‘Impossible & risky to take in more migrants’ – Rome’s mayor
Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi has asked the Italian Interior Ministry for stricter measures to be taken toward the influx of foreigners into the capital.
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Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi has asked the Italian Interior Ministry for stricter measures to be taken toward the influx of foreigners into the capital.
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The deputy consul-general of Bangladesh in New York City was indicted on charges of labor trafficking and assault for forcing his house servant to work without pay through threats and intimidation, according to prosecutors.
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The US Senate's bipartisan deal on new set of restrictive measures against Moscow might further worsen relations with Russia and hinder existing efforts on joint US-Russia progress to fight terrorism in Syria, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned.
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WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange predicts an impending dystopic world where human perception is no match for Artificial Intelligence-controlled propaganda and the consequences of AI are lost on its creators, who envision a nirvana-like future.
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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) might allow Russian athletes to participate internationally, starting in the middle of June, the head of the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF), Dmitry Shlyakhtin, announced Tuesday.
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The United States’ current strategy in Afghanistan is non-existent, and it will take a few weeks to put one together, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis admitted during a hearing about the Pentagon budget. Senators threatened to cut funding without a strategy.
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US Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee to testify about his possible role in the firing of FBI Director, James Comey and the investigation in contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russia, and his own contacts.
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Ukraine’s nuclear regulatory body reported smoke at one of the rooms at Unit 3 in Chernobyl, adding that it was briefly “liquidated” by the state emergency personnel and the radiological situation at the site has not changed following the incident.
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Scientists are testing new tattoo ink which morphs in color depending on changes to your health.
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The city council of Houston, Texas has approved selling or swapping almost $2 million worth of city streets and utility easements in a move to close a $123 million budget shortfall.
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A manhunt is underway in Georgia for two convicts who escaped from their transport bus after allegedly shooting dead two prison guards.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed that the company is working on developing its own brand of self-driving cars, a rare insight into the tech giant’s secretive auto industry plans.
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Postal service PostNord has stopped delivering mail to a district in the Danish city of Odense, citing threats and harassment received by postal workers in that area. The halt has been criticized by local politicians.
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UK Prime Minister Theresa May is in Paris meeting French President Emmanuel Macron, whose La République en Marche looks set to win by a landslide in the parliamentary election. His mandate couldn’t be further from the British PM’s own feeble minority.
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A mass brawl between spectators broke out at the 25th Russian Freestyle Wrestling Championship in Ingushetian capital Magas on Monday.
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Troops from Russia, Belarus and Serbia have eliminated ‘terrorists’ and carried out airdrops during joint drills in Belarus. The forces trained together at a real strategic site for the very first time.
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Incredible footage of an Airbus A319’s nail-bitingly close encounter with a high-altitude weather balloon has emerged online.
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Boris Johnson has intervened in the Gulf crisis, which has seen major Arab states boycott and blockade Qatar over alleged terrorist sponsorship. Could the UK’s sudden interest have anything to do with Qatar’s multi-billion dollar UK investments?
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At least 32 people were injured by a carbon monoxide (CO) leak which was triggered by a defective boiler in a New York City highrise, according to city firefighters.
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North Korea has released a US college student who was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor after attempting to steal a propaganda poster from his Pyongyang hotel last year, US Secretary of State Tillerson confirmed. Warmbier is in a coma, his parents say.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned the isolation of Qatar as “un-Islamic and inhumane,” equating the methods used against the state to a “death penalty.”
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Labour backbenchers think Jeremy Corbyn should reappoint his shadow cabinet in the wake of the party’s stellar election performance. But with many former critics now wanting a job, will the zero-to-hero Labour leader be forgiving and look to them instead?
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Pyongyang says its nuclear weapons can hit New York, and that such a strike “might be proven in practice.” It’s a much-delayed response to a January tweet from Donald Trump, in which he said that a North Korean strike on the US “won't happen.”
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With financial institutions shunning the marijuana industry, cannabis growers are turning to the world’s most popular digital currency bitcoin to offload piles of green bills.
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With increasing diplomatic and economic pressure from its Arab neighbors, Qatar’s national currency, the riyal, has reached its lowest exchange rate against the US dollar since 1998.
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