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Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny jailed for 30 days

Navalny is seeking to highlight alleged corruption within the Russian government, but he is also seeking to promote his bid to run against President Vladimir P...

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The Justice Department says Sessions looks forward to answering the committee's questions. But officials said Sessions's relationship with Trump has...

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For all her tactical skills, Bacsinszky could not contain Ostapenko, who hit the lines on multiple occasions in an aggressive style reminiscent of Monica Seles....

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Taking all the risks, Jelena Ostapenko has won the opening set against Timea Bacsinszky in the French Open semifinals. Romanian Simona Halep has shown t...

UKIP leader Paul Nuttall stands down after humiliating election wipe out

Mr Nuttall vowed that Ukip under his successor - to be in place by September - would continue to be a "straight talking" party that says "what everybody else is...

Rain-triggered landslides kill at least 48 in Bangladesh

Rescue operations are being hampered by bad weather and officials told the BBC they feared the death toll would rise. Moreover, as most of the remote and badl...

US Attorney General to testify before Congress over contacts with Russian Federation

If he says yes, it could be an indication there are additional reasons for his recusal, beyond a few meetings with the Russian ambassador, that are not known pu...

Ashley 'more open' to selling Newcastle United stake

However, he now appears more willing to share responsibility for running the club. The club had previously been off the market, but Ashley now seems minded to...

United Kingdom fears the Gulf's Qatar blockade is hurting its people

As a media leader in the region, Qatar has an important role of providing news coverage to citizens in the Gulf and beyond. Saudi Arabia , the United Arab E...

Candidates for governor run on different priorities

Davis has run a business-focused race; Reeves has touted his conservative credentials; and Vogel, who has a big fundraising lead, has promised to put "principle...

United Kingdom poll: After result, media allies turn on PM May

Though the biggest single victor, they failed to reach the 326-mark they would need to command a parliamentary majority. The European Union's budget commissio...

Leading Eurosceptic is new head at Defra

Who has kept their job? May's new Chief of Staff has been announced as former Croyden MP Gavin Barwell who seems to have a solid grasp on the science of cli...

Pakistani PM hopes for swift solution to crisis over Qatar

In Doha , Qatar Airways called on the UN's aviation body to declare the Gulf boycott against the carrier "illegal" and a violation of a 1944 convention on worl...

Qatar Airways CEO: US 'fueling' the fire of Gulf crisis

But Emadi said the energy sector and economy of the world's top liquefied natural gas exporter were essentially operating as normal and that there had not b...

Assassin's Creed Origins revealed with Xbox One X gameplay

The photos, news, and gameplay , was always hot and was revealed one after the other but feared the authenticity. There's a greater focus on RPG elements now...

Trump travel ban dealt another blow as appeals court rules

The judges said the president violated US immigration law by discriminating against people based on their nationality and that Trump failed to show their entry ...

Trump Says He Is '100%' Willing To Testify Under Oath About Comey

What do you do if you've just been fired as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the administration has chosen to "defame" you with "lies plain and ...

Gal Gadot is a wonder in 'Wonder Woman'

Organiser Emma Jukes said the fun would begin with a costume competition at the BCC Lismore cinema at 2.30pm, followed by a showing of the film . However, ...

What The Election And Theresa May's Deal Mean For The UK

May, jolted by the electoral setback, however, remained defiant to calls for her resignation and vowed to form a minority government with the informal backi...

United Nations imposes fresh sanctions on officials in North Korea

North Korea has rejected all UN Security Council resolutions dating back to 2006 when it conducted its first nuclear test, saying such moves directly infring...

Pakistan hopes current impasse in Gulf countries to be resolved soon

Qatar has denied the charges and said the restrictions violate worldwide law. An Iranian diplomat in Doha said three cargo planes from Iran were landing...

King plans to grill Sessions on his role in Comey firing

He recused himself in March from a federal investigation into contacts between Russian Federation and Donald Trump's presidential campaign after acknowledgi...

Merkel says European Union ready to start Brexit negotiations

The article by Tom McTague added: "From a position of relative strength, dominating a compliant parliament which had accepted Brexit, Theresa May is now strug...

Trump invited to testify over Comey, Russian meddling

How many meetings did you have with the Russian ambassador or any other Russian officials in 2016? Trump has denied he tried to interfere with the probe. Comey ...

Ivanka Trump says her father is optimistic

Blumenthal is spearheading a bid to bring Sessions back before the Judiciary Committee to ask him about the meetings and the role he played in Trump's firing ...

DUP and Sinn Fein make gains as SDLP and Alliance falter

Hume was also later a key player in the negotiations for the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The EU has said that Brexit talks need to make sufficient progre...

Attorney General Sessions requests his testimony be public

A number of Senate Democrats had called for Sessions to appear for questioning, and one member of the Intelligence Committee praised the decision to hold an ope...

In Panama, many indifferent to Noriega death

After the U.S. extradited him to France, a court there approved a request from Panama in December 2010 to send him back home, where he was convicted again. Foll...

China supports Philippines' US-backed fight against Islamists

At least 58 soldiers and police were killed in fighting along with at least 20 civilians, the military said, estimating that nearly 200 militants had been kill...

Trump on Comey testimony: 'No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker'

Trump's aides have repeatedly dodged questions about whether conversations relevant to the Russian Federation investigation have been recorded, and so did the ...

Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson urges soft Brexit

The Scottish Conservatives won just a single seat in Scotland in the 2015 general election - but the party's share of the vote doubled as it took a further ...

UK PM May's Brexit plan has not changed, her spokesman says

Few, not least Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May , expected the UK's prospects to have changed so dramatically overnight. She could still salvage something ...

Saudi carrier looks to poach Qatar Airways staff

Qatar has been ejected from the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen, and transport links between it and three other Gulf countries have been severed,...

Baseball to Open CWS Saturday at 7 pm

The fighting spirit and never-say-die approach prevailed again on Saturday in the first game of the Tallahassee Super Regional . OSU (54-4) and Cal State Ful...

May to form minority government after election debacle

It was a surprise move - Gove was sacked as justice minister by May a year ago after his bid to become party leader forced now-foreign minister Boris Johnson fr...