18 killed, 47 injured after KMB double-decker crashes
The 30-year-old bus driver was arrested by the police for alleged unsafe driving causing death and grievous bodily harm. Senior traffic superintendent Lee Chi-wai said that the driver is suspected of speeding down a slope and subsequently losing co... More..
North Korea's Kim Jung Un invites South Korean president for summit
The lights. The fireworks. "We are against the ugly political Olympics!" read one banner. But organisers of the Winter Games in Pyeongchang - which opened with a spectacle heavy with lore and symbols binding ...More..
Trump delays release of Democrat counter-memo
The president had until Saturday to decide whether to allow the classified material to become public after the House intelligence committee voted Monday to release it. Millions of Americans are asking one simpl...More..
Turkish president says helicopter downed in Syria
Violence also flared in eastern Syria, where the US-led coalition said it killed at least 100 pro-regime fighters to fend off an attack on its Kurdish allies. attacking the regime, which is supported by Mos...More..
Russian plane with 71 on board crashes off Moscow
The same news agency reported that the wreckage of the plane was spread over a wide area around the crash site. The jet was flying to Orsk, a city in the Urals, and crashed in the Ramensky district outside Mo...More..
ICC prosecutor closely following events in Philippines since 2016
He denied ever giving an order to police to kill drug suspects. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said her office plans to examine Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, dating back to at least Ju...More..
Kim Jong Un invites South Korean president to Pyongyang
The Olympics bring the world together every two years, and each Opening Ceremony is meant to be a handsome exhibition of cultural heritage for viewers across the globe to appreciate. Dr Kim Jiyoon studies t...More..
North Korea's Kim invites South Korean president for summit: South Korea
North Korean athletes "are not really participating in the Olympics ", said the father of American student Otto Warmbier , who died past year after his release from imprisonment in North Korea . North Kor...More..
Positive Reviews All over for Pad Man
The film is based on the life of social entrepreneur, Arunachalam Muruganantham , who invented a machine to manufacture low-cost sanitary pads , to make it easily available and accessible to women belonging t...More..
Helicopter carrying 7 people crashes in Grand Canyon
Kenitzer added that the location of the crash is 3 miles east of the Grand Canyon West Airport, which is located in Peach Springs, Arizona. He said three people were killed and four had unknown injuries, and ...More..
County reports 5 flu-related ICU hospitalizations
Overall, there are estimated to be as many as 56,000 deaths linked to the flu during a bad year. State health officials are looking into 89 deaths that could be flu-related. The flu has further tightened it...More..
Minister warns charities of funding cuts after Oxfam sex worker scandal
The UK Government has announced it will review its work with Oxfam following revelations that the charity's staff hired prostitutes during Haiti's 2011 natural disaster relief effort. Individuals closely implic...More..
U.S. airstrike kills 100 Syrian troops after 'unprovoked' assault on base
The HDP is the second largest opposition party in the Turkish parliament and is the only major party to openly oppose Operation Olive Branch - the Turkish military operation to drive Kurdish forces out of Syri...More..
President ready for change following humiliating defeat
The alliance led by Mr. Rajapakse has got more than 900 seats while United National Party (UNP) led by PM has won around 600 seats so far. Wickremesinghe's United National Party was a distant second with 17 c...More..
Trump's Speechwriter, Sorensen Quits Over Domestic Abuse Claims
Witt closed by asking McEnany if she's "comfortable with the tenor of the things that have been said and done by this president". The White House confirmed late Friday that a second staff member had resign...More..
Second White House Staffer Resigns Amid Domestic Abuse Claims
Some are true and some are false. In a Saturday Twitter post , the president said , "There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone". Trump also emphasized that Moore had denied...More..
Winter Olympics: North Korea invites South president to Pyongyang
Ms Kim invited Mr Moon to visit "at the early date possible", a spokesman for South Korea's presidential palace said. "The North Korean leadership simply does not want to give up the nuclear capability it h...More..
Ravi Ragbir Receives Temporary Stay of Looming Deportation Order
The community of immigrant-rights activists will still rally in solidarity at Foley Square on Saturday at 9 am. On Jan. 29, Manhattan Federal Judge Katherine Forrest issued an opinion that slammed ICE's decis...More..
PM Modi meets Palestine President Abbas; offers price $50 million signed
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying a wreath at the mausoleum of late President Yasser Arafat at Ramallah . Also, the Crown Prince hosted Prime Minister Modi for a dinner meeting at the palace. Ab...More..
Trump's block of a memo is a block of checks and balances
The White House notified the House Intelligence Committee on Friday that the president was "unable" to declassify the Democratic memo because of national security concerns. We have some breaking news tonight...More..
Nation mourns death of leading human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir
Jahangir always raised her voice against human rights violations and was a staunch supporter of democracy. Born on January 27, 1952 in Lahore, Jahangir studied at the Convent of Jesus and Mary before receivin...More..
Combined Korean hockey team loses to Swiss in Olympic debut
The two North Koreans are on a landmark visit to the South amid a flurry of abrupt reconciliation steps, and both attended the opening ceremony before having a luncheon with Moon at Moon's presidential palace...More..
East Ghouta 'drowning in blood' after third day of bombing
Syria has been locked in a devastating civil war since March 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests with unexpected ferocity. Syria's state media said the coalition bombed govern...More..
Turkish president says helicopter downed in northern Syria
Speaking at a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Istanbul , Erdogan said "we might lose one helicopter, but they will pay a heavier price". The official state news agency SANA said th...More..
Two Turkish troops killed as helicopter downed
In a separate incident, two Turkish Armed Forces personnel were killed when an attack helicopter crashed in Syria's Afrin during the ongoing Operation Olive Branch on February 10, Prime Minister Binali Yıl...More..
Turkish army chopper 'shot down' in Hatay in Turkey's southeast: Erdoğan
Afrin is on the southern border with Turkey and has a large Kurdish population. Ankara launched an air and ground offensive last month against Kurdish fighters in Syria's Afrin region on its border, ...More..
Pence: 'No daylight' between U.S., allies on North Korea
Saturday for a luncheon with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. She sat with Kim Yong Nam, Moon and his wife, Kim Jung-sook. They said Pence could have opted to sit with the U.S. North Korea has spent years de...More..
North Korea's Kim invites S Korean leader to Pyongyang
Publicly, relatives of the dozens of Japanese nationals who have been abducted by North Korea are saying nothing about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to travel to South Korea to attend Friday's opening...More..
Erdogan says Turkish chopper shot down in Syria operation
However, he said that the cause of the incident is still unclear. " We don't have exact evidence or document to determine that it went down with any outside interference ", Binali Yildirim told reporters in t...More..
Led Coalition airstrikes kill 100 Assad-backed forces in Syria
Damascus and the US-backed Kurdish militia once worked towards the same goal in the region but they were never allied, and the collapse of the IS "caliphate" has further strained an already frosty relationship...More..