Lindsey Graham has admitted blocking a Senate resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide because he was afraid about upsetting Erdogan while he was still in Washington.

Controversy erupted at the White House on Monday after officials had to issue a correction regarding the gender of Conan, the hero dog who helped run down terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Conan 'is in fact a GIRL,' according to a Defense Department official Tuesday, just a day after the most recent word out of the White House was that Conan was as male as his masculine name.

President Donald Trump defended his relationship with Turkey at NATO meetings Tuesday following its invasion of northern Syria,

From an emotional Theresa May announcing her resignation to damage caused by Storm Dorian in the Bahamas, AFP has published a selection of its best and most poignant photos of the year.

A man and a woman have been arrested in Dover, Kent, on suspicion of terror offences relating to Syria. Police said the arrests were not linked to the London Bridge terror attack last month.

Daniel Macleod, 36, of Crawley, claims that he lashed out in self-defence after he managed to disarm Mr Deghayes (pictured) who had come at him wielding a knife.

Bouthaina Shaaban, Assad's top adviser, has said that US President Donald Trump's plans to expand military operations in the country to acquire oil was like 'talking about stealing it'.

Prime Minister Erna Solberg came in for immediate criticism after agreeing to the repatriation of the 29-year-old woman so her seriously ill five-year-old son could receive medical treatment.

Somalia, South Sudan and Syria have been ranked as the world's most corrupt nations in Transparency International's annual Corruption Perceptions Index report released on Thursday.

The Duchess of Cambridge, 38, met Syrian filmmaker Waad al Kateab at the BAFTAs on Sunday, and told her how moved she was by her documentary For Sama, The Mirror reports.

Camila Cabello took some time on her birthday on Tuesday to think about those a lot less fortunate than her - namely, the youth of Syria.

Superstar songstress Camila Cabello celebrated her 23rd birthday on Tuesday with a glittering bash in Blackpool in Lancashire.

The event destroyed a village found in the Abu Hureyra dig site in Syria and splattered fragments of molten glass 'hot enough to melt cars' to the ground.

Hassan Akkad, who fled to the UK after he was imprisoned and tortured in Syria, is working at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London after deciding he had to do something to help.

Counter terrorism police have arrested a man suspected of travelling to Syria to engage in 'hostile activities'. 

The Germany international, who is of Turkish descent, made the generous donation to provide food and aid for 16,000 Muslims throughout the holy month.

Motorists will still be offered a discounted early payment fine within the first 14 days of receiving the Penalty Charge Notice (PCN), but that will also increase from £65 to £80 under the new rules.

Almost 70,000 motorists were caught out by the traffic-calming measure designed to stop rat runs in the London suburb of Surbiton.

The man's screams of agony can be heard as people line up to witness the incident. Police and London underground staff members worked to free the young man from the Covent Garden barriers.

Police are investigating a hate crime after a commuter on the Tube was filmed hurling racist abuse at another passenger.

A tube worker accused of 'celebrating colonialism' by singer Lily Allen after a controversial notice board post defended his actions, describing the Rourke's Drift as 'an important day in military history'.

University College London researchers have mapped the 10 loudest journeys on the network in zones one and two, with the Victoria line shown to be the worst offender.

Fellow rush hour commuters at Notting Hill Gate reported hearing the woman yelling 'help me' after ending up under the carriage. The London station has been closed after the incident.

Caroline Murphy, 40, drank a 'bottle or two of wine' after attending a TfL buffet and made her way to Westminster underground station in October 2016 when she was told she was too drunk to travel.

In September 2016, I sold my car. During the journey to drop it off, I unknowingly drove into the London Congestion Charge zone. I'd never driven in London before and got terribly lost.

There is currently no service between South Kensington and Ealing Broadway / Richmond/ Wimbledon and between Earl's Court and Edgware Road.

The incident happened on the Tube at Mansion House station at 7.30am. Passengers were ordered off the westbound train and it has sparked major delays on the Circle and District line. File photo.

A couple, believed to be Asian, were chatting amongst themselves in a foreign language on a train from Stratford to Romford, east London. The man flipped out at them because he 'felt paranoid'.

Dog lovers and owners across London have taken to Instagram to record the lives of the canine commuters who brighten up their journeys under the hashtags #mindthedogs and #dogsonthetube

A judge was satisfied that Ahmed Hassan lied about his age to remain in the UK. He was convicted of attempting to kill 93 commuters with a homemade bomb at Parsons Green station.

Gemma Broxup, from London, took to social media on Tuesday after 5-year-old Sophia lost her favourite stuffed rabbit on London's underground system, and her plea quickly went viral.

Security minister Ben Wallace confirmed there was an ongoing purge to rid the system of would-be extremists who 'pose a risk to London and its transport network'.

Piers Morgan (pictured) told the singer to 'stick a cork in it' after he claimed there was a 'cover up' over the incident in central London, despite police insisting today that there were no gunshots fired.

A woman had to be rescued after she got her fingers caught in the door of a brand new Elizabeth Line train in east London. The passenger was forced to stay on board the train for three stops.

A sex attacker - caught on CCTV wearing a puffer jacket and black flat cap - is being hunted by police after he grabbed his first victim from behind during morning rush hour in east London.

The offensive message was written on a whiteboard at Blackhorse Road tube station in North London on Saturday. Baker Michael Hawkes spotted it and shared it on Twitter.

The body of the man, who is believed to have been 47, was 'run over up to 300 times' after staff who went to investigate the tunnel between Holborn and Russel Square 'mistook it for a fox'.

A leading industrialist cheated death after he was allegedly pushed in front of a train by another man. Sir Robert Malpas, 90, was left lying on the tracks after the apparently unprovoked attack.

A witness began recording the vile race rant when a suited passenger, who admitted he had previously been drinking, began ranting a foreign man for drinking a beer on the train to Essex from London.

More than half of the Tube's 270 stations are above ground, with only the Victoria and Waterloo & City lines wholly underground. This design uses a grey overlay for sections underground.

Shocking footage shows the Transport for London worker (pictured) threatening the other man, who is sat in a van, as they shout at each other on a busy main road in the capital.

An investigation by motoring title Honest John found that TfL is using a clause created in 2003 to chase owners of vehicles, rather than their drivers, for payment of fines relating to traffic offences.

Travellers posted photographs today purporting to show a 35-minute wait for trains to Walthamstow as services went down in London due to a signal failure at Seven Sisters.

Many commuters could travel faster by donkey than if they take the number 15H bus that runs between Tower Hill and Trafalgar Square via Fleet Street in London.

The three bodies were found close to Loughborough Junction near Brixton shortly after 7.30am today and sources claim paint canisters were found nearby.

Franklin Azolukwam, 36, from north London, lost his job with bookmaker Betfred when he was seized by immigration officials last July and told the Home Office had no record record of him

Armed police swooped on the Underground station at Charing Cross in central London after a man, 38, later detained under the Mental Health Act, made a bomb threat as he ran onto Northern Line tracks.

The US president's time in the capital on July 13 is set to cause chaos above ground because of security fears.

Blogger Anna Whitehouse - aka Mother Pukka - took to London's Underground network wearing a fake bump as part of a social experiment on Brits' attitudes towards pregnant women.