Americas

USA

The IG report shows the way the FBI gets warrants to spy on Americans is a mess

Analysis: Something Trump's DOJ and the ACLU agree on — the IG report on the Russia probe shows the process for getting secret warrants is badly flawed.

10/12/2019

USA

Nobel winner Suu Kyi to defend Myanmar at U.N. genocide hearing

Some 700,000 minority Rohingya fled to Bangladesh to escape what has been called an ethnic cleansing campaign involving mass rapes and killings.

10/12/2019

USA

6 dead after man opens fire in Czech hospital waiting room

Attacker shot at people's heads from close range, prime minister says.

10/12/2019

USA

Congress reaches deal on paid parental leave for government employees

If passed and signed into law, it would be the first major benefit expansion for federal workers since the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act, which provides 12 weeks of unpaid leave.

10/12/2019

Chile

Chile military plane missing with 38 on way to Antarctica

In a statement early Tuesday, the air force said the plane had not been heard from in more than seven hours and likely would have run out of fuel around 12:40 a.m.

10/12/2019

USA

New Zealand to open criminal probe of deaths in volcano eruption

All eight people missing after the eruption of Whakaari White Island, at least one of them an American, are presumed dead, authorities said.

10/12/2019

USA

Chilean Air Force plane to Antarctica crashes with 38 people aboard

The plane lost radio contact shortly after 6 p.m. Officals later said it had crashed.

10/12/2019

USA

Democrats to announce articles of impeachment on Tuesday

Announcement of the articles of impeachment would follow a marathon day of hearings on President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

10/12/2019

USA

The GOP's bottom-line Trump defense: Get over it

Analysis: Ultimately, most Republicans said Monday at the Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearing, they saw no evil and heard no evil — except when it came to Trump rival Joe Biden.

10/12/2019

USA

Trump to meet with Russian foreign minister at White House Tuesday

Sergei Lavrov's last meeting with the president came less than 24 hours after news of the firing of FBI Director James Comey, as questions swirled about Trump's relationship with Russia.

10/12/2019

USA

Man who inspired Ice Bucket Challenge dies aged 34

Pete Frates inspired the Ice Bucket Challenge, which raised more than $220 million towards researching motor neurone disease

09/12/2019

USA

Trump: IG report documents 'attempted overthrow' of government

The long-awaited report by the Justice Department's watchdog of the FBI's probe of his 2016 campaign, released Monday, rebutted Trump's regular depiction of a politically biased plot against him.

09/12/2019

USA

Barr condemns IG report's finding that FBI probe of Trump campaign was justified

The attorney general said the investigation was launched on the "thinnest of suspicions."

09/12/2019

USA

U.S. officials misled public on Afghan war, according to Washington Post

"We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan — we didn't know what we were doing," a senior American official is quoted as saying.

09/12/2019

USA

Read the full text: Justice Department watchdog report into origins of Russia probe

President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed the investigation was a politically-motivated plot to take him down. The report rebuts this argument.

09/12/2019

USA

Point of disorder: Angry Republicans, Democrats tangle in impeachment hearing

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz shouted at chair Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat, accusing him of trying to "overturn the results of an election with unelected people."

09/12/2019

USA

Internal Justice watchdog finds that Russia probe was justified, not biased against Trump

The long-awaited report by the Justice Department's watchdog contradicts President Trump's depiction of a politically biased plot against him.

09/12/2019

USA

The Democratic case for impeaching Trump, and the GOP case against it — the evidence, summarized

Democrats and Republicans used the only remaining scheduled public impeachment hearing to make their arguments.

09/12/2019

USA

Apple lands first Golden Globe nominations; Netflix leads field

Streaming services including Apple TV+, Netflix and Amazon Prime nets many of the nominations for both TV shows and films.

09/12/2019

USA

U.S.-Taliban talks resume, raising prospect of an end to America's longest war

A Western official told NBC News that Washington had "ambitious timelines" for the talks and was pushing to secure a deal by the end of December.

09/12/2019

USA

You are what you watch: How media consumption is driving impeachment divisions

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

09/12/2019

USA

34-year-old lawmaker set to become Finland's prime minister

Finland's ruling Social Democratic Party council voted to name Marin over rival Antti Lindtman to take over the government's top post.

09/12/2019

USA

Toxic rhetoric and violent threats: U.K. election revives dark past in Northern Ireland

The upcoming election has been called "one of the most toxic, divisive elections" Northern Ireland has seen in recent years.

09/12/2019

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"Very tasty!": Artist eats $120,000 banana at Art Base

A Georgian-born American performance artist ate a piece of artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan on exhibition at Perrotin stand in Art Basel in Miami Beach on Saturday (December 7).

09/12/2019

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Miss South Africa wins Miss Universe competition

South African Zozibini Tunzi took the Miss Universe crown on Sunday in Atlanta

09/12/2019

USA

Russia banned from international sporting events for 4 years over doping

The World Anti-Doping Agancy (WADA) said on Monday that Russia would not be able to officially compete in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo

09/12/2019