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NUS votes against being inclusive to students of all political views

Ms Martin, a 28-year-old former student at Lewisham College who describes herself as a "black, working class single mother", said in her victory speech: "Today ...

Tensions rise after Turkish attack on Syrian Kurds

One of the main targets of the strikes was the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which constitutes the backbone of so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SD...

United Airlines makes changes to boarding policies

United policy will be revised to increase the compensation levels up to $10,000 per customers willing to volunteer to take a later flight. The current limit is ...

Raila Odinga it is! Nasa unveils flag bearer

He first ran for president in 1997. In 2007, violence erupted in the country after the opposition disagreed the result of the Presidential Election resulting ...

Northwest Georgia's unemployment rate declines to 4.9 percent in March

County and island unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted, meaning they don't take into account seasonal fluctuations in employment numbers that stem fro...

South Korea says US missile defense system has been installed

Landers/U.S. Navy via AP). The U.S. military started moving parts of an anti-missile defense system to a deployment site in South Korea on Wednesday, triggeri...

Death penalty phase closes in Pennsylvania trooper sniper case

Eric Frein (freen) was sentenced Wednesday, a week after his conviction on charges including murder of a law enforcement officer and terrorism. "Cpl. After th...

Missing Taiwanese Hiker Found After 47 Days Lost in the Himalayas

According to Basnet, they appeared to have followed a river hoping to find a village but slipped and fell over a waterfall. We were very surprised to find hi...

Scientists Take To Washington To Stress A Nonpartisan Agenda

While the movement was started by scientists sceptical of the agenda of Mr Trump, the marches have quickly spread globally amid what people believe is growing...

FAITH: Hope kindled by the Easter message

When he went to paradise the patriarchs of old (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, etc.) were released from the power of Sheol (Psalm 49:15) through the ransom Jesus...

N. Korea ready for nuclear war with US

So another possible reason for the briefing is that administration officials - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Director of ...

Arvind Kejriwal Congratulates BJP For Winning The Delhi Municipal Polls

In results declared on Wednesday, BJP won 181 of the 270 wards in the three civic bodies where polling was held in the April 23 election, 43 more than it did ...

Charity worker freed from jail in Egypt credits Pres. Trump for release

Hijazi, an Egyptian-American charity worker was freed after almost three years of detention in Egypt returning to the U.S., Thursday, April 20, 2017. Aya Hija...

Mexico wall demands eased as spending talks advance

Trump had threatened to cut off the subsidies in an attempt to force Democrats to pay for a wall along the USA border with Mexico, a fight that became less seri...

Merkel wants dialogue before Brexit negotiations

Gina Miller said her Best For Britain initiative would target marginal seats in the June 8 general election in a bid to return members of parliament who are com...

Gareon Conley on sexual assault accusation: 'My name will be cleared'

An attorney for the former Ohio State star says the player denies an accusation made in a police report released Tuesday, April 25, 2017 , that he sexually a...

Fresh clashes at opposition march in Venezuela

The decision was later partially reversed after a storm of worldwide criticism. The government and the opposition have traded blame for the deadly violence, w...

China just launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier

However, the carrier isn't expected to enter active service until 2020. A launch ceremony was held at 9 a.m.at the Dalian yard of China Shipbuilding Industr...

Jury to weigh life, death for ambush killer

A decision is reached by the jury Wednesday night in the penalty phase of the Eric Frein trial. His lawyers said outside court they did not want to expose Fre...

US wants to bring N Korea back to 'path of dialogue'

United States troops began delivering a missile defence system that has infuriated China to a deployment site in South Korea Wednesday, amid heightened tensions...

Trudeau unveils bill legalizing recreational marijuana in Canada

The proposal, which the party hopes to make law by July of 2018, sets a minimum purchase age of 18, which is one year below the legal drinking age in mo...

China Walks Thin Line Between North Korea and US

In this April 23, 2017 photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Philippine Sea while conducting a bilater...

French election turns dirty at tumble dryer factory

The European Parliament accuses French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's party of defrauding it of almost €5 million (RM23.6 million) in expenses, more tha...

USA to tighten sanctions on North Korea

Earlier this week, it held a briefing on the country for the entire Senate after which the State Department issued a statement saying Mr Trump wanted to dis...

INEC flags-off CVR exercise in Lagos

He however emphasised that the exercise would be continuous until 2019 when the next general elections would be held. Mr. Bungudu, therefore, called on eligib...

Suspended Alabama chief justice to announce future plans

Stuart received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Auburn University in 1977, and her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Alabama in 1980. Moore made t...

North Korea's UN Mission talks nuclear war

Although such an explosion hasn't yet occurred, Trump has sent high-powered United States military vessels and an aircraft carrier to the region in a show of fo...

May Tries To Warm The Brexit Atmosphere With EU

EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier also attended what Downing Street described afterwards as a "useful working dinner", joined by Britain's Brexit minister Dav...

Japan disaster minister resigns over quake gaffe

Russian President Vladimir Putin was hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday to discuss a dispute over four islands that has kept the two countr...

Want Updates on Kulbhushan Jadhav's Health, India Tells Pakistan

New Delhi today changed tack and put in a request from the mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court for alleged espionage,...

White House blasts Dems on spending bill

The proposed MacArthur Amendment to the AHCA would give states more flexibility to opt out of major provisions in Obamacare while also preserving popular prot...

Canada, Mexico stocks, currencies fall as US mulls quitting NAFTA

The White House made the surprise announcement in a read-out of calls between Trump, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin T...

ICC Meet: BCCI loses both revenue and governance vote

Liam Plunkett has yet to play this season due to a calf injury but he is closing in on a return and, with the International Cricket Council permitting changes u...

Different president, same old government shutdown threats

Mr Trump removed a crucial sticking point when he said on Monday that he may wait until Republicans begin drafting the budget blueprint for the fiscal year star...

Trump picks trade fight with Canada

Trade tensions spiked between Washington and Ottawa Tuesday as President Donald Trump accused Canada of being "very rough" on its southern neighbor and thre...