The victory gives Merkel's Christian Democrats a boost heading into elections next weekend in Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, an SPD-run region with nearly 18 million people and...
The latest opinion poll showed Macron leading Le Pen by 61 percent to 39 ahead of Sunday's election, widely seen as the most crucial in decades. Earlier, Ms Le Pen's estranged 88-year-old father and...
On Twitter last week, Trump claimed that Comey "was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!" W. Chuck Schumer, a close friend of fa...
The president smiled and clasped the arms of his one-time economy minister as the two men attended a ceremony at Paris's Arc de Triomphe to commemorate victory over the Nazis in World War II. The el...
But Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli said the decision, announced by the Trump administration Tuesday, was "unacceptable". "We are keenly aware of the security concerns of our coaliti...
He has confirmed that the agency is investigating Russian interference in last year's presidential election and notably Moscow's possible collusion with Trump's campaign. "The FBI", Trump said - pausi...
Cesar Azpilicueta did his best imitation of Fabregas as he found Alonso at the back post to directed his volley past Guzan in the 34th. But Chelsea were rewarded for their intensity and they made ...
Macron won the election taking 66.1 percent of the vote, compared to the 33.9 percent won by Le Pen. And while Macron's win against Le Pen was "a good result", it's "much weaker" than the crushing d...
Buhari said last month that the government was in talks to secure the release of the remaining captives. According to ICRC, on its Twitter page it stated that it acted as an intermediary between Bok...
Former acting attorney general Sally Yates spoke publicly for the first time on Monday, saying she had warned the White House in January about Mr Flynn. Mr Flynn's forced February resignation followe...
Those talks are not yet scheduled, and it remains unclear whether the US would broker them. Earlier Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence held an Israel Independence Day celebration at the Old Executiv...
As a former military officer, Flynn was required to ask for Pentagon approval before pocketing foreign payments and he was explicitly told that when he retired, Maryland representative Elijah Cummings...
Governor Balramji Das Tandon, Chief Minister Raman Singh, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir and senior state and paramilitary officials were also present at the ceremony. "This was...
The deal , which also drops two remaining federal charges against Slager, drops his pending murder charge. The former police officer still faces life in prison and a possible fine of $250,000, wh...
That was expected because of an unusual law in the state of MA called " abatement ab initio " or "abatement", which reverts appeals that are not complete to "the beginning" - which is what the term me...
But while no criminal charges will be brought over 14 police inquiries into the Conservative Party election spending one file from Kent Police remains under consideration. But it was claimed the Conse...
US scholars have warned a liberal government could spell trouble for the US-South Korea alliance, and that Mr Moon may be too soft on the nuclear-armed North. "I will make a country that serves justic...
The story read: " Prince Philip , otherwise known as the Duke of Edinburgh , was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II". But Buckingham Palace stressed he may decide to attend certain events from tim...
Comey , serving as acting attorney general while Ashcroft was hospitalized, went there to block senior Bush administration officials who had hoped to make an end run around him by getting Ashcroft's p...
Despite the focus on the Chibok schoolgirls, the group makes up only a tiny fraction of the thousands of people abducted by Boko Haram . "Unfortunately, when they were brought back, the Federal G...
He encouraged residents to bring whatever personal items they might need for an extended shelter stay. Firefighters are battling to keep a month-long wildfire in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Re...
Yates said she let them know the underlying contact that Flynn had engaged in was generally problematic by itself during the first meeting with White House counsel. Clapper later added: "The evidenc...
The push came the same day Trump delayed a decision on withdrawing from the landmark Paris climate accord amid disagreements about the nature of the pact . At an open session late Monday, speaker a...
But they have not taken a single point off Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City or Manchester United this season, yet it's against Arsenal that they always seem to raise their game against. Shkodran ...
The president signed the order in the Rose Garden during a National Day of Prayer ceremony with religious leaders. Under the tax code, organizations that enjoy tax-free status, such as churches,...
Earlier this week, Clinton blamed Comey and the FBI's investigation of her email scandal for her election loss. Comey said that he made a decision to reopen the probe because Federal Bureau of Inves...
John McDonnell said the party had to be more "effective" after it lost almost 400 council seats, won only two out of six of the new metro mayor posts and came third in Scotland, where it lost control ...
He was the first USA soldier to die in Somalia since 1993 , when 18 US servicemen were killed after two helicopters were shot down over Mogadishu . "We helped bring them in with our aircraft", Pen...
Without prior notice to the public, Abbott signed the rule the day before, which should enter into force on September 1. Paxton's lawsuit asks a federal court to declare the law constitutional. "I w...
Moon said he was "expecting a "landslide victory", which comes from the "desperation of the people for a new government". The concessions by conservative Hong Joon-pyo and centrist Ahn Cheol-soo c...
