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Missouri governor to pay fee for using nonprofit donor list

The Missouri Department of Transportation says both directions of I-44 closed near Hazelgreen Sunday morning, and the highway may stay closed though Monday ev...

'Boris Johnson's mugwump comment was a deliberate Brexit distraction'

Discussing the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, the foreign secretary said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had "un...

Korea media warn of 'Trump risk' to alliance

South Korean officials have said Washington will shoulder the cost of deploying the THAAD anti-missile system, days after US President Donald Trump said Seoul...

As rift begins within AAP, BJP shuts its doors to defectors

The Aam Admi Party (AAP) on Thursday expressing astonishment over its failure in the MCD Polls asserted that it was surprised as to how people of Delhi could ch...

India examining consequences of Australia's visa move, says MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay

At the end of 2016, there were 6,139 Irish people availing of this particular visa. The 457 visa, which allowed skilled foreign workers and their partners and...

Buffalo Bills fire general manager Whaley 1 day after draft

In January, Pegula told The Associated Press that while it was his decision to fire Ryan, Whaley had input based on conversations he and the GM had over the s...

4 killed, numerous injured after tornadoes in Van Zandt, Henderson counties

Powerful storms have caused flooding and tornadoes across the south-central United States, killing at least seven people. The body of a 72-year-old woman wa...

Le Pen tries to court French environmentalists

Dupont-Aignan got 4.7 percent of the first-round vote on April 23 - compared to Macron's 24 percent and 21 percent for Le Pen - with a platform that described t...

US troops patrol Turkey-Syria border after Turkish strikes on Kurds

While attacking USA allies on the ground, Erdogan said in a speech Friday that he was eager to meet President Donald Trump in May, when he is scheduled to arr...

Duterte opens ASEAN summit with oblique swipe at US, EU

All in all, the Chairman's Statement devoted two paragraphs to the South China Sea issue compared to the eight paragraphs in the Chairman's Statement issued in ...

Sebastian Gorka to leave White House

In early April, footage emerged of a 2007 television appearance in which Gorka said he supported the far-right, anti-Semitic Jobbik party's decision to establis...

Trump signs two executive orders on trade

According to the White House, the executive order will create a comprehensive study of the nation's trade agreements to determine if the United States is being ...

United Airlines, doctor dragged off flight settle lawsuit

Dao, 69, a local pulmonologist, was bloodied in the incident April 9 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The settlement is conditioned on the amount ...

Trump maintains laissez-faire position on gun control

The NRA endorsed Trump after he promised to do away with then-President Barack Obama's efforts to strengthen background checks. Trump urged his audience to be...

Iranian TV executive shot dead in Istanbul, Turkish media reports

Turkish police has not commented on the incident. Last year, Karimian was tried in absentia by a revolutionary court in Tehran and sentenced to six years i...

Turkey sacks about 4000 officials as part of post-coup crackdown

A block affecting all language editions of the website in Turkey was detected from 0500 GMT after an administrative order by the Turkish authorities, the Turke...

Asean heads worry over fallout from war in Korean peninsula

Duterte, host of the one-day Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) leaders meeting, lobbied ahead of the event for much closer ties with China despite its swee...

A look at Macedonia's deepening political turmoil

The attackers, which shouted nationalist and pro-Gruevski slogans, broke through police lines after Zaev's coalition won a vote to appoint Talat Xhaferi, an eth...

Trump leaves door open for military action against North Korea

Tensions have been rising on the Korean Peninsula amid missile tests by the reclusive and unpredictable communist regime in North Korea, which possesses nuclear...

More details emerge about Delaware State Trooper death

The suspect exited the residence at 9:17 a.m. ET and "engaged police", officials said. A memorial fund has been established at the Delaware State Police Fed...

How Trump's tax plan could affect you

The Trump Administration revealed its tax plan this week , and it calls for big cuts for individuals and businesses. But some Republicans who ran on red...

Hollande: May 7 vote will gauge EU support

They are attempting to persuade voters that Ms Le Pen's "sanitisation" of her Front National party is an illusion. Ms Le Pen has capitalised on anti-EU feelin...

Judge Blocks Order Withholding Funding from Sanctuary Jurisdictions

The administration stated that the ruling "undermines faith in our legal system" but that it is "confident" it will be successful in the Supreme Court and wil...

Priebus says Trump administration considered changes to libel laws

Meanwhile, the Trump administration has been engaged in "a different level of problem" with North Korea, as Priebus put it. Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Rei...

Siemens, SAP sign cooperation deals with Saudi Arabia

Merkel told journalists that she had pressed the Saudis on women's rights, the war in Yemen and other sensitive issues. Saudi Arabia and Iran also back opposi...

Japan deploys warship to protect United States vessel, authorizes 'minimum' use of firepower

In 2015, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party passed legislation to allow the country's military to participate in foreign...

Keep it open: GOP needs to avoid shutdown

An existing temporary funding bill expires on Friday at midnight and all sides anticipated that another stopgap measure would be required to buy time for the ...

'Difficult' for United Kingdom to deny help to USA in future Syria strikes

He also suggested that it would not be necessary to seek parliamentary approval to do so. "That [whether MPs' approval is needed] needs to be tested but I thi...

Israel marks somber Memorial Day for fallen soldiers

Israelis stood silent for two minutes while sirens wailed across the country on Monday marking an annual day of remembrance for fallen troops and slain civilian...

USA won't seek South Korean money for THAAD

In a show of force, the United States is sending the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group to waters off the Korean peninsula, where it will join the USS Michi...

Turkey launches airstrikes against U.S.-backed Kurds in Iraq, Syria

The U.S. State Department has expressed " deep concerns " about Turkish air strikes against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria and northern Iraq , saying the...

Trump steps back from brink of killing North American trade pact

But, he added, "If I'm unable to make a fair deal. for our workers and our companies, we will terminate NAFTA". Senator Jerry Moran released a statement reg...

North Korean missile test fails hours after UN meeting on nuclear weapons

As the North approaches the capability to hit the US mainland with a nuclear-tipped missile, the Trump administration feels it is running out of time. Each laun...

Supreme Court orders medical examination of Justice Karnan

The Supreme Court today ordered the medical examination of Calcutta High Court judge Justice C S Karnan on May 4 by a board of doctors, to be set up by a govern...

Trump invites Duterte to Washington

Duterte in September 2016 warned President Barack Obama not to challenge him over extrajudicial killings during his presidency, and called Obama a "son of a bit...