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A Saudi teenager who fled from her “abusive” family has been declared a legitimate refugee by the United Nations, the Australian government has said. Rahaf Alqunun, who fears being killed by her relatives if she…

A hammer-wielding man wounded 20 children in an attack at an elementary school in Beijing Tuesday with three suffering serious injuries, local authorities said.A male suspect was brought “under control” and the wounded pupils…

The Netherlands will give Britons a 15-month grace period to apply to stay after Brexit if Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal, a Dutch minister has said. The Dutch move is aimed at calming…

An Uber driver who went on a shooting spree that killed six people in the Midwestern US state of Michigan pleaded guilty to all charges Monday. In a surprise turn as the trial was scheduled to begin, Jason Dalton…

Norway got rich by selling oil—but it believes the fuel doesn’t have a future on its own roads. The country plans to end sales of all gasoline-powered cars by 2025.Based on the latest data from 2018, it seems to be heading in the…

President Donald Trump stood firm Sunday on his demand for billions of dollars to fund a border wall with Mexico, which has forced a shutdown of the US government now entering its third week.“We have to build the wall,” Trump…

Senior Trump administration officials and Democratic congressional staffers failed on Saturday to break a deadlock over a proposed border wall and end a two-week-old partial government shutdown, but will meet again…

Police in California on Saturday said three people were killed and four were injured in a shooting at a bowling alley near Los Angeles. Sergeant Ronald Harris of the Torrance Police Department confirmed to AFP that officers…

The owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant chain on Saturday set a record by paying more than $3 million for a bluefin tuna in the New Year tuna auction at Tokyo’s new fish market. Kiyoshi Kimura, who owns the Sushizanmai chain,…

Kao Xiong, a California man has pleaded guilty to sending more than 150 threatening or hoax letters in 2017 to President Donald Trump and to former presidents, FBI offices and other individuals and businesses. Prosecutors say…

Police in Phoenix, Arizona, United States are investigating how a woman in coma for more than 14 years gave birth at Hacienda Healthcare, a nursing facility.A local CBS News affiliate, Arizona’s Family, first reported the…

President Donald Trump remained defiant on Friday about his Mexico wall and said he was prepared to keep the US government shut down for as long as it takes — months or even years — to force Congress to provide the billions of…

After two weeks stranded at sea and battered by winter storms, migrants onboard a rescue ship are growing frustrated as European countries refuse to offer a safe port of call. Supplies on the rescue ship are…

A Democratic congresswoman kicked off her term with an expletive-laced vow to impeach President Donald Trump, triggering Republican outrage and testing party discipline barely a day after Democrats regained the House. As a…

The Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives has voted to end a partial government shutdown – but the move looks certain to be vetoed by President Trump. Mr Trump has said he will reject any measure that…

Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi was elected as Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, returning her to a position she last held in January 2011, for her third term. The 78-year-old veteran…

Thirteen citizens of Canada have been detained in China since Huawei Technologies Co Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested last month in Vancouver at the request of the United States, the Canadian…

Iran is set to ban popular social media platform, Instagram over “immoral content”, a platform which the President has over two million followers. Authorities in Iran have announced plans to ban the photo sharing app, citing national…

Taiwan’s unification with the mainland is “inevitable”, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, warning against any efforts to promote the island’s independence and saying China would not renounce the option of using…

A baby boy has been found alive after 35 hours spent in freezing cold in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsed in an explosion, emergency officials reported, calling it a miracle. The…

British police probe into a triple stabbing at a Manchester railway station on New Year’s Eve which injured three people is now being treated as “a terrorist investigation”, the city’s top officer said on Tuesday.…

U.S. President Donald Trump has predicted that year 2019 would be a “complicated but great” year.Trump, who stated this in his New Year message, also reeled out his administration’s achievements, which he said had surpassed all…

The number of British citizens applying for Irish passports rose by 22 per cent in 2018, Ireland’s foreign office said on Monday, more than doubling the total of annual applications since Britain voted to leave the…

Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren took a step toward a Presidential bid on Monday with the launch of a Committee to explore her chances. The move makes Warren, 69, the first prominent Democrat to…