Social media sites failing to stop users sharing purported identity of protected individual

‘It is deeply disturbing that a consensual intimate relationship between Rodney Reed, a black man, and Stacey Stites, a white woman, was conflated with an act…

Donald Trump has attacked Marie Yovanovitch just as the former ambassador to Ukraine delivered public testimony before House investigators in his impeachment inquiry, saying everywhere she…

‘You make any call on an unclassified cell phone in Ukraine, that means Vladimir Putin has the transcript’

Second highest flood in recorded history will leave ‘permanent mark’, says mayor who issued climate warning

Teachers and hospital staff must also be immunised, law says

Trio’s actions ‘were not merely embarrassing on a personal level; they discredited the entire Indiana judiciary’, order states

Homophobic stigma remains a factor, warn experts

‘My whole life is crazy. What a life I lead. You think this is fun, don’t you?’ president tells rally

Donald Trump has been accused of seeking to intimidate a witness, as he launched a scathing attack on Twitter against a US diplomat, even while she…

Former New York mayor is yet to apologise for sexist comments

State media claims ‘time has come for him to depart his life’

‘I stand before you tonight as a proud “deplorable”,’ John Kennedy tells Louisiana crowd

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The White House has released the transcript of the president’s first phone call with Ukraine’s leader – a move many will see as an attempt to…

Chief executive Carrie Lam describes London incident, in which her justice minister fell and hurt her hand, as a ‘barbaric’ attack

Presidential counsellor has worked for Donald Trump before he entered White House

Presidential counsellor has worked for Donald Trump before he entered White House

Police are searching for a Missouri woman who authorities believe hid her husband’s body in a freezer for nearly a year.

State Department’s top Iran official retaliated against a long-time staffer because of her Iranian heritage and perceived political bias, following a smear campaign on conservative outlets

Donald Trump has angrily mocked two career diplomats who testified in a public impeachment hearing, describing them as “never-Trumpers” whose “lies will be exposed”

President’s personal lawyer speaks out amid reports Republicans seeking to use him as impeachment scapegoat

‘The bribe is to grant or withhold military assistance in return for a public statement of a fake investigation into the elections — that’s bribery’

Former ambassador says Rudy Giuliani orchestrated smear campaign to remove her from Ukraine

Yelp reviews claim similar instances have occurred before

Damning report says former Florida governor gave his major donors a tax break meant for communities in need

‘It is the first time Rohingya victims will get to potentially see individuals responsible for those brutal crimes held to account,’ says human rights expert

Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court from prosecutors, setting up what is likely to be a showdown between different elements of the government.

Officials deny sexual aspect to ancient religious ceremony

Wrapped in Middle Eastern country’s flag, owner was holding it with chain

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck 134 kilometres northwest of the Malaku islands in Indonesia, the US Geological Survey said.

Republican senator Lindsey Graham says Congress should not ‘sugar coat history or try to rewrite it’

Laura Ingraham at one point suggests she thought a water bottle was an ‘oxygen chamber’

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Senator Jeanine Anez’s assumption of presidential power met with violent protests by supporters of Morales, who resigned from office on Sunday

Authorities seek to limit panic as patients admitted to hospital with ‘most serious form’ of disease

‘The fact that he has the name that he does, that he’s of the ethnic background that he is, almost certainly played a role,’ senior ACLU…

‘I was just in shock the whole time,’ claims 27-year-old defendant

Narrow list of exceptions would leave most citizens vulnerable

Turkey is deporting an Isis suspect to the UK, according to local media.

Months-long protests have become more violent over perceived police brutality

Democratic contender’s key policy faces derision from America’s wealthiest

Kumanjayi Walker died in police station as family waited outside asking about his condition

Kumanjayi Walker died in police station as family waited outside asking about his condition

Possible causes range from high salinity of water to hailstorm

Joe diGenova falsely claims George Soros ‘controls’ parts of US government in bizarre defence of US president

‘The cows certainly have a gripping story to share’

Arrival of the birds has split opinion amongst residents in New Jersey town

Activists say research could point to far higher numbers of Uighur Muslims being detained than oft-cited estimate of at least one million

New evidence released by international investigators looking at the 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine suggests links between Russia and separatists…

Dismissal could be illegal under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Authorities in Santa Clarita, California are responding to reports of a shooting at Saugus High School, roughly 40 miles north of Los Angeles.

