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Trump Asked Comey to Shut Down Flynn Probe

And veteran Republican Senator John McCain called the allegations about the Trump-Lavrov meeting "deeply disturbing". The person says the objective of the mem...

Nikki Haley Tells Countries to Choose Between U.S., North Korea

North Korea test-launched a missile on Sunday that many experts believe could be its most advanced yet, flying higher and longer than any previous missile. Moon...

Trump meets with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince

Trump fired Comey last week. Despite Trump's anti-Muslim discourse during his election campaign and his signing of two executive orders blocking USA entry to ...

Yemen minister says 60 percent of population in dire poverty

In December 2015, UK-granted exports licences to Saudi Arabia exceeded £1.7 billion ($2.2bn) in value for combat aircraft, and more than £1 billion ($1.3bn) for...

US, Europe discuss new laptop ban on flights

Government officials have been meeting with U.S. airlines on a almost weekly basis to discuss the topic and a decision could come in the next few weeks, accordi...

Trump claims 'absolute right' to share info with Russian Federation

Once White House officials recognized the extent of the president's blunder, they quickly notified the National Security Agency and CIA to minimize the damage, ...

Va. Beach-based Navy SEAL killed in Somalia

The United States has contributed small teams of American special operations forces to train and advise Somali National Army and African Union troops fighting a...

Afghanistan: Militants attack state-run broadcaster, 2 killed

In February, a team of three drivers and five Red Cross field officers was on its way to deliver livestock materials to an area in Jawzjan province when "unknow...

Trump, Turkish leader hail ties despite US arming of Kurds

Both Turkey and the United States have backed rebels in Syria during the six-year war against President Bashar al-Assad's forces and allies. Prior to Erdo...

Trump pledges to move quickly to name new Federal Bureau of Investigation director

Your afternoon shot of politics, sent straight from the desk of Joshua Miller. Trump wrote on Twitter Friday morning. Into the mix came Trump, an attention-...

UK workers suffer first pay squeeze since 2014

Data released yesterday (16 May) by the ONS showed inflation rose at the fastest pace since September 2013 in April , climbing to 2.7% and remaining above th...

Two Mexican journalists killed in separate attacks

Well-known journalist Javier Valdez , who specialized in reporting on drug trafficking and organized crime, has been killed in the Mexican state of Sinaloa . ...

France's Macron appoints center-right PM to widen appeal

Travelling to the German capital to meet the veteran leader in his first official trip overseas, Macron used the opportunity to call for a "historic reconstru...

Travel ban judges scrutinize Trump's Muslim statements

The case is so unusual, Katyal added, that ruling against the president in this case wouldn't hamstring future presidents' national security judgment. The figur...

Macron delays naming ministers to check taxes

His appointment marks a milestone in the rebuilding of France's political landscape, which has been dynamited by the election of Macron - the first president of...

Golden State Warriors stomp Spurs in Game 2

But even the Spurs know that beating Houston on the road in a series clincher without those two stars is a far different task than the one they face on Tuesda...

'13 Reasons Why' Was Almost An Anthology Series

There is no evidence that any of the Mesa County students who committed suicide since the beginning of the year were inspired by the series or the book. The boo...

Trump hints he may end daily White House press briefings

Later, Spicer said he was "not aware" of a recording of a January 27 dinner between Trump and Comey, at which, Trump said in an interview with NBC News on Thurs...

Israel Rebukes Sweden Over UNESCO Vote

On Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry posted several tweets on the key elements of the resolution outlining its significance and components. The UN resolution on...

After the B.C. election here's what Canadians are asking Google

One of Clark's surprise moves during the campaign was to pledge to ban or tax out of viability USA thermal coal exports through B.C. ports in retaliation for US...

Bernie Sanders Mocks Donald Trump Over Health Care Gaffe

Again that is one of the biggest things that is wrong with Obamacare, it has tried to be one size fits all and that is the opposite of what we are putting in ...

Australia considers banning laptops from airliner cabins

The government is looking "very closely" at invoking a ban on patients carrying laptops on worldwide flights for certain legs. "We are looking at it very clos...

New FBI director imminent

Although only 29 percent of Americans approve of Trump's decision to fire Comey, the number rises to 58 percent when only Republicans are taken into account, ac...

Germany: Merkel challenger predicts 'long, stony road' ahead

Some 30 percent of all traffic jams reported in Germany previous year were in NRW. "This was a whopping defeat", Schulz, 61, a former European Parliament pres...

Putin condemns North Korea missile test

Several South Korean analysts, including Lee Illwoo, a Seoul-based commentator on military issues, said the missile flew higher and for a longer period than any...

Trump's team 'was warned Russians could blackmail' Michael Flynn

On Monday, Trump tweeted that James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, "reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already knows- there ...

Tillerson's Israel Comments Got The Worst Kind Of Guy 'Furious'

During the campaign, Trump said he would move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel's capital, a proposal that Palestinian leaders would complicate any...

Ousted FBI director James Comey is willing to testify

Later, the president said he had been considering firing Comey for a while, and Rosenstein's recommendation sealed the deal. After that, the president said he...

Amid Escalating Tensions, North Korea Accuses CIA of Assassination Plot

The statement , carried by North Korean news agency KCNA, said the CIA and South Korean intelligence services had "hatched a vicious plot to hurt the supreme...

No federal charges for Baton Rouge officers

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is leading a state investigation into possible criminal charges against the two Baton Rouge officers, Blane Salamon...

Antonio Conte urges Chelsea legend John Terry not to retire

Nevin feels Chelsea ultimately fielded a B team against the Hornets and believes that out of all the sides in the Premier League only Manchester United are ca...

Oil flat, watching for U.S. inventory data, OPEC news

Some analysts said that us production could still threaten to disrupt the market balance unless the cuts were deepened. "To underscore the determination of oi...

Trump travel ban back in court

The court is weighing Trump's appeal of a March decision that put a nationwide hold on his executive order barring US entry by, or visas for, nationals of Iran,...

BBC presenter slapped by woman after appearing to touch her breast

But a female member of the public wandered into shot behind the pair and, giving a thumbs up, said: "Absolutely fantastic". In a bid to keep her from interrup...

'Shock' As Tories Gain In Glasgow From Labour

Thursday's (4 May) council elections saw the Conservatives gain 164 seats in Scotland to achieve a tally of 276. "Now more than ever before there is a need to...