Ukrainian Orthodox leaders on Saturday approved the creation of a unified church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate and elected a leader to head the ...
Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have flared anew after the Russian Navy fired upon and seized three Ukrainian ships near the Kerch Strait on November ...
Ukraine declared the founding of a national Orthodox church independent of Russia, stripping the Kremlin of an instrument it has used for centuries in efforts to ...
Tear gas billowed Saturday across the French capital's protest-scarred Champs-Elysees after a day of largely peaceful demonstrations and water cannons shot ...
Yellow vest” protesters took to the streets in France on Saturday, for the fifth week of protests that have brought Paris and other cities to a standstill -- after ...
"Yellow vest" protesters have gathered in Paris and other cities for a fifth consecutive Saturday of demonstrations. Protesters defied a government call to ...
Katowice, Poland (CNN) After two weeks of discordant and emotional negotiations, the nations of the world agreed Saturday night on a set of rules meant to help ...
Fifteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg minced no words at the COP24 climate talks in Katowice, Poland this week. Speaking to the assembled ...
KATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) - Climate change talks billed as the most important U.N. conference since the 2015 Paris global warming deal are in their last ...
KATOWICE, Poland — Diplomats from nearly 200 countries reached a deal on Saturday to keep the Paris climate agreement alive by adopting a detailed set of ...
SYDNEY -- Australia now formally recognizes west Jerusalem as Israel's capital. But it won't move its embassy until there's a peace settlement between Israel ...
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia has decided to formally recognize west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, but won't move its embassy until there's a peace settlement ...
Australia has recognised West Jerusalem as Israel's capital but an embassy shift from Tel Aviv will not occur until a peace settlement is achieved, Prime Minister ...
ustralia has decided to formally recognize west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, but won't move its embassy until there's a peace settlement between Israel and the ...
BRUSSELS — Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain headed home flustered and empty-handed on Friday after a blunt exchange at a European Union summit ...
Predictably, the European Union is refusing to help British Prime Minister Theresa May. May was in Brussels on Friday attempting to win EU clarifications that ...
The U.S.-led coalition in Syria destroyed on Saturday a mosque in the town of Hajin which had been used as an Islamic State command and control center, the ...
ISLAMIC State (ISIS) militants have retreated from their last remaining stronghold in Syria as the pocket of territory controlled by the extremist group continues to ...
U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters captured the last town held by the Islamic State group on Friday, after days of intense battles in the militants' single remaining ...
The Trump administration is working furiously to avert a new Turkish military offensive against the U.S.'s Kurdish partners in Syria, hoping to forestall an assault ...
US military forces have obliterated a mosque in Syria used by depraved terrorist group ISIS to train jihadis during a missile strike.
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After almost a year of going it alone, President Trump finds himself with a surprising weapon in his trade confrontation with China: allies. Pressure from Europe ...
President Donald Trump is facing a series of damaging revelations from the Russia probe and a major West Wing shakeup, but one thing seems to be going well ...
The Dow slumped 2 percent on Friday, pushing the index into correction territory as investors fretted about weak economic data from China, which could signal ...
The recent G20 conference in Argentina left many Americans, and the stock market, flummoxed about trade policy and the posture of the United States. While not ...
China promises some important concessions to try to end the escalating trade battle with the United States. But promising change and delivering it are two ...
Ever since Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced that they are expecting their first child in the spring, the royal mom-to-be can't keep her hands off her ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday the Kremlin should play a leading role in Russian rap music and in youth culture, rather than trying to shut it ...
Alarmed by the growing popularity of rap among Russian youth, President Vladimir Putin wants cultural leaders to devise a means of controlling, rather than ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to devise a plan of controlling rap as the music genre becomes more popular with his country's youth. According to the ...
Exterior view of the Trump International Hotel on December 5, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Trump's lawyers are trying to pause evidence collection in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the revenue coming from Trump's D.C. hotel.
Donald Trump's personal attorneys are trying to stop evidence collection in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the revenue coming from the president's ...
