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Venezuela: Protests leave 13 dead in one day

Police officers clear a barricade set up by anti-government protesters to block a highway in Caracas , Venezuela, Monday, April 24, 2017. For the first time ...

Limbaugh Is 'Not Happy' About Trump 'Caving' On Border Wall

The border wall, which Trump says is the best way to halt the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the United States, was a signature election pledge previ...

Protesters injure 1 officer at nationalist party convention

It is thought around 10,000 protesters turned up to demonstrate. Germany's populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has lurched further to the nationa...

Indonesia prosecutors call for one-year jail term for Jakarta governor

Before the blasphemy controversy erupted, Purnama enjoyed a large opinion poll lead due to his determination to clean up traffic-clogged, polluted Jakarta . Ba...

North Korea marks anniversary with massive artillery drill

Maeil Business wrote: "When a military clash happens in the Korean Peninsula, South Korea will be the first target of North Korea and its military will hold joi...

Xi should be rewarded for lowering tensions with N. Korea

The White House also confirmed reports that it would host a briefing Wednesday on the North Korean nuclear issue for all 100 USA senators. North Korean Defe...

Flynn may have broken law by not disclosing Russia payments, lawmakers say

As a retired lieutenant general, Flynn was required to obtain permission before receiving foreign payments, Chaffetz and Cummings say. U.S. media has reported F...

NYC firefighter's widow gets help to pay off mortgage

Tolley's wake will be held from 7 p.m.to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 2 p.m.to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Chapey and Sons Funeral Home on Hicksville R...

Arkansas Executes First Prisoner in 12 Years

Ledell Lee was 51-years-old. "If there was an "avalanche" of litigation, as the state complains, that's because the state created an avalanche of execution da...

US Navy fires warning flare at Iran vessel in Persian Gulf

With Monday's event, there have been seven so far in 2017, McConnaughey said. In March, the USNS Invincible experienced a close encounter with high-speed atta...

White House Says US-Mexico Wall Project on Track Amid Funding Speculations

Republican senator Roger Wicker said there was a "substantial figure" in the spending bill dedicated to border security . The simple political fact is that...

Maria Sharapova Reportedly May Be Required to Qualify for 2017 French Open

Former world number one Kim Clijsters has sprung to the defence of Maria Sharapova as the Russian prepares to return from a doping ban. But the wild card for ...

President Trump Signs Executive Order 'Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America'

That executive order, titled "Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America", is tied closely to the Senate confirmation Tuesday of Sonny Perdue as Trum...

Step down or face countrywide demonstrations, LHCBA tells PM

Former president and Pakistan People's Party leader Asif Ali Zardari expressed doubts that junior officers working under Sharif can not deliver justice as par...

In 10th HSC result 2017 at orissaresults

Certificates would be sent to the respective schools within 10 days of result declaration. Candidates' names were printed on OMR sheets and three-tier flying sq...

US sanctions hundreds of employees of Syrian research centre

Mnuchin said of the new sanctions. The US believes sarin gas was dropped by Syrian aircraft and Turkey says post-mortems performed on victims of the attac...

Pakistan ranked 139 out of 180 countries in press freedom

Britain adopted a law extending the surveillance powers of the intelligence services in late 2016. The 2017 World Press Freedom Index prepared annually by R...

South Korea deploys parts of United States missile defense

The firing drill came instead of a nuclear test or the launch of a long-range missile as feared amid pressure from the U.S. and China, its sole major ally which...

Ivanka Trump in Germany defends father, White House role

Other guests include International Monetary Fund director Christine Lagarde, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and the Netherlands' Queen Maxima. Ms T...

Opposition alleges "widespread fraud" in Turkish referendum vote

Turkey's main opposition party has filed a formal req. The board overwhelmingly voted to reject the parties' appeals. The board agreed to reject the petitions...

Labour mulls second Brexit referendum in manifesto

She could pledge a "triple lock" on Brexit, guaranteeing her promise to take the United Kingdom out of the single market, withdraw from the jurisdiction of the ...

Pakistan SC clears Maryam Nawaz in Panama Papers case

Moreover, the five member bench, which was divided 3-2 over the decision, revealed that various investigative bodies, including the National Accountability Bu...

NK live-fire drill as top envoys meet

A statement from the South Korean military said the live-fire exercises were in the Wonsan region in the east of the country Tuesday afternoon, but gave no d...

United States moves anti-missile system to South Korea amid tensions with North

The United States began moving the first elements of the advanced missile defence system into South Korea in early March after the North test-launched four ball...

MOAB death total rises to 94

Thirty-six people linked to ISIS reportedly died in the strike, so far there's no word on any civilian casualties caused by the bomb's potentially 1-mile radius...

Donald Trump has one real measure of success

During a press briefing, Spicer argued that Hitler "didn't even sink to. using chemical weapons", Daily Mail reports. "I screwed up", Spicer reiterated again ...

Application for Waiver From Russia Sanctions Must Be Denied - Congresswoman

ExxonMobil officials also said they'd exhorted members of the Obama administration to align US sanctions with European sanctions which allowed some flexibilit...

Paris shooting assailant not on security watch list

National police spokesman Jerome Bonet said there were thousands of people on Paris' famous boulevard when the gunman opened fire and the rapid response of of...

Flynn told DIA about Russian Federation, lawyer says

As a retired lieutenant general, Flynn was required to obtain permission before receiving foreign payments, Chaffetz and Cummings say. "Personally, I see no d...

BJP files complaint against Kejriwal over his dengue comment

Just two days ahead of the poll results, the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal warned to launced a movement against BJP and election commission if exit poll comes true. ...

Egypt parliament approves three-month state of emergency after Church bombings

The attack was just the latest in growing persecution of Christians in Egypt where the terror group Islamic State is defying President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi a...

Canadian leader responds to lumber tariffs imposed by the US

It doesn't directly affect the paper industries in the two states, which are larger than their lumber industries and mostly use hardwoods such as aspen, but log...

Trump tax plan will sharply slash corporate tax rates

If owners of pass-through businesses are suddenly allowed to pay what amounts to a 15 percent flat rate on their income, there would suddenly be a lot more pass...

NATO's Stoltenberg: Trump 'a Strong Supporter' of Alliance

It appears President Trump is putting some distance between himself and his most controversial adviser, Steve Bannon. "I complained about that a long time ago",...

5 questions Trump needs to answer in his new tax plan

Besides those inaccuracies, it's odd that Trump would tout EOs as an accomplishment, since he repeatedly criticized President Obama for signing them. During t...