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Vatican spokesman and his deputy resign

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North Korea ambassador to Italy 'in hiding' says South

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

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

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

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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

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

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RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel bashes uncle Mitt Romney for Trump criticism

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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

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Philippines President Duterte admits to sexually assaulting maid

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

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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

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Netanyahu says Brazil will move embassy to Jerusalem

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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...