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Mother tied son’s hands during California fire

Ventura County firefighters rescued the boy and woman and put out the fire, which was in the downstairs living room, according to police. "On Sunday, December...

Justice Dept. charges Russian hacker behind the Dridex malware

The US Treasury Department announced new sanctions Thursday on a Russian-based cybercriminal organization called "Evil Corp" for using malware to steal more tha...

Dublin Named Worst In World For Housing

Accommodation, finance and low cost of living make the city attractive to expats, a survey by InterNations , the largest global community and information...

Hillary Clinton Continues to Blame Everyone But Herself for 2016 Loss

And a number of people made suggestions about a certain former campaign manager of Hillary's . Clinton told radio host Howard Stern that she was dismayed b...

`Very risky challenge` if Trump calls Kim `Rocket Man` again: North Korea

Choe said on Thursday her ministry "cannot contain its displeasure" over Trump's comments. On Tuesday Trump as soon as once more referred to as Kim "Rocket Ma...

PH to pursue climate justice in COP25 talks

Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose government stepped in to host the summit after unrest erupted in Chile, said in a speech that "only a handful...

Mass Strike Over Pensions Tangles Transport Across France

The strike is already drawing comparisons with the a 1995 unions struggle that paralysed France for 3 weeks. The Eiffel Tower is shut down; so are most of t...

Survivors from South Dakota plane crash in stable condition

Their airplane crashed shortly after take-off at about 12:30 (18:30 GMT) native time from Chamberlain - which was below a winter storm warning on the time. Ha...

Rape survivor in India's Unnao set on fire by alleged attackers

The woman had accused two men from her village of raping her and filming the act. Police opened a murder investigation against a ruling party lawmaker in Ju...

Biden hits Trump where it hurts, labels him a global 'laughing stock'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau , French President Emmanuel Macron , British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte chat ahea...

'I don't eat onions much, so don't worry': Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

A few Twitter users have even dug up an old Sitharaman tweet-dated 2013, when she was in the opposition-in which she questioned the then UPA-2 government for sp...

Last decade "almost certain" to be warmest, says United Nations agency

They are the cause of global climate change. But the 2010-2019 decade has also recorded a 0.265°C rise over 2000-2009. This year the dipole was strongly posit...

'Already Done,' Says ISRO Boss On Chennai Engineer Spotting Lander Debris

This image released by NASA shows the Vikram Lander impact point and the debris field. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has helped India and it...

France readies for massive transportation strike on Thursday

In the biggest industrial action France has seen for decades workers are walking out over president Emmanuel Macron's plans to streamline the country's 42 s...

This decade is set to be hottest in history, says UN

Oceans absorb 90 per cent of additional heat in the atmosphere and they continued to heat up at near-record levels this year, from a historic record in 2018. T...

Body found in search for third hiker missing in Australian outback

Ms Hockridge had been travelling with two others when their vehicle got stuck in a riverbed on 19 November. Ms Hockridge was last seen at the Palmer Valley St...

UK's Johnson says he met Trump, avoids answering why no photo together

Johnson's Conservatives are leading opinion polls but the rival Labour party has sought to whip up public opinion against Trump, who is deeply unpopular in Brit...

China wants tariff rollback for phase 1 trade deal

Ross's tough talk on China came just hours after Trump tweeted that the USA will "restore" steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazil and Argentina. "The Chinese ar...

Blast hits Indonesia's National park in Jakarta

President Joko Widodo was not in the palace at the time of the explosion, a presidential spokesman said. In assisting the police investigators to focus on the...

Trump echoes Johnson: NHS not part of US-UK trade deal

President Donald Trump is acting like Homer Simpson at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit, trying not to cause disaster but failing dismally, the UK'...

Multiple victims reported in active shooter situation at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard

First responders and security forces are on scene and reportedly said they have the situation "under control as of now". "I looked out the window and saw three ...

Three rescue workers killed in helicopter crash in France Europe 10:34

Storms in the Var region led to six deaths, causing serious disruptions to traffic and rail services. Hundreds of people had lined streets earlier as the moto...

U.S. ends freeze on $100 million in Lebanon aid

As first reported by Reuters, the U.S. State Department told Congress on October 31 that the White House budget office (OMB) and National Security Council had m...

Giuliani Associate Due in Court in Campaign Finance Case

Federal prosecutors say both also participated in a strategy to force the ouster of their then-U.S. ambassador in Ukraine. Clearing their way through that mat...

High US profession diplomat rejects Ukraine meddling concept

Sen. Robert Menendez , D-N.J., pressed Hale on the latter point, because it is a key argument made by President Donald Trump and his supporters to explain wh...

Barr 'disagrees' with DOJ watchdog report that says Russian Federation probe was justified

Horowitz, however, can not be told to change his report because the inspector general works independently from the Department of Justice. Barr was speaking at...

Iconic Japanese aid worker killed in Afghanistan's east

He headed the aid group Peace Japan Medical Services and served rural communities by providing health care and improving agriculture through irrigation projec...

Putin, Xi launch 'historic' Russia-China gas pipeline

The Power of Siberia pipeline provides the world's second largest gas exporter with a potentially huge market outside of Europe, which has always been Russia's...

Trump meets Erdogan `unannounced` at North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit

President Donald Trump and fellow North Atlantic Treaty Organisation leaders approved a defense plan for the Baltics and Poland on Wednesday, overcoming resis...

Climate activist Greta Thunberg lands in Lisbon ahead of COP25 climate summit

Out: the blurry pics she posted while out at sea. "We need to work together to make sure that we secure future living conditions for humankind and that we fig...

Trump to tariff steel and aluminum from Argentina and Brazil

Macri lost his re-election bid in October and will leave office on December 10. Meanwhile, ahead of talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelin...

Why was the London Bridge attacker released?

Lukasz was working at Fishmongers' Hall when Usman Khan launched his knife attack at a University of Cambridge conference on prisoner rehabilitation, killing ...

Businesses wary of criticising Modi govt

I'll say that openly". An ambiance must quiet be created. "But we don't have the confidence that you will appreciate our open criticism", admitting that he may ...

One dead, many injured in Kingston Highway 401 snowstorm pileup

A pileup on Highway 401 westbound between Montreal Street and Highway 15 in Kingston on Sunday night, December 1, 2019 involved an estimated 30 to 40 vehicles...

Ukraine's Zelensky rebukes key Trump defense on freezing military aid

During my meeting with him, I said that I don't want our country to have this image. The four-way global peace summit will feature the leaders of Ukraine ,...