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Tillerson claims Middle East peace plan is 'well advanced'

The Palestinian Authority has grown increasingly concerned that any plan Trump unveils will shortchange them, a fear exacerbated by his move on Jerusalem, which...

Pariksha Pe Charcha: PM Modi's tips to students, parents ahead of exams

Modi took to Twitter to express his excitement to hold " pariksha pe charcha " with students today. Live telecasts will be done through websites of HRD Ministry...

State Rep. Jerry Costello II issues response to Rauner's budget address

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Everytown's Claim of 18 School Shootings This Year Is 'Wrong'

Trump did not mention the possibility of pursuing gun control measures in the wake of the Parkland , Fla., shooting . McNeil added: "When your brain is no...

Kim Jong Un 'impressed' with South Korea's efforts

Mr Kim also expressed "satisfaction" over the delegation's visit to South Korea , giving "practical instructions" aimed at mending inter-Korean relations, acco...

White House considering veto threat of bipartisan immigration deal

Each measure needed 60 votes to pass. That proposal offered the citizenship pathway for Dreamers and $25 billion for border security, but doled it out over ...

Nirav Modi: ED seizes jewellery worth `5100 cr in searches

Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has questioned PNB bank officials in connection with the case but has not arrested any person as of now. ...

U.S. mourns Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader

Tsvangirai is without doubt Zimbabwe's most potent opposition voice. Tsvangirai died on Wednesday in South Africa after battling cancer. He became known fo...

Trump avoids talk of gun curbs after Florida school shooting

Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Broward County Sheriff Steve Israel provided an update on the investigation at a news conference. "We're childr...

Trump's Budget Chief Says Would Likely Vote Against Budget if in Congress

I know that our military leaders would tell us that our deficits are the greatest threat to our nation - not Russian Federation, not ISIS, not the many things...

Florida shooting: Federal Bureau of Investigation and teachers warned about Nikolas Cruz

Robert Lasky, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Division, confirmed Thursday that the FBI received information past year about a YouTube comment. The F...

Donald Trump Jr's wife exposed to white powder

Donald Trump Jr . said he was "thankful" that the powdery substance sent to his wife Vanessa Trump turned out to be a harmless hoax. Vanessa Trump did not h...

Pakistan to compete at 2018 Hockey World Cup in India

However, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) have now put a full stop on all those speculations by saying that Pakistan would be travelling to India for the Ho...

Brexit gives 'grounds for hope', says Johnson in appeal to 'Remainers'

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, she said: "The problem with that is, from the point of view of a committee chair, we've got this speech being made wh...

Mani Shankar Aiyar praises Pakistan for accepting dialogue offer

On Monday, Shankar called for "uninterrupted and uninterruptible" talks between India and Pakistan to resolve longstanding issues. "The remark is his own, he is...

Russia needs law on private contractors, lawmaker says

They counted on the United States having too little time to target them without risking casualties among its mainly Kurdish allies, but strikes began when o...

Ex-teacher and twin brother arrested in NYC terror investigation

Neither of the brothers were on the radar of law enforcement before the investigation. De Blasio and O'Neill said while only preliminary information could be ...

Canada and United States women renew best rivarly at the Olympics

The IOC also stopped South Korean male hockey goalie Matt Dalton from wearing a mask with the image of Korean admiral Yi Sun-shin who inflicted defeats on Japan...

Multi-millionaire Cyril Ramaphosa is South Africa's new president

The opposition parties instead unsuccessfully called for the dissolution of the national assembly and early elections. Cyril Ramaphosa has become South...

Teen Posts 'Round 2 Of Florida Tomorrow' On Snapchat, Posing With Gun

The student was reportedly taken into custody at a juvenile facility. Deputies said they went to the suspect's home and he told them the Snapchat post was m...

Duterte's offer sees hundreds of Filipino domestic staff flee employers in Kuwait

As part of the labor department's Balik Manggagawa program, Filipino workers with prior contracts can still return to Kuwait despite a deployment ban. As for th...

Kieran Gilbert: Barnaby Joyce not going anywhere yet

Senator McKenzie rubbished reports a "mystical delegation" had formed to tell Mr Joyce to fall on his sword, saying "somebody's ... talking a big game and not d...

US Senate to Vote on Immigration Reform

But the deal also failed in the Senate on a 40-59 vote. It faced strong Democratic opposition and had virtually no chance for passage. House Speaker Paul Ryan, ...

Pence says United States is willing to have talks with North Korea

He was released a short period after. Happily, Vincent Bevins of The Washington Post was sitting just a few rows away at the time and caught the jostling...

Danica ready for her final Daytona 500 start

Bobby Rahal, an Indy 500 victor himself, and Patrick's team owner at her Indy debut, likened her foray into Indy Car to the famous 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" te...

Senator to stop blocking some DOJ jobs over pot policy

The holds have created friction both with Sessions, who has complained that critical posts are going unfilled, and some of Gardner's fellow GOP senators who wan...

U.S. court rules Trump travel ban discriminates against Muslims

Supreme Court's decision in a Hawaii case. The latest version bars or limits entry by people from Iran, Syria, Chad, Somalia, Libya and Yemen. While the Supre...

Kenyan court revokes deportation of lawyer

Justice Luka Kimaru faulted the State for deporting Miguna, declaring a deportation order issued by the Interior Cabinet Secretary null and void. Miguna Mig...

Senate Rejects Trump Immigration Measure

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., a close ally of President Trump, told reporters he did not expect the White House to budge and support anything less. Chuck Grassley ...

Barnaby Joyce: Australia PM's remarks 'inept', deputy says

Joyce, whose National Party is in a coalition with the prime minister's Liberals, will take leave next week, allowing him to side-step the role of acting lead...

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation agrees bigger 'train-and-advise' mission in Iraq

Since the Cold War, the alliance has shrunk from 22,000 staff working in 33 command centers to fewer than 7,000 staff in seven centers, the secretary-general sa...

'Do you fear me?': Venezuela's Maduro threatens to gatecrash regional summit

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski says his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, is "not welcome" at this year's Summit of the Americas in Lima, amid...

'Lies and exaggerations' says Oxfam official accused of hosting sex parties

Ministers announced they have set up a new unit to review safety across all parts of the aid sector in response to the scandal. "As soon as the allegations we...

Tillerson: US Never Gave Heavy Arms to Kurd-Led Militia YPG

Turkey has kept ground forces in north Syria since 2016, with the triple mission of fighting the Islamic State group, containing Kurdish expansionism and st...

Student, 14, Taken Into Custody After Baltimore Co. School Put On Lockdown

Clarksburg High School principal Edward Owusu said in a letter to parents that the school received a report at around 1:55 p.m. that a student was in possessi...