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Trump Confirms He's Under Investigation, Blames Unnamed Person

The furious early morning barrage of tweets - his second in as many days - came as the special counsel investigating Russia's influence over his election pi...

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Cindy's wind speed remained at maximum sustained winds of 50 miles (85 km) per hour, down from 60 miles (95 km) per hour on Tuesday , and the storm center was ...

North Korean officials troubled by Warmbier death

When President Xi visited President Trump at Mar-a-lago earlier this year, Trump leaned on China to put more pressure on North Korea. US and Chinese diplo...

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Divided Puerto Ricans vote on whether to become USA state

Justice Department told The Associated Press that the agency has not reviewed or approved the ballot's language. The referendum isn't enough to make Puerto ...

Australia to resume air strikes in Syria after Russia threat

On Wednesday, Binskin told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that, as publicly-accessible ADF reports have shown, recent Australian air strikes ha...

Duke of Edinburgh admitted to hospital as 'precautionary measure'

Philip was admitted as a precautionary measure on Tuesday night, on the advice of a doctor, after falling ill with an infection arising from a pre-existing cond...

Historic Triangle picks Gillespie, Northam in gubernatorial primary

GOP voter Don Shanklin showed that support by casting a ballot for Trump's former Virginia campaign manager Corey Stewart for governor. Perriello has gai...

Indonesian police: 4 foreign inmates escape from Bali prison

It is believed the four inmates escaped by using an old drain which was installed in the prison in the early 1990s. Davidson has gained infamy after escapi...

English cardinal after mosque attack: 'Repudiate hatred and violence'

In a statement, the family said: "We are massively shocked; it's unbelievable, it still hasn't really sunk in". Christine also expressed her sympathy for the ...

Presidential election 2017: Quick facts about Meira Kumar

Minutes after the Congress-led Opposition declared that former speaker Meira Kumar would be their Presidential candidate, Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)...

London fire: Tests show 'combustible' cladding

Cllr Rodwell added: "Needless to say we need to hear what the experts say and we'll be following any advice given to ensure our blocks are as safe as possible"....

Altice Boosts IPO Offering By 37% To Raise Up To $2 Billion

Altice USA has priced its IPO near the high end of the indicated range , at Dollars 30 per share. Altice USA, led by CEO Dexter Goei , serves approximately...

Sheriff: Urinating man at train stop had weapons

Los Angeles Sheriff department transit deputies show a cache of illegal arms found on a suspect's duffle bag after arresting him for urinating in public, during...

Tehran Security Increased After Attacks By 'IS Recruits From Iran'

In August 2016, the five gunmen had returned to Iran for a terrorist operation under the command of Abu Aysheh, a ranking commander of IS, with the objective ...

Senate GOP health bill would reshape Obama law

Some Republican senators are protesting that Senate GOP leadership's plan to vote next week on a healthcare bill lawmakers and the public haven't seen yet i...

Taliban attack kills five Afghan police, injures 15

Najib Danish, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, confirmed the attack in Gardez, the provincial capital. Zabihullah Mujahed, a spokesman for the grou...

Trump checks out agriculture tech in Iowa

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Trump takes U-turn, says we have great relationship with China

Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, was accused of trying to steal a propaganda banner while visiting with a tour group and was convicted of subversion....

'Adventurous Young Man': Family Remembers Local Sailor Killed in USS Fitzgerald Collision

The Navy said that the incident was under investigation. Volunteers have rushed to help the remaining crew members, after the ship limped back to port in Yoko...

Qatar signs pact with U.S. to buy F-15 jets

Despite being shunned by U.S. President Donald Trump and its Gulf neighbors, Qatar has just signed a massive new arms deal with Washington. According to ...

Dead as Cindy Makes Landfall Along Gulf Coast

At 1 p.m. CDT Wednesday, TS Cindy was about 160 miles southeast of Galveston, TX, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, moving to the northwest at 9 mph, acco...

Saudi king upends royal succession, son named heir

The crown prince promised to change Saudi regressive social policies, particularly those impacting on women, but nothing has changed so far due to oppositio...

The official Brexit negotiations have begun

There's a long way to go but we're off to a promising start. The Brexit talks were finally launched at the European Commission's headquarters in Brussels ...

North Korea urged to release captives after student's death

In an apparent attempt to smooth tensions, Mattis said that China and the US have the same end goals in mind when it comes to North Korea. During the news c...

5 takeaways from the new United Nations report on refugees

About 22.5 million people are seeking safety across global borders as refugees , which is the highest number recorded since the UNHCR's founding in 1950 fol...

In Iraq's Mosul, Islamic State group destroys iconic mosque

ISIS claimed in a statement issued by its mouthpiece Amaq news agency that "a U.S. aircraft has destroyed the mosque", although the terrorist militants ha...

Thousands of Muslims attend funeral of Nabra Hassanen in US

Though police maintain that the girl's death was not the result of a hate crime, the burning of her memorial seems to indicate that the town is harboring a grea...

Emmanuel Macron's party set for big French election win

The Socialists and their centre-left allies took only 9.7 per cent of the vote and are likely to take 15-25 seats, down from their majority of 292 in the last p...

Senate GOP Says Leaders Took Over Writing Health Care Bill

As ThinkProgress reports, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) asked Price, "Have you or anyone in your department seen what the Senate Republicans are working on in te...

Opposition split wide open, JD-U to back Kovind

Ms Kumar met Congress president Sonia Gandhi late on Wednesday evening, after a day of hectic consultations within the Congress as well as within the Opposition...

US Shoots Down Pro-Syrian Drone

Syrian government forces and their allies on Wednesday seized an area southeast of Damascus towards the Jordanian and Iraqi borders, an area where US troops are...