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Chile suspends rise in metro fares as unrest continues

Chile suspends rise in metro fares as unrest continues

-- 2019-10-20 11:57:10

Chile's President Sebastián Piñera has suspended a rise in metro fares that sparked protests across the country. Soldiers and tanks were deployed in the capital, Santiago, after the gov...

Chile President declares emergency as riots rock capital

Chile President declares emergency as riots rock capital

-- 2019-10-19 12:40:00

Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera declared a state of emergency in the capital Santiago early on Saturday, as the city of 6 million descended into chaos amid riots that left a downtown building...

Mexico deports over 300 Indian migrants

Mexico deports over 300 Indian migrants

-- 2019-10-18 17:57:02

Mexico has deported over 300 Indians to New Delhi, the National Migration Institute (INM) said late on Wednesday, calling it an unprecedented transatlantic deportation. The move follows a deal Mexico...

'Don't be a tough guy' or 'a fool': Trump writes to Erdogan

'Don't be a tough guy' or 'a fool': Trump writes to Erdogan

Reuters 2019-10-17 11:09:01

US President Donald Trump warned Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a letter about Turkey’s incursion into Syria, “Don’t be a tough guy” and “Don’t be a fool!&rdqu...

US cop faces murder charges after killing black woman in her home

US cop faces murder charges after killing black woman in her home

-- 2019-10-15 12:03:53

A white Fort Worth, Texas, police officer was jailed on murder charges on Monday in the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old black woman who was babysitting inside her home, the police department said. At...

Trump slaps sanctions on Turkey over Syria invasion

Trump slaps sanctions on Turkey over Syria invasion

-- 2019-10-15 11:44:05

US President Donald Trump on Monday demanded Turkey stop its military incursion in Syria and imposed new sanctions on the NATO ally as Trump scrambled to limit the damage from his much-criticised deci...

More than a dozen police die in Mexico ambush

More than a dozen police die in Mexico ambush

Reuters 2019-10-15 10:56:10

Suspected cartel hitmen shot dead more than a dozen police in an ambush in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, authorities said on Monday, in one of the bloodiest attacks on security forces since...

Brooklyn shooting leaves four dead

Brooklyn shooting leaves four dead

-- 2019-10-12 21:10:07

Four people were killed and three others injured in an early Saturday morning shooting in Brooklyn, police said. Authorities responded to a call about shots fired just before 7in the morning and foun...

US Homeland Security chief resigns

US Homeland Security chief resigns

-- 2019-10-12 10:37:21

The acting head of US Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan, has resigned after six months in the post. In a tweet, President Donald Trump said Mr McAleenan wanted to spend more time with his family. He...

US arrests counterterrorism analyst over leaks to journalists

US arrests counterterrorism analyst over leaks to journalists

-- 2019-10-10 11:46:02

A counterterrorism analyst with the US Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested on Wednesday over charges he leaked classified materials about a foreign country’s weapons system to two journalis...

White House vows to fight 'baseless' impeachment inquiry

White House vows to fight 'baseless' impeachment inquiry

-- 2019-10-09 11:56:05

The White House has officially refused to co-operate with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. A letter sent to Democratic leaders rejected it as "baseless" and "constitutionally i...

US imposes China visa restrictions over Uighur issue

US imposes China visa restrictions over Uighur issue

-- 2019-10-09 11:29:40

The US has said it will impose visa restrictions on Chinese officials accused of involvement in repression of Muslim populations. It follows the decision on Monday to blacklist 28 Chinese organisatio...

Trump threatens to destroy Turkey economy

Trump threatens to destroy Turkey economy

-- 2019-10-08 11:51:29

President Donald Trump on Monday launched a harsh attack on NATO ally Turkey, threatening to destroy its economy if Ankara takes a planned military strike in Syria too far, even though the US leader h...

US blacklists 28 Chinese entities over ‘Uighur abuse’

US blacklists 28 Chinese entities over ‘Uighur abuse’

-- 2019-10-08 10:11:47

The US has blacklisted 28 Chinese organisations for their alleged involvement in abuses against ethnic Uighurs in China's Xinjiang province. The organisations are now on the so-called Entity List, wh...

