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Boeing faces SEC investigation over 737 Max wrecks, report says

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday that Boeing has not yet handed over the proposed fix for the faulty automated control system for a...

Republican lawmaker allegedly punched wife who undressed too slowly before sex

A drunken MS lawmaker punched his wife in the face for not getting undressed quickly enough when he wanted to have sex, according to a police report. McLeod t...

Weather service confirms 4 tornadoes in 50 miles in Kansas, Missouri

This image provided by John Dolson shows the damage of a vehicle dealership in Jefferson City, MO ., Thursday, May 23, 2019. An emergency alert was issued fo...

Sheriff: Baby girl dies after 5 hours in Florida daycare van

The child was reportedly left in the vehicle for five hours while it was parked in front of the daycare center. Emergency responders were called to Ewing's ...

Michael Avenatti charged with stealing nearly $300K from Stormy Daniels

The latest charges were filed in the Southern District of NY, where Avenatti already has been accused of extortion targeting Nike . However, on March 12, Dan...

USA files new charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

The new charges - 17 counts related to endangering USA national security by conspiring to obtain and disclose classified information - will weigh on the UK's d...

Several people injured in suspected package bomb blast in France

It was left outside a bakery on a street corner, a police source told AFP news agency. French President Emmanuel Macron described the explosion as an "attack"...

Donald Trump: We will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons

Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn shortly before departing for a trip to Japan on Friday, Trump said the objective of this deployment is "mostly p...

Family of slain Central Intelligence Agency officer upset with release of "American Taliban"

A person reported to be John Walker Lindh , known as the "American Taliban" leaves the federal penitentiary after the conclusion of his prison sentence in Te...

Trump Steps Up Calls for Investigation Into Origin of Russia Investigation

President Trump's decision to authorize the declassification of key documents from the Russian Federation investigation is "long overdue", former deputy indepe...

Mnuchin Does 'Not Believe' IRS Memo Contradicts Him

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin flouted a subpoena from committee Chairman Richard Neal for Trump's tax returns last Friday, arguing that he is "not authori...

Nepali Scales Everest Record 24 Times-With One More to Go

According to Shantanu Kulkarni, his mother had trekked for over 25 years and had trained to climb Mount Everest for the past six. Lhakpa Sherpa of another ag...

Iran defies USA as showdown looms, increases uranium enrichment four-fold

Graham tweeted, "The fault lies with the Iranians, not the United States or any other nation. We immediately recognized the Islamic Republic's true nature; it...

Aylesbury born MP resigns from cabinet over Brexit

If May stays on until next week, pressure is likely to increase when results come in from this week's elections for the European Parliament, with Conservatives ...

Burhan Wani`s successor Zakir Musa killed in Jammu and Kashmir, confirms Army

Security forces have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the site of encounter. The officials said more team of security forces was rushed to t...

USA does not dare attack Iran, says Revolutionary Guards commander

With tensions between the two sides already high, there has been a dramatic escalation in recent weeks after the United States labelled Iran's Revolutionary Gua...

Turkish military staff in Russian Federation for S-400 training

The S-400 is said to pose a risk to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation alliance as well as the F-35, America's most expensive weapons platform. Turkey wil...

United Kingdom electoral body says reviewing Brexit Party's systems after funding criticism

In such a fluid situation, the world's fifth largest economy faces an array of options including an orderly exit with a deal, a no-deal exit, an election or a s...

Trump to visit Ireland next month

Irish media have reported tension between Ireland and the USA over a meeting location. It's been confirmed Donald Trump will arrive here on June 5th, for a bi...

BJP leads in all seven Delhi seats, Congress second in five constituencies

Union minister D V Sadananda Gowda (Bangalore North) was leading against his Congress rival by a huge margin, his colleagues Ramesh Jigajinagi (Bijapur) and Ana...

United States firms in China fear 'retaliation' against Huawei curbs: AmCham

Tens of billions in recent stock-market losses reflect worries that USA trade friction with China isn't going away soon. But he added that Beijing would not ...

US may send additional troops to Middle East

Trump on Monday called Iran the "No. 1 provocateur of terror" and threatened to meet provocations with "great force". The United States this month beefed up...

United States billionaire promises to pay off 400 students' loans

And beyond the Morehouse campus, whose heart didn't leap a little at the news of a commencement speech that sent off graduating seniors not just with the stan...

Julian Assange: US files 17 new charges against Wikileaks co-founder

Assange is now in custody in the United Kingdom, and is awaiting extradition to the US. The superseding indictment comes a little more than a month after the ...

NOAA forecasts near-normal 2019 Atlantic hurricane season

Meanwhile, Hawaii and the Central Pacific could experience more storms than normal during this year's hurricane season. "Throughout hurricane season, dedicate...

Trump refuses to work with Democrats until they end probes

But they were on a collision course long before Wednesday's confrontation in the Cabinet Room. "Instead of walking in happily into a meeting, I walk in to loo...

Friedenberg Holds Rally in Williamsport

In a sign of how important the Keystone State will be in 2020, Biden chose Philadelphia as the base for his presidential campaign. Many attendees thrilled a...

Mountaineer extends record by climbing Everest for 24th time

In addition to his almost two dozen summits of Everest, Mr Rita has scaled some of the other highest mountains including K-2, Cho-Oyu, Manaslu and Lhotse. Sherp...

'American Taliban' Lindh released from prison

Lindh is still believed to be a follower of Islamic extremism, the same kind of views that compelled him to travel to Afghanistan and join up with the Taliban ...

Ramaphosa Elected South African President

A former schoolteacher, Mabuza, 58, was linked to a succession of scandals while he served as premier of the eastern Mpumalanga province, ranging from accusatio...

Pelosi Says She Will ‘Pray’ For Trump After Surprise Presser Blasting Democrats

A short time later, Pelosi was left waiting for 15 minutes in the White House's Cabinet Room, along with her colleagues from the House and Senate. Trump said ...

Fifth child dies in USA border control custody

The boy, Carlos Hernandez, was apprehended by US Border Patrol agents on May 13 after crossing the border illegally near Hidalgo, Texas, with a group of 70 othe...

Russian bombers, fighters intercepted off Alaska - US military

Both incidents took place over Alaska's Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), but in worldwide airspace. US defense forces have intercepted and escorted Rus...

Philippines' Duterte loses patience, orders trash shipped back Canada

The government has hired a private Canadian shipping company to handle the operation. But Canada missed a May 15 deadline set by Manila to take back the s...

U.S. Goal Is Deterrence, Not War With Iran: Shanahan

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Tuesday that while the threat from Iran in the region remains high, the potential for attacks on Americ...