President’s pledge an ‘enormous boon’ to argument for return

Offenders will face up to a year in jail and a $5,000 (£3,891) fine

‘You can’t make this s**t up,’ says author

Pensioner pictures animal after watching it for two hours

Student gunman then shot himself, say reports

‘You can almost take it to the bank that the Russians were listening in on the call’

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Lawyers claim DNA evidence would have cleared their client

US president’s unprecedented attempt to withhold financial documents comes amid increasingly damaging impeachment hearings

At least 34 Palestinians – including six children – killed in Israeli airstrikes, while three people lightly injured as Gaza militants fire 450 rockets over border

Egyptian civil aviation ministry says blaze ‘could have turned into a disaster’

Arizona’s Paul Gosar ends cryptic string of messages with Area 51 post

The American and Turkish presidents have unresolved disagreements but try to maintain good relations

Supporters and opponents of the president join lobbyists and journalists from around the world in a queue of those eager to witness testimony to the House…

Victims’ group voices dismay over ruling which gives cleric’s lawyers ‘yet another opportunity to attack’ choirboys in court

US president says Turkey’s acquisition of a Russian missile defence system created ‘very serious challenges for us’

He claims he did not watch ‘one minute’ of testimony

Congresswoman says the senior White House adviser ‘must resign’

Analysis: From bringing up Obama to cryptic mentions of black ledgers, Republicans refuse to bother with the evidence placed before them

Two career diplomats are the first in a succession of witnesses

Puppy named ‘Narwhal the Little Magical Furry Unicorn’ after unusual appendage

The cancer survivor has been missing from the bench twice within the last year

Moscow says the international ban isn’t working – but critics say Kremlin allies are first in line to benefit

Analysis: Netanyahu’s chances of remaining prime minister have improved with latest conflict in Gaza, observers say, but he is playing with fire

‘The state of Texas is trying to take my life, trying to execute me – strap me to a table and inject my body with poisons’

‘If he’d just shut up about it and not tweeted “witch hunt” 600 times there wouldn’t have been a whole volume two of the Mueller investigation,’…

An aid to the chief US diplomat in Ukraine says they overheard a phone call between Donald Trump and EU ambassador Gordon Sondland in which the…

Investigators unsure of origins of drug, which is extremely dangerous at 83 per cent purity

Defence lawyer claims F Hassan is illiterate and incapable of organising murders

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Bus involved carrying mostly schoolchildren, local media reports

President has claimed latest impeachment inquiry is a ‘hoax’

Morgues and hospitals banned from sharing death toll as demonstrators urged to inform on allies

‘I thought when he got elected, now people must finally wake up,’ says teenage activist

Saudi Arabia’s state security backpedals and takes down clip

‘They just want to silence us as a community’, activist says

Former first lady’s 2016 running mate refuses to say whether she would make formidable candidate

President told demonstrators that they should ’emigrate’ as protest movement is threatening Lebanon’s interests

Kremlin compares process to remove Trump from office to allegations of 2016 interference

Suspect’s accounts of actions and whereabouts in police interviews during days after death of British backpacker Grace Millane contradicted by numerous CCTV recordings

Ray Jefferson Cromartie scheduled to die by lethal injection for 1994 killing of Richard Slysz

‘Baffling’ that White House working ‘so hard to allow domestic abusers, felons and terrorists access to untraceable, undetectable’ firearms, says district attorney

Comes after infrastructure projects put on hold because of high emissions

‘I disagree with her ideologically, but I think Nancy Pelosi is a master of political warfare’

After being accused of assault on higher education, police say ‘nowhere in Hong Kong is lawless land’

‘What I saw in his lungs is like nothing I’ve seen before,’ says transplant doctor of 20 years

Khalil Wheeler-Weaver on trial over series of brutal killings in New Jersey

Benjamin Netanyahu warns strikes on enclave will continue if rockets into Israel do not stop