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Iranian people gather to show their sympathy to the victims of the crash of the Boeing 737-800...

Iran protesters demand leaders quit after plane downed

Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, piling pressure on the leadership after the military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner at a time when Tehran feared US air strikes.

Chain-reaction crash kills 5, injures 60 in US

Chain-reaction crash on Pennsylvania Turnpike kills 5, injures 60. Photo: Twitter/ @WSJ

Chain-reaction crash kills 5, injures 60 in US

A chain-reaction crash involving a tour bus, three tractor-trailers and a passenger car killed five people and injured about 60 others on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early on Sunday, state police said.

Boeing halts 737 production after two crashes

The 737 MAX has been grounded since March after two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346...

Boeing halts 737 production after two crashes

Boeing is temporarily halting 737 production in January for the first time in more than 20 years as the grounding of its best-selling MAX after two fatal crashes looks set to last well into 2020.

US House to pursue impeachment of President Trump

US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to the media on the "fiscal cliff" on Capitol Hill...

US House to pursue impeachment of President Trump

House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she has directed a House committee to draft articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump, a historic step that sets up a...

Police told school shooting was 'revenge' for bullying

Police vehicles are stationed outside the school following the shooting at the Science,...

Police told school shooting was 'revenge' for bullying

A transgender teenager who told police that he and a friend opened fire at a suburban Denver high school to exact revenge on classmates who bullied him should be tried on murder charges as an adult, a judge ruled.

US Senator Kamala Harris ends 2020 presidential bid

In September, Kamala Harris was among a handful of Democrats who aggressively questioned...

US Senator Kamala Harris ends 2020 presidential bid

US Senator Kamala Harris ended her 2020 presidential bid, abandoning a campaign that began with promise for a rising Democrat star but faltered as she struggled to raise money and make a compelling case for her candidacy.

Suspected gunman in California school shooting dies

Sheriffs outside Saugus High School after a shooting in Santa Clarita, Californial Image: KHTS...

Suspected gunman in California school shooting dies

A teenage boy who killed two classmates and wounded three others at a southern California high school on his birthday before shooting himself has died in hospital.

Two judges shot during brawl outside fast-food joint

As the jurists were walking to a White Castle restaurant after having drinks, the occupants of a...

Two judges shot during brawl outside fast-food joint

The Indiana Supreme Court has suspended three county circuit court judges without pay for getting into an early-morning fist fight outside a fast-food restaurant that ended with two of them getting...

Former FBI director Comey 'moving to New Zealand'

Former FBI director James Comey. Photo: Getty Images

Former FBI director Comey 'moving to New Zealand'

Former United States FBI director James Comey joked he will move to New Zealand if President Donald Trump is re-elected in 2020.

180,000 evacuated from California wildfire zone

Firefighters look on as a house burns in the wildfires north of San Francisco Bay, California....

180,000 evacuated from California wildfire zone

The southward march of a Northern California wildfire toward the more populated areas above the San Francisco Bay led officials on Sunday to raise the number of residents ordered to leave their homes in the area to 180,000.

Trump cancels plans at host G7 at his resort

US President Donald Trump had come under fire for choosing to host the G7 Summit at one of his...

Trump cancels plans at host G7 at his resort

US President Donald Trump abandoned plans late on Saturday to host next year's Group of Seven summit at his Florida golf resort, after Democrats and others had decried the selection as evidence of...

Biden would withhold aid for anti-LGBTQ countries

Democratic 2020 US presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden. Photo: Reuters

Biden would withhold aid for anti-LGBTQ countries

Former US Vice President Joe Biden said he would withhold foreign aid from countries that persecute lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, at a candidate forum on LGBTQ issues.

FBI pleads for info after serial killer confesses to 93 murders

FBI pleads for info after serial killer confesses to 93 murders

The FBI is asking for the public's help in identifying dozens of victims of a convicted murderer who has confessed to strangling 93 people, claims that make him the most prolific serial killer in US history the agency says.

Fifth death linked to vaping raises fears in US

E-cigarettes, which heat nicotine-laced liquid into vapour, have rapidly grown into a global market for vaping products.

Fifth death linked to vaping raises fears in US

A Los Angeles County resident has died from a lung illness possibly tied to vaping, bringing the total number of such US deaths to five, health officials said on Friday.

Mass shooter's friend faces charges over gun form lie

Local and state politicians and business leaders join community members for a vigil at the scene...

Mass shooter's friend faces charges over gun form lie

A friend of the Ohio man who killed nine people in Dayton was charged with lying about his drug use on a form when he bought a gun and told authorities that he bought body armour and firearm accessories for the shooter.

Popstar Pink's tour crew crash land at Danish airport

A private Cessna 560XL aircraft is seen after crashing while landing at Aarhus Airport in...

Popstar Pink's tour crew crash land at Danish airport

A private aircraft carrying members of US singer Pink's tour crew crash landed at a Danish airport early on Tuesday and burst into flames but all occupants escaped unharmed.

Dive search for teen murder suspects ends in mystery

Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod. Photo: Reuters

Dive search for teen murder suspects ends in mystery

Canadian authorities hunting the two teen fugitives suspected of killing Australian Lucas Fowler and his US girlfriend Chynna Deese are tight-lipped after a dive team ended a two-day search of a river in northern Manitoba.

20 years' prison for man who sent bombs to Trump critics

Cesar Altieri Sayoc is pictured in Ft. Lauderdale. Photo: Reuters via Broward County Sheriff's...

20 years' prison for man who sent bombs to Trump critics

A Florida man who mailed pipes filled with explosives to prominent Democrats and critics of US President Donald Trump was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday.

Two more Texas shooting victims die, death toll at 22

People pay their respects two days after a mass shooting in El Paso. Photo: Reuters

Two more Texas shooting victims die, death toll at 22

Two more victims of a shooting rampage at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas died of their wounds, police said, raising the death toll to 22 in a massacre that prosecutors say was an act of domestic terrorism.

Dems condemn Trump, white nationalism after shootings

People look at flowers placed at the site of a mass shooting where 20 people lost their lives at...

Dems condemn Trump, white nationalism after shootings

Two mass shootings that killed 29 people in Texas and Ohio reverberated across the United States' political arena as Democratic presidential candidates called for stricter gun laws.

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