A Saudi teenager given asylum in Canada after fleeing her family has said the journey was "worth the risk" so she could live a more independent life. Rahaf Mohammed, 18, made headlines when she flew to Thailand and barricaded herself in a hotel while appealing on Twitter for help to

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain's exit from the EU on 29 March. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

CNN journalists near the hotel complex in Nairobi that was attacked Tuesday are still hearing intermittent gunfire from the location, hours after the government gave the all-clear. At least 11 people have been killed during what police described as a "suspected terror attack" at the

Cotton seeds carried by China’s Chang’e 4 lunar lander have germinated on the far side of the moon, becoming the first plant shoots to grow there in what mission chiefs said was laying the foundation for a base on Earth’s only natural satellite. A photo released on Tuesday by the

A US federal judge has blocked new Trump administration regulations on birth control from applying across the entire country. The rules allow employers and insurers to decline to provide birth control if doing so violates their "religious beliefs" or "moral convictions". The rules

A feathery passenger was discovered 12 hours into a 14-hour flight between Singapore and London. The stowaway, a mynah bird, appeared in the business class section of a Singapore Airlines flight last Monday. An airline spokesman confirmed the incident a week later, and said the bird

UK MPs are preparing to vote on whether to back prime minister Theresa May's deal for leaving the European Union. The so-called "meaningful vote" will take place later as five days of debate on Brexit comes to an end. Theresa May has called for politicians to back her deal or

Tulip Siddiq, a pregnant Labour MP, is delaying the birth of her child so she can take part in crucial Brexit vote. Tulip Siddiq, the granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and daughter of Sheikh Rehana, has postponed the date of her caesarean section by two days so she can

The India government will construct 44 strategic roads along the border with China and over 2100km of axial and lateral roads in Punjab and Rajasthan, abutting Pakistan, a Central Public Works Department (CPWD) document shows. According to an annual report (2018-19) prepared, and

Officials in Indonesia say they have found the "black box" voice recorder from a Lion Air flight which crashed into the sea off Jakarta in October. All 189 people on board died when Flight JT610 fell into the sea shortly after taking off for the western city of Pangkal Pinang. The

US President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump is reportedly being considered for the position to head the World Bank. Ivanka is among a list of names submitted to the Treasury Department to replace current World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, who recently announced he

A failure to deliver Brexit would be "a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy", Prime Minister Theresa May has warned. Writing in the Sunday Express, Mrs May pleaded with MPs to back her Brexit deal in Tuesday's crunch Commons vote. Not doing so risks

Twenty-one coal miners were killed when a mine collapsed in northern China, state media reported Sunday. The disaster occurred Saturday in Shenmu in Shaanxi province in the heart of the country's coal-mining belt, according to state TV and the Xinhua News Agency. Sixty-six other

A Saudi teenager who fled her family alleging abuse and got stranded at a Bangkok airport has arrived in Canada after being granted asylum there. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, had been trying to reach Australia via Bangkok but was initially told to return to Kuwait, where her family

Two firefighters died and nearly 50 people were injured in a massive gas explosion that gutted the ground floor of a building in a central Paris shopping district, authorities said. The accident occurred with Paris under security lockdown for a ninth consecutive Saturday of "yellow

Multiple injuries have been reported after an explosion at a bakery in Paris, according to police. The powerful blast is believed to be linked to a gas leak at a store on Rue de Trevise in the 9th arrondissement of the French capital. Firefighters pulled injured victims out of

The partial shutdown of the US government has become the longest on record, with still no end in sight to the political standoff. On Saturday it reaches its 22nd day, overtaking the previous record - the 21-day shutdown in 1995-96 under then-President Bill Clinton. President Donald

A teenager who mysteriously disappeared in midwestern America last year after her parents were brutally murdered has been found alive. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department posted on its Facebook page on Thursday evening that Jayme Closs, 13, had been discovered in Douglas County,

The Canadian Parliament has announced plans to add more than one million new permanent residents in the next three years. That's nearly one percent of the country's population each year. Canada welcomed more than 286,000 permanent residents in 2017 and projects it could add up

US President Donald Trump has threatened again to declare a national emergency to fund a border wall without Congress's approval. "I have the absolute right to declare a national emergency," he told reporters as he headed to an event at the border. He also said Mexico would