Trump confirms 'reimbursement' under adult-film actress deal

US President Donald Trump confirms a "reimbursement" as part of a hush agreement with adult-film actress Stormy Daniels over allegations of a decade-old affair, but he says campaign money wasn't involved.
3 May 2018, 12:11 PM

Military plane with 9 aboard crashes in Georgia, survivors unlikely

A Puerto Rico Air National Guard cargo plane crashed near Savannah, Georgia, scattering fiery debris over a highway and railroad tracks, and likely killing all nine people aboard, officials said.
3 May 2018, 03:26 AM

Modi beats Trump!

US President Donald Trump may rule the roost on Twitter, but he lags far behind Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Facebook,
2 May 2018, 18:00 PM

FB unveils plan for online dating service

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday the world's largest social network will soon include a new dating feature -- while
2 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Trump 'dictated' his own glowing health report

As a presidential candidate Donald Trump quoted a letter from his former personal doctor gushing about his apparently excellent
2 May 2018, 18:00 PM

US troop withdrawal not linked to treaty: South

South Korean President Moon Jae-in yesterday dismissed claims that US troops stationed in the country would have to leave if a peace
2 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Mueller raises possibility of Trump subpoena

Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in a meeting with US President Donald Trump's lawyers in March, raised the possibility of issuing a
2 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Trump 'dictated' his own glowing health report: Doctor

As a presidential candidate Donald Trump quotes a letter from his former personal doctor gushing about his apparently excellent health -- a note the physician now says the president "dictated" himself.
2 May 2018, 13:42 PM

Trump threatens government shutdown in September if no funding for wall

US President Donald Trump threatens to shut down the federal government in September if Congress did not provide more funding to build a wall on the border with Mexico.
29 April 2018, 15:51 PM

US hopes Korean summit will lead to 'future of peace': WH

Donald Trump's White House voice hope that a Korean summit would "achieve progress toward a future of peace," as the leaders of the two countries sat down to talk.
27 April 2018, 07:59 AM

Pompeo gets Senate nod for secy of state

US President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, narrowly won approval from a Senate panel Monday, paving the
24 April 2018, 18:00 PM

HW Bush hospitalised day after wife's funeral

Former president George HW Bush was being treated for a blood infection on Monday, one day after laying his wife Barbara to rest, his
24 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Nepalese peacekeepers accused of child rape

UN peacekeepers from Nepal are facing allegations of child rape in South Sudan, the UN spokesman said Monday, describing the case as
24 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Toronto van attack suspect a withdrawn figure, with special needs

The suspect in a Toronto van attack that killed 10 people and injured 15 others attended a high school program for students with special needs where he would often walk the halls with his head down and hands tightly clasped, according to former classmates.
24 April 2018, 04:11 AM

Driver kills 10 plowing van into Toronto sidewalk crowd

A driver deliberately plowed his white Ryder rental van into a lunch-hour crowd in Toronto, Canada on Monday, killing 10 people and injuring 15 along a roughly mile-long (1.6-km) stretch of sidewalk thronged with pedestrians, the country's police say.
24 April 2018, 02:13 AM

Cambodia king urges Senate to protect rights

Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday urged senators to protect justice and human rights as the upper house of the country's
23 April 2018, 18:00 PM

'I was wrong'

Armenia's Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian resigned yesterday after mass protests against his election, seen as a blatant power grab by the
23 April 2018, 18:00 PM

State visit set to test Trump-Macron ties

French President Emmanuel Macron flew into Washington yesterday on a three-day state visit expected to test his much-vaunted
23 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Funeral held for Barbara Bush

Past presidents, family and friends came together Saturday to bid a tearful farewell to Barbara Bush, the matriarch of one of America's
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM

'Long way' to go on N Korea crisis: Trump

US President Donald Trump said the North Korean nuclear crisis is a long way from being resolved on Sunday, striking a cautious note a
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM