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Iran warns Europe not to force 'strategic leap' on missile range

UN Security Council Resolution 2231 - adopted just after the nuclear deal - calls on Iran "not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles created t...

‘Collusion’ Setback: Trump Jr. Did Not Call Donald Trump About Tower Meeting

President Trump has long maintained that he did not know about the Trump Tower meeting in advance, and he told special counsel Robert Mueller as much when ...

United Kingdom data watchdog hits Brexit campaign group with fine for unlawful marketing

Both Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance - trading as GoSkippy Insurance - have been fined £60,000, with Leave.EU's being split between two separate incidents. Leave...

Nissan scraps plan to build new model in Britain

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'Pay to Stay' visa racket busted in USA, 8 Telugu people arrested

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Feds make largest fentanyl bust in USA history

At a news conference at the Mariposa Port of Entry, officials said the fentanyl weighs about 254 pounds and is worth about $3.5 Million. USA border agents a...

Tiny leopard cub found in luggage at Indian airport

Acting on specific inputs, officers of AIU maintained special alert and vigil at the customs arrival hall, following which they nabbed the accused who was carry...

Venezuela air force general defects from Maduro government

President of Mexico and Uruguay have jointly called a conference in Montevideo next Thursday for neutral countries to discuss the crisis. "Pursuant to the re...

Gold Coast man charged with Brisbane Airport bomb hoax

It is understood there are suspicions of a knife being involved. The Queensland Police Service tweeted that trains to the airport have stopped. "I was just ...

Trump has a meeting to discuss human trafficking at border

The president has been threatening to use the emergency order in order to prevent Democrats from blocking funding to his border wall since before the partial ...

Britain outraged at EU's Gibraltar 'colony' reference

Prime Minister Theresa May said she would seek a "pragmatic solution" to a parliamentary impasse over the terms on which Britain leaves the European Union whe...

Facebook and Twitter Take Down a Wave of Political Manipulation

Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram. On the foreign-influence ...

Osinbajo thanks Nigerians after helicopter crash

Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar said he is happy that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo survi...

Calls Mount For Northam To Resign Over 'Disturbing' Yearbook Photo

The Virginian-Pilot newspaper tweeted a picture of the page which it said it got hold of via the medical school library. Northam, a 59-year-old pediatric n...

Varadkar and Coveney set for crunch talks with European Union leaders

However, the deal was rejected by lawmakers with a majority of 230 votes in a January 15 vote. Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom said on Thursday that the F...

Saudi activist tortured in 'palace of terror'

This treatment has been overseen by Saud al-Qahtani, one of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's top advisers, she claimed. Turkish prosecutors are seeking ro...

Here's Punxsutawney Phil's Prediction for Groundhog Day 2019

Handlers for Pennsylvania's most famous prognosticating groundhog say he didn't see his shadow when the sun rose Saturday. Well the good news is that yes yo...

Russia says 'no progress' on nuclear treaty ahead of deadline

Russian Federation has said the relevant missile was never tested at distances banned under the agreement and has called on the U.S.to show proof of a violati...

Authorities discover tunnel leading to bank from wooded area, Federal Bureau of Investigation says

Once on scene, workers discovered a power cord inside the hole and determined that it was a tunnel. The tunnel was near a wooded area south of the bank, which...

Virginia governor apologizes for racist yearbook photo

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Afghan government control and troop numbers at record lows

Zalmay Khalilzad , who was named by President Donald Trump's administration to find a way out of the war, held an unusually long six days of talks with Taliba...

Polar vortex puts US Midwest in a deep freeze

Some 250 million Americans overall have experienced the " polar vortex " conditions. Hospitals have been treating patients reporting frostbite as life across ...

Bitterly cold air returns to Wisconsin and the possibility of "frost quakes"

For those in winter's icy grip this week, the real danger are the cold temperatures themselves, which can cause frostbite and hypothermia in minutes if a pers...

European Union states move to recognize Venezuela's Guaido: diplomats

Partners and allies to create pressure on Maduro to support the agenda of President Guaido". "This is a made in Venezuela effort, fully supported across t...

Senator Elizabeth Warren apologises to Cherokee Nation for DNA test

Warren, long criticized for claiming to have Native American ancestry without formal proof, released the results of a DNA test in October that showed she co...

Roger Stone case: Judge considers gagging order

The judge gave prosecutors and the defense until February 8 to submit their arguments over the potential gag order. The breadth of the government's evidence i...

One dead, several injured in attack on Corsica

Police said the gunman began firing on the street around 4:25 p.m. local time in the town of Bastia. Police evacuated nearby buildings and blocked off the apa...

Statement on health and security of Canadian diplomatic staff in Havana, Cuba

Canada said in November it was considering all options regarding its embassy in Cuba after a 13th case was confirmed. In April, Canada recalled diplomats' f...

Man caught on video doing 'fake slip and fall' for insurance fraud

When pressed about the video showing him throw ice on the floor, he replied "I didn't do it, it was a mistake". The 57-year-old then slowly gets on the floor ...

Details Set for Trump’s Summit With North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

His appearance is significant because he was largely absent from public activities from 2017 to 2018, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap. The presid...

Senator Cory Booker Announces 2020 Presidential Run

Since arriving in Washington , Booker has attracted attention for his leadership during the bipartisan effort to pass criminal justice reform and for his poi...

Russia Regrets Washington's Expected Exit From Key Arms Control Treaty

Tensions have raged for months over the fate of the INF agreement signed in 1987 by United States president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ....

Lesufi shuts down Hoërskool Driehoek following death of pupils

For more, we cross to our reporter Lopang Alamu in Vanderbijlpark. At least four children have been killed at Höerskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark after a bui...

Why the European Union is helping Iran avoid U.S. sanctions

A UN Security Council resolution enshrined Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States in which Tehran curbed ...

Govt doubles tax exemption for the middle class man

Goyal , who stepped in as interim finance minister after Arun Jaitley had to fly to NY for medical treatment, was widely expected to raise income tax exemption ...