Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard has sought an apology from her fellow party lawmaker, Indian-American senator Kamala Harris, alleging that people "suffered" when she was the attorney general of California. Both of them appeared at the CNN's Democratic presidential debate.
Rights groups and experts say more than one million mostly Muslim ethnic minorities have been rounded up in internment camps in the tightly-controlled northwest region, home to China's Uighur population.
Britain is ramping up preparations for a no-deal Brexit by preparing to spend an extra 2.1 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) to make sure the country is ready to leave the European Union with or without a divorce deal at the end of October.The new government has pledged to leave the trading bloc without an agreement in three months unless the EU agrees to renegotiate the deal.
Osama bin Laden's son Hamza bin Laden, who was viewed as a heir to the leadership of al-Qaida and who had repeatedly threatened to attack the US, is dead, according to US officials. Hamza bin Laden was killed sometime during the first two years of the Trump administration, officials said. Details of the strike that killed him were scarce, including when and where.
The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, hurting chances of diplomatic talks amid rising tensions between the two countries. Zarif, a critical figure in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, dismissed the action and said it would not affect him.
Princess Haya, 45, a wife of 70-year-old United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, has applied for a forced marriage protection order as well as wardship of their children and for a non-molestation order relating to herself. The couple are locked in a legal battle over their children's welfare.
According to a UN report, Al-Qaida "remains resilient" and continues to cooperate closely with Pakistan-based terror outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Haqqani Network. The report notes the doubtful status of the health of Al-Qaida's leader Aiman Muhammed al-Zawahiri and his succession. It said that Al-Qaida considers Afghanistan a continuing safe haven.
A court in Moscow rejected jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny's appeal for early release on health grounds on Tuesday, after he was suddenly taken ill in custody at the weekend and rushed to hospital to be treated.
At least 3,812 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first half of 2019 in the war against Islamist militant groups, including a large increase in the number of casualties caused by government and NATO-led troops, a UN report said on Tuesday. The latest casualty figures were released ahead of US negotiators aiming to reach a peace deal with the Taliban before September 1.
With almost 30,000 visitors since it opened last December, the "Selfie Museum", billed as the first of its kind in Europe is already one of Budapest 's most popular attractions. The selfie opportunities among the 11 interactive installations at the 400-square-metre facility include a ride on banana swings, a climb on a unicorn, or a lounge on giant macaroons.
Fighting broke out in the Altamira Regional Recovery Center at around 7:00 am (1000 GMT) on Monday. Two guards were taken hostage during the hours-long clashes. At least 57 inmates were killed as rival gang factions fought each other. Sixteen of the dead were decapitated in the second major eruption of violence in Brazil's overpopulated and deadly prison system.
US President Donald Trump on Monday signed a bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund helping those impacted by the September 11, 2001 attacks never runs out of money, ending years of legislative gridlock as the number of first responders dying of Ground Zero-related illnesses mounted.
Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved into Downing Street on Monday with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds, becoming the first unmarried couple to live in the world-famous address in London. The "first couple" will occupy the luxury four-bedroom apartment above No. 11 Downing Street, which is the UK Chancellor's office.
President Vladimir Putin's top opponent was rushed to hospital on Sunday a day after almost 1,400 people were arrested at an unauthorised protest, in the largest police crackdown on dissent in recent years. Navalny was hospitalised following what was described as an acute allergic reaction, but his supporters later said they believed he had been exposed to poison.
China blamed Western forces and defended police conduct in remarks Monday about Hong Kong after the city endured another weekend of violent clashes between protesters and police.
Ethiopians planted more than 200 million trees on Monday, which officials stated will be a world record. The ambitious initiative of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed aims to help restore the country's landscape which experts say is fast being eroded by deforestation and climate change.
Pakistan's former president Asif Ali Zardari was not using an air conditioner (AC) in prison, his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Monday, days after Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that A-class jail facilities for jailed opposition leaders would be withdrawn. Zardari, the 63-year-old husband of the country's first woman prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau in a corruption case on July 1
Race is a sensitive issue in Singapore, which is home to ethnic Chinese, ethnic Indians and Muslim Malays, as well as a large number of expatriates from all over the world. In the ad, the actor's skin was darkened to depict an Indian man as well as a Malay woman wearing a headscarf. The same actor also portrayed a Chinese man and a Chinese woman.
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to skip classes and protest for faster action against climate change, plans to take her message to the US the old-fashioned way: by boat. The 16-year-old tweeted Monday that she'll sail across the Atlantic aboard a high-tech racing yacht, leaving Britain next month.
