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Opposition Figures Arrested As Anti-Corruption Protests Roil Russia

Amnesty spoke to an eyewitness who described scenes of mass beatings by police in Moscow , as well as police cordons obstructing people's movement and vehicl...

North Korea: Obama Policy to Blame for 'Mystery' Death of Otto Warmbier

North Korea reportedly told a USA official that Warmbier contracted botulism and slipped intothe coma after taking a sleeping pill - they claimed to have re...

Taliban infiltrate Afghan army to target foreign troops

Dillon C. Baldridge, 22 of Youngsville, North Carolina - were killed June 10 when an Afghan soldier opened fire on them in Peka Valley, located in Nangarhar...

Qatar rejects list of demands from Saudi Arabia

UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash told reporters that diplomacy , however, was still a priority. Qatar has 10 days to respond to t...

Big names descend on White House for summit

The four-hour event was the first major meeting of the American Technology Council , a new group that Trump commissioned in May that's being led by Jared Kush...

Qatar says Saudi-led ultimatum unreasonable

Quantifying the degree of Qatar's "interference" in foreign and domestic policies of the four countries is also virtually impossible, with the quagmire the Gu...

UAE warns Qatar of final Parting of ways

Anwar Gargash also told reporters that the publication of the 13-point list of demands, which Kuwait has handed to Qatar as a mediator, might harm the negotia...

Professor said Otto Warmbier 'got what he deserved'

Rodman's agent, Chris Volo , says his client personally lobbied the Pyongyang government for Warmbier's return home. Former professional basketball player D...

Donald Trump says he won't fire 'bothersome' Robert Mueller

In excerpts from a separate interview, Trump criticized President Barack Obama for inaction in the face of Russian meddling. But in the Fox interview, he seem...

Oracle pick up first win of America's Cup

While they focus on another comeback, New Zealand is keen to reproduce the outcome of 1995, when Russell Coutts skippered Black Magic to a five-race sweep of ...

Why neither North Korea nor United States want all-out war

Moon watched the test during a visit to the Agency for Defense Development's facility in Taean County, along South Korea's western coast in Chungcheongnam-do pr...

Syria : Iran says its missiles into country hit IS targets

Field operatives from the Quds Force, the branch of the Guards responsible for operations outside Iran's borders, gathered intelligence on the targets inside ...

Iran Arrests 41 Suspects Involved in Tehran Attacks

On Tehran's enmity with Washington, the Iranian leader said "Some of the problems with the U.S. are essentially unresolvable as the US's problem with us has n...

US State Secretary: North Korea Frees American Citizen

Warmbier was arrested and detained by the DPRK authorities at Pyongyang International Airport on his way back home in early January of 2016 after he attempted...

'Shy green' Gove to oversee air quality policy

However other commentators warned that if the new minister adopted a similarly controversial approach as he had taken when in charge of schools and prisons - an...

Boston Celtics: Becoming a title contender

Bryan Colangelo , the 76ers president of basketball operations, played coy about the pick even after swapping the first and third picks with Boston and giving u...

N.Korea conducts rocket engine test

North Korea's last rocket engine test came in March and was apparently timed to coincide with the visit of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Beijing, wh...

Congressman Tim Ryan questions Democrat leadership

In fact, in all four special elections - including a surprisingly close race in SC also on Tuesday - Democrats outperformed Hillary Clinton in 2016, and they ...

LSU wins 3rd straight elimination game to advance to CWS finals

I can't think of one time this year we've had to stop practice and. get on them about not practicing hard this spring". The Beavers managed only a season-low ...

Rep. Steve Scalise moved out of intensive care unit

MedStar Washington Hospital Center said in a statement that Scalise's condition has been upgraded to fair and that he "continues to make good progres...

Trump talks about building a solar southern wall

The president has estimated that completing the barrier would cost US$8 billion to US$12 billion, though many experts say the actual cost would be far higher. I...

Chants against Saudi royals as Iran marks Jerusalem Day

At a 2016 Al-Quds Day event in Tehran , General Hossein Salami, deputy chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, boasted that "in Lebanon alone over 100,000 miss...

Saudi police 'foil Mecca Grand Mosque attack'

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack and expressed his full solidarity with Saudi Arabia in confronting terrorism and extremism. Shiite I...

Trumps attend wedding of treasury secretary and actress

The President and the First Lady will be among the A-list guests at the Washington wedding of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Saturday evening. Pool got...

Puerto Rico overwhelmingly votes for possible statehood

On June 11, millions of Puerto Ricans will head to the polls to decide the political status of the Caribbean island. Puerto Rico's hazy political status, da...

US lawmakers urge Trump to press India's Modi on trade, investment

Defence and security are other important issues that the two leaders should discuss, he said . The senior administration official made the remarks while resp...

Nancy Pelosi lauds her own leadership record after Democratic losses

Tim Ryan , D-Ohio, who was unsuccessful a year ago in trying to unseat Pelosi. "I don't know that it's possible at this point to change our party leadership",...

Reaction to Trump's Cuba shift

While the US prohibits tourism to Cuba, the US Treasury Department now allows travelers to "self-license" under 12 different categories of travel , such as e...

Govt foils ISIS plot to take over 3 cities

The fighting between government security forces and Maute is now entering its fourth week. ISIS has crowed over the Philippine military's inability to dis...

Nevada Senator Opposes Healthcare Bill, Now The 5th Republican

Sen. Chuck Schumer, deeming his fight a matter of "life and death", vowed Friday "to use every single ounce of energy that I have" to defeat the Republican heal...

Trump's businesses show mixed returns during campaign and presidency

The documents were made available to the government voluntarily, and cover January 2016 through this April 15, 2017. That figure represents a $7.4 million inc...

Five GOP senators now oppose health bill _ enough to sink it

Right now, some counties in Missouri, Ohio, Indiana and Washington will have zero health care options in the Obamacare markets next year. Heller added, "You...

Critics of Senate health bill hope to sway GOP Sen. Cassidy

The only "improvement" the Senate version offers over the House plan is that it would wait longer to destroy Medicare recipients' coverage. "I think a numbe...

Brendan Dassey Of 'Making A Murderer' Wins Federal Appeals Court Case

The story of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey's trials and convictions received worldwide attention with the release of the incredibly popular " Making a Mur...

US Supreme Court to hear 'gerrymandering' case

If decided correctly, this case could be absolutely crucial to restoring a level playing field, especially in state legislatures and the U.S. House of Repres...