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President Donald Trump has said it “certainly looks” as though Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead, and he threatened “very severe” consequences if the Saudis are found to have murdered him.
Two Russian football internationals have been charged with battery and hooliganism after both were involved in two brawls in Moscow earlier this month.
Pope Francis indicated a willingness to visit North Korea during a private audience with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, according to Vatican and South Korean officials.
France’s President Emmanuel Macron is facing criticism from mothers with big families both at home and abroad for recent comments he made about women and fertility in Africa.
There have been further withdrawals from Saudi Arabia’s “Davos in the desert” investment conference following concerns over the disappearance in Turkey of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Starbucks is restructuring its European operations after several years of slowing sales and will close its Amsterdam office to the benefit of London.
The three top officials in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province were killed when their own guards opened fire on them at a security conference, the deputy provincial governor said.
US secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he told Saudi Arabia’s rulers that the US takes “very seriously” the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The United States has downgraded the status of its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by placing it under the authority of the US Embassy to Israel.
A surgeon and his girlfriend have been charged in the US state of California with crimes against five additional victims in addition to two women they were previously charged with drugging and sexually assaulting.
South Korea’s president has met with Pope Francis in a private audience, and his office says that the pontiff indicated his willingness to visit North Korea.
President Donald Trump has threatened to close the US’s southern border with Mexico.
France’s finance minister is the latest high-level official or executive to pull out of an investment conference in Saudi Arabia amid questions over the kingdom’s involvement in the disappearance of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
M.J. Akbar, India’s junior external affairs minister, has resigned amid accusations by 20 women of sexual harassment during his previous career as one of the country’s most prominent news editors.
Helicopters are dropping disinfectant on neighbourhoods in the earthquake- and tsunami-stricken city of Palu to reduce disease risks from the thousands of victims believed buried in obliterated communities, Indonesia’s disaster agency has said.
The Detroit Pistons honoured Aretha Franklin before their opening game of the basketball season by playing a recording of her singing the national anthem.
Running great Kip Keino has handed himself over to police and is under arrest following allegations he and six other Kenyan sports and government officials embezzled and misappropriated more than 545,000 US dollars.
A Turkish newspaper has published surveillance video images showing a man who previously travelled with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage walking into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul before writer Jamal Khashoggi vanished there.
At least two civilians have died after a suicide bomb attack on a Nato convoy near the Afghan capital, Kabul.
At least 10 of those who were wounded in a deadly shooting at a vocational school in Crimea will be airlifted to hospitals in Russia, officials said.
Peru’s opposition leader Keiko Fujimori has been freed by an appeals judge, a week after she was arrested in an ongoing money laundering investigation.
Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny has been arrested on suspicion of tampering with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of jailed gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
The Washington Post has published a new column by missing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in which he warns that governments in the Middle East “have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate”.
Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny has been arrested after a Texas grand jury indicted him, alleging he tampered with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
An 18-year-old student walked into his school in Crimea, pulled out a shotgun and opened fire on Wednesday, killing 19 students and wounding more than 50 others before killing himself.
A high school student mixed her cremated grandfather’s ashes into homemade sugar biscuits and shared them with several classmates, police in California said on Wednesday.
New York prosecutors say the former lead police detective in the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault investigation urged one of his accusers to delete information from her phone before turning it over to prosecutors.
Jubilant customers stood in long lines for hours then lit up and celebrated on pavements on Wednesday as Canada became the world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace.
Pellets of oil have reached Mediterranean beaches near Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera ten days after two cargo ships collided north of the island of Corsica, France’s ecology ministry says .
Twitter is releasing all known accounts and posts related to “information operations” dating back to 2016, when it was first learned that foreign operators were using social media to meddle in US elections.
Turkish crime scene investigators searched the home of the Saudi consul general in Istanbul on Wednesday after the disappearance of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, as a pro-government newspaper published a gruesome account of the journalist’s alleged slaying.
Melania Trump’s plane was forced to return to a Washington area military base because of smoke in the cabin.
A temple in India has opened its doors to females of menstruating age to comply with a Supreme Court ruling, but they were blocked from entering as hundreds of protesters fought street battles with police to keep them out.
A student has attacked a vocational college in Crimea in a shooting rampage that killed 17 other students and left more than 40 people wounded, before killing himself, according to Russian officials.
A Turkish newspaper has published an account of the alleged murder of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, as America’s top diplomat arrived for talks over the Washington Post columnist’s disappearance.
An explosive device has killed at least 18 people and injured 40 others at a vocational college in Crimea in what Russian officials called a possible terrorist attack.
The director of Air Strike, featuring Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, says the film’s release has been cancelled after her disappearance and conviction on tax evasion charges.
A blast triggered by an explosive device has killed 10 people at a college in Crimea, according to Russia’s counter-terrorism agency.
America’s most famous pimp has been found dead in one of his brothels after a days-long party with porn stars, political pals and others to celebrate his 72nd birthday.
Electric car maker Tesla says it has secured land in Shanghai for its first factory outside the US, pushing ahead despite mounting US-Chinese trade tensions.
A Thai court has sentenced a former Buddhist monk known for his jet-set lifestyle to 16 years in prison for raping a young teenage girl who he also impregnated.
New Zealand’s opposition leader has been secretly recorded calling one of his own MPs “f***ing useless” and making other questionable remarks as turmoil escalates within the conservative National Party.
It is now possible to check in automatically at Shanghai’s Hongqiao airport using facial recognition technology.
A temple in southern India which is one of the largest Hindu pilgrimage centres in the world is set to open its doors to females “of menstruating age” following a ruling by the country’s top court.
A rocket fired from Gaza has struck a residential home in southern Israel, prompting the Israeli military to attack militant sites in Gaza in response.
Police searching the Saudi consulate have found evidence that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there, a high-level Turkish official said.
US president Donald Trump has said he will not accept the blame if his party loses control of the US House of Representatives in November, arguing that his campaigning and endorsements have helped Republican candidates.
A man convicted of killing eight children has been executed at a Pakistani prison after the country’s top court rejected a request for his public hanging.
Canada is now the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early on Wednesday in Newfoundland.
Netflix regained its stride with surprisingly strong subscriber growth during the summer after an unexpected stumble during the spring triggered worries its video streaming service was losing its allure.
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