Image copyright Reuters Image caption Local officials have hit back at President Trump’s claims that firefighters don’t have enough water Twin wildfires in California, known as the Mendocino Complex Fire, have grown to become the largest active wildfire in state history, officials said on Monday. The fires have spread rapidly in recent days to burn […]
Image copyright Makenzie Noland Image caption The 21-year-old works at a centre that captures nuisance animals and educates the public A US college student has made sure her graduation snaps are ones to remember – after posing in her cap and sash with a 14ft (4m) alligator. Makenzie Noland is a student at Texas A&M […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Gates – pictured here in February – has already pleaded guilty to two criminal charges The ex-deputy of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has told a court he committed crimes with his former boss and stole from him. Rick Gates, star prosecution witness in the fraud trial, said […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Gates – pictured here in February – has already pleaded guilty to two criminal charges Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s ex-business partner has taken the stand against him in his trial on bank and tax fraud charges. The defendant’s lawyers say Rick Gates embezzled millions of dollars from Mr […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Samar Badawi – a prominent human rights campaigner whose brother is serving a 10-year sentence – was arrested last week Saudi Arabia’s state airliner has suspended its direct flights to Toronto after Canada called for the release of detained activists for civil society and women’s rights. The Middle Eastern country […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Police described the location where the children were found as a “makeshift compound” near the community of Amalia in the north of New Mexico Police in the US state of New Mexico have rescued 11 malnourished children who were being kept in squalid conditions in a remote desert compound. They […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption President Donald Trump says the Iran nuclear accord was a “horrible, one-sided deal” President Donald Trump says he will fully enforce the sanctions being reimposed on Iran as a result of the US withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal. Measures targeting Iran’s automotive sector as well as its trade in […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Controversy surrounds Donald Trump Jr’s meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya in June 2016 US President Donald Trump has admitted his son met a Russian lawyer in June 2016 “to get information on an opponent”, but argues it was legal. It is his most direct statement so far on the reason for […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Controversy surrounds Donald Trump Jr’s meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya in June 2016 US President Donald Trump has admitted his son met a Russian lawyer in June 2016 “to get information on an opponent”, but argues it was legal. It is his most direct statement so far on the reason for […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Controversy surrounds Donald Trump Jr’s meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya in June 2016 US President Donald Trump has admitted his son met a Russian lawyer in June 2016 “to get information on an opponent”, but argues it was legal. It is his most direct statement so far on the reason for […]
