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Former North Carolina police chief detained at JFK airport

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Plane crashes in South Sudan with dozens aboard

He said: "The weather is not good". A Juba radio station said at least nine people were pulled from the plane alive. Paul Charles, an engineer at the airport,...

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One of Merkel's main goals while here will be making the case for the German auto industry. US officials are investigating Russia's attempts to influence the No...

Auburn University board selects new president

Gogue has been president of Auburn University since 2007. Iowa State University's website indicates Leath became president of the university in January of 2...

Hindu 'radical' nominated chief minister of India's most populous state

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Federal Bureau of Investigation director expected to undercut Trump claims of wiretapping

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Brexit process to be formally triggered on March 29

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After Yogi takes oath as UP CM, Oppn tears into BJP

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The report, prepared by the SDSN and the Earth Institute at Columbia University, was released in conjunction with UN World Happiness Day on March 20th. "It's ti...

Japan, Russia hold 1st joint economic activities talks

The foreign and defense ministers from Japan and Russian Federation met in Tokyo on Monday, with both sides expressing hope that discussions on joint develo...

Appointing 'extremist' Yogi not in favour of nation: Congress

Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu while announcing the name of Yogi Adityanath as UP Chief Minister, said that the new BJP led gov...

Netanyahu's rift with FM fuels talk of early Israeli election

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told China's premier that he wants to boost the two countries' co-operation over advanced technology. Even withi...

New Wi-Fi system to offer super-fast connectivity

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Ahead of CeBit visit, Merkel calls for rules over data ownership

In a time when everything is becoming more connected, we want to connect our societies and cooperate with each other fairly. Merkel vowed to be a driving forc...

Germany threatens Turkish politicians with ban on public appearance

The Turkey-EU row has escalated notably after the Netherlands and Germany blocked Turkish ministers from holding rallies in their countries, ahead of the April ...

Britain to trigger Brexit process on 29 March

That letter next Wednesday will start the clock ticking on a two-year countdown to Brexit and allow negotiations to start between London and Brussels in the com...

North Korea tests new rocket engine, state media report

North Korea has tested a powerful new rocket engine, state media said Sunday, with leader Kim Jong-un hailing the successful test as a "new birth" for the nat...

House Intel Chair: Trump Administration Documents Don't Back Up Wiretap Claim

Nunes and Schiff were among a number of lawmakers who said on Sunday's news shows they had seen no evidence that the Obama administration ordered wiretaps on Tr...

Education Budget Cuts, Student Aid Problems And More

Baker said proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health, whose staff would be reduced 20 percent and its budget cut $5.8 billion to $25.9 billion, are...

UP's new CM to be sworn in on March 19

The much-awaited name of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh might be announced on Saturday when the newly-elected BJP MLAs meet in Lucknow to elect the legislatu...

Duterte visit aims to bolster ties

With the Philippines as chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) this year, Duterte's Myanmar visit also "symbolizes the Philippines' comm...

US Republicans working on Medicaid, tax credit changes: Ryan

Courtesy of the Office of the President (NEW YORK) - Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price acknowledged that passing the White House backed health care ...

North Korea rocket test a meaningful progress: South Korea

Trump said administration officials had meetings during at his resort about North Korea , among other issues. The North's last ground test of a high-powered ...

North Korean leader acting very badly: Donald Trump

He said Xi and US President Donald Trump must have more talks as he assured that the president of the free world recognised "very high value" on interactions wi...

G-20 Finance Ministers Abandon Free Trade Sentiment

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pushed for the G20 to abandon last year's pledge to "avoid all forms of protectionism ". Group of 20 nations said in...

President Trump's approval rating sinks lower than Barack Obama's ever was

His plummeting numbers come as the GOP seeks to push through the proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare. It also co...

Kim Jong-Un declares 'new birth' in North Korea's rocket program

While he did not refer specifically to the rocket-engine test, he said Kim Jong-un was "acting very, very badly". "The Korean People's Army will reduce the ba...

First day of spring could bring showers, thunderstorms

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'Missing' Indian clerics return from Pakistan

Syed Asif Ali Nizami and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami, both clerics of Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, landed at the airport on Monday morning and went home. h...

Philippine House Speaker weighs impeaching VP for criticising war on drugs

Alvarez said Robredo's video message constitutes a "betrayal of public trust", a view shared also by Solicitor General Jose Calida. Alvarez claimed the Vice P...

Nawaz Sharif orders immediate reopening of Pak-Afghan border

The Torkham and Chaman crossings are major arteries for $1.5bn in trade and commerce between the two neighbours. Pakistan's powerful military as well as the c...

Twenty teenagers die in Ghana waterfall accident

Several others are feared trapped and personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service and the Police have arrived at the scene to rescue the victims. Anaglate ...

Trump files notice of appeal on Maryland ruling on travel ban

Just hours before the travel ban was scheduled to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. this morning, the court issued a ruling blocking the operative provisions of the ...

Egg balancing to mark spring equinox today

Enjoy the magical vernal equinox! Vernal equinox , or March equinox, marks the first day of the spring in the Northern Hemisphere on Monday, March 20 . Th...

Indo-Pak Indus Water Commission conference to today begin in

Monday's meeting is the 113th session of the Permanent Indus Waters Commission which was established in 1960. Addressing the media, Asif said that the talks w...