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Theresa May regretting election call now, Nicola Sturgeon claims

Survation polled 1,001 Scots by phone. Sturgeon says this justifies her argument that Scotland needs to stage a new independence referendum, although the fi...

Rothfus refuses to explain his vote on health care

He said for West Virginia specifically, the cost for Medicaid expansion would double in just one year after the AHCA's provisions related to expansion take effe...

UAE Threatens Qatar with Economic Embargo

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Japan enacts law for Emperor Akihito, 83, to abdicate

Under the law enacted Friday, his abdication must take place within three years. The soft-spoken emperor, the first Japanese emperor who was never considered ...

London Bridge terrorist Youssef Zaghba's mother 'feels pain' of son's victims

Although he did not say anything particular, I felt it in his voice. The CCTV footage shows the three terrorists - Pakistan- born Khurram Shazad Butt, Morocca...

Comey to Testify on Conversations With Trump

Mr Comey testified that he was "stunned" the president was asking him to drop an investigation and, in retrospect, he probably should have been more firm with...

Qatar's foreign minister says country 'not ready to surrender'

Schaefer told reporters German diplomats were in touch with the state department and security council officials to clarify the USA stance. Ankara, which has...

Looking Mainly At Fundamentals: GGP Inc. (GGP), Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)

Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Occidental Petroleum by 1.9% in the first quarter. Cim Investment Mangement Inc. raised its position in share...

Lawyers file new motion to stay execution

Robert Bryant Melson , 46, is set to undergo execution by lethal injection at a southern Alabama prison Thursday evening, the Daily Mail reported. State pro...

Arab countries break ties with Qatar

The statement said restrictions that Persian Gulf neighbors have imposed on Qatari movements in and out of the region "have not impacted our air operations", in...

Pound Slumps as UK Exit Polls Predict Hung Parliament

Exit polls in British general elections have a history of accuracy, but have been off in the past by as much as 15 seats. Early results were in line with ...

Qataris banned from boarding flights to UAE: Etihad

Qatar has denied the charges levelled at it. The countries that have cut ties with Qatar include Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Egypt...

Iran calls Trump's reaction to ISIS attacks "repugnant"

A statement issued on Wednesday evening stopped short of alleging direct Saudi involvement but called it "meaningful" that the attacks followed Mr Trump's visit...

Charities, spiritual leaders with alleged Qatari links added to Arab terrorism lists

Qatar's only land border, with Saudi Arabia , across which most of its imports including food come, is closed. Western officials long have accused Qatar's go...

Greitens promises to undo St. Louis anti-discrimination ordinance

In his proclamation , Greitens called on legislators to pre-empt local governments from enacting laws that adversely affect legal rights of individuals based o...

Ex-deputy PM Nick Clegg loses seat in United Kingdom election

I have never retreated from the political battlefield. "He will be a big loss to us and to parliament because of his expertise and understanding of European iss...

N. Korea Testing Missiles Displayed at Parade

It also said it has reported the missile launches to President Moon Jae-in's office. The missiles flew about 200 km into North Korea's eastern waters. "We are...

Militants Holding Out in Philippine Town Face 'Paralyzed' Logistics: Army

A joint group of police and military forces on foot patrol in a house-to-house search as part of clearing operations in different sections of Marawi City. "The ...

Mark McGhee: Victory over England would be up there with Scotland's greatest

Mulgrew missed the Wembley defeat in November through injury but returned for the victory over Slovenia in March and is set to start in central defence. Scotlan...

Madhya Pradesh Violence: Rahul Gandhi detained near Neemuch border, released

The first casualties of that turmoil were Mandsaur District Collector Swatantra Kumar Singh and Superintendent of Police OP Tripathi. India's agricultural sec...

British pound shaken as exit polls show Conservatives losing majority

Indeed it's fair to say markets had been a little complacent about this result. "We might see a softening of the stance in response to this election result", ...

Chad recalls ambassador from Qatar amid Gulf Arab row

The dispute, over Saudi and UAE charges that Doha supports terrorism, triggered outflows of capital from Qatar which, if they persist, could eventually make i...

Exit poll predicts SNP will lose about 20 seats in Scotland

John Swinney , Scotland's education secretary and a former leader of the SNP, said that the Scottish parliament had already backed a second referendum and that ...

Qatar is escalating diplomatic row: UAE minister Gargash

A declaration of war. "The request for political protection from two non-Arab countries and military protection from one of them could be a new tragic and com...

Comey callout of Trump lies hurts dealmaking hopes

And Mr. Comey said the Obama administration tried to shape the tone of his criminal investigation into 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton,...

Intelligence chiefs won't say if Trump asked them to downplay Russian Federation probe

When asked by Republican Sen. CNN previously reported , citing multiple current and former USA officials, that Trump asked Coats and Rogers to publicly deny ...

London's Mayor Wants To Cancel Trump's State Visit To The UK

Ever since Mr Trump came into power, he and Mr Khan have had a bitter relationship as the U.S. president and his family has never left alone the chance to put...

Gulf states squeeze Qatar as US, Kuwait probe for solution to row

Qatar strongly denies the allegations and has expressed a willingness to engage in talks. Qatar said Thursday it will not "surrender" and rejected any inter...

Vladimir Putin Blames Bad Days On Menstruation And Being A Woman

In the third clip, published Tuesday by Showtime , Stone claimed he had credible information that the Russian leader survived at least five assassination attem...

Trump weighs in on Gulf diplomatic rift

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, in a phone call that crisis situations should be solved by political and di...

In to publish UP Board result 2017 class 10, 12 today

Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) will announce the results for Class X and Class XII Intermediate Exams on 9 June, 2017 at 12.30 pm. In 2016, ...

House Democrats Warn Trump on Blocking Comey's Testimony

Trump has dismissed allegations of collusion and the US intelligence community's assessment that Putin ordered an influence campaign aimed at disrupting the No...

Darjeeling burns: GJMM protests turn violent during Mamata visit. Army deployed

The situation was such that it seemed for a while that the Chief Minister and her Cabinet was in a genuine security crisis. The army had been called out for t...

Trump's lawyer accuses Comey of perjury

Comey was answering a question about why the Federal Bureau of Investigation was confident that Sessions would recuse himself from investigating the relationshi...

Kerala government to reopen bars in three and four-star hotels

The United Democratic Front (UDF) government had allowed the sale of hard liquor only in 5-star hotels and state-run Bevco outlets. The government approved re...