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Syria's Assad offers condolences to Russia's Putin for Il-20 plane crash

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held a telephone conversation with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday, stating that Israel is exclusive...

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THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS the Senate Judiciary Committee should ask Judge and Smyth, if they can be bothered to subpoena their testimony. While Ford's lawye...

North korea: the global front is broken at the UN

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The FBI did investigate Anita Hill's accusation, and it took 3 days

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Grim search for landslide victims as Philippines typhoon toll rises

The confirmed death toll across the northern Philippines , where the main island of Luzon was mauled by fierce winds and rain, reached 65 on Monday and was e...

Kidnapping accomplice in Elizabeth Smart case is released from prison

In an interview Tuesday on " CBS This Morning ", Smart says she believes Wanda Barzee remains a danger. Barzee is expected to be freed Wednesday after 15 ye...

Reports of shooter in Wisconsin office building

The incident began at about 10:25 a.m. CT on Wednesday when officers were called to reports of an active shooter at 1850 Deming Way, which is home to WTS Para...

Trump defends his Supreme Court nominee, wants accuser to testify

But the senator said Tuesday that he has been unable to get in contact with Ford and that she has yet to agree to testify before the committee. In those 1991 ...

Trump Defends Kavanaugh, But Wants to Hear From Accuser Ford

I feel so badly for him. The letter's contents leaked last week and Ford identified herself in an interview with the Washington Post published on Sunday tha...

India bans instant divorce by Muslim men

The police would lodge an FIR only if approached by the victim (wife), her blood relations or people who become her relatives by virtue of her marriage. "What i...

N Korea to allow worldwide disarmament verification

North Korea is willing to move towards dismantling its main Yongbyon nuclear site if the U.S. takes reciprocal actions, the statement said, without providing fu...

Pak court suspends jail sentences of Sharif, daughter Maryam

The NAB will file an appeal against the verdict in the Supreme Court once it gets a copy of the ruling. The two-judge bench ordered the release of the former ...

Assault claim against Trump court nominee eases pressure on vulnerable Democrats

But Trump said ahead of his news conference, "I don't think the Federal Bureau of Investigation should be involved because they don't want to be involved". Repu...

‘Fort Trump’: President looking into building permanent United States military base in Poland

Poland has long sought to have the US bolster its presence in Eastern Europe as a counter to Russian Federation, and Polish President Andrzej Duda said at t...

Video Shows Animals Stranded by Hurricane Florence Got Rescued in Style

A new video shows a dog being rescued by the group PETA after being left stranded by Hurricane Florence flooding in North Carolina. Jordan told The Associat...

North Korea pledges to permanently close missile sites if US reciprocates

Afterwards, Kim said his "historic" summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in June had improved regional stability and raised hopes for further progress. S...

Read the Letter From Christine Blasey Ford Requesting an FBI Investigation

She said Democrats , including Feinstein, had over 30 hours of hearings in which they could have mentioned the allegations. "Judge Kavanaugh looks forward ...

Trump orders 'immediate' declassification of FISA documents, DOJ-FBI texts

The White House on Monday evening announced that Trump would declassify a portion of a secret surveillance warrant application and also direct the Justice Dep...

Kavanaugh’s accuser thought her life would be upended

Some Senate Democrats have also called for Judge to testify next Monday , including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Donald Trump defended Brett Kava...

Hearing With Kavanaugh And Accuser Alleging Sexual Assault In Turmoil

Grassley told Hugh Hewitt on his radio show that Ford has not accepted his request to appear before the committee. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the committee...

How Brett Kavanaugh's supporters are defending the allegations against him

Like Ford , Ms. Hill went public at the last minute. The confirmation went ahead. "And I don't think I'm alone in this". Hewitt asked if there was any though...

USA imposes new $200bn tariffs on China

President Donald Trump on Monday escalated the U.S. "It will be a lot of money coming into the coffers of the United States of America". However, categori...

PM Khan to watch Pak-India match

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Gunmen 'dressed as mariachi musicians' kill four in Mexico City

Many head to the square for Independence Day celebrations on the eve of September 16. It's unclear whether the shooting was motivated by gang violence, but the ...

Florence death toll rises to 23 as storm moves NE

US Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz told ABC 28 aircraft had been deployed as well as 35 "shallow water rescue teams". It wasn't immediately clear if...

Today could be the day smoking dagga in your home becomes legal

In 2017, the Western Cape High Court ruled that marijuana can be used at home and ruled that Parliament must change its Drug Trafficking and Medicines Control...

Florence death toll reaches 23; destruction expected to worsen

Rain-gorged rivers threatened further flooding on the storm-battered US East Coast Monday (Sep 17) as the death toll from Hurricane Florence, now a tropical de...

Super Typhoon Mangkhut hits China; over 2.45 million people evacuated

Teams are raking through the rubble with their bare hands, passing blocks of concrete and pieces of wood down a 50ft line to clear the area. Severe flooding was...

Two of Brett Kavanaugh's previous girlfriends defend his character

In the letter, Ford said she had received medical treatment after the assault, adding that "it is upsetting to discuss sexual assault and its repercussions,...

Trump orders public release of Russian Federation documents

Trump has directed the Department of Justice (including the FBI ) to publicly release all text messages relating to the Russian Federation investigation,...

Who is responsible for shooting down the Russian plane over Syria?

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that a Syrian S-200 missile system had shot down the Il-20. USA officials told CNN and Reuters ...

DPRK leader greets S.Korean president at airport

They have met twice this year at the border village of Panmunjom, but Moon's visit is the first by a South Korean leader to the North Korean capital in 11 years...

Trump 'Likely' To Announce New China Tariffs As Early As Monday

Apple said recently its Apple Watch, AirPods, MacMini and a variety of chargers and adapters would be caught in the tariff war. The duties already levied on $...

Russian military plane vanishes from radar over Syria

The strikes followed a similar attack on Damascus International Airport late on Saturday, which Syrian state media also blamed on Israel. If true, it would be a...

Elon Musk sued by cave rescuer for "pedo guy" comment

The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court seeks more than $75,000 (£57,000) in damages and a court order preventing Musk from making further allegations....