PARIS (Reuters) – A French judge has questioned former French President Francois Hollande as a witness as part of the investigation into the assassination of two journalists in Mali in 2013, a member of Hollande’s staff said on Monday. Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont, both journalists at RFI radio, were kidnapped and killed in the northern town of Kidal on […]

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it was not holding talks with France over its ballistic missile development, after Paris said it was ready to impose more sanctions if European attempts to address the program in discussions with Tehran made no progress. “There has been no talks, whether secret or not secret, about our missile program with France or […]

Sir Graham Brady, chair of the powerful 1922 Committee, has tabled a Commons motion which would scrap the hated Irish backstop. The senior MP today insisted the move would allow Mrs May to return to Brussels and negotiate tweaks to the Brexit deal, allowing it to pass through the Commons in weeks. No10 has already signalled it backs Sir Graham's […]

‘Seriously, look how big it is’: Stunned witnesses claim to have captured Bigfoot on camera after spotting a large hairy creature lurking on a Utah mountainside – but experts have their doubts The first and most debated footage of ‘Bigfoot’ was captured on film in 1967 A man in Provo, Utah, believes he witnessed has caught the creature on film […]

The wild weather conditions could spell chaos for commuters with delays expected on roads and railways. A 'severe' Yellow weather warning for ice has also been issued by the Met Office for the north-east of Scotland. It comes after blustery showers swept across the country on Sunday with a top wind speed of 82 mph reported at Berry Head in Devon. […]

London:  British Prime Minister Theresa May faces another bruising week in Parliament as MPs plan to challenge her minority Conservative government for control of Brexit policy. Amendments designed to change the course of Britain's planned March 29 departure from the European Union escalated the political jockeying. Several would delay the exit or make a Brexit without a divorce deal with […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Ten people were killed and two wounded in a shootout on Sunday between two armed groups in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero, the state government said. The gunfight occurred at around 3 p.m. (2100 GMT) near the town of Chilapa, east of the state capital Chilpancingo, state security authorities said in a statement. A number […]

Gov. Cuomo is playing another fast one on school-zone speed cameras: His plan to restore and expand the city’s successful program would . . . grab the ticket money for the MTA. Even more absurd, the gov’s budget director, Robert Mujica, claims Cuomo linked the two issues “to ensure the Legislature does not dismiss them out of hand.” That’s ridiculous: Speaker Carl […]

Several news sources used the accurate but uncharitable term "cave" to describe US President Donald Trump's capitulation on Friday to the Democrats' position on the wall and the US government shutdown. US President Donald Trump on Friday.Credit:Bloomberg It was a clear victory for the Democrats, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer were prudently restrained in […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – Tensions in Germany’s loveless ruling coalition flared on Sunday after Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer, a conservative from the car-making state of Bavaria, called for a reassessment of limits on vehicle emissions. Scheuer told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper he would raise the issue, and could push for changes, at the next meeting of European Union transport ministers […]