Russia's jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny might have been exposed to an unidentified "toxic agent," his personal doctor said on Monday, while health officials insisted his condition was satisfactory. On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin's top opponent was rushed from jail to hospital suffering an acute allergic reaction.This was revealed in the 24th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team that was submitted to the UN Security Council Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee here this month. The sanctions monitoring team submits independent reports every six months to the Security Council on the Islamic State, al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities.At least 3,812 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first half of 2019 in the war against Islamist militant groups, including a large increase in the number of casualties caused by government and NATO-led troops, a UN report said on Tuesday.With almost 30,000 visitors since it opened last December, the "Selfie Museum", billed as the first of its kind in Europe, is already one of the Hungarian capital's most popular attractions. Its creators say their idea, inspired by a similar venue in the US, is targeted at the younger generation looking for an edge to their status updates or profile pictures.Race is a sensitive issue in Singapore, which is home to ethnic Chinese, ethnic Indians and Muslim Malays, as well as a large number of expatriates from all over the world. In the ad, the actor's skin was darkened to depict an Indian man and a Malay woman wearing a headscarf, and he also portrayed a Chinese man and a woman.Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to skip classes and protest for faster action against climate change, plans to take her message to America the old-fashioned way: by boat. The 16-year-old tweeted Monday that she'll sail across the Atlantic aboard a high-tech racing yacht, leaving Britain next month.Russia's jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny might have been exposed to an unidentified "toxic agent," his personal doctor said on Monday, while health officials insisted his condition was satisfactory. On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin's top opponent was rushed from jail to hospital suffering an acute allergic reaction.
At least 20 people were killed and 50 injured in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday in a suicide bombing and gun battle at vice presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh's office. In the attack, a running mate of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, was slightly injured in the attack. More than 150 civilians were rescued during the six-hour-long operation.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center spokeswoman Joy Alexiou says the hospital has received two victims from the shooting and expects three more. She had no information on their conditions. Video first posted on social media sites about an hour ago showed people running for safety at the festival. The festival is a nationally known three-day event that attracts thousands of garlic lovers. Sunday was the final day of the festival.
Israel and the US have successfully carried out tests of a ballistic missile interceptor that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said provides protection against potential threats from Iran. The tests of the Arrow-3 system were carried out in the US state of Alaska and it successfully intercepted targets above the atmosphere, Israel's defence ministry said in a statement.
Police wrestled with protesters around the mayor's office, sometimes charging into the crowd with their batons raised. State news agencies Tass and RIA-Novosti cited police as saying 1,074 were arrested over the course of the protests, which lasted more than seven hours.
The jihadist group said it was responsible for a "suicide operation" Saturday during which one of its fighters sprayed soldiers with machine-gun fire before detonating an "explosive vest". The claim, posted late Saturday on the Telegram messaging app, was the second by the group this week for an attack in Syria, from which it was largely expelled last year.
Trump's outburst came in a series of sharply worded tweets aimed at Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings- a high-profile critic of Trump's administration whose district covers much of Baltimore. "Cumming (sic) District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess," the president wrote, calling it "the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States."
The man forced her to drink alcohol and tried to suffocate her and drown her in a bathtub filled with cold water, Birli said. However she managed to placate the man by complimenting him on the many orchids growing in his home. Though he was initially "filled with hate," the man suddenly became "nice to me" and confided that gardening was his passion before opening up about his troubled childhood, she said. 
Two South Korean men died while 16 others were injured when an internal balcony at a nightclub in South Korea collapsed on Saturday. Hundreds were at the nightclub in the southern South Korean city of Gwangju when the collapse occurred next to the athletes' village. The injured include 10 foreigners, eight of them athletes who were in Gwangju to participate in the swimming championships.
The country's largest builder, Fletcher Building, plans to develop 480 houses in the city of Auckland, on the Ihumatao Peninsula near its airport, on land that borders an important archaeological site and is seen as culturally significant.
Thousands of Colombians took to the streets on Friday night to call for an end to an alarming wave of killings of leftist activists in the wake of the nation's peace deal. In major cities and small towns, demonstrators dressed in white and held signs that read: "Without leaders there can be no peace" and "No more bloodshed."
A no-deal Brexit could lead to a united Ireland as more people in Northern Ireland would "come to question the union" with Britain, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said. "People who you might describe as moderate nationalists or moderate Catholics who were more or less happy with the status quo will look more towards a united Ireland," he said.
The so-called "safe third country" agreement would require migrants, including Salvadorans and Hondurans, who cross into Guatemala on their way to the US to apply for protections in Guatemala instead of at the US border. It could potentially ease the crush of migrants overwhelming the US immigration system, although many questions remain about how the agreement will be executed.