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Terror financing watchdog FATF warns Pak to mend ways

Paris: The financially ailing Pakistan economy is likely to be hit further with the worldwide terror financing watchdog FATF's strong warning to the country. Br...

Almost 100 injured in Catalan protests

Protests have erupted across Catalonia after Spain's Supreme Court on Monday issued heavy prison sentences of between nine and 13 years to Catalan separatist ...

Farooq Abdullah's sister, daughter detained for holding 'anti-India protest' in Srinagar

They were carrying placards which read, "Kashmiri brides not for sale", "Why downgrade Jammu and Kashmir state". Under the Public Safety Act (PSA) a person ...

Harry Dunn crash: Parents 'considering civil action' against United States suspect

Northamptonshire Police Superintendent Sarah Johnson confirmed in a statement on october 5 that the suspected driver, a 42-year-old American woman, left the c...

Tropical cyclone could form in Gulf of Mexico this week

Closer to the US, there are two systems being monitored for development. The depression is moving toward the northwest near 10 miles per hour (17 km/h), and thi...

SC concludes hearing in Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute, reserves judgement

The surprise development came on the last day of the hearings scheduled by the five judge-constitution bench of the Supreme Court. Supreme Court is hearing a ...

Hong Kong protests: United States lawmakers pass Human Rights and Democracy Act

That bill would subject the city's special USA trading status to annual reviews and provides for sanctions against officials deemed responsible for undermining ...

Strong quake in Philippines kills one, injures dozens

The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 6.4 quake that hit Wednesday evening was centered about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Columbio in the Mindanao regio...

Election 2019: Obama weighs in, urging Canadians to vote for Trudeau

The Liberal Party too tweeted an image of two leaders with Obama's tweet inserted between them and captioned it as- #ChooseForward. An endorsement from Obam...

International Monetary Fund downgrades world economic outlook; 2019 estimate for Canada unchanged

The growth downgrade assumes that all announced USA tariffs on Chinese goods are put in place, along with Chinese retaliation. However, she cautioned that mon...

Bipartisan House measure condemns Trump’s Syria withdrawal

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat, called Trump's decision to withdraw troops "callous and impulsive" and said it "set into motion...

US Democrats proclaim 'dramatic progress' in Trump impeachment inquiry

Trump's decision to withdraw American forces ahead of a Turkish offensive last week into northern Syria against US -allied Syrian Kurdish fighters, removing the...

Run Turkish Bank Charged With Evading U.S. Sanctions On Iran

Turkey's state-owned Halkbank has denied any wrongdoing after USA prosecutors charged the lender with partaking in a scheme to evade U.S sanctions on Iran ....

Democrats Clash in Fourth Primary Debates

A CBS News poll revealed he has support from 14 percent of Iowa Democrats, which puts him in striking distance of Biden and Warren, who were at 22 percent, ...

Republicans Rebuke Trump as House Votes to Condemn President's Syria Troop Withdrawal

Do people really think we should go to war with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member Turkey? Initially, he gave into the counsel of his hawkish military ...

Pope's chief bodyguard quits over leak of police flyer in corruption probe

The Vatican announced october 14 that the pope accepted the resignation of the 57-year-old Vatican police chief who, although "bears no personal responsibilit...

Megan James' Forecast | Rain moves out, cold moves in

Skies are cloudy with periods of rain beginning late in the morning, today . Friday morning will be cold with lows near freezing for most, and even in the ...

Elton John defends Ellen DeGeneres' friendship with George W. Bush

Elton John is full of admiration for his pal Ellen Degeneres, after she stood up to critics of her friendship with former U.S. President George W. "I'm lear...

Rep. Ilhan Omar joins Ocasio-Cortez in endorsing Bernie Sanders for president

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for president and appear with him at a rally on Saturday, according to two people with knowledge of her plans. The socialist Democrat i...

Trump drops 'bombshell' in meeting with parents of UK crash teen

Dunn said the president "was very gracious and spoke very well to us". Speaking this morning, Charlotte said she would only meet with her on United Kingdom so...

Jailed British holidaymakers 'to be released soon'

The family's attorney, Bridget Cambria, said her clients were driving near the US border south of Vancouver on October 2 when they swerved to avoid an animal an...

Whistleblower Sheds Light on CNN's Anti-Trump Agenda

Trump , who has been credited with juicing the network's flagging ratings during the 2016 presidential campaign. But I made a decision to wear the camera becaus...

Dutch police investigate family living in isolation on farm

He then told staff he needed help, broadcaster RTV Drenthe reported. The café owner, Chris Westerbeek , told RTV Drenthe that the man, who made several v...

FC Barcelona: Prison not the answer for Catalonia leaders

Local police said that about 25,000 protesters gathered at Catalunya square before the demonstration at the airport, which prevented crews from reaching their p...

Newborn Indian girl found buried alive in cemetery

It was a clay pot and, from inside, they could hear an infant crying. "At one point I thought that my daughter had come alive". "The police took the baby...

Esther Duflo becomes second woman to win Nobel Prize in economics

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was, however, quick to congratulate Banerjee and lauded his contributions in the field of poverty alleviation. Unlike the ...

Pro-Trump Video Shows President Killing Known Detractors

In a statement , media outlet CNN said the video was not the first time Trump's supporters promoted violence against the media, "but it is by far and away ...

House approves bill supporting pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong

Mrs Lam was forced to deliver her speech via video after her annual policy address in the Legislative Council was aborted when some lawmakers jeered as she bega...

Iran releases photos from alleged attack on its tanker off Saudi coast

He notably lauded the politician's goodwill and preparedness to mediate peace in regional conflicts, noting that Tehran would facilitate efforts aimed at the re...

Giuliani will not cooperate in U.S. House impeachment inquiry

Giuliani had faced a Tuesday deadline to produce the requested documents. In the letter to attorney Lee Wolosky, White House Deputy Counsel Michael Purpura c...

Man drives body to California police station, claims he killed 4

ROSEVILLE, Calif . - The Roseville Police Department is investigating multiple homicides in Roseville, as well as one victim being found in a auto at the Mount ...

Children chained, abused as hundreds are rescued from "torture centre" in Katsina

Police in northern Nigeria said they rescued over 300 young men from an Islamic boarding school on Monday, October 14, where they were reportedly chained an...

China exports and imports in deeper contraction in September

China reported a trade surplus of US$39.65 billion last month, compared with a US$34.84 billion surplus in August. China's exports to the U.S. fell 10.7 perce...

Uganda government denies report of re-introduction of anti-gay bill

The original version of that bill, first introduced in 2009, included the death penalty for what it called aggravated acts of homosexuality. However, England'...

Trump ex-Russia adviser Fiona Hill testifies in impeachment inquiry

Mulvaney also took part in the "rogue operation with legal implications". Ms Yovanovitch said she was "incredulous" at being dismissed by President Trump in...