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Cinema hall collapse in Argentina kills at least three

Cinema hall collapse in Argentina kills at least three

-- 2018-05-24 21:28:51

At least three people were killed on Thursday when an old cinema collapsed in the city of Tucumán in northern Argentina. The building was being refurbished when it crumbled in a cloud of dust,...

Trump cancels summit with Kim

Trump cancels summit with Kim

-- 2018-05-24 20:54:03

US President Donald Trump has cancelled a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying the world had "lost a great opportunity for lasting peace". He said his decision was because of "tremendo...

Canada undertakes fresh strategy to respond to Rohingya crisis

Canada undertakes fresh strategy to respond to Rohingya crisis

-- 2018-05-24 17:24:44

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has unveiled his country’s strategy to step up its response and meet the need of most vulnerable and displaced Rohingyas. Canada will dedicate significant...

US expels two Venezuelan envoys in retaliation

US expels two Venezuelan envoys in retaliation

-- 2018-05-24 11:06:12

The US State Department has said it has ordered two Venezuelan diplomats to leave the United States within 48 hours, a move that follows Venezuela’s decision to expel two American diplomats. Th...

North Korea calls Pence ‘stupid’

North Korea calls Pence ‘stupid’

-- 2018-05-24 10:53:52

A senior North Korean official has accused US Vice-President Mike Pence of being ‘stupid’ and warned of possible ‘nuclear showdown’ if diplomacy fails. Choe Son-hui said Pyong...

Trump doubtful about summit with Kim

Trump doubtful about summit with Kim

-- 2018-05-23 15:05:30

US President Donald Trump said there was a ‘substantial chance’ his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not take place as planned on June 12 amid concerns that Kim is resistan...

Maduro expels US diplomats in response to latest sanctions

Maduro expels US diplomats in response to latest sanctions

-- 2018-05-23 11:19:39

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of two top US diplomats in Caracas in retaliation for a new round of sanctions over the county’s widely-condemned election, accus...

Trump 'willing' to walk away from N Korea summit

Trump 'willing' to walk away from N Korea summit

Reuters 2018-05-22 12:42:38

US President Donald Trump is willing to walk away from an unprecedented summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scheduled for next month, US Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday, after North K...

6.0 quake strikes near Guam

6.0 quake strikes near Guam

-- 2018-05-22 11:40:40

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.0 hit 122 km ESE of Guam at 00:26:04 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at...

US vows 'strongest sanctions in history' on Iran

US vows 'strongest sanctions in history' on Iran

-- 2018-05-21 21:35:08

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday has said his country is imposing the "strongest sanctions in history" on Iran. In a speech in Washington, America's top diplomat said Iran would be "battli...

US sees strong shared interests with EU on Iran concerns

US sees strong shared interests with EU on Iran concerns

-- 2018-05-21 15:50:09

The United States on Sunday said it hopes to use strong shared interests that have emerged with its European Union partners in recent months to move forward on addressing Iran’s nuclear programm...

‘Romantic rejection’ led to Texas school shooting!

‘Romantic rejection’ led to Texas school shooting!

-- 2018-05-21 14:06:01

A teenage boy charged with fatally shooting eight students and two teachers during a gun rampage at a Houston-area high school had been spurned by one of his victims after making aggressive advances,...

Maduro claims victory in controversial Venezuela polls

Maduro claims victory in controversial Venezuela polls

-- 2018-05-21 10:52:59

Venezuela’s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process critics decried as a farce pr...

Cuba confirms 110 killed in plane crash

Cuba confirms 110 killed in plane crash

-- 2018-05-20 10:50:07

Cuban authorities said the fiery crash of an aging Boeing passenger jet on Friday shortly after takeoff from Havana had killed 110 of the 113 on board, making it the Caribbean island’s deadlie...

US sabotaging polls with new sanctions, Venezuela claims

US sabotaging polls with new sanctions, Venezuela claims

-- 2018-05-20 10:34:09

Venezuela has accused the United States of using new sanctions against its government’s top officials to sabotage a controversial presidential election on Sunday, which the country’s oppos...

Melania returns to White House following kidney procedure

Melania returns to White House following kidney procedure

-- 2018-05-19 21:36:53

US President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, returned to the White House on Saturday after undergoing a surgical procedure this week to treat a benign kidney condition, her office said. The...

