US President Donald Trump has rejected Apple's bid to avoid tariffs on some computer parts it manufactures in China, saying the company should instead make the components in America.
July 28, 2019
An Afghan official said on Sunday that the government would hold its first-ever direct talks with the Taliban within two weeks, but the insurgents quickly denied any such meeting was...
July 28, 2019
Protesters and police prepared for another showdown in central Hong Kong on Sunday, a day after clashes led to 11 arrests and left at least two dozen people injured in...
July 28, 2019
A sea of black-shirted protesters marched down a major street in central Hong Kong on Sunday in the latest rally in what has become a summer of protest.
July 28, 2019
Beauty bookings business Blow Ltd has said it will expand its UK business and consider its first international launch as it aims to raise as much as £2 million.
July 28, 2019
A top White House aide has defended Donald Trump's disparaging tweets about an influential black Democratic congressman and his district as a “justified response to the politician's criticism of the...
July 28, 2019
President Donald Trump has attacked a majority-black district represented by a congressional nemesis as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess”, broadening a campaign against prominent critics of his administration...
July 27, 2019
Russian police have cracked down fiercely on demonstrators in central Moscow, arresting more than 1,000 people who were protesting against the exclusion of some opposition candidates from an upcoming election...
July 27, 2019
A top Omani diplomat has travelled to Tehran for talks after weeks of volatility over the Strait of Hormuz, including the recent seizure by Iranian authorities of a British-flagged tanker.
July 27, 2019
The Cork native caught in the midst of an immigration storm in the US is still in the country and now hoping to overcome the "long legal process", his family...
July 27, 2019
Hong Kong police fired tear gas, swung batons and forcefully cleared out protesters who defied warnings not to march in an area where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting...
July 27, 2019
Tunisians and world leaders have bid adieu to the country's first democratically-elected president, Beji Caid Essebsi, who died in office aged 92 and left the North African nation facing new...
July 27, 2019
Two 19-year-old American tourists have confessed to fatally stabbing an Italian paramilitary policeman who was investigating the theft of a bag with a cellphone, police have said.
July 27, 2019
Tunisians and visiting dignitaries are bidding adieu to the country's first democratically-elected president, Beji Caid Essebsi, who died in office at 92.
July 27, 2019
New Home Secretary Priti Patel has unblocked a Twitter account representing police officers in Essex after four years.
July 27, 2019
Two young American tourists have been arrested over the murder of an Italian paramilitary policeman.
July 27, 2019
Two young American tourists have been arrested over the murder of an Italian policeman.
July 27, 2019
Two 19-year-old American tourists have confessed to fatally stabbing an Italian paramilitary policeman who was investigating the theft of a bag with a cellphone, police have said.
July 27, 2019
A passenger dressed as a clown sparked a mass brawl on a P&O cruise ship, according to reports.
July 27, 2019
Police in Hong Kong have fired tear gas at protesters who defied warnings not to march in an area where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators attacked people...
July 27, 2019
Rescuers in India have safely evacuated all 700 passengers from a train after it got stuck in monsoon floodwaters between two stations near Mumbai, the country's home minister said.
July 27, 2019
Police have urged “all Canadians” to be on the lookout for two suspects in the killings of an American woman, her Australian boyfriend and another man.
July 27, 2019
More than 500 people are believed to have been arrested in Moscow during a protest against the exclusion of some opposition candidates from an upcoming election to the city council.
July 27, 2019
More than 600 people are believed to have been arrested in Moscow during a protest against the exclusion of some opposition candidates from an upcoming election to the city council.
July 27, 2019
Russian police have been arresting people outside the Moscow mayor's office ahead of an election protest demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for the city council.
July 27, 2019
Two strong earthquakes hours apart have hit a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines, killing at least eight people and injuring 60.
July 27, 2019
Thousands of protesters marched in a Hong Kong district on Saturday despite police warnings their presence would spark confrontations with local residents.
July 27, 2019
Police in Hong Kong have fired tear gas at protesters who defied warnings not to march in an area where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators attacked people...
July 27, 2019
Two people have died and 10 others were injured after an internal balcony collapsed at a South Korean nightclub.
July 27, 2019
Glaciers could be melting underwater at a faster rate than previously thought, new research suggests.
July 27, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he is willing to go to Iran for talks amid tensions between Tehran and Washington.
July 27, 2019
Visitors arriving at Hong Kong's airport yesterday were greeted by more than 1,000 black-clad protesters camped in the arrivals hall.
July 27, 2019
Sweden has dismissed an outburst from Donald Trump after US rapper A$AP Rocky was charged with assault, saying the country's judicial system was independent of politics.
July 27, 2019
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is planning a futuristic £400bn (€445bn) desert city where residents will be able to visit glow-in-the-dark beaches, watch cage-fighting robots and drink alcohol.
July 27, 2019
The Senate Intelligence Committee, in a new report on Russia's interference in the 2016 US election, said that systems in all 50 states were likely targeted in some manner, that...
July 27, 2019
US President Donald Trump has suffered a series of fresh legal and political setbacks in his efforts to tighten US asylum laws, raising doubts about the sustainability of the immigration...
July 27, 2019
Donald Trump said yesterday the US would hit France shortly with a "substantial reciprocal action" - and warned a new tax on French wine was possible - after Paris announced...
