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U.S. demands Russia explain American's detention on spying charges

The 48-year-old Detroit-area man had an account on a Russian social media site, where he posted festive notes on the country's national holidays. According to...

Marine Accidentally Killed on Capitol Hill

Few details are known about the shooting incident that took place within the grounds of the historic Washington, DC Marine Barracks , located a short walk ...

Vatican spokesman and his deputy resign

The conditions for a possible visit to Iraq by Pope Francis have not yet been met, the Vatican number two said on Wednesday, citing concerns about the possibi...

North Korea ambassador to Italy 'in hiding' says South

The Associated Press reports that North Korea has yet to comment on Jo's status. Earlier on Thursday, the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper, citing an unidentified ...

EU's Juncker urges Britain: get your act together on Brexit

MPs are due to vote in the Commons in mid-January on the proposals reached with the EU. The Brexit deal I have negotiated delivers on the vote of the British...

Trump 'looks forward to' meeting Pakistan's new leadership

And he tells it is and he's very smart and we're supposed to say oh, thank you for the library. Don't know who's using it (the library) in Afghanistan. USA mili...

Trump Rejects Shutdown Compromise Proposed by Pence Before Meeting with Democrats

Lawmakers managed to pass funding bills for about three-quarters of the government, but when it came to the last one, which included the Department of Homeland ...

United States authorities fire tear gas across border to repel Central Americans

That was the first time the tear gas had been used against these folks, some of those iconic images, moms fleeing with their kids in diapers away from the tear ...

USA troops to leave Syria but YPG support to continue

Iraqi warplanes hit a meeting of leaders of the militant Islamic State group near Deir al-Zor in Syria on Monday, destroying the building they were gathered...

Man Triggers Police Operation After Shouting 'Why Don't You Die?' at Spider

Twenty minutes later, officers on the scene provided an update. "Caller walked past the AA and heard a male screaming out " Why don't you die " - repeatedly",...

Ohio Doctor Vows to Give Wrong Medicines to Jews

Dr Kollab, who is of Palestinian heritage, was awarded her medical degree by a Jewish-affiliated college in NY a year ago. "After this debate, I have to watch...

White House calls Democrats' plan to end shutdown 'non-starter'

It will also be Trump's first face-to-face talks with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi , who's poised to be elected speaker on Thursday, and Senate Democra...

RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel bashes uncle Mitt Romney for Trump criticism

U.S. President Donald Trump is firing back at former rival Mitt Romney after Romney said that Trump caused "dismay" around the world. Trump used the...

Girl, 2, injured after falling into Florida zoo's rhino enclosure

The child was "trauma alerted" to a hospital in Orlando after the incident, which took place at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Brevard County Fire Rescue twee...

DR Congo election: Presidential poll hit by delays

Improvised electoral agents count the ballots after a symbolic vote on 30 December 2018, at Kalinda Stadium in Beni, where voting was postponed for Democrati...

Several dead after horror train accident on bridge in Denmark

The bridge was closed for both trains and vehicles, police said. Rail network officials said debris from a freight train - possibly a tarpaulin - hit a commut...

Bottrop: Four injured in Germany in New Year's Eve 'racist attack'

The man "clearly meant to kill foreigners", said North Rhine-Westphalia state interior minister Herbert Reul. Four people were injured, some of them seriously...

Taiwan reunification is a must, says Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the people of Taiwan to accept it "must and will be" reunited with China. "We are willing to use the greatest sincerity a...

North Korea to Trump: Don't test us

Last year's speech set the country on an unprecedented path of worldwide diplomacy with South Korea and the US. He said he would work towards "a result th...

Israel protests to Jordan over flag trampling

The Foreign Ministry called in Jordan's deputy ambassador Mohammed Hamid on Sunday to protest a Jordanian minister walking on an Israeli flag on the way to a me...

Two women below 50 years enter Sabarimala temple

They were ultimately forced to turn round after a stand-off with devotees, just metres from Sabarimala's sanctum. Almost 1,500 women formed a human chain at...

Philippines President Duterte admits to sexually assaulting maid

I tried to touch what was inside the panty.I was touching. "I was touching. She woke up so I left the room", Duterte said, according to local news outlet Rap...

Border agents fire tear gas at migrants attempting to cross border illegally

CBP said most of the migrants attempting to cross returned back to Mexico while 25 people, including two teenagers, were detained. Waldman said there were no ...

Fifteen men charged over beheadings of female hikers in Morocco

Fifteen suspects accused of being involved in the brutal murders of two Scandinavian women in Morocco's Atlas Mountains earlier this month appeared in court...

Pelosi hopes to end shutdown as Democrats take control of the House

Schumer has not heard from the White House since he met with Vice President Mike Pence and incoming White House acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney on December ...

Trump tries to deflect blame for migrant children's deaths

While Border Control said that Jakelin had gone without food or water for days before she entered their custody, her father, who she was traveling with from t...

US Strategic Command Apolgizes After Tweeting About Bomb Drop

Just the sort of lovely reminder you want from the only country that has ever used nuclear weapons in combat. "Peace is our Profession" may be their motto, bu...

Netanyahu says Brazil will move embassy to Jerusalem

The first public opinion poll after the announcement of snap elections predicted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was heading toward an easy re-election. ...

Mattis Says Farewell as Secretary of Defense

In a written farewell message, Mattis quoted a one-sentence telegram that President Abraham Lincoln sent to the commander of Union forces, Gen. Ulysses S. Matti...

Multiple injured after New Year's Eve stabbing at Manchester, UK train station

A woman suffered injuries to her face and stomach and a man was wounded in the stomach. The three victims were taken to hospital with "serious" but non-life-t...

House Democrats unveil measure to re-open government

The deadlock has resulted in what is already the longest partial government shutdown since a 16-day standoff in 2013 over the Affordable Care Act. He follow...

Putin says still 'open to dialogue' with US

In his congratulatory message to Putin, Xi said that the year 2018 has a special significance in China-Russia relations, and both countries have smoothly comple...

Trump says ‘progress being made' With China after Xi call

History shows that cooperation is the best choice for both China and the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on T...

Yellow vests: low turnout for 7th week-end of protests

The initial protests were against a new fuel tax which was later suspended by the French government. In Paris , where yellow vest protests have repeatedly de...

[Breaking] N. Korean leader sends letter to Moon

South Korean President Moon Jae-in posted on Facebook that Kim was open to holding more talks and that he had "redefined his standpoint in actively carrying out...