By Karoun Demirjian (c) 2019, The Washington Post ·Feb 01, 2019   - WASHINGTON - The vast majority of Senate Republicans backed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s rationale for w

Bogota (dpa), Feb 1, 2019  - Venezuela’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido on Thursday accused President Nicolas Maduro’s regime of threatening his family amid an escalating power struggle.     

WASHINGTON REUTERS, Jan 31 2019   - The U.S. special envoy for North Korea laid out an extensive list of demands for North Korean denuclearization on Thursday that is likely to anger Pyongyang, even as President Donald Trump said the date a

MADISON, Wis. - Millions across the US Midwest experienced a freeze normally reserved for the Arctic Circle on Wednesday as temperatures dropped to nearly 50 degrees below zero. The frightful cold, expected to bottom out with record lows Thursday mor

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has told Russian media that he is willing to talk to the opposition in an attempt to end the political crisis that has gripped the South American country.  

By William Booth, Karla Adam, Michael Birnbaum (c) 2019, The Washington Post ·Jan 30, 2019 -LONDON - The British Parliament on Tuesday sought to assert control over Brexit, declaring its opposition to leaving the European Union without a deal

DPA, 30th JANUARY, 2019 - Some 47 migrants who have been stranded on a charity rescue ship for more than 10 days, amid an EU-wide row over their final destination, will finally be allowed to disembark, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on We

President Trump climbed down from his $5.7 billion demand for a border wall on Thursday as his proposal to reopen the government failed in the U.S. Senate.     

Daily Mail, 25 January 2019- Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are expected to make one of the biggest rises this year in more than six decades, Met Office scientists warn.     

Daily Mail, 25 January 2019 - The Queen highlighted the need for respect and seeking out common ground in an address that will be seen as a veiled reference to the bitterness over Brexit.     

KABUL AFP Jan25, 2019- The Taliban have appointed a co-founder of the movement as the new head of their political office in Doha, where talks have been held since Monday with US officials seeking to end 17 years of conflict in Afghanistan.  &nbs

By Mariana Zuñiga, Anthony Faiola, Rachelle Krygier (c) 2019, The Washington Post ·Jan 25, 2019- CARACAS, Venezuela - The United States and Venezuela remained in a standoff Thursday as the Trump administration ordered the evacuation of

The world is “losing the race” against climate change, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Thursday, demanding bolder action from governments to arrest runaway warming.     

Russia, (rt.com) 24 January 2019 -  Russia has accused the United States of trying to ‘usurp power’ in Venezuela amid a deepening crisis in the country, after an opposition leader declared himself President and seven people were kill

China, (Daily Mail), 24 January 2019 -  An Australian author detained by China’s secret police has been charged with espionage, his lawyer says.    

LONDON, AFP Jan 24, 2019 -   Airbus chief Tom Enders on Thursday warned the European aerospace giant could make “very harmful decisions” for Britain if it leaves the European Union without a deal, the latest multinational to iss

DPA, 23rd JANUARY, 2019-“Japan is determined to preserve and committed to enhancing the free, open and rules-based international order,” he stressed in a speech at the World Economic Forum, indirectly setting himself apart from the isolat

Bangkok (dpa), Jan 23, 2019-Thailand will hold the first general election since the 2014 coup on March 24 after several postponements, the country’s Election Commission said on Wednesday.    

France’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Italian ambassador Monday over sharp anti-French comments from an Italian official about Europe’s migrant crisis.   

AFP, 22nd JANUARY, 2019- Three Russian bomber crew members died and another was injured when their plane crashed on a training flight Tuesday, Moscow’s defence ministry said, days after a deadly collision between two jets.    

The African Union (AU) has called on authorities in the Congo to delay releasing the final results of the recent elections following reports of vote rigging.     

 BEIJING (Reuters), JANUARY 18, 2019 -  China’s police must focus on withstanding “color revolutions”, or popular uprisings, and treat the defense of China’s political system as central to their work, the top law-enf

LONDON AFP Jan18, 2019-   Queen Elizabeth II’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip was shocked and shaken”after being involved in a car accident that left his Land Rover flipped on its side, a witness reportedly said.   

SYDNEY AFP Jan18, 2019  - Australia police on Friday arrested a man in relation to the murder of Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe, some two days after her body was found in Melbourne.     

Theresa May is facing a slew of resignations if she tries to block MPs from ruling out no-deal Brexit - as she tries to break the Commons deadlock.    

Tel Aviv (dpa) 17 Jan - A top US official has denied an Israeli media report which reveals purported details of US President Donald Trump’s undisclosed Middle East peace plan.    

India, (Hindustan Times), 17 Jan 2019 -  Navy divers and underwater remotely operated vehicles have spotted a few skeletons during the search for 15 trapped men in a rat hole mine at Khloo Ryngksan in Meghalaya, navy sources said.  

British Prime Minister Theresa May was expected to win a confidence vote on Wednesday despite a crushing defeat over her Brexit deal with the EU that triggered warnings of a chaotic “no-deal” divorce.     

DPA, 16th JANUARY, 2019- All the terrorists involved in an attack on a hotel in Nairobi have been killed, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday, while 14 “innocent” people have died.  

Prime Minister Theresa May faced the prospect of a historic defeat in a vote on her Brexit deal in parliament on Tuesday potentially leaving Britain in limbo about the biggest political and economic change for the country in decades.