Grenfell Tower in west London after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building yesterday morning. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday June 15, 2017. Twelve people have died and more are feared dead after a huge fire destroyed the tower block in north Kensington. See PA story FIRE Grenfell. Photo credit should read: Rick Findler/PA Wire
Tests on high rise flats have shown some of their cladding to be “combustible”, says the prime minister. Tower blocks across the UK are being examined after the blaze at Grenfell Tower, which left 79 people dead or missing, presumed dead.
DUBAI Saudi Arabia’s King Salman made his son next in line to the throne on Wednesday, handing the 31-year-old sweeping powers as the kingdom seeks a radical overhaul of its oil-dependent economy and faces mounting tensions with regional rival Iran.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the destruction of an ancient mosque in the city of Mosul is “an official declaration of defeat” by so-called Islamic State (IS).
Another gut-punch loss for Democrats, another soul-searching moment. Really, Democrats are having the same internal arguments about why they lost Georgia’s special election on Tuesday as why they lost the presidency in November.
LONDON – Prince Harry has revealed the distress he suffered when walking behind his mother Diana’s casket through the streets of London following her funeral.
Washington (CNN) A Polish NATO F-16 fighter jet tried to intercept the plane of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in the Baltic Sea Wednesday, according to Russian state media.
A view of passengers aboard trains connecting the suburbs of Kolkata, India. UN Photo/Kibae Park. Tweet. Print. 21 June 2017 – The world population is now nearly 7.6 billion, up from 7.4 billion in 2015, spurred by the relatively high levels of …
The president suggested for the first time Wednesday that the sun, and not Mexico, would pay for his border wall. Posted on June 22, 2017, at 3:56 a.m.. Lissandra Villa. BuzzFeed News Reporter. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Reporting From Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday accused White House reporters of playing up to the cameras and of wanting to become “YouTube stars.
KABUL – A car bomb exploded outside a bank on Thursday in Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province killing 29 people waiting to collect their monthly salaries, said the provincial governor.
Buckingham Palace says that Prince Philip has been discharged from a London hospital after he was treated for an infection. June 22, 2017, at 5:49 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Prince Philip Leaves London Hospital After …
Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president, speaks at the launch of a new trans-Africa locomotive in Pretoria on April 4, 2017. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg.
London (CNN) US President Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain will go ahead, according to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, despite its omission from the Queen’s Speech.
BRUSSELS — Belgian authorities say police have detained four people in a series of raids in Brussels linked to the failed bombing at a rail station this week.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The sole power plant in electricity-starved Gaza Strip sputtered back to life Thursday after receiving fuel from Egypt – a shipment that resulted from a surprising alliance between bitter ex-rivals, including the territory’s …
Washington (CNN) Russia has canceled a meeting between senior US and Russian officials that was aimed at resolving problems in the relationship between the two countries.
ISTANBUL/ANKARA Turkey sent a first ship of food supplies to Qatar on Thursday and was also sending a small contingent of soldiers, media reported, while President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Saudi Arabia’s leaders on calming tensions in the region.
The damage of the right side of the USS Fitzgerald is seen off Shimoda, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, after the Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship, Saturday, June 16, 2017.
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