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Pro-Haftar Forces Regain Control Over Checkpoint West of Tripoli

The order to his Libya National Army posted in an audio recording online came as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the North African country and iss...

New Australian law targets social media firms over extremist postings

The bill was drafted in response to the horrific shooting at two mosques in Christchurch , during which the shooter live streamed his attack and white suprem...

Merkel and Varadkar to meet ahead of EU Brexit summit

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Dublin this afternoon to meet Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. It comes just days after Leo Varadkar held discussions wi...

"That Lady Is Wonderful": Dalai Lama On New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern

She went on to say that she tried to tell her children who Ms Ardern was but they cared more about her forgetting the purse. Helen Burness , the woman's frie...

MIT halts collaborations with Chinese tech firms Huawei, ZTE

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology said it's severing its relationship with Chinese smartphone makers Huawei and ZTE due to federal investigations ...

'Coward': Victim's family lashes out after accused gunman's court appearance

Fifty people were killed and dozens wounded as they attended Friday prayers by a lone gunman armed with semi-automatic weapons. Tarrant, who was charged with ...

Man falls to his death at Grand Canyon

Park rangers responded to a call shortly before noon Wednesday that someone had fallen over the rim. Rescuers were alerted by a bystander and the man's body w...

Juan Guaidó at risk of arrest after he loses immunity

Vice President Mike Pence called on President Nicolas Maduro to instantly release six American oil executives who've been jailed for at least a year without tri...

Komodo Island Is Closing To Tourists Because People Keep Stealing Dragons

Animal and wildlife lovers planning to visit Indonesia's famed Komodo island to hang out with the largest lizards on Earth will have to re-think their trave...

Theresa May Asks for Brexit Deadline Extension Until June 30

Several of May's ministers have warned that a long extension will be the only thing on offer. An earlier British request for a delay until June 30 was rejecte...

British parliament says no to more indicative votes

Three quarters of BPF members voted "no" to the concept of a no deal Brexit. Pro-Brexit lawmakers think it keeps Britain too closely tied to European Union rule...

Joe Biden makes jokes during first appearance since complaints about behavior

When asked by co-host Sandra Smith if the accusations should disqualify Biden from running Trump left that up to Democratic voters. "I think he's only a threat ...

Man who said he was Timmothy Pitzen in OH jail

The boy was last seen with his mother, who pulled him out of school in Aurora , Illinois , a far-west suburb of Chicago, took him on a trip to a zoo and a wat...

Shooter dead, 1 person wounded in shooting at naval station in Virginia

In a news conference, Capt. Chad Vincelette, spokesman for NAS Oceana, said the shooting happened outside Hangar 145, the location of Strike Force Fighter Squad...

Michael Cohen Has A Ploy To Reduce His Prison Sentence

Cohen's testimony, both public and private, has contributed substantially, with documents and other evidence, to triggering additional areas for investigation b...

Iowa Sen. Grassley: Trump's Wind Turbine Comments 'Idiotic'

Trump, at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual spring dinner Tuesday night, said noise from wind turbines causes cancer . 'If you have ...

US Finds No Pakistani F-16 Missing

Foreign Policy said in a report published on Thursday two USA defence officials with direct knowledge of the matter said US personnel had done a count of Pa...

Congress votes to withdraw USA support from Saudi-led Yemen war

Since the Senate already passed their version of the measure, it will now go to President Donald Trump's desk, where he could issue the second veto of his presi...

Mormon Church Says Children Of Same-Sex Couples Can Be Baptized

It was unknown if church leaders will speak more about the changes during the two-day conference, where church leaders give speeches about spirituality and some...

Israel buries remains of soldier recovered by Russian forces in Syria

The disappearance of Baumel has long troubled Israel. Over the years, there had been unverified reports that Baumel and two other soldiers who went missing at S...

Trump to meet China's chief trade negotiator

After their meeting, Trump told Xi, "I want to thank you again - you're a very special man - for your gracious hospitality". 'It's got a very, very good chanc...

Cats able to recognise their own names, study shows

What the researchers discovered was that while some of the animals did indeed seem to respond to their name while ignoring other repeated words, it wasn't a u...

"Not Concerned": Donald Trump After Chinese Woman Arrested At His Resort

They said the incident, in their words, "raises very serious questions regarding security vulnerabilities at Mar-a-Lago, which foreign intelligence services hav...

More talks planned between Government and Labour to break Brexit impasse

Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson, a leading advocate for a referendum, told Peston: "I don't think our party would forgive us if we were to sign off on a Tory Br...

Wikileaks founder Assange 'to be expelled' from Ecuador embassy

WikiLeaks responded by calling Mr Moreno's accusations "bogus", and that it had only reported on the corruption accusations after Ecuador's own legislators i...

Ethiopian Airlines crash report reveals what pilots did before accident

According to the Washington Post, preliminary reports show that the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) was activated in the two flights,...

Two former cabinet members kicked out of Liberal caucus

But within his Liberal Party, they were seen as untrustworthy backstabbers who kept the firestorm alive for weeks with new morsels of information feasted upon b...

Najib’s SRC trial: Prosecution will prove their case - AG

Ten years ago this Wednesday, Najib became Malaysia's sixth prime minister but anger over the 1MDB scandal led to his spectacular electoral loss last May....

Senate Republicans go "nuclear" to speed Trump confirmations

Democrats countered that Trump, in conjunction with McConnell, has jammed the Senate with a set of historically unqualified nominees and broke with traditions o...

Trump to Meet China's Liu in Sign Trade Talks Reach Final Stages

Mr. Trump could also announce the date of a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping to finalize the details of an agreement. With southern border facilitie...

Local Turkish polls: Vote recounts continue in Istanbul

Turkey's Supreme Election Council (YSK) decided early Wednesday that some votes will be reassessed in seven districts of Istanbul following weekend local electi...

Donald Trump Still Doesn't Know Where His Dad Was Born

The incorrect remarks by the President came while he was hosting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on Tuesday. There are fibs...

Pilots followed Boeing guidelines before Ethiopia crash

The official account, drawn from the black box flight recorders, confirmed earlier indications that flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max , was affected by the same fau...

New Zealand police say accused mosque shooter to face 50 murder charges

Police added that other charges "are still under consideration ". Australian Brenton Tarrant was previously charged with one murder as a holding measur...

Sterling snaps 3-day rising streak on Brexit delay woes

In an effort to dislodge the parliamentary "logjam", Theresa May has entered into Brexit talks with Jeremy Corbyn . On Monday, climate change protesters stri...