MI5 Probes Bomber ‘warnings’
MI5 is to hold an inquiry into the way it dealt with warnings from the public that the Manchester suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, was a potential threat. Whitehall officials have acknowledged the...
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North Korea Test-Fires Another Ballistic Missile, US and South Korea Say
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Monday morning that landed in the ocean, the US military said. South Korea and Japan immediately protested the missile launch, the most recent...
Macron Explains His Tense Handshake With Trump
French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that there was indeed a deeper significance to the prolonged handshake he shared with US President Donald Trump in Brussels. "My handshake with him, it's...
It’s ‘stunning’ Comey Never Told Congress About Fake Email
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that former FBI Director James Comey would have been "incredibly incompetent" if he took actions based on email he knew to be fake. Graham said in an interview on...
Kwesi Appiah Snubs 19-Goals Striker Richmond Boakye
Kwesi Appiah surprisingly excluded 19-goals striker Richmond Boakye Yiadom from his first call-ups on his return as Ghana coach. Appiah named a 30-man squad last Thursday without the on-loan Red Star...
N. Korea Fires Ballistic Missile
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Monday, the South's military and Japan said, a move that ratcheted up tensions over the North's quest to develop weapons capable of hitting the United States....
Europe Can’t Rely On US and UK
Europe can no longer "completely depend" on the US and UK following the election of President Trump and Brexit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says. Mrs Merkel said she wanted friendly relations...
Japan’s Takuma Sato Wins Indianapolis 500
Japanese driver Takuma Sato (C) is greeted on the starting grid of the 101st Indy 500 by former US driver Johnny Rutherford, who won the race three times Takuma Sato won the 101st running of the...
Thousands of Motorcyclists Pay Tribute In Peaceful Washington Rumble
Tens of thousands of motorcyclists rumbled through the heart of Washington on Sunday in an annual "Rolling Thunder" tribute to US military veterans and war dead. The cyclists came from across the...
Trump Dismisses ‘fabricated’ Report of Son-In-Law’s Outreach To Russia
A White House in crisis scrambled to allay public concern over reports that Donald Trump's son-in-law sought a secret communications link to Russia -- a bombshell allegation the US president swatted...
Eight People Fatally Shot After Mississippi Family Quarrel
A gunman on a rampage during a domestic dispute in rural Mississippi fatally shot eight people, including a sheriff's deputy, US news reports said on Sunday. The shootings took place late Saturday in...
CCTV Shows Bomber Before Arena Blast
CCTV images showing suicide bomber Salman Abedi on the night he attacked the Manchester Arena killing 22 people have been been released by police. Fourteen locations are being searched and 12 men are...
US Mississippi Shooting Leaves Eight Dead
An overnight shooting in the US state of Mississippi has left eight people dead, including a local deputy sheriff, police say. The shootings took place in three separate locations in Lincoln County,...
Venus Starts 20th Roland Garros With Victory
Venus Williams started her 20th French Open with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) win over China's Wang Qiang on Sunday. Williams, seeded 10 and three weeks shy of her 37th birthday, had to dig deep to see off her...
Civilian Deaths A ‘fact of Life’ In War On IS, Pentagon Head Says
Civilian casualties are inevitable in the war against the Islamic State group but the United states is doing "everything humanly possible" to avoid them, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in an...
Tiwa Savage Nails Performance At Ghana Meets Naija 2017
Nigerian singer-songwriter, Tiwatope Savage-Balogun, known in show business as Tiwa Savage stunned patrons Saturday when she performed at the just ended Ghana meets Naija concert. The beautiful 34...
Trump Handshake ‘not Innocent’ – Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron has said his clenched handshake with Donald Trump was “not innocent” and was a “moment of truth”. The awkward encounter saw each grip the other’s hand so...
Macron Says Was Ready To Out-Trump Trump In Handshake
France's new President Emmanuel Macron says he was ready for his "moment of truth" with US counterpart Donald Trump -- when they shook hands for the first time. "You have to show you won't make...
Six Red Carpet Looks That Turned Heads At Cannes
After 12 days of red carpet glamour, political fashion statements and wardrobe malfunctions, here are the looks that turned heads at the Cannes film festival. Gowns slashed almost to the hip were...
US Weighs Banning Laptop Computers On International Flights
US Homeland Security John Kelly said Sunday that he was considering banning laptop computers on international flights into and out of the country, amid signs of "a real threat." Kelly made his...