-- 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...
-- 2018-01-17 11:26:31
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party urged MPs to back the government’s Brexit legislation at a vote in parliament later on Wednesday, warning opponents that trying to block the...
AP 2018-01-17 11:22:28
In this October 29, 2017, file photo, participants with national and military flags attend a ceremony supporting the country's military and government servants in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Activist Nyo Tun...
-- 2018-01-17 10:59:35
Nigerian military has released 244 "repentant" Boko Haram suspects who have undergone rehabilitation. The authorities say they have been de-radicalised and can re-enter society, but critics are scept...
-- 2018-01-17 10:37:21
The mother of the five-year-old H&M model caught up in a racism row has said her family has moved house in Sweden "for security reasons." Last week, photos of Liam Mango modelling a "coolest monk...
-- 2018-01-17 10:35:14
North Korea and South Korea have agreed to form a combined women’s ice hockey team to take part in next month’s Winter Olympics in the South. The arch-rivals Koreas took the decision duri...
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 05:06:08
Most of the Muslim countries in western China has banned children from attending religious events over a winter break. An education bureau said in a notice posted online, as authorities step up contr...
-- 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...
-- 2018-01-17 02:06:39
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook the Beitou District of Taiwan's capital city of Taipei at 1:59 pm Wednesday Beijing Time, says Taiwan's meteorological authority. The epicentre was monitored at 25.15...
-- 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
Twenty people including civilians have been killed and 69 others injured in an attack at the Mitiga international airport in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, a medical source confirmed on Monday. Abdud...
-- 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 12:00:00
The United Arab Emirates will lodge a complaint against Qatar at the United Nations’ aviation agency on Tuesday after Qatari war planes allegedly intercepted UAE civilian aircraft, a UAE officia...
-- 2018-01-16 11:24:45
A blast has brought down a residential building in the Belgian city of Antwerp, injuring several people. The origin of the explosion on the central street of Paardenmarkt is not clear, says a BBC rep...
-- 2018-01-16 11:16:25
Two suicide bombers have blown themselves up at a busy market in central Baghdad in back-to-back explosions that killed at least 38 people, Iraqi officials say. The attackers struck during rush hour...
-- 2018-01-16 10:57:34
Libya’s coastal guard has rescued 360 illegal migrants off Libya's western coast, according to a Coast Guards official. "Patrol members on Monday received a distress call off the coast of Garra...
-- 2018-01-16 10:19:07
Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007, saying it killed her as she allegedly planned to collaborate with the US against the...
-- 2018-01-16 04:21:16
Malaysia is setting up a special court to tackle increasing numbers of human trafficking cases, in a move welcomed by campaigners. The Southeast Asian nation relies heavily on foreign domestic worker...
-- 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...
-- 2018-01-16 01:06:38
The Philippines' most active volcano spewed lava that cascaded downslope and emitted ash that fell on nearby towns, state volcanologists said on Tuesday, prompting to shut more schools. Mount Mayon,...
-- 2018-01-15 12:44:39
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is considering joining French President Emmanuel Macron at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland next week in what could turn into an epic clash of competing w...
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 12:00:00
Liberia's outgoing president has been expelled from her own party, for allegedly failing to support its candidate to succeed her. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is accused of encouraging people to vote agains...
-- 2018-01-15 12:00:00
At least 25 people were killed and 63 wounded in a twin suicide bombing in central Baghdad on Monday, the Iraqi health ministry said on its Facebook page. The attack targeted Aviation Square, a comme...
-- 2018-01-15 11:47:40
The Philippines’ chief volcanologist warned on Monday of a possible hazardous eruption at Mount Mayon “within weeks or even within days”, as magma continued to pile up at the summit...
-- 2018-01-15 11:35:59
Violent protests erupted again in two areas of the capital Tunis and another town after a relatively calm two days, the latest protests in the country against austerity measures. After nearly a week...
FE Online Desk 2018-01-15 11:02:37
Sri Lanka has legally barred women from buying alcohol, a right preserved only to men. A move to grant women to buy alcohol legally has been overruled by President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday. He...
-- 2018-01-15 11:01:39
Eight people were killed and another six wounded in a highway collision in east China's Shandong Province, local authorities said Monday. The accident happened on Sunday when a coach rear-ended a tru...
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