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Obama's cash payment to Iran was illegal

The Wall Street Journal reports that John Carlin and several other senior officials objected to the payment of $400 million to Iran at the same time that the O...

Erdogan Visits Putin, Seeks to Mend Broken Ties With Russia

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg, the first face-to-face contact between the pair since t...

Vladimir Putin fires chief of staff Sergei Ivanov

Ivanov said he had asked Putin to move him on from the post after four years and that he had done the job for four years and eight months. Ivanov also lost hi...

Judge OKs deal softening Texas voter ID law for November

Texans without a photo ID will be able to cast ballots by showing bank statements, utility bills and other forms of identification, U.S. District Judge Nelva Go...

Attorney: Avery cheered by ruling for nephew

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JetBlue turbulence puts 24 in hospital

This story has been corrected to show the plane was carrying 146 not 145 passengers , based on new information from the airline. "People were flying out of t...

Clinton knocks 'outlandish Trumpian ideas' in policy speech

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Uber, GrabCar to be legalised soon in Malaysia

SPAD is in charge of planning, regulation and enforcement of public transportation on land in peninsular Malaysia, which excludes the Malaysian states of Sabah ...

Hillary Clinton blasts Donald Trump's self-serving economic plan

Clinton is trying to taking advantage of the turmoil in the Trump campaign, pitching herself to independents and moderate Republicans, and building on her momen...

Hillary Clinton releases 2015 tax return - and puts pressure on Donald Trump

The Democratic presidential nominee and her husband, former President Bill Clinton , paid $3.24 million in taxes out of their adjusted gross income of $10.6 ...

LeBron James praises Simone Manuel on winning Olympic gold

Maritza Correia was the first black woman to be a member of the USA swim team, winning a Silver medal with her team in the 400-meter freestyle relay at the 200...

Malaysia's economy grows 4.0 pct y/y in Q2 as slowdown drags on

Prime Minister Najib Razak continues to face graft allegations related to 1MDB, a focus of lawsuits filed by US prosecutors seeking to seize $1 billion in Ameri...

Kliff Kingsbury says Texas Tech rich in talent this season

The Red Raiders lone non conference road tilt is at Richmond (Dec. 17), a return game from Tech's 85-70 victory last season in Lubbock. "We're working towards...

Trump in Pa. on ISIS Remarks: 'Not That Sarcastic'

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll shows Clinton widening her lead in four key swing states, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Colorado, with ...

KP police arrest female gang involved in kidnapping, selling newborn children

Allegedly, the gang members used to hand over dead babies to parents, with the help of hospital insiders and sell the newborn babies to buyers. Meanwhile, they ...

Trump calls ISIS founding claims "sarcasm"

The state's large Mormon population has voiced serious skepticism about Trump, though the state's GOP governor has endorsed him. "They [the Iraqi Shiite-led g...

4 more humanitarian corridors to be opened in Aleppo - Russian military

Russia , a key ally of the Syrian regime in the five-year war, announced on Thursday, several corridors for civilians and surrendering fighters to leave the nor...

Hillary Clinton releases 2015 tax returns; putting pressure on Donald Trump

If you believe that he's as wealthy as he says, that alone would save the Trump family $ 4 billion . Clinton praised the company that hosted her for bei...

Torrential Rains in Skopje Kill 21, Six Missing

Municipal authorities urged people to avoid going out in the streets, and especially to heep out of their vehicles, with several roads in the capital still floo...

Consultant: I conspired with attorney general to frame aide

They chose to blame it on Adrian King, Kane's former top deputy. Her driver, Patrick "Rocco" Reese, was convicted of contempt of court previous year after a j...

Judge overturns conviction of nephew in 'Making a Murderer'

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Bullet strikes stable at Olympic equestrian center in Rio

However, the explanation of the two separate shootings were hardly reassuring (emphasis ours). A member of the Brazilian National Force holds the first bullet...

Vikings' Zimmer right at home in practices with Bengals

But even one play against Brown could be too much for Slay. It's Day 2 of joint practices between the Vikings and Bengals and The MMQB's Peter King walked o...

McDonald's urged to serve up global antibiotics ban

A new online campaign has urged fast food giant McDonald's to impose a global ban on products from animals treated with antibiotics. Charity ShareAction, whic...

Leslie Jones Meets Olympians Simone Biles and Aly Raisman in Rio

She was ready to have fun. Her win on Thursday was the most dominant in global gymnastics in the open scoring era (since 2006). So much for the pressure get...

Heavy rain, street flooding causes rescues, school closings

The Tickfaw River, just south of the MS state line in Liverpool, Louisiana, was already at the highest level ever recorded at 9 a.m. Friday. She says one woman ...

World Vision questions Hamas aid theft claims

Worldwide aid charity World Vision said it is "shocked" by alleged links of its manager of operations in Gaza to the Palestinian organisation Hamas. Companies...

Clinton widens gap over Trump in presidential race

The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll conducted July 31-Aug. "The unfavorable ratings for the major party candidates we show here are nearly unprecedented...

Aly Raisman Executes Near-Perfect Beam Routine in All-Around Final

The scoreboard added an exclamation point. On Thursday, gymnast Simone Biles - arguably the best Olympic gymnast ever - took home the gold medal for the indiv...

US citizen killed, Israeli among injured in London stabbing attack

Instead, police say the attack was likely triggered by mental health issues. "At this stage we should keep an open mind regarding motive and consequently ter...

Perseid meteor shower lights up the sky

Peaking during the pre-dawn hours, the Perseid Meteor Shower should make for great viewing every night this week. Consequently, Earth will be situated more in t...

Billionaire posts $5K reward for NY ice cream thieves

The biggest single theft was around 100 to 125 tubs worth US$700-800, with stores in Manhattan the hardest hit, he said. The reward comes with NY in the grip ...

Donald Trump changes mind, decides to endorse Paul Ryan and John McCain

John McCain and New Hampshire Sen. House Republican Richard Hanna of NY said it was "not enough to simply denounce his (Trump's) comments", and said he wou...

Census 2016: ABS website crashes in #censusfail

Kalisch told the ABC this morning that the website was shut down after 7:30pm to ensure the integrity of the data, claiming it was hit by four denial-of-servi...

Woman accidentally shot dead in police training exercise

Sue Paquin, a photographer covering the event for the Charlotte Sun , told the Fort Myers News-Press the officer, who was playing the "bad guy", fired at Kno...