A top inaugural planner emailed Ivanka and others at the company to “express my concern” that the hotel was overcharging for its event spaces, worrying o...
The eleven-billionth Trump corruption story of the last 48 hours involves the Trump inaugural committee (which was a freestanding non-profit entity that raised ...
President Donald Trump's inaugural committee spent funds on hotel rooms and meals at the Trump International Hotel in Washington DC and also rented space ...
The Senate voted against American military support to Saudi Arabia after the kingdom's crown prince was accused of ordering the murder of a dissident ...
Washington: The Senate on Thursday delivered back-to-back rebukes of President Donald Trump's embrace of Saudi Arabia, first voting to end US participation ...
A fourth person has died as a result of a shooting attack this week at the famed Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, French authorities told CNN on Friday.
After a two-day manhunt, police in France have found and killed the suspected gunman of Tuesday's Christmas market attack in Strasbourg. Charif Chekatt was ...
A fourth person has died from wounds suffered in an attack on the Christmas market in Strasbourg, as investigators worked to establish whether the main ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - One of the killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was heard saying “I know how to cut” on the audio of the killing Turkey shared with ...
One of the killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was heard saying "I know how to cut" on the audio of the killing Turkey shared with US and European ...
A second Canadian has been detained in China in a potential act of retribution that threatens to escalate the diplomatic dispute between Washington, Beijing ...
China confirmed the arrest of Michael Spavor, an entrepreneur, and accused him and another Canadian of unspecified crimes undermining China's national ...
The Latest on the detentions in China of two Canadian men (all times local):. 3:55 p.m.. China has confirmed it has detained two Canadian men, saying they ...
British Prime Minister Theresa May is insisting she can get the extra assurances she needs from the European Union on her Brexit deal - to ensure it is passe...
By pulling out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Trump sacrificed the best and earliest chance he had galvanize allies around a 12-country trade and investment ...
CHINA HAS responded to Canada's arrest of a top tech executive on U.S. criminal charges with what amounts to lawless hostage- taking. Two Canadians ...
It's a tradition that's almost as old as Christmas - the annual Santa photo. But if your child doesn't want to take part, then parents should never force them, says ...
We all know Santa: A fat, jolly guy with a beard. But is it time to re-imagine Santa? Well according to a survey done by graphic design company GraphicSprings, ...
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EL AMARI REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces on Saturday demolished the family home of a Palestinian charged with killing an Israeli soldier ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An American psychology student who was fatally stabbed in her Netherlands apartment had texted a friend in the U.S. six days before ...
The friend of an American student killed in the Netherlands said she had texted him about her roommate's desire to kill people less than a week before she was ...
Sarah Papenheim, an American psychology student who was fatally stabbed in her apartment in the Netherlands, had texted a friend saying her roommate ...
An American psychology student who was fatally stabbed in her Netherlands apartment had texted a friend in the U.S. six days before her death, saying her ...
An American psychology student who was fatally stabbed in her Netherlands apartment on Wednesday had texted a friend in the United States six days earlier, ...
The U.S. military says it has killed at least eight Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab fighters in drone strike carried out in Somalia. The strike was conducted near ...
Jerusalem (CNN) Israeli troops used live fire to disperse protesters in the West Bank on Friday amid rising tensions following a spate of Palestinian attacks on ...
Israeli forces arrested dozens of Hamas activists in the West Bank overnight as the army intensified a crackdown in response to a pair of deadly shootings ...
A Palestinian teenager was killed yesterday and an Israeli soldier critically wounded in clashes that erupted across the occupied West Bank. The violence came ...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization warned of mounting instability in the Balkans after lawmakers in Kosovo voted to establish an army, prompting outrage in ...
Kosovo's parliament overwhelmingly approved the formation of an army, angering Serbia which talked up the possibility of an armed intervention in response.
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo's parliament voted on Friday to create a 5,000-strong standing army, a week after Serbia's premier suggested the move could ...