Cuba plane crash claims over 100 lives

Cuba plane crash claims over 100 lives

-- 2018-05-19 09:34:53

More than 100 people have died after a Boeing 737 airliner crashed near Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuban state media say. Three people have survived but are in a critical condition,...

Police shoot gunman at Trump golf resort

Police shoot gunman at Trump golf resort

-- 2018-05-18 22:04:27

Florida police have shot and injured a gunman rambling about US President Donald Trump in the lobby of his golf resort near Miami, officials say. The man, identified as 42-year-old Jonathan Oddi, was...

At least 8 dead in Texas school shooting, explosives found

At least 8 dead in Texas school shooting, explosives found

-- 2018-05-18 21:00:23

At Least eight people are dead from a shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas that sent students fleeing for their lives, reports ABC News citing law enforcers. The shooting has been contained and...

Shooting at Texas high school, many injured

Shooting at Texas high school, many injured

-- 2018-05-18 20:44:20

A number of people are injured from a shooting on Friday morning at Santa Fe High School near Galveston, Texas, according to the Santa Fe Independent School District. The incident has since been cont...

Haspel becomes first female director of CIA

Haspel becomes first female director of CIA

-- 2018-05-18 11:01:22

The US Senate has confirmed Gina Haspel to be director of the CIA, ending a bruising confirmation fight centered on her ties to the spy agency’s past use of waterboarding and other brutal inte...

Trump bids to ease North Korean concerns

Trump bids to ease North Korean concerns

BBC 2018-05-18 10:35:21

US President Donald Trump has contradicted his own national security adviser, saying the so-called "Libya model" for denuclearisation is not being pursued with North Korea. The suggestion by John Bol...

US hopeful Trump-Kim meet will go ahead

US hopeful Trump-Kim meet will go ahead

-- 2018-05-17 19:32:03

The Trump administration is hopeful that its summit with North Korea will go ahead, despite threats of cancellation. A White House spokesperson said the US president remained ready, reports BBC. Hou...

Trump terms immigrants animals, not people

Trump terms immigrants animals, not people

-- 2018-05-17 19:14:50

US President Donald Trump termed undocumented immigrants as animals, not human beings.   Trump said it at a White House meeting on Wednesday, venting frustration at officials in both Mexic...

US, Gulf nations hit Hezbollah with further sanctions

US, Gulf nations hit Hezbollah with further sanctions

-- 2018-05-17 14:19:30

The United States and Gulf partners imposed additional sanctions on Lebanon’s Hezbollah leadership on Wednesday, targeting its top two officials, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Naim Qassem. The US...

Trump unsure of North Korea summit

Trump unsure of North Korea summit

-- 2018-05-17 11:40:40

US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that it was unclear if his summit with North Korea would go ahead after Pyongyang threatened to pull out of the unprecedented meeting, a move that could deny...

Michigan State Univ to pay $500m to Nassar abuse victims

Michigan State Univ to pay $500m to Nassar abuse victims

-- 2018-05-17 10:52:51

Hundreds of women sexually abused by disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar have tentatively agreed to a $500 million settlement with Michigan State University, Nassar’s former employer, attor...

Huge eruption from Hawaii volcano sparks red alert

Huge eruption from Hawaii volcano sparks red alert

-- 2018-05-16 14:41:44

Explosions intensified on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Tuesday, spewing ash and triggering a red alert for aircraft for the first time since the latest eruption began 12 days ago. Ash and volc...

Maduro vows to turn around Venezuela’s economy ahead of vote

Maduro vows to turn around Venezuela’s economy ahead of vote

-- 2018-05-16 11:12:21

Widely blamed for Venezuela’s unprecedented economic crisis, President Nicolas Maduro has vowed to make ‘great changes’ in the OPEC nation reeling from hyperinflation and shortages i...

US condemns China for shielding Myanmar from UN action

US condemns China for shielding Myanmar from UN action

-- 2018-05-15 11:01:37

The United States has indirectly criticised China for shielding Myanmar from strong UN Security Council action over a military crackdown against mainly Rohingya Muslims that the US and other countries...