KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani named two former heads of the intelligence services to key security posts in his government on Sunday in a step that could affect both next year’s presidential election and moves toward peace with the Taliban. Asadullah Khalid, who suffered horrific injuries in a Taliban suicide attack shortly after taking over the National Directorate […]

The CNBC millionaire survey shows Donald Trump losing support among elites. Donald Trump had promised to drain the swamp, but one of the biggest criticisms against him has been that far from draining it, Trump has reinforced the establishment in Washington. His staff is full of people from Wall Street while traditionally powerful lobbyists continue to have a major say […]

Sussex Police said the man and woman arrested were no longer suspects following the widespread disruption of flights through the illegal use of drones. Who are the released suspects? Paul Gait, Paul Gait, 47, and Elaine Kirk, 54, were quizzed by cops after officers swooped on their home in Crawley on Friday night. Pals have claimed Paul, who reportedly served […]

The 61-year-old sobbed in front of the jury when his wife Emma Coronel Aispuro, 29, and the seven-year-olds showed up to the New York Courthouse. His daughters waved and blew kisses to their dad as his trial concluded its sixth week on an emotional note. El Chapo has pleaded not guilty to a string of 17 charges including drug trafficking, […]

A dreary grain silo was transformed into a piece of giant, colourful art in Incheon, South Korea has been named by Guinness World Records as the largest outdoor mural in the world. An industrial city in South Korea is now home to the world’s largest outdoor painted mural. A series of grain silos in Incheon were painted to resemble a […]

Railway accounts for only one percent of all passenger journeys by land and 1.5 percent of overland freight transport. Greece’s rail network is the smallest in the European Union. It accounts for only one percent of all passenger journeys by land and 1.5 percent of overland freight transport compared with the European averages of eight and 18 percent, respectively. But […]

Donald Trump attacked Brett McGurk after his resignation this week, saying he did not know the man coordinating his administration’s approach to fighting ISIS. Donald Trump declared this week that he did not know the man coordinating the nation’s fight against ISIS, which was very frightening to Senator Chris Murphy. Brett McGurk, who served as the Trump administration’s official ISIS […]

December is proving a tumultuous month for Donald Trump, not least with the latest government shutdown adding to political uncertainty in Washington. With attention turning to the New Year, focus is growing on the emerging Democratic presidential nomination battle which could see the largest field of candidates for the party in a generation. In the near term, the single biggest […]

Wall Street claws back much of the ground lost in an early plunge after news broke of the arrest of Meng Wanzhou. US stocks clawed back much of the ground they lost in an early plunge triggered by the arrest of a key Chinese Huawei executive at Washington’s request.  The initial drop joined a global rout, reviving worries over trade […]

More criticism of the British prime minister’s Brexit plan, this time from the party that’s supposed to support her. The party propping up the United Kingdom’s minority government has accused Prime Minister Theresa May of breaking her promise over how Brexit will affect the Irish border. The Democratic Unionist Party says her agreement with the European Union separates Northern Ireland […]