Initial poll count on Wednesday shows that Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will sweep the presidential election with an overwhelming majority of votes.
The US Capitol was locked down briefly on Thursday after gunshots were fired following a car chase across central Washington and a number of people including a law enforcement officer were hurt..
The US Capitol was locked down briefly on Thursday after gunshots were fired following a car chase across central Washington and a number of people including a law enforcement officer were hurt.
The driver of an SUV involved in a bloody weekend confrontation with a throng of motorcyclists was put in grave danger and feared for the life of his family inside when he drove through the crowd, striking a biker on the street, his wife said Thursday.
The government limped into a third day of partial shutdown Thursday with no sign of a way out after a White House conversation between President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders seemed only to harden the stances of Democrats and Republicans.
Shutdown still in deadlock after talks
A chartered airplane nosedived into the ground and burst into flames meters (yards) from tanks of aviation fuel, minutes after taking off from Lagos airport Thursday, Nigerian officials said.
There was no breakthrough after US President Obama met with Congress leaders in a bid to break a budget deadlock that has shut down the federal government. Impasse in Congress shuts down services
Iran's parliament, dominated by conservatives, strongly endorsed President Hassan Rouhani's diplomatic bid to break down mistrust at the United Nations in New York last week.
US President Barack Obama has canceled an official trip to Malaysia next week after the federal government went into a shutdown, Malaysian media quoted Prime Minister Najib Razak as saying on Wednesday.
The Russian embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli was attacked by unknown militants on Wednesday, source from the embassy told Xinhua.
Building on a fragile unity, the UN Security Council on Wednesday urged the Syrian government to allow cross-border aid deliveries and called on all parties to Syria's conflict to agree on humanitarian pauses in fighting and key routes for aid convoys.
US President Barack Obama will meet the four top leaders of Congress at the White House Wednesday to urge lawmakers to reopen the government and raise the US debt ceiling, local media reported.
Obama cancels visit amid stalemate
Iran has prepared an "accurate proposal" for upcoming nuclear talks with the world powers in Geneva, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said here on Wednesday.
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