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Counter terror police raid Melbourne homes

On Monday, Yacqub Khayre , a 29-year-old Somali-born Australian, was at a serviced apartment complex in the beachside suburb of Brighton with an escort he had ...

Trump Changes Stance On Qatar

The president did not limit his call for greater action against terrorism to Qatar alone but instead urged "Qatar and other nations in the region to do more t...

After five appearances, Hussain Nawaz hopes JIT has finished questioning him

The JIT members will be discussing the statement they have to submit to the Supreme Court after the prime minister's sons were questioned regarding their family...

Trump Reportedly Won't Try to Block Comey's Testimony to Congress

But such a maneuver would draw a backlash and could be challenged in court, they said. In a letter to White House Counsel Don McGahn, the Democrats said tha...

US forces join Philippine troops to end city siege

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UK PM May seen fighting for survival after election failure

The snap election , which Theresa May hoped would bolster her bargaining position in inchoate Brexit talks , surprised in many ways. The Telegraph said se...

British Labor Party Members Celebrate Progress Achieved in Elections

Nick Clegg, the party's former leader who was Deputy Prime Minister under the 2010 coalition with the Conservatives , lost his seat, while the party leader, Ti...

May failed to get the mandate she sought

Instead of a formal coalition, May could seek to govern through a so-called "confidence and supply" arrangement with the DUP , in which the Northern Irish part...

Pound dives as UK plunges into new period of uncertainty

Those 10 seats, added to the Conservative total, would give May more than the 326 votes she needs to guarantee her policies are approved. The prime minist...

Girl Soccer Player Mistaken For Boy Gets Team Disqualified From Tournament

He added, "She was crying after they told us". The story of an 8-year-old girl disqualified from a Nebraska soccer club weekend tournament has grabbed t...

British Prime Minister Vows to Carry on Despite Election Losses

Either way, this has proven to be an embarrassing blow for Theresa May , who called the snap election with the hope of winning an overwhelming majority. But ...

Two Australians killed in London Bridge terrorist attack, government confirms

Seven people died and dozens were wounded during the attack late Saturday. It's understood she is the previously unidentified Australian that Prime Minister ...

Modi, Xi focus on common ground, skip differences

Amid the risings tensions between India and Pakistan over border dispute, and repeated ceasefire violations; Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pakistan Prime...

DNI head claims Trump asked him to intervene in FBI's Russian Federation probe

Warner asked NSA Director Mike Rogers whether, in his experience, he thought it was "typical for a president" to discuss an ongoing FBI investigation that c...

UK Labour Party ready to form minority government, says politician Emily Thornberry

The DUP declined to comment. Presenting herself as committed to implementing the public's decision, May was able to win support from both factions and swept t...

Saudi, allies unveil Qatar-linked 'terrorism' list

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has strongly criticised U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's leaders for a new regional alliance aga...

Saudi on alert after ISIS threatens terror attack

The comments sparked anger from Iranians on social media, who recalled the vigils in Tehran that followed the September 11 attacks. The attack on Tehran'...

CCTV footage of police shootout with London Bridge attackers emerges

But he had dual Italian nationality through his mother, Valeria Collina, and had been staying with her near Bologna when he made his unsuccessful attempt to tra...

Trump Friday Twitter: Vindicates self, proclaims 'Comey is a leaker!'

Comey said he asked Richman to share his notes with the press after Trump tweeted about "tapes" of their White House conversations. "It doesn't make sense"...

North Korea says it has tested new anti-ship missile

Roh Jae-cheon, spokesman of Seouls military, said the latest launch would have meant to show off its widening arrange of missiles and also its precision stri...

Romney 'would have accepted' secretary of state job under Trump

John McCain and Lindsey Graham are among the high-profile officials attending the event that runs through Saturday. In the months leading up to last fall's el...

India rejects US President's allegation on Paris climate accord

A majority of Republicans, 67 percent, support Trump's decision to withdraw the USA from the agreement, compared to 25 percent of Republicans who oppose it....

Trump responds to Comey testimony: He's a leaker

He also denied that Comey's version of the events of a February 14 meeting, in which Trump said that he "hoped" that the FBI director could let go of an in...

Trump slams Qatar for funding terror as Tillerson urges calm

Erdogan said Saudi Arabia, as the dominant Arab state in the Gulf region, should be leading efforts to unite the Arab "fraternity" there rather than divid...

United Kingdom arrests three as footage of London Bridge attack appears online

The paper is also reporting Italian authorities allegedly tipped off the United Kingdom security services about his movements. British police said that th...

US' Tillerson urges Saudi allies to ease Qatar blockade

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks in the Treaty Room of the U.S. Department of State on Friday, urging Saudi Arabia and its regional allies to ease their...

Mauritania cuts ties to Qatar amid Gulf rift

The dispute has sparked the worst diplomatic crisis in the Arab world in years and raised fears it will cause further instability in an already volatile regio...

Is it fair the Warriors signed Durant? LeBron: 'I think it's great'

It was that simple last year, and it's that simple this year. No team in NBA playoff history has ever rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win a series, although...

Kansas City area man faces hate crime indictment in bar shooting

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U.S. urges Arab nations to ease blockade of Qatar

That was news to the Pentagon, which just minutes before said that the days-long blockade of Qatar had yet to interfere with US operations at al-Udeid, from...

What does a hung Parliament mean for the UK?

British Prime Minister Theresa May , who promised to be a "bloody hard woman" during her country's upcoming divorce negotiations with the European Union , has...

French Open Day 1: Kvitova makes triumphant return

Sunday's matches delivered a major shock when world No. 1 Angelique Kerber was knocked out by Russia's Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-2. There was quite a bit ...

Jeremy Corbyn's high-five failure sends Twitter into meltdown mode

A key factor in enabling the Conservatives to cling to power, however, may have been Corbyn's alienation of the Jewish vote. Mostly, the European Union mo...

Qatar FM to AP: No one has 'right to blockade my country'

Delivering a short statement at the State Department in Washington on Friday, he said: "US expectation is that Gulf countries would immediately take ste...

Trump Lawyer Reportedly to File Complaint Against Comey Over Shared Memos

Washington- The testimony of former director of the FBI James Comey in a public hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday kept the do...