-- 2018-01-23 06:50:36
A tsunami alert has been issued after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of Alaska in the US. It hit 280km (173 miles) south-east of Kodiak, at a depth of 25km, at 00:31 (09:31 GMT...
-- 2018-01-22 10:39:35
At least 13 people, including a newborn, were killed on Sunday when a landslide pushed a bus into a ravine in southwest Colombia, the disaster relief agency said. The mountainous highway where the ac...
-- 2018-01-22 10:23:16
A US government shutdown will enter its third day on Monday as Senate negotiators failed to reach a deal late on Sunday on Democrats’ demand for legislation protecting “Dreamers,” yo...
-- 2018-01-22 08:18:34
The United States will open its embassy in Jerusalem before the end of 2019, announced US Vice President Mike Pence on Monday at the Israeli parliament. The US vice president also reiterated that the...
Reuters 2018-01-21 12:49:57
President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers were locked in a standoff with Democrats on Saturday over the US government shutdown, with Republicans saying they would not negotiate on immigration un...
-- 2018-01-21 12:00:00
Hundreds of thousands of women and their male supporters turned out on Saturday for the second Women's March, a nationwide series of protests against US President Donald Trump marking the end of his t...
-- 2018-01-21 12:00:00
A US Army Apache attack helicopter crashed in California, killing two soldiers, a spokesman for the Army said. An investigation is ongoing into the crash of the AH-64 Apache helicopter on the sprawli...
-- 2018-01-21 11:59:41
Clashes have broken out in Honduras as demonstrators protesting President Juan Orlando Hernandez's re-election blocked roads in several locations and police moved into to break up the barricades. Fou...
-- 2018-01-21 10:11:56
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck northern Chile late Saturday, the US Geological Survey says. The quake, which was deep at 110 kilometres (68 miles), struck at 10:06pm local time Saturday. The e...
-- 2018-01-21 03:24:09
Pope Francis, who is on a visit to Peru, has spoken out about violence against women in Latin America. Speaking at a Mass in the northern city of Trujillo, the Pope called the violence “a plagu...
-- 2018-01-21 03:13:10
Brazil's south-eastern state of Minas Gerais has declared a public health emergency following a deadly outbreak of yellow fever. At least 15 people have died there since December. Many areas, includi...
FE Online Desk 2018-01-20 12:00:00
The US government has begun a federal shutdown after politicians failed to agree a new budget, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers on unpaid leave. In a dramatic night in Washington, Rep...
-- 2018-01-20 11:55:28
Tourists are being warned they should stay inside their resorts in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The Jamaican government has declared a state of emergency in the St James parish, after a number of "shooting...
Reuters 2018-01-20 10:51:07
The US Supreme Court on Friday set up a major showdown over presidential powers, agreeing to decide the legality of President Donald Trump's latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority...
-- 2018-01-20 04:12:32
On the first anniversary of his presidency on Saturday, with the stock market roaring and his poll ratings finally rising, he had planned to rest at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, feted by friends...
-- 2018-01-19 08:43:42
A baby was killed and 15 people were injured -- including more children -- after a car crashed into pedestrians along a beach walk in Brazil, according to media reports and local authorities. An 8-mo...
Reuters 2018-01-18 12:00:00
President Donald Trump denied on Wednesday that the planned relocation of the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would take place within a year, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected...
Reuters 2018-01-18 11:48:13
Republican US Senator Jeff Flake castigated President Donald Trump on Wednesday for his attacks on the media, saying Trump had embraced the despotic language of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and...
-- 2018-01-18 05:05:13
A Canadian woman has been convicted of killing her friend after police discovered the murder weapon used in a picture of the pair on social media. Cheyenne Rose Antoine, 21, pleaded guilty on Monday...
-- 2018-01-17 11:39:41
Ten people were killed when a Colombian army helicopter crashed near the town of Segovia, in northern Antioquia province, on Tuesday, the army said. The Russian-made MI-17 helicopter, carrying eight...
-- 2018-01-17 11:30:15
A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer has been arrested on charges of unlawful retention of classified information, the US justice department says. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a naturalised US...
FE Online Desk 2018-01-17 06:43:53
A former CIA officer has been arrested in the US on charges of unlawful retention of classified information. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a naturalised US citizen, was held at New York's JFK airport on Mond...
-- 2018-01-17 02:54:35
Police have discovered at least 33 human skulls buried in western Mexico, authorities said on Tuesday, the latest grisly find in a region that has suffered from increasing violence between warring dru...
-- 2018-01-16 12:00:00
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has described US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace efforts as the "slap of the century". At a meeting of Palestinian leaders, he stressed he would not acc...
-- 2018-01-16 12:00:00
Two parents have been arrested in California after police found 13 people allegedly being held captive at their home, including some "shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks". David Allen Tur...
-- 2018-01-16 12:00:00
Ten construction workers have died after a bridge they were building in central Colombia collapsed, Colombian officials say. Civil Defence authorities say the labourers were working on drainage along...
-- 2018-01-16 03:23:53
Pope Francis has arrived in Chile on a visit overshadowed by child sexual abuse accusations against almost 80 members of Chilean clergy. Some priests have been convicted by the Vatican's court, but p...
Reuters 2018-01-15 12:00:00
President Trump has denied that he is racist, after a row broke out over his alleged use of the word "shithole" to describe African nations. Mr Trump reportedly used the term last week during a bipar...
-- 2018-01-15 10:58:42
Nine dismembered bodies were found piled in a truck on Saturday night in the violent Mexican state of Veracruz, the governor said on Sunday, describing the crime as a clash of rival gangs. Most of th...
-- 2018-01-14 12:53:36
Chelsea Manning, the transgender US Army soldier who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination for the US Senate seat from M...
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