U.S. United Nations Rep Nikki Haley blasts White House official

The United States UN representative, Nikki Haley, has blasted White House staff Larry Kudlow for calling her confused following a contrasting announcement about Russia sanction between herself and th…

21 dead as truck en route to Indian wedding crashes

At least 21 revellers were killed en route to a wedding when their truck flew off a bridge, police said Wednesday, the latest horrific crash on India's accident-prone roads.The truck, carrying more t…

Woman killed from mid-air jet engine explosion

Catastrophic engine failure on a Southwest Airlines flight from New York to Dallas killed a mother-of-two and forced an emergency landing Tuesday, the first fatal incident in US commercial aviation f…

Meteorite diamonds 'came from lost planet'

A diamond-bearing space rock that exploded in Earth's atmosphere in 2008 was part of a lost planet from the early Solar System, a study suggests.The parent "proto-planet" would have existed billions …

Starbucks to conduct racial-bias training for employees

Starbucks will close stores and corporate offices across the United States on May 29 to conduct "racial-bias education," the company announced Tuesday, following outrage over the arrest of two black …

Former US first lady Barbara Bush dead at 92

Former US first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday at the age of 92, triggering an outpouring of praise for the matriarch of a Republican family once at the apex of American politics.Barbara and George H…

Chemical inspectors enter Syria's Douma amid concerns for probe

International investigators on Tuesday entered a Syrian town hit by an alleged chemical attack, after days of delay and warnings by Western powers that crucial evidence had likely been removed.The su…

Syria retracts report on missile attack: state media

Syrian state media on Tuesday retracted reports of an overnight missile attack on the central province of Homs, saying a "false alarm" had activated its air defences."Last night, a false alarm that S…

Renewed hope for the environment, as researchers develop plastic-eating enzyme

Researchers in the US and Britain have accidentally engineered an enzyme which eats plastic and may eventually help solve the growing problem of plastic pollution, a study said Monday.More than eight…

Japan minister sorry as 6,000 police hunt fugitive thief

A Japanese minister apologised Tuesday over the escape of a "model" inmate who fled an open prison more than a week ago, as the number of police hunting him passed 6,000.About 6,600 police officers a…

Poland broke EU law by logging in ancient forest: court

Poland's rightwing government broke the law by logging in one of Europe's last primeval forests, a UNESCO world heritage site, the European Union's top court ruled on Tuesday.Logging in the Bialowiez…

Rights groups cry foul after Philippines detains Australian nun

Philippine authorities detained an elderly Australian Catholic nun overnight in what civil rights groups alleged Tuesday was a crackdown on foreign critics of President Rodrigo Duterte's human rights…

'Sex coaches' claiming Trump secrets plead for US help at Thai court hearing

A Belarusian model and Russian "sex coach" pleaded for US help as they arrived for a court hearing in Thailand on Tuesday, in a case that has grabbed widespread attention after the model claimed to h…

Chemical arms probe in Syria stalled due to 'security concerns'

Russia and Syria have stalled access to Douma by international experts seeking to probe an alleged poison gas attack there, citing security concerns, a British diplomat said Monday.The claim came as …

Trump's personal lawyer due in New York court

Donald Trump's personal lawyer is due in court in an extraordinary showdown with US prosecutors Monday over documents seized in an FBI raid on his home, with a porn star also expected to attend.Micha…

US Prison riot leave seven killed, 17 injured

Seven inmates were killed and 17 others injured in a riot at a maximum security prison in South Carolina, the southern US state's Department of Corrections said Monday.The department said the riot er…

Seven Killed In Indonesia Building Collapse

A group of teenagers practising for a dance and music show were among seven Indonesians killed on Monday when the building they were in collapsed, police said.The accident happened in Cirebon, about …

Man detained after threatening air crew with pen

Chinese authorities have released details of a man who threatened airline crew with a fountain pen, leading to the diversion of an Air China flight on Sunday.Police said a man, identified only as Mr …

Former US first lady Barbara Bush, 92, 'in failing health'

Former US first lady Barbara Bush is in "failing health" after a series of hospitalizations and "has decided not to seek additional medical treatment," her husband's office said in a statement Sunday…

Eight men on trial for rape and murder of Kashmir girl amid public outrage

Eight men accused of involvement in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in India's Jammu and Kashmir state appeared in court on Monday for the first hearing in a case that sparked na…