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White House asks Congress for $4.5 billion in emergency spending for border

Due to a backlog in immigration courts, those who pass the initial interview live in the USA, either in detention or at large, for months or years while waiti...

Princess Charlotte reportedly wearing Prince George's $35 sneakers in birthday photos

So far, the future Queen takes the official birthday pics of all her children, including sons Prince George , 5, and Prince Louis , 1. I mean, the facial ...

Pakistan Should Be On Global Watchdog's Black List, Says Arun Jaitley

The proposal was the fourth such bid at the United Nations in the last 10 years to list Azhar as a global terrorist. Since 2008, the U.S. attempted four tim...

Stephen Moore Withdraws From Consideration for Fed Position

But it was Moore's history of sexist comments about women, both jokingly and not, that appeared to most hurt his prospects, with Republican senators including J...

Facebook and Instagram ban Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, other far-right figures

Said Facebook in a statement: "We've always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology". The soci...

Indonesia to move capital due to overpopulation, excess floods in Jakarta

It's also one of the fastest sinking cities in the world, according to the not-for-profit organization The World Economic Forum . The others were moving to a l...

Measles case has cruise ship quarantined in the Caribbean

Our epidemiological investigation aboard the ship has verified that the confirmed case, as well as other crew and passengers are stable, and remain under survei...

Heavy rains disrupt aid for survivors of Mozambique cyclones

Following a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released a statement pledging to look into the ...

UK: Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson SACKED over National Security Council Leak

In a letter to Williamson published by The Guardian , May said that he hadn't cooperated with an investigation into the leak as other council attendees had...

China sentences Canadian to death for drug operation

Speaking Monday on Parliament Hill, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said the Canadian's sentence was "inhumane". "We're very concerned by this sent...

Japan's emperor declares abdication in historic ceremony in Tokyo

Emperor Naruhito is now the 126th Emperor of Japan . In the morning, he took part in a Shinto ceremony, which was followed by the main event in the Imperia...

Trump, Erdogan discuss Turkey's purchase of S-400 missile defense system

Plans to buy the Russian S-400 missile defences have strained Turkey's ties with Washington, which has said they would compromise the security of Lockheed Marti...

Student killed in University of North Carolina-Charlotte shooting 'died a hero'

A 21-year-old student has been hailed a hero for saving his fellow students' lives by tackling a gunman who was shooting up a university classroom, police in ...

Thailand names new queen ahead of King Maha Vajiralongkorn's coronation

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has appointed his consort as the country's queen ahead of his official coronation on Saturday. King Vajiralongkorn, who...

Trump proposing fee for asylum seekers at southern border

Most of those arriving said they were fleeing violence and poverty, and many requested asylum under USA and global law. US President Donald Trump is propo...

Australian politician steps down over unacceptable leaked video

This [footage of Steve Dickson] was done last September. He refers to one dancer as a "b**ch" and says of another: "Little t**s, nothing there". "What is on...

Governor cancels Maharashtra Day events after Maoist blast in Gadchiroli

According to official sources, the commandos of elite C-60 force of the Maharashtra police were proceeding to a place where Maoist activities were reported an...

Maduro Declares Victory over Coup Plotters

Maduro , a socialist, calls Guaido a puppet of the United States who is seeking to orchestrate a coup against him. Lavrov also condemned what he called th...

Labour under fire in Wales over Brexit 'fudge'

Ms Long-Bailey, who is part of the Labour negotiating team, indicated that movement by ministers on the issue of the customs union - which Labour supports but ...

Barr Makes Clear He’s Pushing Ahead in Thorough Investigation of the Investigators

The issue of the FISA warrant and the use of the Steele dossier is already being investigated by Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who has had less-than-ple...

Rahul Gandhi gets home ministry notice over British citizenship allegation

Reacting to the issue, BJP's GVL Narasimha Rao had said, I think it's a matter of great surprise that the objections that have been raised regarding Rahul Ga...

Gavin Williamson SACKED: Who is United Kingdom defence secretary fired over Huawei leak?

Williamson's sacking follows an investigation into information leaked to the British press about Chinese telecom Huawei's role in building the Britain's coming ...

U.S. Threats Complicate British Mulling Over Huawei 5G Tech

Repeating rhetoric used by USA intelligence agencies last week, Strayer said countries that adopted Huawei technology risked handing China "a loaded gun", ami...

Masood Azhar declared global terrorist by UNSC

Beijing had said on Tuesday that the vexed issue of designating Azhar as a global terrorist by the United Nations will be " properly resolved ". It was in f...

Embassy following up on reports of Palestinian who died in Turkish custody

According to a previous report by the Reuters news agency, citing a senior Turkish official, one of the two men arrived in Turkey in October 2018, days after ...

Trump agrees to spend $2 trillion on U.S. infrastructure: Democrats

But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said there was "good will in the meeting" - a marked departure from the last White House encounter between Trump, S...

FIR against Supriyo for entering poll booth with armed guards

Supriyo said, "I visited Barabani to witness the polling but found that voters were not being allowed to exercise their franchise. It is shameful that I am sayi...

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces sentencing over bail-jumping

He took refuge in the London embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations, which he has denied. After Assange was given hi...

Sri Lanka maintains high alert for attacks ahead of Ramadan

Mathaniya said her brother Zahran Hashim's wife and daughter are now in the hospital. Sirisena's office said starting Monday all types of face coverings wil...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito pledges to work as symbol of the people

In his final speech, Akihito offered his "deepest heartfelt gratitude to the people of Japan" and said he would "pray for the peace and happiness of all the peo...

Wells, Khalilzad hold delegation-level talks at Foreign Office

Thousands gather in Kabul for Afghan peace meeting. But the gathering instead looks to further aggravate divisions within the USA -backed government, even as ...

Trump sues banks to stop Congress accessing his financial records

Stephen Lynch, a Massachusetts Democrat , pointing to a potential massive infrastructure deal that has so far remained elusive during Trump's presidency. Howev...

Fani now ‘extremely severe’, says Met; Odisha sounds red alert

He said, "All 879 cyclone centres are being kept ready". In case of an "extremely severe cyclonic storm ", the wind speed goes up to 170-180 kmph and could gai...

White House Working to Designate Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said it would continue to work in line with "our moderate and peaceful thinking", regardless of moves by U.S. President Donald Tru...

Iranian FM Expresses Distrust about Negotiations with US

In November previous year, Washington snapped back sanctions on Iran's banking, energy and shipping industries, despite a 180-day waiver granted to eight of Ira...