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WARNING issued to Irish holidaymakers ahead of UNBEARABLE weather

In Spain, heat stroke killed at least three men. A continent-wide heatwave in recent weeks has seen drought and wildfires from Greece to Sweden . Large par...

Small plane crashes in Switzerland, several people killed

Most of the people killed were from Switzerland, along with an Austrian couple and their son. The 20 Minutes newspaper quoted a witness who was on the mount...

China, ASEAN Countries Hold Joint Naval Drill

They monitored developments on three giant screens, including one showing the location of a collision between an oil tanker, which supposedly caught fire, and a...

Caracas drone explosion 'attack on Venezuela President Maduro' - government

Venezuela's government says several explosions heard at a military event were an attempted attack on President Maduro. State television showed Maduro abruptly...

Growing California fires prompt new evacuations

The forecast included extremely low humidity levels that leave vegetation ready to burn. National Weather Service meteorologist Duane Dykema said Friday tha...

President Trump is 'Begging' Congress to Fix Immigration Laws

Trump tweeted. "Must get rid of Lottery , Catch & Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT!" "I'll always leave room for negotia...

Aeromexico plane crashes in north-central Mexico with no fatalities

The Mexico City-bound Embraer 190 jet was nearly full, with 103 on board including two infants and four crew members, when it came down at around 4 pm (21:0...

Meghan Markle Is Reportedly Over and Done With Her Dad

Erin Baker, Auto Trader's editorial director, said: 'The Audi RS6 Avant is one of the fastest estate cars on the market doing 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds, and it...

Man taunts bison in Yellowstone National Park

In a statement posted on Facebook , Superintendent Dan Wenk called the man's actions "reckless, unsafe and illegal". The man escaped serious injury only becaus...

Hundreds evacuated in Virginia after dam overflows

The National Weather Service reported if the dam does fail, "the water depth at Lynchburg could exceed 17 feet in 7 minutes". The weather service said that Co...

USA says remains returned by North Korea likely American

Each set of remains, in a coffin draped with a United Nations flag, was carried by six service members to a vehicle and loaded onto the C-17s and flown to Joi...

White House Repeatedly Refuses To Say Journos Aren't 'Enemy Of The People'

Mrs Ghanem said that two of her son's wives, one of whom was with him when he was killed, have been allowed back in Saudi Arabia with their children. "After e...

Trump Dismisses Collusion with Russia, Alleges Democrat 'Witch Hunt'

Last week, sources told CNN that former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen claims to have information about Trump being informed about the meeting and its objective...

Houston police: 20-year-old grudge may be motive for doctor's killing

Pappas is still on the run and is armed and extremely risky, according to Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo. Officers with the Houston Police Department co...

Police in Missouri respond to possible Mollie Tibbetts sighting

Let her go and turn yourself in. The family of a 20-year-old college student who went missing two weeks ago and a local organization in Iowa have announced th...

Donald Trump Has No Idea How to Buy Groceries

Supporters of President Donald Trump fill the stands during a rally at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa on Tuesday. Nelson is being challenged by Trum...

Assam NRC: Amit Shah says Congress lacked courage to implement it

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned briefly on Monday after the opposition created pandemonium over the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam terming it ...

FUEL EFFICIENCY: Trump proposes rollback of Obama's clean vehicle rules

The 19 states, and Washington D.C, announced what is likely to be a legal showdown over the proposal . The lawsuit is being lead by California Attorney...

Trump receives letter from NK leader: White House

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he looked forward to meeting Kim Jong Un soon and thanked the North Korean leader for sending the suspected remai...

Florida firefighters report for duty on front lines of California fires

The fire, which started July 23 in Shasta County, continues burning and has destroyed almost 1,000 homes. Another major blaze known as the Ferguson Fire broke...

National Archives may not finish reviewing Kavanaugh documents before end of October

Mr. Grassley had requested documents and emails sent "to" and "from" Judge Kavanaugh during his time working in the White House Counsel's Office under President...

Trump echoes Giuliani defense: 'Collusion is not a crime'

But "one person who's apparently not anxious about Robert Mueller's investigation is Donald Trump ", he said . President Trump argued Tuesday that collusi...

White House trots out five top officials to reassure election safety

Responding to wide-ranging criticism that it lacked a clear national strategy to protect US elections, the White House said Thursday that President Donald Tr...

Russian forces join United Nations peacekeepers on Golan Heights frontier patrol

On Wednesday, Russia's envoy to Syria said that Iranian forces have withdrawn their heavy weapons to a distance of 85 kilometers (53 miles) from the Golan H...

John Kelly says Trump wants him to stay at White House

Kelly, a retired four-star Marine Corps general, has had a rocky tenure in the West Wing and was widely expected to leave his job this summer. Gabriel Sherman...

USA judge halts 3D-printed gun blueprints hours before planned release

Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to reverse an administration decision to allow a Texas company to make blueprints for a 3D-printed gun avail...

California wildfires scorch an area the size of Los Angeles

Jerry Brown. "All that is the new normal that we will have to face". Brown spoke alongside the top emergency management officials in the state Wednesday morni...

Mamata: We want peace, let BJP state NRC goals

Expressing dissatisfaction over the TMC's protests against the Centre and Assam government's stand on the NRC draft, Pathak said doing so could disrupt the law ...

Trump receives 'nice' new letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

In a statement on Thursday, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said that Mr Trump's tweet was referring to a letter that Mr Trump received on 1 August from...

Eight US states craft Trump lawsuit on 3D guns

A USA judge on Tuesday blocked the planned release of 3-D printed gun blueprints hours before they were set to hit the internet, siding with states that sued ...

Police fatally shoot resident who shot home intruder

Police say the resident shot him. The armed homeowner - whose name hasn't been released - was taken to a hospital where he died, the paper said. They conf...

Zimbabwe soldiers clash with opposition supporters as ruling party wins majority

On the other hand, former Advisor to the late MDC President Alex Magaisa has complained that ZEC's failure to jointly announce Presidential elections results ...

Trump calls on Sessions to end Russian Federation probe 'right now'

There is now an investigation into the possible collusion between Trump's campaign and Russian Federation during the 2016 election, which is led by Robert Muel...

Trump says Koch brothers are 'a total joke' in GOP

Trump's comments follow news media reports that some officials within the Koch donor network are concerned the president's trade policies could fuel a recess...

US looking for partnership not dominance in Indo-Pacific: Pompeo

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement in a keynote address at the US Chamber of Commerce's Indo-Pacific Business Forum, days before he leaves f...