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Hong Kong students reject talks with city leader

In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for Lam said "the Chief Executive has recently started inviting young people of different backgrounds for a meeting, inc...

Trump says USA has 'very nice' relationship with N

The role of working-level negotiator will likely go to Kim Myong-gil, Gause added, though the envoy's capacity to determine the scope of the talks and make deci...

Iran says USA 'afraid to go to war' in chilling nuke warning

Under the JCPOA, which went into effect in January of 2016, Iran agreed to eliminate its stockpile of medium-enriched uranium, cut its stockpile of low-enriched...

US says trade talks resuming as China demands end to tariffs

But Beijing this week showed no sign of softening its position, with the Commerce Ministry announcing Thursday that any resolution would require Washington to...

Iran says 'active resistance' is an antidote to Trump's warnings

Be careful with the threats, Iran. Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 nuclear accord a year ago, taking a much more hardline stance with the country's reli...

Survivors from Honduras fishing boat sinking tell of fears

Meza said that 55 people survived when the vessel sank off the remote coastal Mosquitia region. The media announced that in Honduras, 75 miles from Cabo de Gr...

Indian police begin airlifting bodies of seven climbers killed in avalanche

The bodies were flown to the Pithoragarh's Naini Saini airport in IAF helicopters from a base camp at an altitude of 15,250 ft.in the mountains, where a 15-...

Erdogan FURY at United States refusal to deliver F-35s - ‘It’s a robbery!’

Turkey-US ties are under serious strain over Ankara's purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system, which is due for delivery in the coming days. "The S...

Trump announces plan to pursue controversial citizenship question for 2020 US Census

The Supreme Court last week blocked the question from being included, saying administration officials had given a "contrived" rationale for including the quer...

US, China Could Resume Formal Trade Talks in Days

Existing U.S. tariffs will have to be removed if there is to be a trade deal between Beijing and Washington , China's commerce ministry said on Thursday. T...

Judge questioned for showing leniency towards alleged rapist

The girl's torso was exposed and her head was hanging down. Troiano did not respond to a request from ABC News for comment. An appeals court in New Jersey ...

Najib's stepson Riza Aziz to face money laundering charges today

The producer of the Leonardo DiCaprio film The Wolf of Wall Street has been arrested on money laundering charges in Malaysia. The film producer, who is th...

Iran summons British ambassador over oil tanker seized by Royal Marines

Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said the Grace 1 was detained after a request by the United States to Britain. Gibraltar said Grace 1 was dest...

Trump promises ‘show of a lifetime!’ with July 4th event

The last time tanks and troops rolled through Washington was in June 1991, when 8,000 soldiers marched in the so-called "National Victory Celebration " marki...

Woman mad at boyfriend tips server $5,000 on his credit card

An employee at Clear Sky Beachside Café said Wolfe was dining alone when she completed the transaction. Then her boyfriend reported the charge to his credit c...

Canada seeks support to ban Russian-issued passports in Ukraine

Canada and its western allies view that annexation as illegal. The two leaders shook hands in front of Canadian and Ukrainian flags and, speaking in English,...

Huawei remains unimpressed with softened ban

US President Donald Trump surprised everyone during the weekend with a sudden move that reverted the ban against Huawei . Now playing: Watch this: What is ...

Pentagon says China missile test in South China Sea 'disturbing'

Ahead of its military drills, China has warned other vessels not to try to enter the labelled area between the Paracel and Spratly islands for five consecutive ...

Earthquake shakes parts of Southern California, Nevada

Today's natural disaster was the largest in Southern California since the 1994 6.6 Northridge quake, which killed dozens and caused billions in damage. She adde...

Australian student released from North Korea says he's 'very good'

Australian student Alek Sigley gestures as he arrives at the airport in Beijing. Earlier this week Swedish special envoy Kent Harstedt travelled to Pyongy...

Pence Cancels Appearance, Abruptly Returns To White House For Unspecified Reason

The reports referred to an unspecified emergency . "The vice president was called back to the White House but there's no cause for alarm", Mr Short said,...

Putin to meet pope, Italian leaders on one-day visit to Rome

On the eve of the visit, Putin praised Salvini and his Lega party for having a "welcoming attitude" to Russian Federation. Putin has acknowledged that USA...

Boeing gives $100m to help 737 Max crash families

Boeing said the money would be spent on "education, hardship and living expenses for impacted families, community programs, and economic development in impacted...

Stray 'Russian-made missile' suspected of hitting northern Cyprus

Initial investigations have determined that "the explosion occurred before impact, as no pits were opened on the ground". The aging S-200 is a surface-to-air ...

New Mexico Governor Jumps In On Kaepernick-Nike Action Amid Flag Controversy

If we're in a political environment where the American flag has become controversial to Americans, I think we've got a problem. Fox 24/7 sports reporter Jared...

Scientists say cockroaches are becoming resistant to insecticide

According to CBS News , researchers from Purdue University found German cockroaches- the most common species worldwide- are becoming increasingly resistant t...

Australia welcomes help to find man missing in North Korea

Network Ten said Sigley claimed in a recent article to be "free to wander around the city, without anyone accompanying me", suggesting he had "nearly unpreced...

Japan evacuates 1.1 million, fearing landslides

Evacuation orders were issued for almost 600,000 residents of Kagoshima city and two smaller cities in the same prefecture, the broadcaster said. The Meteoro...

Leaders, groups gather to protest the arrest of Marshae Jones

Washington thanked the grand jury for their service and noted that they took to heart the idea that an unborn child is a life and that someone should be held ac...

Alek Sigley: Australia national missing in North Korea 'safe' in China

The Australian foreign minister, Marise Payne, said on Thursday Australia had asked the envoy to raise Sigley's case with the North Korean government. "(T...

Nike defends flag-shoe recall that reopened culture-war rift

MSNBC guest Michael Eric Dyson compared the Betsy Ross American flag to the Nazi swastika and a burning Ku Klux Klan cross during an appearance Wednesday. Nik...

Rahul Gandhi resigns as leader of India's opposition Congress

Under Congress' constitution, the senior-most general secretary of the party would take over as interim president, which now would put Motilal Vora , 90, in th...

Facebook down: Whatsapp, Instagram users also not being able to load content

Facebook , Instagram , WhatsApp and Twitter had all experienced various issues. Meanwhile, Down Detector, the outage tracker showed that the majority of r...

Arctic fox astonishes researchers after walking 2,000 miles from Norway to Canada

Fuglei said they initially thought the fox had died or it had been carried to Ellesmere Island on a boat, but there were no boats that travelled through at that...

Joe Biden leads, Bernie Sanders second in post-debate poll

Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and a slide for the early front-runner, former Vice President Joe Biden . Harris's exchange with Biden on racial discrimination was ...