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Officers from south join colleagues for funeral of PC Keith Palmer

Flowers containing the words No 1 Daddy were laid on the hearse as the funeral procession made its way to the cathedral. His family attended the Chapel on Sun...

Pence lands at Korean DMZ day after North Korea's failed missile test

National Security Adviser General H.R. McMaster used familiar language Sunday to describe North Korea's "provocative and destabilizing and threatening behavior"...

Cavs Take Game 1

George scored 29 points and Lance Stephenson had 16 for the seventh-seeded Pacers, who will try to even the series on Monday night. He was not looking for his ...

FBI Obtained Court Order To Monitor Former Trump Adviser's Communications

Just to sum up: Page went from "absolutely not" to "someone may have brought it up" to "I have no recollection" when asked if he discussed easing Russian sancti...

Cleveland mayor, police urge Facebook Live murder suspect to turn himself in

Police say Steve Stephens shot 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr. Stephens later alleged on Facebook Live that he had murdered several other people after he and hi...

South African President Jacob Zuma: Protesters racists

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula put the number of marchers at around 60 000 countrywide. She said data was still coming in, but at least one person h...

Millions of Christians worldwide celebrate Easter

At the Assumption Church and St Francis Xavier Church here, several thousand worshippers attended the services at various times throughout the day. The day af...

Turkey Opposition to challenge votes on expanding Erdogan's powers

If approved in the referendum, the constitutional changes take effect with the next general elections, scheduled for 2019. "We are all equal citizens of the R...

Most of Turks favor amendments to country's constitution - Erdogan

With most of the ballots opened, over 51 percent of voters have supported expanding the powers of president. Voters from overseas have provided a strong suppo...

France's Le Pen accuses rival Macron of being soft on Islamists

French presidential election candidate for the En Marche! Meanwhile, Ms Le Pen's support has nosedived after the European Parliament accused the Front Nationa...

North Korea threatened the United States with 'nuclear war'

Meanwhile, North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Han Song Ryol accused Trump of fanning tensions between the two countries with his "aggressive" tweets , and he ...

Pence warns NKorea 'era of strategic patience is over'

McMaster listens as President Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago. It comes the day after one of the biggest North Korean propaganda events of the year- celebrations o...

Teen girl dies after shark attack in WA

This is a developing story. The girl, from Mandurah, sustained critical injuries in the attack and was treated at the beach by paramedics before being taken t...

Trump privately signs anti-Planned Parenthood law

It does, however, fund birth control, cancer screenings, and STD tests. Planned Parenthood clinics received $20.5 million of the $252.6 million distributed un...

MCD polls: Over 1.10 lakh first-time voters

In its manifesto, the party promised to provide meals at Rs10 under "Deen Dayal Antyodaya Rasoi Yojna" and work in the direction of providing solutions to probl...

Remains of five archbishops found near Lambeth Palace

Underneath the flagstones was an entrance to the tomb, which they peered into using a mobile phone attached to a stick . The vault contained a stack of coffins...

Taiwan remains on U.S. currency monitoring list

Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 16, 2017During an interview last week, the president said he would not label China a currency manipulator, breaking from his camp...

Mike Pence begins Korea visit amid growing tension over North's missile test

Hours later US Vice President Mike Pence landed in South Korea for talks on the North's increasingly defiant arms program, a day after a military parade in Py...

SC to hear Sahara-SEBI refund case

You can not say something today and resile tomorrow", a bench, comprising Justices Dipak Misra, Ranjan Gogoi and A K Sikri, said, taking strong note of non-subm...

Turkey Will Not Be the Same, following Historic Referendum

The administration of Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is claiming victory in today's referendum to expand the president's executive powers. Turkish ...

Luke Skywalker can turn to dark side in new 'Star Wars' film

It's expected to run for a full hour, with the official description explaining: "Join the award-winning developers from DICE, Criterion and Motive as they off...

Alabama lawmakers appeal impeachment ruling

Jones says the committee will meet Monday to discuss the next steps. A circuit judge ruled that Bentley should get more time to review and respond to the all...

Canada introduces legislation to legalise marijuana

The federal government has stipulated that buyers must be at least 18 years old, but provinces will be able to set a higher age limit if they wish. The federa...

Turkey urged to seek consensus over referendum result

Sigmar Gabriel and Angela Merkel. In a victory for Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish voters have decided by a narrow margin to usher in constit...

Republican Holds On in Closely-Watched Kansas Special House Election

In Kansas, Cruz campaigned alongside Estes, the state treasurer, on Monday, introducing him at a rally and calling on citizens to turn out to vote. From Wich...

North Korea warns Trump: 'We're ready to launch nuclear strike'

North Korean state television showed Kim, wearing a black suit and white shirt, stepped out of a black limousine and saluted his honor guard before walking down...

Russian Federation arrests six 'IS recruiters' in St Petersburg

Somewhat later, one more explosive device was found and defused on Ploshchad Vosstaniya station. Russian Federation on Wednesday scrambled to unravel the poss...

68 children among dead in bomb attack on Syria evacuees

The death toll from a bomb attack on a crowded bus convoy outside Aleppo, Syria has reached at least 126 in the deadliest such incident in the country in near...

Team Obama, Hollywood, and the "Resistance" descend on Georgia's 6th District

More likely: Ossoff finishes first but without more than 50 percent, meaning he's in a runoff with a Republican. Ossoff has criticized President Donald Tr...

Stockholm attack suspect was refused residency

Sweden's police chief said authorities were confident they had detained the man who carried out the attack. Ten of the 15 people injured in the attack were st...

IUML's worry is victory margin

With 60 percent of the votes counted, Kunhalikutty is leading with over 13,7564 votes. UDF got 437,723 votes, while the LDF received 2,42,984 votes in the las...

Cyclone Cook Sweeps Across Omokoroa

More than 1000 homes have lost power across the Bay of Plenty, according to Powerco, with Whakatane District Council reporting multiple trees have been downed...

Iran: President Rouhani registers to run for 2nd term

More than 950 people have signed up so far. Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , who recently surprised everyone by joining the presidential race, ...

President Zuma Calls on South Africans to Unite

The union, allied to Zuma's ANC, said it no longer believed in his ability to lead, and that it wanted to restructure its alliance with the party. Meanwhile...

Former Afghan President: Massive US bomb was an 'atrocity'

The blast destroyed three underground tunnels as well as weapons and ammunition, but no civilians were hurt, Afghan and U.S. officials said. "This was the rig...