The NLF pullout was confirmed to AFP by spokesman Naji Mustafa. Under the deal, the zone must be free by October 15 of all extremists, including those of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the region's d...

Israel insists she can leave at any time but must renounce the BDS boycott movement if she wishes to be reconsidered for admission. "She made a decision to appeal and is being held in the facility...

ESB Networks has reported outages in Donegal, Mayo, and Cavan, together with large outages in Kerry, Limerick, Cork and Dublin. In Northern Ireland, hundreds of homes and businesses experienced power...

Two astronauts from the US and Russia were safe after an emergency landing Thursday in the steppes of Kazakhstan following the failure of a Russian booster rocket carrying them to the Internati...

POPE FRANCIS believes the devil is behind the sexual abuse crisis engulfing the Catholic church and is calling on believers to help fight the power of Satan. The Cardinal has been a figure of much co...

In addition to provisions in the Sex Discrimination Act that allow religious schools to discriminate in accordance with their religious doctrines, similar exemptions exist in WA law. Morrison said the...

Tamil Nadu Tourism Minister Vellamandi N Natrajan, who assessed the spot, said, "The flight which was to go to Dubai during take-off had its take-off wheel hitting on the compound wall and the air tra...

They said Rosenfeld is a proponent of " sortition ", an ancient political system in which government officials are randomly selected. Rosenfeld took the black powder to NY, constructed smaller explo...

Two unnamed senior administration officials and a third person briefed told NBC that the USA and Turkey reached a deal to secure Mr. Brunson's return home. Leaked reports by Turkish officials allege...

In a statement to the Bellingham Herald , Inslee called the ruling "a hugely important moment in our pursuit for equal and fair application of justice ". State Attorney General Bob Ferguson sa...

He said the previous PML-N government had started its term in 2013 with a Dollars 3 billion current account deficit, but his government inherited USD 18 billion current account deficit. "It's inevit...

Dar es Salaam special zone police commander Lazaro Mambosasa said security personnel around the country have been put on high alert in the hunt for the abductors. Mr Dewji is also the main shareholde...

The councilman would appear later in the day before the courts for alleged involvement in the failed assassination attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in August. . On Monday, Reverol...

The chief secretary of the state, Aditya Prasad Padhi, announced the closure of all schools, colleges and anganwadis on October 11 and 12. They were accommodated in 1,112 cyclone shelters. The IMD...

More than 1,200 people are on death row in Malaysia , which mandates hanging as punishment for a wide range of crimes including murder, drug trafficking, treason, kidnapping and acts of terror. In Ap...

Widespread travel disruption and flooding is predicted across the country as conditions deteriorate from Thursday into Friday morning, with a series of Met Office weather warnings already in force . ...

The F-35 is the largest and most expensive weapons programme of its type in the world. The Pentagon on Thursday said its fleet of Lockheed Martin Corp. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, raised questions on th...

One way in which Tudge is planning to reduce congestion is by directing migrants to smaller states or regional areas, as now 87 per cent of all skilled migrants go to Sydney and Melbourne , as well...

And last Saturday, she told reporters in Seoul, according to Bloomberg : "The South Korean government's position on sanction exemptions is that we will request exemptions of sanctions to pursue vario...

Turkish police investigating the case said on Saturday that 15 Saudis, including several officials, arrived in Istanbul on two planes and entered the consulate while Khashoggi was inside. Cengiz, ...

New clauses adopted by the regional government officially permit the use of " education and training centers " to reform "people influenced by extremism". Members of Uighur, Kazakh and other Muslim mi...

The U.S. Geological Survey said it had a 6.0 magnitude. A shallow 6.0 magnitude natural disaster struck off the coast of Indonesia's East Java and Bali provinces in the early hours of Thursday, Oct....

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders added that the U.S. would continue to inquire about the fate of the journalist. The release of the photographs and video raises pressure on Saudi Ara...

The Court of Appeal in Belfast upheld that decision in 2016. But, as Lady Hale explained, that was not what happened to Gareth Lee . We always knew we hadn't done anything wrong in turning down thi...

His stinging letter , unusually blunt between churchmen, was a point-by-point rebuttal of Archbishop Vigano's statements. In it, Cardinal Ouellet both defended the pope and criticised Archbishop Vi...

Hazardous tsunami waves from the quake were possible within 300 km of the epicenter along Papua New Guinea coastlines, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. Two smaller tremors struck the region im...

Turn off your furnace if you can, if you are in Vancouver or a situation where you can do that. "Our local gas system is safe and was not damaged by the pipeline failure", it said. RCMP say the expl...

Months after Japan beat out Singapore for the title of world's most popular passport, a refreshed ranking reveals the country to have defended its #1 title, despite the large number of visa-free agree...

Trump told reporters Tuesday he "just can't leave now", according to the Hill . US President Donald Trump arrives on stage for a rally at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa on October 9...

Police fear the death toll may rise, with the possibility of passengers trapped in the wreckage. Police and rescuers had counted 50 people dead, including seven children. The African country re-intr...

Torrents of brown water swept cars along narrow streets in the eastern town of Sant Llorenc late on Tuesday. A spokeswoman with the regional emergency service said two British nationals and a Dut...

Southeast. Many trees will be snapped or uprooted, blocking numerous roads. The low could gradually acquire subtropical or tropical characteristics over the next few days while the system moves gene...

But one European Union diplomat was upbeat, saying the divorce deal, or withdrawal agreement, could be concluded by Monday and that officials were working on a proposal to avoid Britain having to come...

After the report's publication there were headlines like: "We have 12 years to act on climate change before the world as we know it is lost". "The announcements and proposals made by the new adm...

Later Mr Hunt phoned his Saudi counterpart, Adel al-Jubeir, to repeat the same warning. "I don't think I will be able to go home", he said , when asked whether he thought he could return to Saudi Ar...