Trump impeachment: Second whistleblower emerges

Trump impeachment: Second whistleblower emerges

-- 2019-10-07 10:47:49

A second whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment case against US President Donald Trump, according to lawyers representing the first one. Mark Zaid told ABC News the second person was also...

Iranian hackers targeted US 2020 campaign: Microsoft

Iranian hackers targeted US 2020 campaign: Microsoft

-- 2019-10-05 11:51:43

Hackers that appear to be linked to Iran's government have targeted the 2020 US presidential election, according to tech company Microsoft. The group attacked more than 200 email accounts, some of wh...

House Democrats subpoena White House

House Democrats subpoena White House

-- 2019-10-05 10:36:08

US House Democrats on Friday subpoenaed the White House for documents they want to see as part of their impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump. The chairmen of three House of Representat...

Trump publicly asks China to probe Biden

Trump publicly asks China to probe Biden

-- 2019-10-04 11:01:46

President Donald Trump on Thursday again invited foreign interference in a US presidential election by publicly calling on China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, the kind of reques...

US widens trade war with tariffs on EU goods

US widens trade war with tariffs on EU goods

-- 2019-10-03 15:48:55

The United States on Wednesday said it would slap 10 per cent tariffs on European-made Airbus planes and 25 per cent duties on French wine, Scotch and Irish whiskies, and cheese from across the contin...

World War II-era bomber crashes; seven dead

World War II-era bomber crashes; seven dead

-- 2019-10-03 12:51:41

A World War Two-era B-17 bomber trying to make an emergency landing at an airport near Hartford, Connecticut in the US, crashed and burned on Wednesday, killing seven people on board and closing the a...

Trump slams impeachment probe as Dems seek docs

Trump slams impeachment probe as Dems seek docs

Reuters 2019-10-03 11:19:02

President Donald Trump on Wednesday angrily denounced an impeachment inquiry into his July telephone call with Ukraine’s leader as Democratic lawmakers said they would subpoena White House recor...

Support for Trump impeachment growing: Poll

Support for Trump impeachment growing: Poll

Reuters 2019-10-01 10:28:35

The number of Americans who believe President Donald Trump should be impeached rose by 8 percentage points over the past week as more people learned about allegations that Trump pressured Ukraine to s...

Public opinion shifting in support of impeachment inquiry: Pelosi

Public opinion shifting in support of impeachment inquiry: Pelosi

-- 2019-09-29 10:39:32

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday that public opinion is now on the side of an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump following the release of new information about his conver...

Democrats subpoena Pompeo for Ukraine docs

Democrats subpoena Pompeo for Ukraine docs

-- 2019-09-28 13:41:42

Democrats in the US House of Representatives who are pursuing an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump forged ahead with their probe on Friday, issuing a subpoena to Secretary of State Mi...

Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine resigns

Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine resigns

-- 2019-09-28 10:57:40

Kurt Volker, a former US ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over the President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, resigned Friday from his post as special en...

Hundreds of thousands join Canada climate strikes

Hundreds of thousands join Canada climate strikes

-- 2019-09-28 10:40:51

Hundreds of thousands of people have joined climate strike marches across Canada, with almost 100 events planned in cities and towns. Protesters are taking part in the global climate strike movement,...

6.1-magnitude quake hits Argentina

6.1-magnitude quake hits Argentina

-- 2019-09-27 15:07:12

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted 40 km west of Villa La Angostura, Argentina at 16:36:18 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 128.26 km, was init...

White House 'tried to cover up Trump-Ukraine call'

White House 'tried to cover up Trump-Ukraine call'

-- 2019-09-27 11:06:50

A whistleblower report released on Thursday said President Donald Trump not only abused his office in attempting to solicit Ukraine’s interference in the 2020 US election for his political benef...

Trump impeachment: Intel chief to be grilled over whistleblower

Trump impeachment: Intel chief to be grilled over whistleblower

-- 2019-09-26 16:32:42

US lawmakers are preparing to question President Trump's top intelligence official over a whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry, reports BBC. Acting national intelligence direct...

US urges Myanmar to facilitate safe return of Rohingya

US urges Myanmar to facilitate safe return of Rohingya

-- 2019-09-25 13:58:41

The United States has urged Myanmar to create the conditions that would allow for "voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable" returns of the Rohingya, based on the informed consent of those who have...