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Fresh court blow for Trump's revised ban

The president tweeted early Tuesday, "well, as predicted, the 9th Circuit did it again - Ruled against the TRAVEL BAN at such a unsafe time in the history of ou...

US AG to testify in public today over Russian Federation probe

Since then, lawmakers have raised questions about a possible third meeting at a Washington hotel, though the Justice Department has said that did not happen...

Eighth-grader from Arkansas eliminated at annual Scripps National Spelling Bee

Ben Lenger of Niwot, a seventh-grader at Sunset Middle School, knocked down the word "roseola", a childhood disease that causes a red rash. The contest fe...

Google, Facebook join cities in challenging Trump on climate

Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Monday that Virginia is joining the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition of states dedicated to upholding the Paris Climate Agre...

Britain's Brexit Minister says May not a 'dead woman walking'

Playing down the prospect of an immediate challenge to Mrs May's leadership, Brexit Minister David Davis - who has been touted as a contender to replace the p...

Fight breaks out at anti-Sharia protest

We're going to take a few minutes to talk about rallies happening today in dozens of cities across the country called the March Against Sharia . Left-wing co...

Fires Back ... Comey Lied and Leaked!

The globally awaited appearance by Comey, whom Trump also sacked, was not as explosive, or laced with new revelations, as some might have expected. The divide...

This is how Britain's election result impacts Indian foreign affairs

British newspapers summed it up in a word: Mayhem. Behind the scenes, members of her party were discussing whether to keep her - with some concluding that, so...

Qatar backs Kuwait mediation efforts over rift with Arab states

Mutlaq Al Qahtani said the Persian Gulf country hosted the Taliban at the "request of the U.S. government" and as part of Qatar's "open-door policy, to facilita...

Whiteville High grad, ECU signee MacKenzie Gore third pick in MLB Draft

Gore is represented by agent Scott Boras. Gore was one of seven players from the state to be selected on the opening day. "I think there were more people wh...

PM returns home after negotiating with Saudi King

Pakistan has also said it will not take part in any military action against a Muslim country. Later this week, the Foreign Secretary will hold talks with the ...

Megyn Kelly says important to 'shine a light' on Alex Jones

Those who disagree with Kelly's decision, for instance, include parents and families of victims of the Sandy Hook elementary shooting in 2012. Infowars wa...

Merkel assumes United Kingdom will stick to original Brexit plans

Davidson is one of the potential successors to May if she does step down as party leader, though former London Mayor Boris Johnson, foreign secretary in May's...

Emotional Nadal ahead of 10th French Open trophy

At one point during the match his frustration got the better of him and he broke his racket over his knee. "I am really happy to win here". Wawrinka , who ...

May working to fill out ranks of minority government after disappointing election

Some parliamentarians in both the Conservative and Labour parties want to remain in the EU. The party said Saturday that Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill hav...

Damian Green appointed First Secretary of State in Cabinet reshuffle

Former housing minister Gavin Barwell was appointed as Theresa May's new chief of staff at the weekend, having lost his parliamentary seat at the election. Fo...

What 6 Bill Cosby Accusers Have Said About Andrea Constand

Feden said that Constand stopped calling Cosby after leaving her job at Temple. Agrusa contended that the advances Cosby made on Constand on two occasions...

Gulf air embargo only applies to Qatar companies: UAE

The US ambassador to Qatar said Tuesday she is leaving her post in Doha , in the midst of the worst diplomatic crisis involving America's Gulf allies in year...

U.S. leaves G-7 peers to talk among themselves on Paris accord

PRESIDENT Donald Trump's plan to withdraw the United States of America from the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change is a setback for the efforts of...

Brexit minister Davis says United Kingdom could still walk away with no deal

May, who had campaigned against Brexit last year but took over the Conservative party after David Cameron lost last June's Brexit referendum, delivered her te...

Attorney General Sessions next up for Capitol Hill scrutiny

Al Jazeera's Kimberly Halkett reports from Washington, DC. "Never before has a president acted with such disregard for this constitutional prescription", the ...

Ramadan toll shows Islamic State in pitched recruiting race

Tensions grew further after Iran , by leveraging its ties with Iraq's Shi'ites, has emerged as the main power broker in Iraq after the United States withdrew i...

Two Georgia Prison Guards Killed

The vehicle is a 2004 Honda Civic four-door with a Georgia license plate of RBJ660. "I can confirm that we are now looking for two white males in a dark green...

NSA calls for Gove to get behind British sheep farming - and quickly

Greg Clark holds on to his job as secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy and David Gauke takes over as work and pensions minister....

Second federal appeals court refuses to revive travel ban

Unlike the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which shot down the President's revised travel ban on constitutional grounds last month, the Ninth Circuit was per...

First woman detained in Singapore for "radicalisation"

She was allegedly looking for a Salafi or Islamic State group supporter "to marry and settle down with". The ministry declined to say how authorities came to ...

Attorney General Session next up for Capitol Hill scrutiny

Senate Intelligence Committee Republicans largely provided the president cover during the widely watched hearing, and Republican members are continuing work on...

Support World Blood Donor Day

World Blood Donor day is on Wednesday with this year theme being "Give Blood, Give Now, and Give Often". It also focuses on the need for regular blood donation...

UK's May Faces Pressure to Soften Brexit Approach

British MPs, who are by tradition not named at such meetings, told reporters that there were no dissenting voices and that the party had no appetite for a leade...

Powerful Crusaders to face Lions

Wales hooker Ken Owens and scrum-half Rhys Webb will be on the bench against Crusaders , who top the Super Rugby table and haven't been beaten domestically t...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan: Cancel Trump's State Visit to the UK

Trump has drawn harsh criticism for taking a dig at Khan in the aftermath of Saturday's attack, and May's remarks add strength to the argument that he crossed ...

Britain's May apologises to own MPs for election 'mess'

Other Tories , while avoiding such brutal assessments, were more forthright in predicting that the prime minister is unlikely to lead the Conservative Party ...

Election debacle leaves United Kingdom government in a minority

Senior Conservatives, however, suggested that she would have no choice but to modify her proposals if she is to stand any chance of getting them through the H...

Four lines of possible questions for Attorney General Sessions

His testimony follows fired FBI Director James Comey's riveting session before the same Senate panel last week . But some of the diplomats who met with Ses...

Warriors capture their second National Basketball Association title in three years

The Warriors , who beat Cleveland in the 2015 Finals only to lose to them previous year after squandering a 3-1 series lead, went a record-setting 15-1 in the ...