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Brexit talks in crisis over Irish border ahead of crunch summit

Last-ditch talks between London and Brussels' chief Brexit negotiators failed to agree a draft divorce settlement on Sunday, still blocked on the issue of...
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Nikki Haley suddenly resigns as Trump’s UN ambassador

Nikki Haley abruptly resigned Tuesday as the US ambassador to the United Nations, in the latest departure from President Donald Trump's often shifting national...
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Indian actress Dutta takes #MeToo claims to police

The Indian actress whose public allegation of sexual harassment by a Bollywood star is sparking a string of similar #MeToo claims has filed a...
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Putin brands poisoned spy Skripal a ‘traitor’ and ‘scumbag’

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday branded former double agent Sergei Skripal a "traitor" and a "scumbag", saying Moscow knew he had cooperated with...
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Olympics boxing’s future uncertain as IOC considers ban

Boxing risks being thrown out of the Olympics unless the sport's ruling body addresses "grave" concerns regarding its governance, the International Olympic Committee executive...
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US, Japanese pair win Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer therapy

Two immunologists, James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan, won the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize for research into how the body's...
Photographs from Palu -- home to around 350,000 -- showed partially covered bodies on the ground near the shore

Hundreds killed in Indonesia quake-tsunami

Close to 400 people were reportedly killed when a powerful quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said Saturday,...
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US Supreme Court nominee accuser given deadline to decide on hearing

The woman whose sexual assault allegation threatens to bring down Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee was given until Saturday afternoon to decide on testifying...
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EU raises pressure as UK promises new Brexit plans

EU leaders refused to give ground to Britain's Theresa May on Thursday, warning that her Brexit plan is unacceptable, even as she offered to...
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Atletico’s Griezmann, Costa combinations undo Monaco

Atletico Madrid came from behind to beat Monaco 2-1 in their Champions League Group A opener on Tuesday with star strikers Diego Costa and...