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Ireland now officially has its first ever openly gay prime minister

Varadkar is the youngest and the first openly gay prime minister of the Catholic-majority country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Leo...

FBI says investigating MI airport stabbing as act of terrorism

The officer who was stabbed is Lieutenant Jeff Neville of the Bishop International Airport Department of Public Safety, Michigan State Police spokeswoman Lo...

Leeds University awarded top rating in new official rankings

In a blog for Times Higher Education , Sir Anthony Seldon, Buckingham's vice-chancellor, says that the TEF will "do more than any single step in history to cha...

Queen's Speech to reportedly focus on Brexit

He said party colleagues had "listened very carefully to what the government have said in the Queen's Speech " and "we like a lot of what they've said". But ...

Queen's Speech mum on Trump's United Kingdom state visit

Buckingham Palace said Philip, 96, has been hospitalized as a precaution for treatment of an infection. The nine-minute speech reflected May's diminished posi...

20 killed as car bomb targets bank in Afghanistan

As many as 50 other people were wounded, according to the spokesman for the governor. No group has claimed the responsibility for the attack so far. USA troop...

US Pushing China to Rein in Companies That Deal With N. Korea

At the meeting, held in the wake of American college student Otto Warmbier's death following his release from North Korea, Washington and Beijing agreed that th...

ISIS destroys al-Nuri moque where the militant group began in 2014

Gen. Joseph Martin said Daesh "destroyed one of Mosul and Iraq's great treasures". The mosque, known as "the hunchback" due to its distinctive leaning minar...

Iraqi Military: IS Blows Up Mosul Mosque Where It Declared 'Caliphate'

February 1963: The minaret leans at a greater angle than the leaning tower at Pisa. Earlier this week, Iraqi forces launched a fresh push into Mosul's Old Cit...

Iconic Grand Al-Nuri Mosque In Iraq's Mosul Blown Up

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi denounced the destruction, saying it was a "declaration of defeat" by ISIL. The mosque was known not only for its long his...

GOP senators voice concerns on eve of health care bill unveiling

Aides and lobbyists said they expected the GOP bill to provide health care tax credits linked to people's incomes, not their ages like the House-passed measure,...

US 'mystified' by Saudi failure to justify Qatar embargo

Saudi Arabia is the most powerful of them. There are no signs of a quick resolution as the crisis enters its third week since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab E...

Iran misses targets in missile attack on Syria

Iran launched the missiles into Syria on Sunday, the first time in 30 years it has used them against a foreign country. Since then, the Iran-backed militias,...

MSCI adds China A-shares to EM index

USA stock index provider MSCI has agreed to include China's mainland domestic shares in its emerging markets index for the first time. "Today, the fir...

May pledges to build Brexit consensus

But given that the Queen's Speech usually mentions all state visits planned for the duration of the Parliament, indicates the visit may have been put off inde...

US Forces Assist Philippines in Marawi Battle

At least 58 soldiers and police have been killed in Marawi City. "I did not realize that it was that bad because now it appears that Baghdadi himself , the...

United Kingdom accepts EU's timetable for Brexit negotiations

Macron has joined forces with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, pledging to put a post-Brexit EU back on track to deliver prosperity and security after years of ...

What Impact Does Lyle Jeffs' Arrest Have On FLDS?

Haug and a co-worker became suspicious last week when Jeffs walked into the River City Tools and Pawn. Jeffs came up wanted. Haug said if he gets a reward, he w...

May promises 'best possible deal' on Brexit

The legislative programme spelt out a Brexit-dominated set of policies and indicated May was keen to secure broad support for leaving the European Union - a c...

USA fighter jet shoots down pro-Syrian-regime drone

The official said that coalition aircraft made a show of force and conducted a warning maneuver, and the Syrian fighter jet then aborted its trajectory and left...

Australia Halts Syria Air Strikes After Russia Warning

Over the weekend, a US fighter jet downed a Syrian warplane after Bashir al-Assad's troops attacked positions of USA backed forces fighting against ISIS . US...

Terrorist attack at Brussels train station carried out by Moroccan native

The incident caused panic at the station. "It's clear that he wanted certainly to cause more damage than he did", he said. Five minutes later, his suitcase caug...

Federal Bureau of Investigation probing MI airport stabbing as terrorism

According to reports , the attacker allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" before stabbing Lieutenant Neville. Neville was seen down on his knees, bleeding profuse...

United States shoots down Iranian drone in Syria

The presence of Iranian-backed troops, artillery and tanks and USA -led coalition forces in southern Syria, namely around the At Tanf crossing at the Iraq-Syria...

Federal Bureau of Investigation says baseball practice gunman acted alone; Scalise improves

There's no indication of the significance of the list, Slater said, declining to specify the lawmakers' party affiliations or names. Leaders of the FBI's W...