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Protester who climbed Statue of Liberty charged in federal court

Therese Okoumou is surrounded by supporters as she leaves Federal court on July 5, 2018, in NY. She now lives in Staten Island and has lived in NY for at lea...

Israel tells Khan Al-Ahmar Palestinians leave by Friday

Forcible transfer is considered a violation of the Geneva Conventions. "Military bulldozers, backed by Israeli forces, stormed the Abu al-Nawwar Bedouin commu...

Mike Pompeo seeks clarity in denuclearization talks with North Korea

Pompeo was speaking after emerging from more than eight hours of talks over two days with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's right-hand man Kim Yong Chol i...

Catholic charity "looking into" baby trafficking case in India

The Missionaries of Charity were founded in 1950 in Kolkata, India, by Albanian Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, later Mother Teresa . "We have already shifted 13 unwed...

Moving Brush Fire Destroys, Threatens Homes In Goleta

Authorities said the fire jumped across Interstate 5 in California and had closed the southbound lanes in bordering Oregon. The Creek Fire in San Bernardino...

Both sides seek to 'clarify' as Pompeo holds more North Korea talks

Mike Pompeo is also expected to bring up the repatriation of the remains of Americans who died in the Korean War in the 1950s, in addition to denuclearisation...

Trump's scandal-hit environment chief Pruitt resigns

Wheeler is a former energy industry lobbyist who worked on behalf of Murray Energy, owned by Robert Murray, a Trump supporter who donated $300,000 to the pres...

Dublin faces water restrictions as lush Ireland swelters

Members of the group include Met Éireann, the Department of Housing, Department of Defence, the HSE, Gardai, Irish Water and others. Put into place during per...

China and Russian Federation hit back at Trump tariffs

Beijing insists it's the injured party. A spokesman for the ministry of commerce in Beijing said: "China promised not to fire the first shot , but in order...

Sven-Goran Eriksson says England are benefitting from playing without "enormous pressure"

The number of goals scored by English striker Harry Kane. "Their trust in their own abilities seems to be huge". He added: "Now it's not just about how good...

Videos show rescue teams navigating narrow passageways to save Thai soccer team

On Friday it was confirmed that a former Thai Navy diver who had volunteered to help the rescue had died, according to government officials. "We hope that i...

Elon Musk offers help for soccer team trapped in Thailand cave

Musk added on Friday that his engineers will have to assess the "many complexities" of the situation further in person. 2nd & 3rd would need battery packs, air...

Malaysia Halts Construction of Chinese Company Project

Lim said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had ordered the suspensions in a bid to target Malaysia's estimated $250 billion national debt and other liabilitie...

Reporter who alleged Justin Trudeau groped her 18 years ago speaks out

In the statement, the writer also confirmed she was the reporter that was referred to in an editorial written in the local Creston Valley Advance 18 years a...

RCMP make arrest, lay charges in connection with Broncos bus tragedy

The bus and a semi-truck collided at a rural intersection between Nipawin and Tisdale on April 6, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others. Canadian police sa...

With Assad on march, Syria rebels say cease fire agreed

Rebel territory in the south was included in a ceasefire brokered past year by Russian Federation, the United States, and Jordan, but that has done little to st...

Diver dies in Thailand cave rescue operation

Meanwhile, the King of Thailand has announced that Saman would be laid to rest in a royal-sponsored funeral ceremony. For any rescuer to reach the boys, a d...

Rhino embryos made in lab

The last male rhino, Sudan, died in March in Kenya, reports The Guardian . The global team of researchers successfully managed to adapt reproduction techniqu...

United Nations says more than 270,000 displaced in southern Syria

Syria's southern province of Daraa , one of the last rebel bastions, has been the target of a deadly regime offensive since June 19 which has forced around 300...

Second UK nerve agent poisoning victims likely not directly targeted, police say

Police say specialists have determined that a British couple in their 40s who visited the city of Salisbury were poisoned by the same lethal toxin - developed...

Dutch Prime Minister Not Playing Trump's Game

Everything is going great and then everything suddenly started not going great, as pretty much everyone could have expected, because Donald Trump during this ...

DNA tests ordered to reunite separated migrant families

How common is this scenario? US Health Secretary Alex Azar , whose agency oversees the migrant detention centres, said slightly fewer than 3,000 children wo...

Maduro warns Venezuela army over Trump 'invasion' plans

Trump shared with the leaders that his "staff told me not to say this", and asked if they were certain they didn't want to see military action; all of the leade...

With US out, those backing Iran nuclear deal meet in Vienna

Washington has since told countries they must stop buying Iranian oil from November 4 or face financial measures. The other partners so far appear powerless t...

3 people who went missing at Shannon Falls found dead

RCMP said the three were swimming in one of the icy pools that form part of the majestic Shannon Falls, a 335-metre waterfall about 60 kilometres north of Vanco...

Japan Executes Leader of Doomsday Cult

The top Japanese government spokesman confirmed Asahara's execution but wouldn't comment on the others. The date of their executions is not known. "I think ...

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Resigns

Pruitt has been embroiled in controversy throughout his short tenure as EPA chief. President Trump tweeted on Thursday, announcing Pruitt's departure from t...

Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption

While Sharif was fined 8 million pounds (USD 10 million), his daughter Maryam was handed down a 2 million pound (USD 2.6 million) fine. Sharif was sentenced...

President Trump Campaigns In Great Falls

Mr. Trump did not mention former EPA chief Scott Pruitt's resignation, which happened only hours earlier. "Meantime, she's based her life on being a minority"...

Poland standoff deepens as president disputes top judge's tenure

The law, introduced earlier this year by the governing Law and Justice Party (PiS), would not only force the instant dismissal of 27 of the 74 judges, but would...

Police keeping open mind after possible poisoning near Salisbury

Officials did not say why they had waited four days to declare a " major incident ". Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee,...

Nauru ignored Malcolm Turnbull's plea for ABC to cover Pacific Islands Forum

It's the first time in the history of the Pacific forum , which was established in 1971, that numbers of journalists have been limited and a media organisatio...

Putin sees 'positive trends' in Russian economy

Trump and Putin will meet July 16 in Helsinki , Finland, for their first official summit. The press center for reporters accredited for the forthcoming summ...

China rejects ‘blackmail’ on eve of United States tariff hike

Although the first exchange of tariffs is unlikely to inflict much economic harm on either nation, the damage could soon escalate. Another US$16 billion of go...

Texas DPS charge woman for sale or purchase of a child

It is unclear how much she was paid for the children, or why she was selling them. According to KRIS TV , the other two suspects arrested were also booked i...