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UN, US caution Israel on new settlement building in West Bank

Yusuf Mahmoud, spokesman for the Palestinian government in the West Bank, said "This is a new escalating Israeli step and it shows that the Israeli government i...

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Ndidi broke the deadlock for defending champions Leicester City in the 25th minute of their game against Stoke City, blasting into the top corner from 25 yards....

US will act unilaterally on North Korea if necessary

Ahead of the US-China summit in Florida next week, where the US President is scheduled to discuss a number of issues with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Donal...

Pressure builds for Michael Flynn to testify without immunity

Schiff said he'd need to consult with the Justice Department and assess whether Flynn would actually "add value" to the investigation. "While I can not di...

Chicago police seek 2nd teen in Facebook sexual assault case

Police said that dozens of people had viewed the video of the assault, which has since been removed from Facebook, in real time but did not call the authorities...

7 interesting tidbits from White House financial disclosures

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Negotiator denies UK is blackmailing EU on security

Talks would be "difficult, complex and sometimes even confrontational", Tusk predicted, but the European Union would not "pursue a punitive approach". "Only onc...

Brighton player criticised for tribute to ex-IRA man Martin McGuinness

Video: Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams and Northern Ireland leader Michelle O'Neill have paid tribute to Martin McGuinness, who died aged 66 . "The world of ...

Chechnya police arrest 100 men suspected of being gay, 3 killed

He has been converting Checknya from a Muslim-majority country to an Islamic state governed by Sharia law. Stories of the actions against gay men had been circu...

How North Korea got away with murder in Malaysia

The Malaysian contingent had been stranded in North Korea amid a protracted spat following the February 13 killing of Kim Jong Nam - the North Korean leader's e...

Goldman veterans brought vast wealth to Trump's White House

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Oxford beat Cambridge in the Boat Race

Finally, Cambridge have ended Oxford's four-year streak in the women's race . "Oxford are such a strong crew, we had to keep the pressure on so there was no co...

Carbon monoxide at hotel pool suspected in Michigan death

One person was found dead and eight others were hospitalized after a group of people were found unconscious around a hotel's indoor pool in southern MI on Satur...

Timeline - South Korea's impeached President Park Geun-hye

Park has been accused of colluding with her decades-long friend Choi Soon-sil, who is now in custody, to receive tens of millions of USA dollars in bribes from ...

White House aides' finances revealed in disclosure documents

His disclosure showed he received at least $ 40 million from Goldman Sachs-related dividends, interest, salary and bonuses, about half of which was in some f...

Kuwaiti woman charged for filming domestic worker's window fall

An Ethiopian housekeeper who was filmed begging for help as she hung from the seventh floor of an apartment complex while her Kuwaiti employer stood-by and ...

Protests begin, foreign pressure mounts on Venezuela's Maduro

Throughout Friday, pockets of protesters blocked roads, unfurled banners and chanted slogans against Maduro's unpopular government, including "Freedom!" and "No...

Sean Spicer Says Trump Wants Flynn to Testify

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes is suspected by Democrats of working harder to protect the president than getting to the bottom of the Cong...

Detectives unravelling final hours of Westminster killer Khalid Masood

Since the attack, police has made two more "significant" arrests overnight and a third on Friday morning. A total of 11 people have been arrested as part of t...

March PMI touches 5-month high on new orders, output growth

The The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 52.5 in March from 50.7 in February. Ai Group chief executive Innes Willox says th...

Angela Merkel's CDU wins regional German election

In yet another WTF moment uncovered from President Donald Trump's disastrous meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel last weekend, The Sunday Times is reporting ...

Popular S.African group calls for Zuma's resignation

AFP | South African President Jacob Zuma's sweeping cabinet overhaul exposes deep divisions between the ANC's apartheid-struggle old guard and a new generatio...

UK leader tries to reassure Gibraltar in Brexit process

Spain has long sought to regain control of the territory that was ceded to Britain in 1713. After prime minister Theresa May warned that failure to agree a B...

Erdogan calls for change on ties with 'fascist' European Union after vote

The Turkish foreign ministry on Tuesday said it had called in the German envoy to protest comments by Berlin's foreign intelligence chief expressing scepticism ...

United States prez predicts 'tough' summit with China's Xi

The deficit review will be led by Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. Trump said the two executive orders would "set the stage for a great revival of Ame...

Airstrikes kill over 100 ISIS militants near Syria border

Tense of thousands of refugees have been fleeing the city to escape the fighting. "The total number of credible reports during this time period was 15", t...

Assanges fate hinging on Ecuador election

Government candidate Lenin Moreno, meanwhile, has promised to keep hosting Assange in the Andean country's embassy - although he warned he may take a tougher ...

You want tourism or terrorism, asks Narendra Modi

Expressing anguish at the death of Kashmiris during violent clashes with security forces, PM Narendra Modi reached out to the valley's youth on Sunday, saying t...

Gordhan's sacking triggers civil war in S.Africa's ruling ANC

Zuma made 20 new government appointments in the reshuffle. South Africa's opposition parties have announced a motion of no confidence against Zuma in the parl...

NSW floods: Sirens sound in Lismore as levee cracks and city floods

Two women, age 36 and 64, died after being caught up in fast moving waters, prompting Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to again warn communities to take care. Th...

North Carolina Venue Lost over $72000 on ACC Swimming Relocation

Transgender reality star and right-wing endorser Caitlyn Jenner has expressed her views on the repeal of North Carolina's stiff HB2, saying it wasn't repealed a...

Hiddink 'said no' to taking Leicester job

It was Leicester's fifth straight win in all competitions since Claudio Ranieri was sacked and meant Shakespeare became the first English manager to win his f...