - and you'd never guess it!

The gathering is part of a weekly session known as Fluoro Friday, organised by local surf group and mental health awareness non-profit OneWave , according to ...

Greek Leader Takes Over as Foreign Minister, Too

Kotzias was unhappy following an argument with Defense Minister Panos Kammenos at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Kathimerini reported on its website, without...

Trump makes migrant caravan key battleground in midterms

It was at that time that President Trump deployed National Guard troops along the border and threatened to rip up the North American Free Trade Agreement, or ...

Mexico seeks assistance from United Nations for migrant caravan

Hundreds of federal police in riot gear fanned out on the worldwide bridge in Suchiate, on the Mexican-Guatemalan border, as the caravan of several thousand H...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Turkey

In a statement, Bachelet welcomed the investigators being given access to the consulate, despite a two-week delay, and called on authorities of both countries t...

Bolton and Kelly exchange profanities outside Oval Office over immigration policy

She then slammed Democrats, accusing them of failing to address the issue and pushing an open borders agenda. Bolton and Nielsen had a good conversation after...

Russian woman charged for conspiracy to interfere in USA elections

Elena Khusyaynova , 44, was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States. The case appears to be an outgrowth of a larger case filed by Special Counse...

Death toll in Crimean college attack rises to 18

Russia's Investigative Committee named the shooter as 18-year-old Vladislav Roslyakov, a student at the college. More than 300 people were killed. Soon after ...

Facebook Hires Anti-Brexit Former U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg

It is thought that the 51-year-old - who lost his Sheffield Hallam seat in 2017 - was wooed by assurances from Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg that h...

Israel Supreme Court sides with American student facing deportation

Lara Alqasem's lawyers say that under Thursday's ruling, she will be released from detention immediately and allowed to study at Hebrew University, where she ha...

U.S. stays cautious over Khashoggi as new killing claims emerge

Turkish officials gave CNN passport scans of seven Saudi men believed to be involved in the incident, including Tubaigy. "I think we have to find out what h...

Advice: Saudis in trouble but United States should tread carefully

Erdogan and Cavusoglu used their face time with Pompeo today to renew demands that the United States axe its partnership with the YPG "terrorists" and to ous...