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Kim Jong Nam's Body Flown Out of Malaysia

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Trump, Ryan go public with fight against Freedom Caucus

PBS' Lisa Desjardins asked when Ryan expected to return to health care legislation. The GOP majority on the House Ways and Means Committee, empowered under a ...

Xi Jinping to visit Finland, meet Trump in US

China has been irritated at being repeatedly told by Washington to rein in North Korea's nuclear and missile programs and by the US decision to base an advanced...

Life imprisonment for cow slaughter in Gujarat as Assembly passes amendments

With this Act, cow slaughter became a non-bailable offence in the state. The government of Gujarat had in 2011 imposed a complete ban on cow-slaughter, transp...

'People on rooftops' as Australians flee rising floodwaters

The Bureau of Meteorology said the far northeast of the northern rivers area had been soaked with 280mm of rain by evening with another 100mm expected by Friday...

S. Korea's ex-president Park arrested following impeachment over corruption scandal

Many Park supporters waved national flags and shouted "president" as the vehicle entered the facility. Park was also reportedly taking secret advice from Choi...

Scottish lawmakers back Nicola Sturgeon's call for new referendum on independence

She says there should be a new plebiscite on independence between fall 2018 and spring 2019, when details of Britain's divorce terms with the bloc are clear. "T...

Scotland to make formal request to hold second independence vote

A hard copy of the letter will be sent to Downing Street, with a PDF file emailed as an attachment. The economic uncertainty of an independent Scotland was a ...

Nicola Sturgeon writes to PM requesting second Scottish independence referendum

The Scottish Nationalists lost their majority in the Scottish Parliament a month before the Brexit referendum but were able to pass a 69-59 vote in fa...

Heitkamp says she'll vote for Trump's Supreme Court pick

Toomey said he has been impressed with the intellect and knowledge of Gorsuch, a 49-year-old federal appellate judge based in Colorado who sits on the 10th U....

Government secures $24 billion deal for company tax cuts

Companies with a turnover of more than $10 million made up 1.4 per cent of companies, but 78 per cent of tax collected. The government wants the tax cuts vote...

Police stumped as all but one suspect freed in London attack

The terrorist who killed four people outside the British Parliament building last week acted alone and his motives may never be known, United Kingdom police sai...

Atlanta Interstate collapses in massive fire

School systems across metro Atlanta had mixed reactions to the collapse of a portion Interstate 85 near a key interchange with Georgia 400. The massive blaz...

Rand Hits Three-Week Low On News Of A Cabinet Reshuffle

A key figure in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) said the party was unhappy with President Jacob Zuma's decision to fire Pravin Gordhan as finance m...

Trump Signs Order Sweeping Away Obama-era Climate Policies

Trump's decree also reverses a ban on coal leasing on federal lands, undoes rules to curb methane emissions from oil and gas production and reduces the weight o...

Dead In Central Texas Church Bus Crash

The crash happened outside Garner State Park, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) west of San Antonio. They were returning home from a three-day church retreat when...

United Kingdom laptop ban on flights to be implemented by Saturday

The ban will cover around 14 airlines that operate direct flights from largely Muslim countries Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia. "Decision...

Najib turns to North Korea in shrinking border lines

A coffin carrying Kim Jong-Nam, who died after being poisoned at Malaysia's Kulua Lumpur airport, left the country on a Beijing-bound flight on Thursday evening...

Putin accused in US Senate

Finland will take over the Arctic Council's chairmanship in May and has said it is willing to host a high-level council meeting during its two-year presidency. ...

South Korea's former president Park Geun-hye jailed in corruption probe

Ms Park's removal from office capped months of paralysis and turmoil over the corruption scandal that also landed the head of the Samsung conglomerate in detent...

Trump Aide With Russia Ties Offers To Talk To House Panel

Manafort's name also appeared on a secret ledger in Ukraine that showed $12.7 million in cash payments to him from a pro-Russian political party, the New York ...

No changes to Arab peace plan in offing: Palestinian FM

At that meeting, Trump broke with decades of U.S. policy by saying he was not bound to a two-state solution to the conflict and would be open to one state if it...

Turkey Says Ending Involvement in Syria

At a joint press conference on Thursday afternoon, Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu appeared optimistic that the Trump administration would take "con...

US to press NATO allies on counter-terror, defense budgets

Meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation foreign ministers in Brussels for the first time, Tillerson said it's important to ensure the USA -led militar...

Arkansas to allow gun ban at sports stadiums after SEC plea

Four days after the Senate approved SB140, Amazon announced February 10 that it would start collecting taxes in the state on March 1. If approved, those facilit...

Pastor: Families of crash victims gathered to cry, grieve

Texas authorities state that the two vehicles collided around 12:30 p.m. on USA 83 just outside of Garner State Park in Uvalde County, reports Reuters. 'At app...

S.African finance minister sacked in shock reshuffle

In his affidavit, Malema said the three parties collectively represented "the interests and voices of well over one million voters and citizens of South Africa"...

South Korean ferry in which 304 died lifted from the sea

A South Korean government official says salvage crews will need until the late afternoon or evening to raise a sunken ferry to a point where they could start th...

Net Revel In GOP Infighting, Tout Trump Targeting Freedom Caucus

An impasse between House moderates and Freedom Caucus members prompted the withdrawal last week of a bill to replace Obamacare that was supported by GOP leade...

Trump predicts 'very difficult' summit with Xi

Diplomatic sources in Beijing said the meetings will focus on giving the leaders an opportunity to get to know each other, reserving tough issues for future t...

SpaceX has successfully landed a recycled rocket

It also marked the first time a single rocket booster had ever been launched - and landed - twice. For reference, Popular Science notes that a SpaceX laun...

Israel's Netanyahu defuses coalition crisis on broadcaster

There was no immediate reaction from US President Donald Trump's administration, which is in discussions with Israel on limiting the construction of settlements...

Trump says US 'must be paid more' to defend Germany

His comments came a day after his first meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which he described as "great". "Despite what you have heard from the FAK...

London attack: Two men continue to be questioned as seven released

Four people, including a police officer, were killed in the vehicle and knife attack that began at 2:40 p.m. Police believe the suspect, Khalid Masood, acted al...

Lamborghini Huracan Polizia - V10-powered police vehicle

The Huracan gets some extra electronics for police duty, including an onboard tablet and computer, and video and audio recording equipment to document traffic s...