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3rd mission underway at Thai cave, aims to rescue all left

Another new video clip to emerge on Wednesday came from the Thai Navy SEAL team which led the rescue effort, showing them pulling at least one of the boys throu...

Kremlin says linking Russian Federation with new Novichok poisoning is 'absurd'

The man who became sick is still critically ill and in the hospital. The UK's top counter-terrorism officer says police are unable to confirm whether the Nov...

'Assad safe from Israel if Iran removed from Syria,' Netanyahu tells Putin

That episode triggered a massive Israeli bombardment of Iranian military installations in Syria , fueling tensions that exploded in another round of rockets an...

Pence: 'I do' still want Roe v. Wade to be overturned

Bush White House and for the special prosecutor during Bill Clinton's presidency. "These were the Republican senators just a couple of years ago, telling me i...

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members keep wary eye on Trump's mood

Arriving at Nato, Ms Merkel sought to put her countries ties to the western alliance in historical context. President Trump kicked off his trip to Europe wi...

Google-owned YouTube to invest $25mn in countering fake news

The decision comes ahead of the 2018 US midterm elections, a time when other social media sites are under scrutiny for potentially impacting political outcomes ...

History-maker Mandzukic sends Croatia into first Final

Croatia nearly gave England a gift of a second when Subasic chipped a pass to Ivan Stranic, who took a nonchalant first touch straight to Sterling. But Croa...

Manafort’s Attorneys Slam Robert Mueller for Being ‘Wrong’ and Cherry-Picking Details

He's even got his own "private, self-contained living unit, which is larger than other inmates' units", the filing says. In a D.C. court filing in which he de...

Donald Trump pushes North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies to double their defence spending

President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have met after the USA leader publicly lambasted the longtime ally over its spending on national ...

Kit Malthouse appointed Minister of State for Housing

Nigel Farage said he was pleased former Brexit Secretary David Davis and former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had resigned. May is holding a meeting of...

World markets tumble as US, China intensify their trade war

The move has been swiftly and heavily criticised by China , which said it was "totally unacceptable" for America to keep escalating the trade dispute. Chinese ...

Woman Harassed For Puerto Shirt While Cop Looks On

Irizarry said on Facebook that she had rented out a pavilion at the forest preserve for a birthday party when she and her family and friends were accosted by ...

Zsa Zsa, the world's ugliest dog, dies

Facebook Zsa Zsa , the World's Ugliest Dog, tragically passed away just days after winning her esteemed title, her devastated owner confirmed Tuesday afternoo...

Woolworths recalls frozen savoury rice mix as health precaution

The recall, linked to a factory in Europe, prompted calls from local growers for shoppers to "buy Australian". It had the same serotype and similar genetics. ...

Supreme Court refuses to adjourn hearing on pleas challenging Section 377

The petitioners contend that their rights to sexuality, sexual autonomy, choice of sexual partner, life, privacy , dignity and equality, along with the other f...

Trump Claims Germany 'controlled' by Russia

Trump is set to meet with both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, according to press secretary Sarah Sanders...

Facebook faces record fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham launched a probe after it emerged an internet personality quiz was able to gather the data of up to 87 million Faceb...

British man exposed to Novichok regains consciousness

Scotland Yard investigators believe that Sturgess and Rowley came into contact with the nerve agent most probably by picking up an unfamiliar object. It's not...

Turkey sacks 18500 state employees Turkey sacks 18500 state employees

Turkey has been under state of emergency since July 2016 following an attempted coup that tried to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan . There will be ...

ANP leader Haroon Bilour among 12 killed in Peshawar blast, police say

Bilour was rushed to Lady Reading Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds. "The anti-Islamism of the ANP is not hidden from anyone, and this secular party ...

Trump's Supreme Court Pick Woos Senators Amid Partisan Storm

A year ago that seat was filled by Neil Gorsuch . Leo said Trump made the Supreme Court's future the "defining issue" of his presidential campaign, and s...

More Boys Pulled From Flooded Cave In Thailand

Narongsak on Monday said their identities were being protected out of respect for the families of those still trapped inside the cave. "The mission has resume...

Theresa May presses on with Brexit plan after high-profile resignations

That inherently means that, regardless of what kind of deal the Conservative-led cabinet tries to thrash out with the bloc, it will be knocked back and hardline...

Trump pardons OR ranchers who set fires on federal land

The federal pursuit of the Hammonds followed years of permit violations and unauthorized fires, and they never accepted responsibility, said Oregon's former U...

Vulnerable Democrats welcome Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh

The official spoke on condition of anonymity to describe internal discussions. "Locked in from the start", is how CNN puts it, adding that Trump liked the 53-...

Four boys rescued from Thailand cave: What we know now

The first two boys emerged Sunday night from the cave in Thailand where they have been trapped for two weeks . Narongsak said the healthiest have been take...

92-year-old man beaten with brick, told 'go back to Mexico'

Rodriguez is now hospitalized for his injuries. A witness describes hearing the woman say "go back to your country, go back to Mexico" as she repeatedly struc...

Tusk tells Trump: Appreciate your allies, you don't have that many

Trump left that meeting without signing the joint statement from the seven nations and antagonizing important US allies, including Canadian Prime Minister Just...

Brett Kavanaugh Announced as Trump's Pick for SCOTUS

Kavanaugh, 53, had always been mentioned in Washington chatter as a potential high court choice by a Republican president because of his educational backgro...

Phase two of Thai cave rescue underway

Officials have said storms forecast for Chiang Rai province in Thailand's far north had factored into their decision to go ahead with a complicated and unsafe...

1 dead, 20 injured in S.Africa vintage plane crash

South African news outlet eNCA says the crash occurred near an airport in the Wonderboom area. Best Care ambulance services' Xander Loubser said reports indic...

At least 76 killed in Japan floods

Authorities warned that landslides could strike even after rain subsides as the calamity shaped up to be potentially the worst in decades. Kyodo reported that...

Bethlehem man survived DE crash that killed father, four daughters

All the kids and one of the adults were pronounced dead at the scene, while the other adult was transported to a local hospital after suffering serious but non-...

UK's May names loyalist Jeremy Hunt as foreign secretary

One theory being pushed by her biggest Brexiteer critics in the party is that if pro-Brexit members of the Cabinet resign one by one, then May's already dwindli...

'We do not agree' on Brexit plan with outgoing ministers: May

Mr Kinnock said the Chequers proposal was a "step in the right direction because at least the prime minister was accepting that our future lies with Europe". Ma...