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo's Parliament overwhelmingly approved legislation on Friday to form an army, prompting criticism from NATO and European Union ...
It was just 12 months ago that NBC News found it no longer feasible to retain Matt Lauer's services as morning anchor of "Today." The tidal wave of harassment ...
Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski was absent from the popular MSNBC show Thursday morning, a day after she apologized for having made a homophobic ...
President Trump on Thursday attacked MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski for making a homophobic comment this week in reference to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, ...
Sri Lanka's embattled Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on Saturday, only a month and a half after taking office and giving the country's president ...
The man at the centre of Sri Lanka's political crisis, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has resigned as its prime minister. Rajapaksa's appointment by President Maithripal...
The U.N. envoy for Yemen called Friday for the urgent deployment of U.N. monitors to observe the implementation of a cease-fire in the strategic port city of ...
Fighting broke out on the outskirts of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah on Friday, residents said, a day after a ceasefire agreement was reached by the warring ...
An Italian national, Antonio Megalizzi, died as a result of wounds he sustained in the shooting, officials said a day after the French police killed the man believed ...
French President Emmanuel Macron visited Strasbourg on Friday — a day after cops fatally shot a terrorist who killed four people at the city's Christmas market.
LONDON — French officials paid their respects Friday at a Jewish cemetery near Strasbourg, where 37 tombstones and a monument to Holocaust victims had ...
A television station in France has apologized after it played the song "I Shot the Sheriff" while covering the news of a mass shooting suspect being gunned down ...
Get ready for a nice Sunday! Clouds are clearing out tonight as drier air slides into the area. Skies won't pe perfect blue but partly cloudy on Sunday with ...
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KINGAKATI, Democratic Republic of Congo — His favorite dish is Nile perch “à la Congolaise” prepared by a Flemish cook, on his farm in a private safari park ...
The U.N. human rights chief on Friday called on Congolese authorities to halt violence and inflammatory speech ahead of the country's Dec. 23 presidential ...
"The people always win." Thirty-one-year-old Ben is one of the leaders of a civil society movement campaigning for democracy in the Democratic Republic of ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's government must halt electoral violence and inflammatory speech ahead of the country's long-delayed ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Friday rebuffed a U.S. call to release Ukrainian ships and sailors, saying it could not take precedence over Russia's justice ...
National security adviser John Bolton said Thursday there are no plans to reschedule a meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir ...
There will be no meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin while Russia still holds Ukrainian ships and sailors ...
Something very strange happened in Congress this week: Five House Democrats helped Republicans block a resolution ending US support for the Saudi-led ...
The Senate finally found its spine this week. But just as Mitch McConnell steadied his wobbly feet to stand up to Donald Trump, Paul Ryan swooped in to ...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — It's awkward to find yourself in a police state interviewing people about their leader's penchant for starving children, torturing women or ...
For the first time, the Senate used its authority under the 1973 War Powers Resolution to order a president to end U.S. military operations abroad — in Saudi ...
A fire broke out Saturday in an enclosure at one of Britain's largest zoos, forcing keepers to evacuate visitors and move animals away from the flames.
A fire broke out Saturday in an enclosure at one of Britain's largest zoos, forcing keepers to evacuate visitors and move animals away from the flames.
A huge fire has broken out at Chester Zoo as a mass evacuation was carried out. Pictures showed dark smoke billowing from the zoo, which is home to 21000 ...
A fire at Chester zoo has been brought under control after the attraction was successfully evacuated, and staff are working to account for all the animals in the ...
European Union leaders on Friday backed a plan to tackle fake news on the internet and the bloc's chief executive rounded on one of the EU chiefs, Hungarian ...
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker accused Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban -- who's drawn the ire of the European Union for testing ...
Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Budapest for a second night over the passing of a series of bills that critics argue will cement Hungarian Prime ...
