Johnson to tell European Union the United Kingdom won't pay $A71b

He dipped his toes into global diplomacy as leader earlier in the week, meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's Emmanuel Macron to discuss his Brexit plans. "We intend to seize those opportunities but they are going to require our ... More..

World leaders gather for G7 summit in France
As leaders of the world's seven most developed countries descended on Biarritz for their annual summit, there was more disagreement than harmony among the group, and more petty squabbling than in a soap opera...More..

United Kingdom to tell Trump to de-escalate trade tensions
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he would tell President Donald Trump at this weekend's G7 summit to pull back from a trade war that is already destabilising economic growth around the world . Eur...More..
Iran's Zarif praises Macron nuclear crisis suggestions
Mr Zarif said he told Mr Macron that Iran was in favour of free shipping in the Gulf, "but this freedom should also be accorded to Iranian tankers nationally". As Donald Trump wrote on Twitter at the begi...More..

Syria to let civilians flee rebel-held Idlib via humanitarian corridor
Opposition fighters on Tuesday pulled back from Khan Sheikhoun - one of the province's largest towns - a strategic win for Assad's government that places pressure on Turkey, which has forces stationed in the ...More..

Bernie Sanders unveils $16 trillion Green New Deal plan
Sanders visited Paradise and Chico early Thursday, laying out a proposal to combat climate change while speaking in the area devastated by the Camp Fire previous year. "We do the best we can ... but I'm n...More..

NASA investigates first allegation of criminal activity in SPACE
That role included providing financial support, the New York Times report stated , and her lawyer said that she accessed the bank account for that objective and without knowing Worden had requested she no long...More..

Massive turnout at march in latest Hong Kong protest
A day later the "Big Four" accountancy firms scrambled to distance themselves from a advert placed in a newspaper purportedly by employees saying they supported the protests. Spiralling violence, which last wee...More..

Hong Kong protesters sprayed with tear gas after ripping down ‘smart lampposts’
Last weekend's demonstration at Old City Hall in Toronto was the first time Simon Fung saw counter protesters, who chanted " Hong Kong belongs to China " and waved Chinese flags. Some activists apologised f...More..

Indian opposition parties delegation leaves for occupied Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir government issued a statement on Friday night and asked political leaders not to visit the Valley as and normal life. The government says the situation is normal. Mr Gandhi claimed he wa...More..

Macron, Tusk sound alarm over trade war risks
President Trump arrived in Biarritz, France , on Saturday for three days of meetings with world leaders at a G-7 economic summit that is expected to be dramatic and contentious. Macron had already scrapped t...More..

Israeli girl, 17, killed in West Bank terrorist attack
Israeli security forces and a helicopter were dispatched to the area. It remains unclear whether the explosive device was hidden at the site or thrown at the family that was hiking there. On Monday Abbas fir...More..

FG asks Nigerians indicted by Federal Bureau of Investigation to surrender
USA federal prosecutors have announced a 252-count indictment charging 80 people, mostly Nigerian nationals, with being part of a widespread conspiracy to steal millions of dollars through a variety of scam...More..

Putin calls for Russia's 'symmetric response' to U.S. missile test
Russian Federation and China requested Thursday's meeting after the United States tested a ground-launched cruise missile. Polyansky said that European countries should understand "that because of the U...More..

Macron, Johnson meet on Brexit in Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speak during a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, August 22, 2019. It comes after the Republic of Ireland's deputy pri...More..

Indonesia deploys more troops to West Papua after riots
Sorong, a city of some 220,000 people, was hit by mass protests on Monday while in Manokwari, the capital of West Papua province, chaos broke out with the local parliament building torched and almost reduced ...More..

Danish PM had ‘constructive conversation’ with Trump
The leaders spoke late Thursday, and Danish media reported that the call was "constructive", though Frederiksen's office said details of the discussion would not be released. Frederiksen called the idea of the ...More..
Ginsburg treated for cancerous tumor on her pancreas
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for pancreatic cancer in New York City, the Supreme Court announced Friday. In December 2018, she had two nodules removed from her lung. She was also treate...More..

US Tells Canada It's Urging China to Free Detained Canadians
China said on August 22 that the fate of the two Canadians, and the increasing difficulties in China-Canada relations, is Canada's fault and linked to Meng's detention. Security around Parliament Hill has been...More..

Turkey vows not to quit army post surrounded in Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported Friday that government troops were in control of the entire northern Hama countryside after capturing a series of towns of villages. The Turkish president...More..

Two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Last month, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani had asked the U.S. government to clarify about President Donald Trump's remark where he claimed that "he could easily win the war in 10 days" but that he didn't ...More..

North Korea reportedly fires two projectiles
Saturday's launches came two days after South Korea said it would terminate a military intelligence-sharing deal with Japan amid bitter trade and history disputes between the US allies. Pyongyang fires a ne...More..

Woman claiming ‘water’ in her ear had a brown recluse spider inside
Torres, who is deeply afraid of spiders , tried not to panic as medical assistant managed to remove the arachnid, which doctors later determined was a brown recluse. One study of Florida Poison Control Centers...More..

Iran-backed Iraq paramilitary groups blame US, Israel for blasts
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis said the force would use "all means at its disposal" to prevent and deter future attacks. A government investigation found that an explosion last week near Baghdad was caused by a dron...More..
Joe Walsh To Announce Trump Challenge This Weekend
The New York Times reported Wednesday that Walsh "is expected to announce he is running for president as early as this weekend". During an interview on CNN, he said he voted for Trump in 2016 only because...More..

Epstein's will a new hurdle for his accusers
A new report alleges Britain's Prince Andrew was once seen receiving a foot massage from a young Russian woman at Jeffrey Epstein's New York City mansion - after the Duke of York denied any involvement wi...More..

Billionaire businessman David Koch dies at 79
It is now the second-largest privately held company in the USA, with Charles saying it would go public "literally over my dead body", reported The Economist . David Koch and his wife, Julia, have three childr...More..
Russia: 'We are all one step from an arms race'
Putin was speaking just days after the United States military test-fired a ground version of Tomahawk cruise missile that travelled about 500km (310 miles) before hitting a mock target. "We will not be drawn ...More..

Venezuela’s Maduro says there has been contact with US officials ‘for months’
The United States is one of more than 50 countries to have recognized Guaido as interim president. In January, Maduro broke diplomatic relations with the United States. An administration official told AP ...More..

Trump says would be 'appropriate' for Russian Federation to rejoin G-7
CNN quoted the American leader as saying. "It should be the G8 because a lot of the things we talk about have to do with Russia ", Trump said. "Whether you like it or not, and it may not be politically corr...More..