WASHINGTON - The hardest part for official Washington, D.C., is not knowing what happens next.    Amid the fast-moving criminal investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 election, every corner of the city finds itself preparing for

 JERUSALEM - Israel’s military said Monday that it destroyed an attack tunnel that led into its territory from the Gaza Strip, killing at least seven Palestinian militants, including a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad group and two me

REUTERS, 31 October, 2017  -Four Rohingya Muslims, a man, woman and two children, drowned when a small wooden fishing boat carrying dozens of refugees fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar capsized off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, police said.&

KUTUPALONG AFP Oct30, 2017-The Rohingya boys and girls shrieked with delight as the clowns juggled hoops and somersaulted, their red-nosed antics provoking a sound rarely heard in the world’s largest refugee camp -- children’s laughter.&n

Spain is on a knife edge as it grapples with the worst constitutional crisis in its contemporary history, triggered by an unlawful Catalan independence referendum on October 1 that was shunned by many and marred by police violence.   

PRAGUE AFP Oct29, 2017 - At least three people died in a windstorm that hit central Europe on Sunday, causing widespread power outages and traffic disruptions, rescuers said.   

SYDNEY AFP Oct29, 2017 - Tensions were high on a Papua New Guinea island Sunday as authorities prepared to close an Australian refugee camp, with local police calling for calm as some detainees refused to move.   

US, (Daily Mail) 28 October 2017 -Former President Barack Obama has been called to serve jury duty in Chicago.

OSLO AFP Oct29, 2017-A Russian helicopter that went down off the coast of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic this week has been found and the eight Russians on board are presumed dead, Norwegian rescue crews said on Sunday.   

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and four other federal politicians with foreign citizenship issues have been sensationally disqualified from Parliament.  

 Buenos Aires (dpa) 27 Oct 2017- Former Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Thursday denied in court that she tried to cover up Iran’s involvement in the bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires in 1994 in w

London,(Daily Mail)-   As invitations begin to drop on doormats ahead of the Christmas party season, there is one ‘stiffie’ that only a very select few can hope to receive.  

More than 3,400 British bombs have been dropped on ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria, a new analysis of the war reveals today.  

US, (Daily Mail), 27 October 2017 - The White House has released 2,891 documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy that have long been kept secret.   

Kenyan police fire tear gas and bullets at stone-throwing protesters this morning as polls opened for a re-run of the country’s presidential election.  

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has suspended a speech where he was expected to announce a snap election and dissolve the Catalan Parliament.   

Toddler twins joined at the head have been successfully separated today following an 11-hour operation by a team of 30 doctors.  

Indonesia, (dawn.com/AFP), October 26, 2017 - At least 47 people have been killed and dozens injured in a blaze that tore through a fireworks factory outside the Indonesian capital, police said on Thursday, triggering explosions and sending plumes of

A South African man has been stoned to death by a mob after they allegedly caught him raping a six-year-old girl.  

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was elevated to the pantheon of the country’s greatest leaders Tuesday as his name was enshrined in the Communist Party constitution alongside Chairman Mao.   

The United States is taking steps and considering a range of further actions over Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority, including targeted sanctions under its Global Magnitsky law, the State Department said on Monday.

REUTERS, 24 October, 2017-The Italian government is ready to open negotiations with Lombardy and Veneto after the two wealthy regions voted overwhelmingly for greater autonomy, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Tuesday.  

Philippine teachers on Tuesday gave families returning to the destroyed lakeside city of Marawi a course on how to identify unexploded bombs in their homes and warned them to stay clear.  

Iraq on Monday rebuffed a US demand that Iranian militias leave the country, insisting that the paramilitary forces which helped it defeat the Islamic State group consist solely of Iraqi nationals.     “Nobody has the right to in

A 74-year-old man is walking up and down the roads of Utah looking to find a kidney donor for his wife.   

(Daily Mail), 22 October 2017 -  Former president Jimmy Carter emerged as an unlikely Donald Trump ally on Sunday, saying that the current commander-in-chief gets a raw deal from the media. Carter, 

TOKYO AFP Oct23, 2017 -A powerful typhoon left two dead, two missing and dozens injured in Japan Monday, moving northward off the Pacific coast after millions struggled to the polls for a national election.   

Bahrain has temporarily freed a female activist who has accused her government of torture in detention, rights groups said Monday.   

Japan’s leader has scored a major victory in national elections that returned his ruling coalition to power in decisive fashion.   

Air pollution, water contamination and exposure to man-made chemicals claimed nine millions live last year, a major study concludes.