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Yemen government strikes power-sharing deal with southern rebels

When asked about the status of talks between Yemen's Saudi-backed government and southern separatists, Jubeir said it was crucial to end their differences to ...

Once a budget line, Ukraine aid now roils Trump's presidency

The subpoena letters were sent to Russ Vought ( pdf ), President Trump's acting budget director; Michael Duffey (pdf), a senior official in the Office of ...

Delingpole: Twitter Users Rip WaPo’s ‘Austere, Religious Scholar’ al-Baghdadi Headline

But one particular story published by the Washington Post grabbed most eyeballs, garnering a lot of negative attention. As authorities offered confirmation...

Russian agent Butina returns to Moscow after US deportation

The ministry changed its social media profile to Butina's face and created the hashtag #freeMariaButina. As gleaned from her online footprint, Butina intr...

Defying bloody crackdown, thousands continue to protest in Iraq

The Green Zone, an area carved out of central Baghdad by US -led forces after their invasion of Iraq in 2003, is seen by many Iraqis as a virtual city w...

Katie Hill, California congresswoman, resigns amid allegations of affairs with staff

Hill, an openly bisexual congresswoman and the vice chairwoman of the powerful House Oversight Committee, admitted Wednesday she had an "inappropriate" relatio...

Pakistani court grants bail to ailing former PM Sharif

The decision was announced by the Lahore High Court on October 25 after hearing a petition from the 69-year-old's brother, Shahbaz Sharif. In the court on F...

Trump's Republican allies push ahead with anti-impeachment efforts

The wording "high crimes and misdemeanors" gives Congress wide latitude as to what an official can be removed for. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the ...

What Is Diwali? 'Festival of Lights' Celebrates Triumph of Good Over Evil

The day is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Lord Dhanvantari, the teacher and the father of Ayurveda. Bhai Duj (Day of love between siblings) - Men offe...

PG&E: Another round of intentional power shutoffs hits California as frustration grows

The news of the outage comes as the utility is in the process of restoring power to about 179,000 customers in Northern California . Over the last weeks, the...

PG&E begins cutting power to 940,0000 customers in Calif.

The blaze had scorched 21,900 acres as of Friday morning and destroyed at least 49 buildings, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prote...

What’s Next: Depositions turn to the White House

President.' Because you will be impeached". "I said, whatever you do, don't hire a 'yes man, ' someone who won't tell you the truth". Specifically, Kuppe...

Pakistan, Kashmiris in IoK observe Black Day against India's illegal occupation

The Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan, Tanvir Ahmad, while welcoming the guests, paid homage to the people of Jammu & Kashmir for their just struggle against...

Kayla Mueller: Baghdadi operation named after Isis hostage who was killed

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed in a U.S. military operation in Syria. In hi...

Gunman on Loose After 2 Killed, 14 Wounded at College Homecoming Party

A police scanner reported at least one person was shot in the neck. He said the shooting began around 15 minutes after deputies arrived outside the venue, res...

USA lawmakers will press Boeing CEO for answers on 737 MAX crashes

They ended up losing control of the plane. In a Lion Air flight one day before the crash, pilots took three minutes and 40 seconds to recognize what was hap...

TN: Operations underway to rescue toddler Sujith Wilson from borewell

Sujith's parents got to know about this when they heard him crying. Rescue operations continued on Saturday to pull out a three-year-old boy who fell into an...

Labour Party says Boris Johnson can't be trusted on workers rights

It will require a two-thirds vote to pass. In the Brexit transition deal Prime Minister Boris Johnson has negotiated with Brussels, the political declar...

President Trump to make ‘major statement’ Sunday

He became the group's leader in 2010 after his predecessor was killed by United States forces. A look at al-Baghdadi's death and what it means going forward...

Trump suggestion of taking Syrian oil draws rebukes

At the moment, the fields are controlled by the Kurds, whose Syrian Democratic Forces militias-an opposition group-the US backed in the Syrian civil war. "Turke...

Trump cancels Times, Post

The Washington Post is privately held by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday, Trump said he didn't want eithe...

DOJ review of Russian Federation probe now a criminal inquiry

The person who confirmed the criminal investigation was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymit...

US Justice Dept opens criminal inquiry into Russian Federation investigation

The move, if confirmed, would give DOJ officials more leverage in conducting the ever-expanding investigation, such as issuing subpoenas to prospective witnesse...

Schumer: Republicans will 'regret' asking for transparency in impeachment inquiry

Democrats and Republicans began shouting at each other, reports say, and the Republican protesters refused to leave the room for a number of hours, even orderin...

Bolivia's Morales knocks foes amid protests over vote count

President Evo Morales on Thursday declared himself victor of the weekend election without a final vote tally, stirring more anger among foes who have protes...

39 truck death victims believed to be Chinese nationals

Police arrested a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland , named locally as Mo Robinson , on suspicion of murder. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said ...

Protests in Ethiopia after activist says he was threatened

More than a thousand supporters gathered in Addis Ababa outside the house of Jawar Mohammed , a media entrepreneur who organised protests that brought Prim...

Anonymous Trump official writing 'unprecedented' inside take

The Washington Post reports that people involved with the book, which is titled " A Warning ", have said that a literary agent associated with the book verifie...

England is ranked No.2 in world for its ‘wow factor’

Popular travel guide Lonely Planet has released a list of cities which every traveller should visit in 2020, and Kochi from Kerala is the sole name from India...

Auto crash saves family crossing the street with baby

Oveso seemed certain to crash into the pedestrians until a Chevrolet Cruz - driving through a green light and coming from a different direction - hit the side o...

Rats trained to operate mini cars find driving relaxing, study finds

It's mounted on what appears to be a battery-powered, four-wheeled platform, with a piece of aluminum for the floor and three copper bars that function as a ste...

US sues to shut California cap-and-trade deal with Quebec

Wednesday's lawsuit serves as "Exhibit A in the challenges that states face in addressing climate change on their own", when "this administration doesn't want...

Israel's Benny Gantz tasked with forming coalition government

The Joint List is made up of a coalition of four Arab-majority parties: Hadash, Ta'al, Ra'am and Balad . Together, Mr Netanyahu's Likud and Mr Gantz's Blue a...

Thai king sacks 'evil' officials after stripping royal consort of titles

Like Pol Lt Gen Sakolket, they abused their official positions for their own and others' gain and failed to comply with regulations, causing serious damage to t...

Murder investigation launched after 39 bodies found in truck

Our enquiries are ongoing to establish what has happened", Essex Police Chief Superintendent Andrew Mariner said. Ireland's police force, An Garda Síochána, s...