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Morocco links suspect in Scandinavian women's killing to militant group

Four suspects have been arrested after the bodies of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, of Denmark , and Maren Ueland, 28, of Norway , were found in a remote ar...

Michael Flynn: Judge suggests ex-Trump aide 'sold out' US

Soon enough, Flynn lost his job. Flynn was one of the first to face charges in the sweeping Mueller investigation into possible collusion with Moscow in the 2...

Major powers report progress on new Syria constitution body

The Syrian constitution committee will hold its first meeting in early 2019, the Astana guarantors announced in a statement after a meeting on Tuesday. A year...

USA and allies: New hacks mean China broke 2015 economic espionage pact

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray announced the unsealing of an indictment against two accused Chinese hackers on Thu...

Yemeni Mom Wins Travel Ban Waiver to See Dying Son in US

The woman, Shaima Swileh, has been living in Egypt but is a citizen of Yemen , one of several Muslim-majority countries that are under a travel ban imposed b...

United Kingdom steps up preparations for 'no-deal' Brexit scenario

As the UK's leading business groups, we are asking MPs from all parties to return to their constituencies over Christmas and talk to their local business commun...

United Kingdom unveils immigration clampdown after Brexit

It comes as the United Kingdom government sets out its own immigration plans for the post-Brexit era today, created to remove preferential access for citizens f...

US Special Envoy to visit Seoul on denuclearization progress

When talking about the Korean peninsula, it encompasses not only our republic's territory but also South Korea where the American nuclear weapons and armed forc...

Two Scandinavian women found dead in Moroccan mountains

The three suspects are reportedly from Marrakesh and were camping in the same vicinity as the two victims. Her family had warned her against going to Moroc...

Vladimir Putin says Russian rap music "should be taken over" by government

He told the audience the risks were "the collapse of the global system of arms control, of moving away from an arms race after the U.S. withdrew from the releva...

Michelle Obama on Leaving the White House: 'Bye, Felicia'

In the almost two years since leaving the White House, the former first lady has revealed other tidbits about her mood that day in January 2017, including t...

Netanyahu’s son banned from Facebook over anti-Muslim posts

Yair Netanyahu, 27 , confirmed on Twitter that he had been banned from the rival social media platform for calling for there to be no Muslims in Israel . "Ha...

Third Canadian Reportedly Detained in China

It comes days after the detention of Canadian citizen Michael Spavor and ex-Canadian diplomat Michael Korvig, and following the arrest of Huawei executive Men...

A look at where the investigations related to Trump stand

Mueller is investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election, whether Trump or any of his associates conspired to do so and whether Trump has acted to ob...

DC Sues Facebook Over Data Scandal

Flashback: I reported back in July how Facebook's stock suffered the worst single-day market loss in history back in July amid the Cambridge Analytica sca...

Syria conflict: U.S. 'planning to withdraw troops'

Trump has said since he was a presidential candidate that he wanted to bring back troops from the Middle East. Behind the scenes, Israel has supported a conti...

Jeremy Corbyn accused of calling Theresa May a ‘stupid woman’

May had accused Mr Corbyn of descending into "pantomine" over Brexit , saying his own party was not behind him. If it had been a Conservative lawmaker who ...

European Commission Triggers No-Deal Brexit Contingency Plans

The Labour leader announced on Monday that he would be tabling a censure motion against Theresa May after she refused to give MPs a vote on her Brexit deal th...

Israel, Aussie Jews respond to Morrison’s Jerusalem announcement

While Trump said the United States embassy move was "to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," he emphasized that the United States was "...

EU urges Turkey to refrain from 'unilateral' Syria move

The European Union (EU) echoed the Pentagon's line. Seven civilians had been killed and dozens injured in terrorist attacks in Azaz and Euphrates Shield Opera...

US Weighs Complete Withdrawal of Troops from Syria

Officials at the Pentagon were still trying to talk Trump out of the withdrawal this week, according to the New York Times . Hundreds of USA troops have al...

Trump signs executive order to create US Space Command

In one small step for Space Force and one giant leap towards eliminating the bug threat on Klendathu , President Donald Trump has ordered the services to c...

Japan unveils new defense strategy, plans to spend $10B on American goods

Troops moved into two similar facilities past year and three more barracks are planned for 2019, the ministry said. The F-35Bs are reportedly slated for service...

NPA issues arrest warrant for Grace Mugabe

The warrant follows a long legal process during which a South African court this year ruled that the government acted illegally in granting diplomatic immunity ...

Trump Administration To Officially Ban Bump Stocks, Report Says

Bump stocks were made notorious by the October 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest in U.S. history to date. The devices will now be included ...

Trump signals retreat on wall funding, but shutdown threat remains

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer stressed there are not enough votes in Congress to pass wall funding, and that it would be up to Trump to repeal his dema...

Two Chicago Officers Struck, Killed by Train During Foot Chase

Marmolejo had been on the force for two and a half years on the force, and Gary had 18 months. Both officers lived in South Side neighborhoods and worked out ...

Trump Foundation shutting down amid allegations money used for personal benefit

The attorney general's office filed a lawsuit in June accusing the Trump Foundation of misusing funds for personal benefit, including Trump Organization legal...

Afghanistan's Taliban and US officials hold talks in UAE

The Taliban refer to their movement as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan , and dismiss the Kabul government as a USA puppet. It was decided that Afghani...

CNN's Chris Cuomo Spots 'Uncanny' Similarity Of Trump And Russian Bot Messages

Since Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, it said , Russian trolls have put out messages urging Mexican-American and other Hispanic voters to mistrust ...

North Korea: We Won't Denuclearize if 'Vicious' US Actions Continue

In actions required by the US Congress, his administration said last week it would seize any US assets of the three officials for suppressing freedom of speech....

Israel chides Australia's recognition of West Jerusalem as capital

Netanyahu said on Sunday said he had nothing to add to the statement. Israel's Foreign Ministry had responded tepidly, calling the Australian move "a step in ...

Egypt Unearths Tomb Of Ancient High Priest

The head of the excavation mission, Mostafa Waziri, said other drawings showed wine and pottery making, musical performances, sailing, hunting and the manufac...

United Nations force says Israel-Lebanon border tunnels violate truce

The soldiers were separated by UNIFIL peacekeepers following a verbal confrontation during which one Lebanese soldier was seen with his weapon drawn. "After f...

Orthodox Patriarch welcomes Ukraine's independent church

Still spiritual leaders attending Saturday's synod couched their efforts to create an independent church in patriotic rhetoric. Volkov also noted that the chu...