One of France’s most wanted men has been arrested in Scotland, eight years after vanishing without trace following the murder of his wife and four children. Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes was subject to an international arrest warrant for the 2011...
A 40-year-old man has been declared wanted for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl and inflicting critical injuries on her. Roberto Lopez, a laborer from Immokalee in Florida with a history of violent offenses, is wanted on a charge of sexual...
An Iranian oil tanker has been hit by two missiles off the coast of Saudi Arabia. According to the National Iran Oil Company, a supertanker called Sabiti was struck by two missiles around 60 miles from the port of Jeddah...
The Ugandan government has announced plans to reintroduce a bill that would bring in the death penalty for homosexuals in the East African country. Five years ago, the 'Kill the Gays' bill was nullified on a technicality because it includes...
Indonesia's Security Minister, Wiranto suffered "two deep wounds" to his stomach after being stabbed by a man who the police said was "inspired" by the Islamic State group. The incident occurred on Thursday October 10, during a visit to the...
Tens of thousands gathered in Paris on Sunday to protest the government's plan to let single women and lesbians become pregnant with fertility treatments, the country's first major social reform since France legalised gay marriage in 2013. Waving red and...
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Zimbabwe's founding leader Robert Mugabe was buried on Saturday in his home village of Kutama, ending a dispute between his family and the government of his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his final resting place. Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe for 37...
Okay, children, pull up a chair. Uncle Paul is going to teach you how to win an impeachment fight. I did not go into government service to become an expert on impeachment, but as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reminded us,...
White House efforts to limit access to President Donald Trump's conversations with foreign leaders extended to phone calls with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, according to people familiar with the matter. Those calls --...
Dramatic footage shows a former Manchester United footballer leading police on a 98mph chase after he was spotted texting at the wheel. Callum Dolan, 18, a former Manchester United academy player, was sentenced to eight months in a young offenders...
Jacques Chirac, former French president whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86. (BBC) Details later…...
Hilary Clinton has reacted to the plan by US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The impeachment plans is in line with the current controversy surrounding the Ukraine Phone Call which lawmakers...
Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were due to meet retired archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife at their foundation in Cape Town on Wednesday, the third day of their African tour. On Tuesday, the royal couple danced with...
The World Health Organization has issued an unusual statement raising questions about whether Tanzania is covering up possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus, a significant cause for concern during a regional outbreak that has been declared a rare global...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will not revise its fiscal deficit target immediately and is not planning any spending cuts at this stage, the finance minister said on Sunday, after slashing corporate tax rates to boost a flagging economy. India...
El Salvador’s former president Antonio Saca has been sentenced to two years in prison for bribery, the attorney general’s office said. The 54-year-old was found guilty of attempting to bribe a court employee with 10,000 dollars in a bid to...
The British Government has said that international students will henceforth be able to stay and work in the UK after graduating in a policy change that had previously restricted the period to four months. There will be no cap on...
Zimbabwe was on Saturday due to begin a period of national mourning following the death of Robert Mugabe, the former guerrilla hero turned despot who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years. As Zimbabweans expressed sharply divided opinions about Mugabe, President Emmerson...
A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Saturday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a mentally challenged teenager in 2014. The incident came to light after the survivor's parents took her to the doctor...
German prosecutors are investigating a male nurse suspected of murdering numerous patients in a case reminiscent of one of the country's worst serial killers, it emerged Friday. Following reports in local media, the state prosecutor in Saarbruecken confirmed that the...
South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday overturned part of a ruling that sent former President Park Geun-hye to prison on corruption charges, citing procedural problems. The court sent the case back to the appellate Seoul High Court, which had sentenced...
Peru and Colombia called on Tuesday on fellow Amazonian countries to attend a presidential meeting next month on the forest fires raging in Brazil and Bolivia and to forge a pact to protect the world's largest tropical forest. The meeting...
At least 12 people, including three children, were killed in two attacks in northern Kenya at the weekend by cattle rustlers suspected to be from the Borana ethnic group, Kenyan police said Sunday. The attacks on two villages in Kenya’s...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday held his first face-to-face talks with Donald Trump since taking office, with the US President backing him as the “right man” to deliver Brexit for Britain. Trump and Johnson met on the sidelines...
South African authorities have seized a plane from Tanzania's national carrier. The Airbus 220-300 was due to fly from Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania but it was impounded. It was not immediately clear why...
When Russia forcibly annexed Crimea in the spring of 2014, sending heavily armed masked men onto the peninsula that indisputably belonged to Ukraine, it triggered a collective gasp of disbelief across Europe. After all, it was the first time since...
At least five people were injured after lightning struck a tree at the Tour Championship golf tournament in Atlanta, police and the organizers said on Saturday. Four men and a woman who sought shelter under a tree during a storm...
The Israeli military Saturday said it foiled a "pending large-scale attack" by Iranian forces and Shiite militia on targets in Israel with a series of airstrikes near Damascus. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed responsibility for the airstrikes, saying it...
The Israeli air force struck in Syria to prevent an Iranian force from launching an attack on the Jewish state with drones armed with explosives, the army said Sunday. While Israel operates regularly in Syria, it rarely acknowledges its actions...
