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Kavanaugh's accuser willing to talk to Congress, lawyer says

Explaining Ford's initial reluctance to come forward, Katz said, "No one in their right mind regardless of their motives would want to inject themselves into th...

India bans instant divorce by Muslim men

Prasad laid down the amendments made in the ordinance, in accordance with the Opposition's objections in the Parliament - raised when the first ordinance was in...

Brett Kavanaugh: Donald Trump doubts sex assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee

Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama said Wednesday that "it's unreasonable" for the Senate Judiciary Committee to "force her hand without doing the appropriate investi...

Cannabis use given green light in South Africa

The Constitutional Court has handed down its judgement on the private use of marijuana. But the ministers of justice, police, health and trade challenged th...

Apple Watch, AirPods excluded from next round of tariffs says new report

The commerce ministry said the new tariffs "bring new uncertainty to the consultations between the two sides". "It is hoped that the United States will reco...

Hearing Monday on Brett Kavanaugh claims

The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a public hearing on the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh for next Monday, a congressio...

'Presidential Alert': FEMA to test emergency alert system next week

The WEA test message will have a header that reads "Presidential Alert " and text that reads: "This is a test of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System". ...

Brett Kavanaugh’s Accuser Willing to Testify, Lawyer Says

Democrats are now demanding a delay on the Kavanaugh vote in light of Ford's story. Feinstein said Sunday that the FBI should investigate the allegations agai...

Erdogan, Putin agree to de-militarised zone in Syria's Idlib

Putin said the demilitarized zone would be enforced by patrols of Turkish forces and Russian military police. The email address you have provided is already ...

Border Patrol Supervisor Arrested In Texas, Held In 'Serial Killing Spree'

Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz said investigators "consider this to be a serial killer ". Pena said that when she mentioned Ramirez's murder the w...

Blunt wants to investigate Kavanaugh allegations

Taken together, the statements allow for the possibility that the Senate Judiciary Committee would receive dueling testimony about the alleged incident de...

Bheki Cele rolls up sleeves for crime prevention summit

The Eastern Cape and Western Cape ranked much lower. Cele said the murder figure was akin to that of a "war zone", and admitted the crime statistics were dism...

NTSB sending ‘go-team’ to investigate Merrimack Valley gas emergency

Our thoughts and continued support are with those who have been injured and affected. Early on Friday (Saturday NZT), the utility issued a statement saying ...

Rahul Gandhi seeks Arun Jaitley's resignation over Mallya case

In the political war of words, maverick BJP leader Subramanian Swamy also got into fray. Amidst the blood bath, the big question that continues to stick out i...

Trump falsely says Democrats inflated Puerto Rico death toll

Curbelo said he sees no basis for that claim . This tweet , apparently, did not sit well with hundreds of Trump supporters, who proceeded to attack Scott ...

Trump Signs Executive Order to Sanction Foreigners Who Interfere in U.S

According to national security adviser John Bolton , the sanctions are aimed at targeting anyone who attacks the election infrastructure or distributes propaga...

Cardinal Donald Wuerl To Meet With Pope Francis On Potential Retirement

Pope Francis has convened the Presidents of all the Episcopal Conferences of the whole world for a meeting in Rome to discuss the prevention of abuse of minor...

Americans split on whether to confirm Kavanaugh — CNN Poll

There's no point to the questions and no point is ever dragged forth, except that Kamala Harris is a fool. Seconds later, a second demonstrator was thrown out o...

US Adviser Lashes Out At ICC Over War Crimes Probe In Afghanistan

Afghan rights workers are warning that the USA national security adviser's blistering attack on the International Criminal Court investigating war crimes al...

MLA George slammed for shaming Kerala nun

They alleged that the police probing the case was trying to sabotage the investigation. "A very strong investigation is being carried out in the case". "I beg t...

Three Times First Lady of Pakistan: Kulsoom Nawaz

According to interior ministry officials, Nawaz, Maryam and her husband will be granted parole for Kulsoom's funeral prayers till her burial, after a request is...

Sweden Election Sees Surge In Support For Far-Right Party

With almost all districts having reported, the ruling centre-left Social Democrats and Greens and their Left Party allies had 40.6 percent of the vote, while th...

Wildfire that closed key California highway doubles in size

The Delta Fire , which broke out on Wednesday afternoon, tripled its size by Thursday morning, and by Thursday evening, it spread over more than 8,900 hectares ...

Obama Goes After Trump: 6 Big Lines

Noting the history of former presidents avoiding the rough and tumble of politics, Mr Obama acknowledged his sharp critique of Mr Trump was something of a d...

Multiple people shot at Cincinnati bank

Police say he drove his own vehicle to the Fountain Square area sometime before 9 a.m. and entered several businesses, including a sandwich shop at the Fifth Th...

Trump says he doesn't talk the way Woodward portrays him

During the same meeting Trump reportedly asked C Boyden Gray, former USA ambassador to the EU: "Which is going to be the next country to drop out [of the EU aft...

Trump Won’t Consider Mueller’s Obstruction Questions Until Later, Giuliani Says

In a separate interview with Politico about obstruction questions, Giuliani said: "We're very opposed to that [but] we're not closing it off 100 percent". "Sh...

Dallas Officer Amber Guyger Arrested For Fatally Shooting Botham Jean

Dallas Police Chief Reneé Hall said a manslaughter warrant was filed on Friday, but it was temporarily held up as an investigation was initiated by the state...

Man fatally shot by officer in wrong apartment celebrated by alma mater

The officer ran into a man who she didn't recognize and ended up shooting him. The patrol officer, described as a female Caucasian, has not been identified, b...

United Kingdom says Russia's Putin is ultimately responsible for Novichok attack

Moscow accused the United Kingdom government of seeking to unleash anti-Russian hysteria on Thursday as Britain sought backing at the UN Security Council for i...

Brazilian candidate Jair Bolsonaro stabbed during event

Earlier this year, Marielle Franco, a Rio city councillor who was an outspoken critic of police violence against slum residents, was assassinated. One support...

Ex-Trump adviser George Papadopoulos jailed in Russian Federation inquiry

The judge said he took into consideration Papadopoulos's "genuine remorse" in issuing the light sentence, which included a $9,500 fine, a year on parole and com...

Ivanka Trump attends McCain funeral after the president wasn't invited

At a memorial service on Thursday at Northern Phoenix Baptist Church, former Vice President Joe Biden spoke highly of McCain, saying he "always thought of Jo...

British Airways site, app hacked for two weeks

The breach has been resolved and the British Airways website is working normally, IAG said. He said enough information was stolen to allow criminals to use ...

Elon Musk Calls Thailand Rescue Diver "Child Rapist" In New Attack

Musk asked for the emails to be left off the record, however, BuzzFeed News published them in keeping with the journalistic practice that states both partie...