-- 2017-12-19 10:24:37
At least three people were killed and more than 100 hospitalised with critical injuries after an Amtrak train derailed on Monday during its inaugural run on a faster route from Seattle to Portland, Or...
-- 2017-12-19 10:09:07
The US administration has said North Korea was "directly responsible" for the WannaCry malware attack affecting hospitals, businesses, and banks across the world earlier this year. The attack is said...
-- 2017-12-18 12:08:18
Three people died when a small plane crashed in southeastern Indiana, US police said on Sunday. Sgt. Stephen Wheeles said the single-engine Cessna plane crashed in a wooded area near Oldenburg, India...
Reuters 2017-12-18 12:00:08
Brazil’s leftist Workers Party (PT) approved a resolution on Saturday formally supporting the candidacy of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as the nation’s left continues to ral...
-- 2017-12-18 12:00:00
A conservative billionaire and former president, Sebastián Piñera, has won Chile's presidential election run-off. Left-winger Alejandro Guillier conceded and congratulated his opponent...
-- 2017-12-18 10:33:04
A power cut at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson international airport has led to a partial shut-down and major delays to flights. The airport is the world's busiest, handling more than 250,000 passengers...
-- 2017-12-18 10:11:23
Juan Orlando Hernández has been declared the winner of last month's fiercely disputed presidential election in Honduras after a partial recount. Earlier results triggered deadly street violenc...
-- 2017-12-17 12:00:00
The United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would insist any decisions on the status of Jerusalem have no legal effect and must be rescinded after US President Donald Tr...
-- 2017-12-17 12:00:00
The sister of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and five other people were killed in a helicopter crash Saturday on a mountain near the Honduran capital. Hilda Hernandez, 51, was an agronomy...
Reuters 2017-12-17 12:00:00
A raging California wildfire powered by fierce winds grew into the third-largest in state history on Saturday as forced evacuations turned neighbourhoods into ghost towns and ash fell in some areas li...
-- 2017-12-17 12:00:00
The Pentagon has been running a secret multi-million dollar programme to investigate Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), US media report. Only a s  ...
Agencies 2017-12-17 11:19:33
The head of the Argentine navy has been sacked following the loss of a submarine and its crew in the South Atlantic last month. The defence minister placed Adm Marcelo Srur in retirement on Friday ni...
-- 2017-12-17 10:16:05
A mudslide tore through a small village in southern Chile near a popular national park, leaving five people dead and at least 15 missing after a night of torrential downpours, authorities said. A vid...
-- 2017-12-17 05:23:24
The special counsel, Robert Mueller, investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the US 2016 election had obtained tens of thousands of emails unlawfully. Mueller is an American lawyer and civil...
Reuters 2017-12-17 03:02:53
Chileans vote in an uncertain runoff presidential election on Sunday that will determine if the world’s top copper producer stays on its centre-left course or joins a tide of Latin American nati...
-- 2017-12-17 02:34:31
US President Donald Trump on Saturday defended a Republican tax-cut plan against Democratic charges that it favours the rich, saying it will be “one of the great Christmas gifts” for the m...
BBC 2017-12-16 12:00:00
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said North Korea must "earn its way back to the table" for negotiations between the two countries to restart. Mr Tillerson said Pyongyang had to carry out a "susta...
-- 2017-12-16 11:17:50
A Canadian billionaire and his wife have been found dead at their home in Toronto in circumstances that police described as "suspicious". The bodies of Barry Sherman and his wife Honey were found in...
BBC 2017-12-16 04:04:53
US Republicans from both houses of Congress have revealed their joint bill for the biggest overhaul of the country's tax system in 30 years. The plan brings the US corporate tax rate down to 21 per c...
-- 2017-12-16 01:08:56
A fireworks explosion in Mexico has killed four people and sent five more to the hospital days after the country's holiday season kicked off in earnest. The State of Mexico says in a statement that t...
-- 2017-12-15 12:00:00
US President Trump talked to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the two leaders over phone for working together to resolve the very dangerous situation in North Korea,” the White House said in...
-- 2017-12-15 12:00:00
Peru's president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has said he will not resign, despite growing pressure over corruption allegations involving Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht. In a televised address late o...
-- 2017-12-14 12:30:04
A plane carrying 25 people crashed late Wednesday in southern Canada, injuring several people, local media reported. The plane is an ATR-42 carrying 22 passengers and three crew members, according to...
-- 2017-12-14 12:00:00
Internet service providers clashed with Democrats and celebrities like “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill ahead of a vote on the Trump administration’s plan to revoke net neutrality rules...
-- 2017-12-14 12:00:00
Dan Johnson, a Republican state lawmaker in Kentucky who defiantly denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the basement of his home, died in an apparent suicide Wednesday night...
-- 2017-12-14 12:00:00
A criminal court in Ecuador on Wednesday sentenced the suspended vice-president, Jorge Glas, to six years in prison for illegal association in the bribery scheme of Brazilian construction firm, Odebre...
-- 2017-12-14 09:56:20
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appears to have been contradicted by the White House and his own department, after suggesting the US had softened its position on talks with North Korea, reports Ag...
-- 2017-12-13 12:45:20
The man who faces terror charges over Monday's bus terminal bombing in New York posted a warning to President Donald trump just before the attack. "Trump you failed to protect your nation," it read....
-- 2017-12-13 12:00:00
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered to begin direct talks with North Korea without pre-conditions, backing away from a key US demand that Pyongyang must first accept that giving up its nuclear...
-- 2017-12-13 10:32:12
San Francisco native London Breed has become the city's acting mayor following the sudden death of Mayor Ed Lee on Tuesday. She is the first African-American woman to lead the city in the midst of a...
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