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South Korean leader to meet Donald Trump to resolve nuclear impasse

The US claimed that Pyongyang had demanded sanctions were "lifted in their entirety", which it was unwilling to do. Mr. Trump described his relationship with ...

Saudi Arabia hails U.S. terror blacklisting of Iran Guard

This is the first time the U.S. has designated a foreign military unit as a terrorist outfit. These include ground forces, naval and air forces, as well as inte...

Uganda makes arrests in kidnap of American tourist and her guide

The two are said to have been released on Sunday April 7. Police had said the kidnappers used Endicott's mobile telephone to demand a ransom of $500,000 (445,...

Libs say lawsuit threat needed to stop Scheer's 'misinformation' on SNC-Lavalin

Philpott confirmed to the House of Commons that the party didn't work in accordance to the legislated procedures for expelling a member of parliament from a cau...

Israel’s Netanyahu set to win record 5th term as PM

Benjamin Netanyahu is set to form another governing coalition and enjoy his fifth spell as Israel's prime minister after voters gave his Likud party the parlia...

Japan extends sanctions on Pyongyang for 2 years

A Chinese city has opened a new border crossing with North Korea fitted with radiation detectors. The China-DPRK Jian-Manpo highway connection is for passenge...

China, EU welcome progress in 5G cooperation

Diplomats reached an eleventh-hour accord on a draft communique after China made concessions on wording about industrial subsidies that removed a European veto ...

Doctor shot dead treating victims of battle for Tripoli

The fighting in and around Tripoli comes after the United Nations chief left the troubled country on Friday "with a heavy heart", following meetings with Comm...

Julian Assange being spied on in Ecuadorean embassy

The founder of WikiLeaks has been the target of a protracted spying operation from inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London , where he has been holed up since 2...

US President Donald Trump laments European Union toughness on Britain after Brexit delay

However, as European Council chief Donald Tusk stipulated earlier this month, as well as Tuesday night in a formal letter on the eve of the summit, he is pu...

Sudan state TV says army to make 'important statement soon'

The army and security services deployed troops around the defence ministry and on major roads and bridges in Khartoum as thousands of people flocked to an anti-...

European Union gives May till October for Brexit, seeking clarity

Mr Cash, who represents Stone in Staffordshire, has made the legal action threat in a letter sent to European Council President Donald Tusk today. So we mus...

Polling begins for first phase of Lok Sabha elections

Voting is taking place in all parliamentary constituencies of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Andaman and Ni...

Leaders of Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Movement Convicted

For 79 days in late 2014, Hong Kong democracy activists camped out in front of government headquarters and blocked major thoroughfares, staging the most signi...

China to join FAA's review panel on Boeing's 737 MAX

Still, Boeing is ahead of its European rival Airbus, which last week said it had won 62 gross orders during the first three months of 2019 but some 120 cancella...

New York Couple Missing in Dominican Republic Assumed Dead

The Dominican Republic's National Police confirmed that Ravenelle, 32 and Moore, 43, checked out of their hotel on the evening of March 26 and were set to take ...

European Union leaders agree to Brexit extension: Tusk

However, European Council president Donald Tusk has suggested EU leaders grant the United Kingdom a longer extension to Brexit than Mrs May has requested. M...

Man inspired by Islamic State planned truck attack near Washington D.C.

They allege that Henry, who claimed to be inspired by the ISIS terrorist organization, stole a U-Haul van with the intention of using it as a weapon against ped...

One of Japan's F-35s Has Gone Missing

Some of the parts belonging to a missing Japanese F-35 stealth fighter jet that crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a training flight have been recovered, t...

Trump says he won't deliver tax returns to Congress

Of course, most tax attorneys don't represent presidents or people running for the White House. Democrats want six years of Trumps' returns - which he has r...

Khashoggi family denies settlement with Saudi govt

The family of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi denied being in talks to reach a settlement out of court with Saudi authorities Wednesday, following reports t...

25-year-old Long Island Marine also killed in Afghanistan explosion

The wounded were evacuated and are receiving medical care, the statement said. Slutman was a father of three and a firefighter who had received the Fire Chief...

Barr: I need to explore spying on the Trump campaign

Barr also said, in response to questions by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), that the redacted version of the Mueller report that Congress would see would be the same ...

Powerful late-season storm to bring snow to Mid-Michigan

A late season winter storm will arrive in Utah this week, according to the U.S. National Weather Service in Salt Lake City. The last bomb cyclone storm re...

British Mother Detained In Dubai After Calling Ex-Husband's Wife A 'Horse'

Shahravesh and her husband were married for 18 years. Shortly after, in 2016, according to Detained in Dubai, she opened Facebook to see he had remarried an...

Netanyahu Wakes Up to Victory After Most of Israel's Votes Counted

A third poll showed the opposite, with Blue and White holding a one-seat advantage. Though Likud were unable to best Blue and White, Netanyahu's wider right...

Five killed in protests against Sudan’s president

Footage posted online showed thousands of protesters, mostly young people, marching toward the military's headquarters in the capital city of Khartoum demandi...

Venezuela's Maduro calls on Mexico, Bolivia, Uruguay, Caribbean countries to resume dialogue

He added that any country or company facilitating repression of Venezuelan people would be accountable. A regional expert said, "Cuba's foreign ministry is ra...

Redacted Mueller report set for release 'within a week'

Yesterday, Attorney General William Barr appeared before the House Appropriations Committee to talk about the DOJ budget, but that was more of an afterthought...

New Zealand official calls Facebook 'morally bankrupt'

Edwards made his comments after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg recently rejected calls to introduce a delay in his livestreaming service Facebook ...

London rolls out strict vehicle emission charges

All vehicles except from black cabs are liable for the ULEZ charge, unless they meet the emission standards required to avoid it. Sadiq Khan told LBC that t...

Taiwan abuzz with tale of live bees feeding on woman's eye

According to the Guardian , doctors at the Fooyin University Hospital in Taiwan were horrified after seeing the bees and described it as a "world's first". M...

Tusk suggests Brexit delay of up to year

Tusk also floated the possibility of what he called "a flexible extension" which would last only as long as necessary but would not stretch for longer than one ...

New York couple vacationing in Dominican Republic presumed dead, police say

Moore's brother, Lashay Turner , said they had a rental auto during their time in the Dominican Republic, but there is no sign of the vehicle. The two American...

Obama Separated Migrant Families 'For Their Protection — CNN's Vinograd

The President wanted families separated even if they were apprehended within the US. At hearings across Capitol Hill, lawmakers grilled administration officia...