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US warns Beijing on South China Sea

A top Pentagon official has apparently shrugged off China's militarized, man-made islands in the South China Sea, boasting that the United States military "has ...

Jury clears deputy in fatal shooting, awards victim's family $4

Lucie County Sheriff's Office. After 10 hours of deliberation last week, a jury found that Newman was not liable in Hill's death and that Mascara was 1% lia...

Top North Korean official meets Trump at White House

The breakthrough announced after a almost 2-hour meeting at the White House between Trump and Kim Yong-Chol, one of North Korea's most senior officials, the...

China Will Cut Import Tariffs on Consumer Goods

An American business group has appealed to China to allow more access to its state-dominated economy ahead of a visit by U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross f...

What Led to the Ouster of Spain’s Prime Minister?

The vote was carried by Sanchez' own PSOE party, which filed the motion and has 84 seats in the parliament , with the help of the leftist alliance Unidos Podem...

Modi, US defence secretary talk security amid tension over South China Sea

The meeting between the two leaders assumes significance as in his address Mattis has stressed upon both countries working together and with other nations for e...

Hamas entered into a truce with Israel in the Gaza strip

Dan Shapiro, the previous US ambassador to Israel, mentioned such a transfer could be perceived as undermining Palestinians' claims to sovereignty and statehood...

Now That Ireland Has Repealed Its Abortion Ban, Will Belfast Follow?

The pills were delivered to the campaigners outside Belfast Crown Court by an "abortion robot" operated from within the Netherlands. The police seized the pil...

U.S. utilizes new United Nations strategy that puts Israel on offensive

This is the largest number of fatalities suffered in one day since the latest round of protests began more than six weeks ago, the Palestinian Ministry of H...

Canada hits United States with billions in retaliatory tariff

Since China joined the WTO in 2001, the United States has shed 3.1 million factory jobs, though many economists attribute much of that loss not to trade but t...

Canadian finance minister: Trump tariff rationale 'absurd'

Trudeau wrote on Twitter: "American tariffs on Canadian aluminum & steel are unacceptable". The swift reaction from Canada and Mexico raises the possibil...

U.S. warns of 'consequences' if China continues 'intimidation and coercion'

Mattis's speech was probably meant to ease American allies' concerns not just about regional threats, but about President Trump's oft-changing foreign policy. A...

Trump confirms June 12 meeting with Kim in Singapore

Trump wrote in his letter last week that the talks would be "inappropriate" following the "hostility" from North Korea . Mr. Kelly then escorted the North K...

Indian police vehicle crushes youth to death in Srinagar

The Central Reserve Police Force ( CRPF ) vehicle knocked down two boys as it sped by a group of protesters who had gathered outside Srinagar's Jamia Masjid a...

Russian Federation gives 'green light' for Israeli action against Iran in Syria

Around 2,000 USA special forces troops are believed to be on the ground in Syria, where they have aided a group called the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which...

Palestinian injured in Gaza protests dies of wounds: Ministry

Militants in Gaza did not fire long-range rockets at Israel's major cities, as they did in 2014, and Israeli airstrikes zeroed in on only unmanned militar...

Image Of Child Migrant Cells Shows Years Of Federal Neglect

Attorney General Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump repeatedly pressured Sessions to reclaim control of Russian Federation probe: report T...

Puerto Rico deaths from Hurricane Maria far higher than official tally

A Politico investigation from March also revealed the Trump administration favored Texas over Puerto Rico after both suffered devastating storms previous year...

Sworn in as Spain's leader, Sanchez faces Catalan conundrum

Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez on Thursday secured the backing of six smaller parties for the motion, giving him the absolute majority he needs to take over fro...

Lieberman to Discuss Iran's "Entrenchment" in Syria During Russia Visit

Last year, the USA began arming them before an offensive to recapture Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, al...

United States announces 25% new tariffs on Chinese tech goods

The statement did not reiterate China's own previous threats to impose $50 billion in retaliatory tariffs on USA goods. Hua gave no indication of whethe...

'Dead' journalist describes how Ukraine helped to stage his murder

Authorities said Arkady Babchenko was shot dead at his flat and found by his wife in a pool of blood. "I don't care whether you believe it next time.as when...

Trump will meet with North Korean envoy -White House

They continued to speak and posed for photos before Kim got into a black SUV and departed. The president said they met for two hours. "It went very well", t...

Michael Rotondo, 30, Leaves The Nest

Michael Rotondo waved to journalists as he drove away from the house in Camillus, New York state. "This isn't a game show", Rotondo told the Post-Standard o...

Visa card network crashes across UK, Europe

Some payments over the Visa network are still going through. "Visa is now experiencing a service disruption", a Visa spokesperson said. It later said on Twitt...

Giuliani says he's counseled Trump against firing Sessions

Gowdy said. Moreover, Trump has also rejected continuous assertions from USA intelligence agencies that the Russian government was working to sabotage Democra...

Russian Federation gifts North Korea's Kim Jong-un a ‘box for secrets’

A hotel employee hails a cab at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore. The North Korean official was expected to visit Washington on Friday with a letter from Ki...

Judge Rejects Cohen's Attempt To Drag Out Doc Review

He said they have reviewed about 1.3 million of the 3.7 million files turned over. Ryan said his team needed more time than the previous June 15 deadline ...

Trump Contradicts Himself by Claiming He Didn't Fire Comey Over Russia

Comey called Clinton's actions "extremely careless", but recommended that no charges be brought. McCabe also is somewhat at odds with Justice Department lea...

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko is alive

Mr Babchenko apologised to his wife, who he said was not briefed on the scheme in advance , "for the hell she had to go through in the past two days". Remark...

People Have Died in North Carolina Since Alberto Made Landfall This Week

The flash flooding threat continues for the next several days. According to the McDowell County Emergency Services Facebook page, "The engineer has performed a ...

China Cuts Tariffs on Wide Range of Consumer Goods From July

The announcement comes as a surprise since Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said earlier this month that the imposition of tariffs would be suspended as Am...

'New possibilities' emerge over new Italian government

Mr Conte was first appointed as prime minister-designate by President Mattarella to form a government on 23 May. The agreement between Matteo Salvini and L...

President Trump considers pardoning Martha Stewart

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Texas boy spells 'koinonia' correctly, wins Scripps National Spelling Bee

Bonaventure Catholic School in Davie. But then she thought, "what if it's the Bee?" For hours on Tuesday and Wednesday, the spellers, who ranged in age from 8...