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Rajasthan: Heavy voter turnout in bypolls, anti-incumbency to favour Congress

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No US-Taliban talks 'right now'

According to a meeting of Taliban's Qatar delegation and Pakistan officials in Islamabad this month, the Taliban had agreed to come to the table to initiate t...

Cecile Richards Will Step Down as President of Planned Parenthood

Before joining Planned Parenthood, she was a union organizer and deputy chief of staff to U.S. Rep. "As an organizer, activist, and leader, Cecile has helped ...

Trump rejects idea of talks with Taliban after Afghan blasts

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UFC on FOX 27 Drew Live Attendance Over 10200 People

At peak, the show brought in 1,593,000 viewers which fell nearly 50,000 short of the previous record-holder, which featured Chris Weidman's third-round submissi...

Man dies after being sucked into MRI machine in freak accident

As attendants tried furiously to free him, Maru inhaled lethal amounts of liquid oxygen that had begun leaking from the canister he'd been holding, according to...

House Intel Committee Votes To Release Spy Memo

According to CNN , because of a committee rule that has never been invoked, Trump now has five days to decide whether to allow the move to release the memo pu...

Another House Republican Retires, Creating Pickup Opportunity for Democrats

But Trump's popularity has been on the decline, and the Republican tax overhaul passed at the end of past year also is polling poorly in New Jersey in part beca...

Dear Joe Kennedy, whatever you do, don't mess this up

He's the great-nephew of JFK and the late Sen. Speaking to reporters at the White House , Trump said he'll talk about what he touted as "great success" of ...

Russia, China pose no military threat to Australia - top diplomat

Australia has unveiled an ambitious plan to become one of the world's largest arms exporters within a decade, under a controversial strategy announced by the na...

Nagaland parties not to contest Assembly polls till resolution of peace deal

In an unprecedented move, all political parties in Nagaland, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have decided not to take part in the upcoming Assemb...

Month Abortion Ban Bill Fails to Pass Senate

Why 20 weeks? Fetuses can feel pain and can survive a premature birth at five months of development. Democrats slammed Republican leadership on Monday ...

DHS plans tougher screening for refugees from 11 countries

The department also said it will administer the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program in a "more risk-based manner" when considering the refugee admissions ceiling, r...

BJP trying to bypass legislative scrutiny on triple talaq bill, says Congress

To a question about the demands of various parties during the last session that the bill be referred to a select committee, he said it was now the property of t...

Russian fighter flies 5 feet from United States plane over Black Sea: Navy

The US Navy released a contrasting account of the intercept, which it said lasted 2 hours 40 minutes. In November , a Russian fighter crossed within 50 feet...

NAFTA talks could run into next year over demands from White House

Lighthizer is clearly not happy with Canadian proposals aimed at breaking a logjam on autos , and he accused Canada of mounting a "massive attack" on its tradi...

Trump urges release of Russian Federation memo

If the committee votes in favor of releasing the memo, it could spark a showdown between Trump and his Justice Department . If a majority of the House Intell...

Europe to Trump: If You Want a Trade War, You'll Get One

The European Union said it will hit back "swiftly and appropriately" if US President Donald Trump restricts its imports. This "may morph into something very b...

Kabul Defense University attacked, fighting still on

It is the fourth large attack in Kabul in only a month and comes just two days after a massive Taliban bombing in central Kabul killed more than 1...

Irish PM to campaign to ease abortion laws in referendum

On Saturday, the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he would campaign to liberalise the abortion laws. Terminations are now only allowed when the life of the mother ...

Kendrick Lamar Opens Grammys With Powerful Performance

Rapper Kendrick Lamar and pop superstar Lady Gaga opened the Grammy Awards (Jan 29 morning, Singapore) with immediate if understated political touches. "We ...

King holds talks with German president

Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday reaffirmed his country's support for a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem , highlighting marked differences with US Pres...

UNRWA Employees on Strike in Gaza, Protesting Trump's Cuts

Netanyahu's praise of Trump's long-awaited enacting of the congressionally approved move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem - boldly breaking from world leaders i...

In Rare Op-ed, IDF Spokesman Warns Lebanon Of Possible War

Gen. Ronen Manelis posted a rare op-ed on Sunday in several Arabic-language websites, warning Lebanon of Iran's entrenchment. "Lebanon has become - both by ...

Head of Ghad Party Submits Candidacy for Egyptian Presidential Elections

The five "condemn all security and administrative practices that the current regime took to prevent any fair competition against it in the upcoming elections", ...

Mother calls arrest of son, 7, in Miami 'police abuse'

Eventually, the child calmed down and was taken to the principal's office. Alvarez and her significant other, Rolando Fuentes , met with legal counselors to ...

Collins advises Trump against talking about Mueller's Russian Federation probe

Mr McGahn is reported to have disagreed with the President's case for dismissing Mr Mueller and told senior White House officials that firing him would have...

Paralympics committee allows some Russian athletes to compete as neutrals

Russia has been banned from the 2018 Paralympic Games, officials announced on Monday, refusing to lift a ban because of what they called an insufficient recove...

FBI Deputy Director McCabe stepping down

The memo and text messages are said to reveal conspiracy among some of the highest echelons of government, involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation plottin...

Trump says Earth is 'too cold' and ice is expanding

There have been several studies gauging the consensus among climate scientists on human-caused global warming, with 97 per cent emerging as an accurate esti...

Mars picks up 6 Grammys; Vegas victims remembered

And then back to Kendrick one last time , this time for a new song with dancers in red hoodies that fell to the ground one by one as gunshots rang out (not t...

Kovind hopes for passage of triple talaq bill

Modi also said, "We should make use of our system of parliamentary committees and discuss aspects of the Budget". Both bills carry political significance for ...

Draft of Sochi Statement Urges Lifting of Syria Sanctions

On Friday, the Syrian opposition declared it would not attend the meeting. Western powers and some Arab states believe Sochi is an attempt to create a separat...

Gunmen attack Kabul military academy

The Islamic State group said it had carried out an attack on the global charity Save the Children in Jalalabad last week. The wave of attacks has put pressu...

Mostly cloudy, high near 31 — TODAY'S FORECAST

This story will be updated . Forecasters call for breezy southwest winds gusting as high as 31 miles per hour with rain showers becoming likely in the afternoo...