TRUMP NAMES FORMER DELTA EXEC TO LEAD FAA AMID MELTDOWN OVER TROUBLED BOEING 737 MAX 8

US President Donald Trump has appointed the former head of flight operations for Delta Airlines to run the Federal Aviation Administration,...

ASSAD & RUSSIAN DEFENSE CHIEF MEET IN DAMASCUS, SLAM WEST FOR HAMPERING SYRIAN SETTLEMENT

The progress in restoring normality in Syria is being hampered and downplayed in the West, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said,...

'THERE MUST BE A REMATCH': CONOR MCGREGOR MAKES CASE FOR SECOND BOUT WITH KHABIB

In his first comments on the fight since losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov last October, Conor McGregor says he and the Russian now have...

US JURY FINDS MONSANTO'S ROUNDUP WAS A ‘SUBSTANTIAL FACTOR' IN CAUSING MAN'S CANCER

LAVROV'S DEPUTY TO WAR-HAWK ABRAMS: VENEZUELA ‘AID' OP UNACCEPTABLE, RUSSIA TO PROTECT ITS INTERESTS

Russia is opposed to any efforts by the US to use ‘humanitarian aid' as a pretext to intervene in Venezuela, Deputy FM Sergey Ryabkov...

AMERICA'S PAYING FOR IT: MEXICAN THIEVES ROB US BORDER FENCE WIRE AND USE IT TO SECURE HOMES

Enterprising Mexican thieves south of the US border fence have stolen some of its barbed wire and used it to fortify homes in Tijuana,...

TRUMP TO ‘LOOK INTO' FACEBOOK CENSORSHIP AFTER SITE GAGS HIS SOCIAL MEDIA CHIEF

President Donald Trump has promised to look into accusations of anti-conservative bias on Facebook, after the social media giant apparently...

KAZAKHSTAN TO REMAIN RUSSIA'S KEY ALLY AFTER NAZARBAYEV RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT, BUT STAYS IN GOVT

The resignation of long-time Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday was abrupt and unexpected for some. However, analysts...

END OF RUSSIAN DOMINANCE? RIKA KIHIRA THREATENS TO DETHRONE ZAGITOVA & MEDVEDEVA IN JAPAN

For the first time since 2015 Russian female figure skaters are not entering the world championship as clear favorites, passing the...

ISRAELI LAWMAKER GUNS DOWN RIVAL ARAB POLITICIAN IN BIZARRE CAMPAIGN AD

Incendiary Knesset member and notorious Natalie Portman-hater Oren Hazan has released a “satirical” campaign ad where he shoots and...

THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE? CHELSEA'S ABRAMOVICH SEEKING KING'S RANSOM FOR CHELSEA SALE

Britain's richest man, petrochemical billionaire Sir James Ratcliffe, who has been linked with a takeover of Premier League side Chelsea,...

KASPERSKY LAB HITS APPLE WITH ANTITRUST COMPLAINT, ACCUSES TECH GIANT OF MUSCLING OUT COMPETITION

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple, alleging that the tech giant removed Kaspersky's ‘safe...

AIRPLANE CATCHES FIRE AT TEHRAN'S MEHRABAD AIRPORT, 50 PASSENGERS STILL ABOARD- LOCAL MEDIA

'SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A BILLION': BASEBALL FANS REACT TO MIKE TROUT'S RECORD-BREAKING 12YR ANGELS DEAL

Star center fielder Mike Trout is set to agree the largest contract in sports history as he is reportedly on the verge of signing a...

END OF AN ERA: THE 30-YEAR LEGACY OF KAZAKH PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV

The longest-serving Soviet-era leader, Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, has stepped down, leaving behind a three-decade-long...

AUSSIE PM CALLS FOR GLOBAL INTERNET CRACKDOWN IN WAKE OF CHRISTCHURCH ATTACKS

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for a global crackdown on social media in the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque...

GUIDO'S ENVOY OCCUPIES DIPLOMATIC BUILDINGS IN US, SAYS LEADER'S ARREST WILL ‘ACCELERATE' CHANGE

The Venezuelan opposition's diplomatic envoy to the US has claimed that the arrest of his boss, Juan Guido, for interfering in the...

'WE STAND FOR OUR MUSLIM BROTHERS & SISTERS': NZ'S CRUSADERS MULL NAME CHANGE AFTER CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand rugby union side Canterbury Crusaders are said to be pondering a name change to distance itself from violence against Muslims...

GERMANY MUST PRESS US OVER YEMEN DRONE STRIKES CONTROLLED FROM RAMSTEIN AIR BASE - COURT

EU AIMS TO BEGIN N. MACEDONIA MEMBERSHIP TALKS IN JUNE - MOGHERINI