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Warring parties in Yemen agree to meet in Sweden — UN envoy

The UAE minister of state for foreign affairs, Anwar Gargash, also publicly announced his support for early peace talks on Wednesday. Rahbi said he believes t...

Abrams preparing new challenge in Georgia race — APNewsBreak

Operating "as though the secretary of state's taxpayer-funded office [was] an arm of the campaign", as Abrams' campaign manager, Lauren Groh-Wargo, told NPR...

Iran executes 'Sultan of Coins' convicted of hoarding

Iran executed two men accused of hoarding gold coins to manipulate the market price on Wednesday. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamene...

Trump has finished written answers to questions from Mueller

The president did not say Friday when he would turn his answers over to Mueller. "I'm sure they're tricked up", Trump said. "Folks are preparing for the worst...

Michelle Obama says un-first lady-like things for Jimmy Kimmel

Kimmel asked Obama to share which celebrity she texted with most often, to which Obama initially demurred, noting that she doesn't "text and tell". Kimmel: ...

Ohio Family Charged With ‘Execution-Style’ Murder Of Another Family

Prosecutors say they spent four months planning the killings of the Rhoden family in Pike County, rural OH, on April 22, 2016 . Four suspects have been accused...

White House must return CNN reporter Acosta's press pass, judge rules

Acosta attempted to ask another question about special counsel Robert Mueller's Russian Federation investigation and initially declined to give up a hand-held m...

Reason for Melania Trump's Clash With White House Aide Revealed

Ricardel blocked some of his picks for Pentagon positions because they included former Obama administration officials who she felt were not strict Republican lo...

China says talks with USA on trade battle have resumed

China hit back with tariffs on $110 billion in United States goods. "They are not close to a favourable deal on trade". A US Treasury team discussed trade w...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange charged in USA, papers show

Dwyer later wrote that the charges would "need to remain sealed until Assange is arrested". The Wall Street Journal reported earlier on Thursday that Justic...

A humbler Zuckerberg acknowledges Facebook’s struggle with the "ugliness of humanity"

Zuckerberg told reporters on a call Thursday that "The basic approach is if you're not happy after your appeal, then you can appeal to this board or higher body...

Macron's anti-nationalist talk is not all about Trump

More broadly, Macron's response and his initial provocation of Trump by denouncing nationalism show that the French leader realizes that politics is about much ...

Northern California Wildfire: 63 Dead; Number of Missing People Hits 631

The revised official roster of 630 individuals whose whereabouts and fate remained unknown is more than double the 297 listed earlier in the day by the Butte Co...

Canada to Myanmar: Ensure safety for returning Rohingyas

Bangladesh authorities have said they've worked with the United Nations refugee agency to compile lists of people willing to return to Myanmar . He said t...

Monkey Snatches, Kills Baby in Agra, India

The baby died of his injuries at a local hospital. The animal was said to have ran into the house and grabbed the baby by his neck. Ajay Kaushal, the police...

The US is ready to a cold war with China - Penny

The Chinese side should drastically change its policy on the world stage, if they want to avoid the cold war with the United States, said during an interview wi...

Intense preventing flares up in Yemen's Hodeidah

Aid groups have warned a full-scale assault on Hodeidah, which handles 80 percent of the country's food imports and aid supplies, could trigger a starvation. ...

Trump attacks Mueller as more indictments reportedly loom

They won't even look at all of the bad acts and crimes on the other side. Whitaker's appointment following the firing of Jeff Sessions last week has been slam...

Authorities step up efforts to find the dead

The largest inferno - the so-called " Camp Fire " in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains north of Sacramento - has destroyed 6,700 homes, business an...

Couple who crowdfunded $400,000 for homeless man accused of scam

Mark D'Amico, Kate McClure, both of Florence, and the homeless man, Johnny Bobbitt, will face charges including conspiracy and theft by deception. The couple ...

Merkel Says Contemplated Whether to Seek Re-Election as Chancellor Back in 2016

Macron's demands. "The times when we could rely on others has passed", she said. Asked about their statements on Wednesday, the chief spokesperson for the E...

Rights Group Calls for Halt to Rohingya Repatriation

BBC Bangla reported that UNHCR representatives spoke to 50 families on the repatriation list to be confirmed that they were returning on own volition. Banglades...

Port still running in Yemen's Hodeida after air strikes

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the destruction of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah , a vital lifeline for millions of starving civili...

Pence says U.S. committed to Indo-Pacific, not seeking control

The US has long expressed alarm about Beijing boosting its clout in the South China Sea , but mostly limited its reaction to verbal reproach. He would hold a b...

Pakistan respects Aasia Bibi’s legal rights, Qureshi tells Canadian counterpart

The multi-day protests, organized by the hard-line Islamist political party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan , or TLP, subsided only after the government agreed to p...

Turkey says Saudi explanation of Khashoggi murder 'insufficient'

Prosecutors said the highest-level official incriminated in connection with the killing is former deputy intelligence chief Ahmed al-Assiri, who was sacked as p...

Ottawa talking with Pakistan about bringing acquitted woman to Canada

The charge also carries the death penalty and critics say the controversial blasphemy law is abused to settle religious scores. Ms Bibi and her family have al...

Michelle Obama begins arena tour in talk with Oprah

On November 11, the 54-year-old appeared on ABC News special with Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts , where she opened up on feeling "lost and alone"...

Raging infernos spread on both ends of California, killing 9 people

The Santa Ana winds, which blow out of the Sierra Nevadas and toward the western coastline, are building into howling gales that dry the vegetation and the soil...

Michael Avenatti arrested on suspicion of domestic violence: LAPD

The police department said the investigation was still ongoing and additional details would be released later. TMZ reported that Avenatti followed his wif...

Women tweeting #ThisIsNotConsent after underwear used as evidence in rape trial

She said: "You have to look at the way she was dressed". In her closing argument to the jury, the defendant's lawyer, Elizabeth O'Connell, told jurors they sh...

Melbourne cafe owner identified as victim of Bourke Street terror attack

Especially the first responders and police that put themselves in harm's way to protect others - your bravery and heroism is a representation of the strength an...

Turkey withdraws from Libya summit in Italy: vice president

But expectations were limited, with Hiftar's camp making clear that he wasn't participating in the conference itself but rather meeting with leaders of neighb...

Multiple people injured in shootout at Californian bar

One of the victims , Ventura County Sgt. Ron Helus , was fatally shot when he entered the bar and tried to stop the rampaging gunman, Dean said. According to...

More Than 200 Still Missing In California's Deadliest Wildfire

One man, Ed Gleason, didn't evacuate, and his house was one was of the few still standing today. The damage and human impact has been staggering, especially d...