Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah speaks during a visit to the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank on July 14, 2018 (AFP Photo/ABBAS MOMANI) Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas accepted the resignation of his government Tuesday, in a reshuffle seen as a bid by the ageing leader […]

FILE PHOTO: Recaptured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers at the hangar belonging to the office of the Attorney General in Mexico City, Mexico January 8, 2016. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Attorneys for accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman rested his defense after calling a […]

Photo credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI More From Popular Mechanics The New Horizons spacecraft got famous for its Pluto flyby in 2015, but here in 2019, it’s been making discoveries that are just as fascinating. On New Year’s Day, New Horizons flew past a distant asteroid orbiting far beyond Pluto, which NASA is calling Ultima Thule. The day […]

Editors’ note: This story is an updated version of an article published on Jan. 3, 2018. The polar vortex is swooping down from the North Pole once again this week, paralyzing a wide swath of the nation with frigid temperatures and howling winds. In Chicago, it is forecast to feel like minus-45 degrees with the wind […]

President Duterte said a woman who remains at large left a device that exploded during mass at the cathedral in the remote Muslim-majority island of Jolo on Sunday, and her husband later blew himself up outside (AFP Photo/NICKEE BUTLANGAN) Investigators probing the Catholic cathedral bombing that killed 21 people in the Philippines’ restive south said […]

FILE PHOTO: The Huawei logo is pictured outside their research facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 6, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo More By Diane Bartz, Sarah N. Lynch and Sijia Jiang WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Huawei’s CFO “should not be a hostage” in Sino-U.S. relations, her lawyer said on Tuesday, after the United States announced […]

A woman was reportedly thrown off a flight after raging against “big” passengers she claimed she was wedged between in a middle seat. The unnamed flyer was caught ranting on camera earlier this month on a flight between Las Vegas and Newark airport in New Jersey. The outburst was filmed and later shared online by […]

U.N. Khashoggi investigator to meet Istanbul chief prosecutor More ISTANBUL/GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights investigator leading the international inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi will meet Istanbul’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday, the prosecutor’s office said. Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard, on a week-long visit to Turkey with a forensic and legal […]

National Security Advisor John Bolton (left) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin briefed reporters on the latest US efforts to ramp up pressure on Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro (AFP Photo/Mandel NGAN) More Washington (AFP) – The United States urged Venezuela’s military Monday to accept a “peaceful” transfer of power as it ramped up the pressure on embattled […]