BUDAPEST, Hungary – A few thousand anti-government protesters confronted police Thursday night outside Hungary's Parliament, temporarily retreating when ...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban took another step closer to becoming Europe's premier autocrat by passing a law that effectively nullifies the country's ...
At least 10 people in southern India died Friday of suspected food poisoning after a ceremony to celebrate the construction of a new Hindu temple, police said.
A Chinese worker passes steel reinforcement rods at the construction site for a hydro pumping station which will supply water from the Limpopo river to nearby rice farms owned by Wanbao Grains & Oils Co., a Chinese company, in the Limpopo Valley near Xai Xai village, Mozambique, on Friday, March 24, 2017. The granaries and surveillance cameras in this corner of southern Mozambique were part of a wave of Chinese investment in overseas farms and agriculture companies a decade ago that sparked accusations of a land-grab as the Asian country tried to secure enough food for its future. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
When a press release announced that President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser John Bolton would unveil a new American strategy for Africa, it raised ...
Donald Trump's administration has unveiled its new Africa strategy, a three-pronged plan focused on furthering US interests and countering the “great power ...
The Trump Administration announced on Thursday that competition with China and Russia will become a new American focus in Africa, rather than terrorism.
National security adviser John Bolton unveiled the Trump administration's new strategy for Africa as it works to counter Russia and China, as they expand their ...
National Security Adviser John Bolton announced the administration's strategy for Africa on Thursday, and warned that the U.S. would not longer support ...
In this week's Headliner, we speak to UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths about the latest round of peace talks in Sweden and whether there's an end in ...
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Seven Civilians Killed as Indian Police Fire on Kashmir Protesters - The New York Times
Dozens of others were injured when Indian security forces fired at people protesting the killing of three militants in a gun battle in Kashmir on Saturday, the police ...
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Seven civilians died and dozens were injured when Indian security forces opened fire at people protesting the killing of three ...
At least seven civilians were killed and over 40 injured in Kashmir on Saturday after government soldiers shot at crowds of anti-India protesters. Indian troops ...
Seven civilians died and dozens were injured when Indian security forces opened fire at people protesting the killing of three militants in a gun battle in restive ...
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ruled as unconstitutional the president's order to dissolve parliament and hold new elections. The judgment marks the first tim...
At least 10 people in southern India died Friday of suspected food poisoning after a ceremony to celebrate the construction of a new Hindu temple, police said.
Eleven people have died and dozens more have fallen ill after eating rice at a temple in India, police say. About 70 people have been admitted to hospital after ...
Worshippers were served the food, described as a 'vegetable pulav', before falling ill at Maramma temple in Chamarajnagar, southern India. Pictured: patients ...
I am the real Santa Claus,” says the jolly, white-bearded father of three. As Claus, née Frank Pascuzzi, 60, tells it, there may have once been a line between his ...
ST. IVES, England – Organizers of a Christmas event have apologized to outraged parents after a fire alarm reportedly prompted Santa Claus to burst out of his ...
Michelle Obama is rockin' around the Christmas tree with Santa Claus, himself. The former first lady, 54, surprised a special group of families at Children's ...
Organizers of a Christmas event apologized to outraged parents after a fire alarm reportedly prompted Santa Claus to burst out of his grotto, rip off his beard and ...
A breakthrough reached in U.N.-led Yemeni peace talks on Thursday night is being celebrated by the Trump administration and, improbably, its bête noire, Iran.
In this week's Headliner, we speak to UN special envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths about the latest round of peace talks in Sweden and whether there's an end ...
Three women were fighting for their lives after being stabbed within four hours of each other in Nuremberg on Thursday night, as the police hunt a knifeman.
Three women have been stabbed and wounded in the German city of Nuremberg, police said Friday as they investigated whether the incidents were connected.
On the fifth anniversary of the start of the conflict in South Sudan, we are writing to urge Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, to redouble his efforts to bring about ...
Among those targeted Friday was Israel Ziv, who the Treasury said used an agricultural company nominally present in South Sudan as a cover to sell about ...
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