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A woman facing six months in prison in Indonesia for recording a lewd phone call by her boss as evidence she was being harassed is expected to receive a presidential amnesty after an outcry over…

Customs officers in north China’s Tianjin Municipality seized 1,550 human placental extract injections in 2019, the customs said Thursday. The injections, totalling 3,100 millilitres, were…

An international team of engineers in US and China have developed powerful artificial muscles which can generate power 40 times that of human muscles. A study published online on Thursday in…

Four British nationals have been arrested in eastern China, the British Embassy in Beijing said Friday, amid escalating diplomatic tension between the two countries. The embassy did not comment…

The Islamic State has threatened Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a video released late Wednesday which referenced the group’s alleged branch in Turkey. “Hey, Erdogan, the arrogant…

Nationwide raids to arrest immigrants who are in the United States illegally have been scheduled to begin Sunday, the Boston Globe has reported. The newspaper attributed its report to one…

A man has been arrested after scaling the gates of Buckingham Palace, where Queen Elizabeth II is currently in residence, officials said on Thursday. The 22-year-old, who was unarmed, was…

Ross Perot, the billionaire tycoon who mounted two unsuccessful third-party presidential campaigns in the 1990s, died Tuesday, family spokesman James Fuller confirmed to CNN. He was 89.

Billionaire Tom Steyer officially entered the presidential race on Tuesday, saying he would seek the Democratic nomination for president despite having previously ruled out a run in…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the British ambassador to the United States “a very stupid guy,” one day after declaring he would cut contact with the diplomat following a leak of cables des…

Prime Minister Theresa May’s office has reiterated her full support for Britain’s ambassador to the United States after President Donald Trump cut off contact with him following the leak of…

US President Donald Trump on Monday launched a broadside against UK Prime Minister Theresa May and said the United States would "no longer deal" with the British ambassador to Washington after the diplomat's unflattering…

When a woman accused of shoplifting from a food store in New York was approached by three police officers, she might have expected to be arrested – but instead they paid for her food. The…

In leaked memos to the British Foreign Commonwealth Office, Britain’s ambassador to the United States said US President Donald Trump is “incompetent” and “inept”. Leaked on Saturday, the memos…

Neither the late Muammar Gaddafi nor the citizens of Libya have access to the whopping £12 billion in assets the former head of state had in the UK, but Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs has…

President Donald Trump has accused China and Europe of playing a “big currency manipulation game,” urging the United States to match the effort. The president’s critics said the advice directly…

A son of the ruler of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates has died in London, officials have announced. Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi died on Monday. London police say his death is being…

Princess Haya, a wife of the ruler of Dubai, is believed to have fled the UAE for London after discovering “disturbing facts” about the mysterious return of one of his daughters who tried to escape.…

Police in central Pakistan on Tuesday, arrested a man for killing nine people including his wife and children after which he burnt their bodies. The police said that the culprit alleged that…

Australian father-of-three David Dowell was in “absolute agony” before he died, suffering from a salmonella infection potentially caused by a Christmas party dare involving a gecko. More than six months…

US President Donald Trump warned Monday that Iran is “playing with fire” after Tehran said it exceeded a limit on enriched uranium reserves under a 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by Washington. Israel urged…

US. President Donald Trump says deportation of undocumented migrants will begin after July 4. “We will be removing large numbers of people… starting sometime after July 4,” Trump said, having earlier noted…

China’s capital Beijing is set to open an eye-catching multi-billion dollar airport resembling a massive shining starfish, to accommodate soaring air traffic and celebrate the Communist government’s 70th…

U.S. President Donald Trump railed back Saturday against former President Jimmy Carter’s comments questioning the legitimacy of the 2016 election, saying: “He’s like the forgotten president.” Trump said…