WASHINGTON, DC (AP):The nation's top intelligence official said yesterday that Russia undoubtedly interfered in America's 2016 presidential election but stopped short of the explosive description of "an act of war", telling lawmakers such a call is...
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP):Chicago police do not believe a man beaten in an assault broadcast live on Facebook was targeted because he was white, despite profanities made by the accused...
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP):Pledges by President Barack Obama and a national non-profit organisation to end homelessness among veterans did not meet their goal, but advocates see bright spots...
THE VOICE (UK): A key policy adviser to late prime minister Margaret Thatcher claimed that the black community’s use of cannabis was so widespread that it was given to babies and young children Carolyn Sinclair, who later headed up a...
NICE (AP):A French activist farmer faces up to five years in prison as he goes on trial accused of helping African migrants cross the border from Italy.The case has called attention to residents of the...
NEW DELHI (AP):Police in the southern Indian city of Bangalore detained at least six suspects Wednesday after several women said they were groped and molested during New Year's Eve celebrations in the city that is...
WASHINGTON (AP):President Barack Obama is calling during his last meeting with US military leaders for a "seamless passing of the baton" to President-elect Donald Trump.The commander in chief was meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the...
TEL AVIV (AP):An Israeli soldier was convicted of manslaughter yesterday in the deadly shooting of an incapacitated Palestinian attacker, capping a nine-month saga that has deeply divided the...
BERLIN (AP):Police in the western German city of Dortmund are dismissing reports of arson and large-scale violence by migrants on New Year's Eve.Several websites outside Germany carried articles...
NEW YORK (AP):Police in New York City said a special-education teacher is dead after she was struck by an SUV and a school bus at an intersection in Brooklyn.Officials said 29-year-old...
A commuter train has derailed during rush hour in New York City, injuring dozens of people. The Long Island Railroad train went off the tracks as it arrived at the busy Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn. New York's fire department said 103 people...
PARIS (AP): Four Chelsea fans charged with racist violence went on trial yesterday in Paris, almost two years after they allegedly blocked a black man from boarding a Paris metro train. The incident happened in February 2015 before a Champions...
WASHINGTON (AP): Members of the 115th Congress were sworn in yesterday, setting off an aggressive campaign by Republicans who control the House and Senate to dismantle eight years of President Barack Obama's Democratic policies. The first and...
NEW YORK (AP): Police say a man who traveled from South America to the US for his grandmother's funeral is the victim of New York City's first fatal shooting of 2017. Officials say 31-year-old Rocky Kalisaran was shot and killed early...
BEIRUT (AP):An air raid has struck several cars in north-western Syria, killing at least eight people, including al-Qaida-linked fighters and a senior commander with a Chinese Islamic militant faction, an activist group and a local jihadi commander...
GREENVILLE, Delaware (AP):A Delaware man wounded in an attack at a New Year's Eve celebration in Istanbul says he survived by playing dead.William Jacob Raak told NBC News he stayed silent...
BAGHDAD (AP):A suicide bomber driving a pickup loaded with explosives struck a bustling market in Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 36 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group hours...
BEIJING (AP):Beijing and other cities across northern and central China were shrouded in thick smog yesterday, prompting authorities to delay dozens of flights and close highways.The Beijing...
BEIRUT (AP):Hundreds of civilians fled a mountainous region outside the Syrian capital yesterday, where government forces were battling several insurgent groups, including an al-Qaida-linked...
ISTANBUL (AP):An assailant believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a crowded nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's (holiday) celebrations, killing at least 39 people and wounding close to 70 others in what the...
JAKARTA (AP):At least 23 people were killed and 17 others were missing after a ferry caught fire on Sunday off the coast of Indonesia's capital, officials said.The vessel was carrying more than...
LONDON (AP):Queen Elizabeth II missed a traditional New Year's Day church service yesterday because of the effects of a lingering cold.Buckingham Palace said the queen "does not yet feel ready to attend...
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Turkish police struggled Sunday to track down a gunman who attacked New Year's Eve revellers at a popular Istanbul nightclub, killing at least 39 people, most of them foreigners. Close to 70 more were wounded. The attacker,...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama is under pressure during his final weeks as president to do something - anything - to secure the future of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children who could face deportation under the...
SAO PAULO (AP) — A man broke into a house in southeastern Brazil where his ex-wife was ringing in the New Year and shot and killed her, their son and at least 10 other people before taking his own life, military police said Sunday. The man...
