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For Trump, an overnight evolution on Syria

The officials say there have been U.S. In Moscow, the Russian government on Friday announced its own swift response to the American intervention against its A...

World leaders praise United States attack on Syria, while Assad allies fume

However, before the strike, United States officials said Russian forces were notified in advance. "Obviously, the regime will retain a capacity to commit mass...

Savannah avoids storm damage as unsafe system rolled through Wednesday

The National Weather Service predicts widespread, serious thunderstorms beginning early Wednesday across much of Alabama and Georgia and into the Florida Panhan...

Exxon Mobil Urged White House To Stick With Paris Climate Agreement

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This Is Why April 7 Is National Beer Day

Today is officially recognized as National Beer Day. At 12:04 a.m.in Washington D.C., a beer delivery truck raced down Pennsylvania Avenue. There are more t...

Trudeau: Canada was briefed on US strike

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson notified Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan of Washington's plans "about an hour" before the missiles flew, Trudeau told the C...

ISIS Deputy Leader, Officials Killed by Airstrike in Iraq

Iraqi State TV first announced Jumaili's death in an on-screen news flash. The spokesman of the USA -led anti-Daesh coalition couldn't immediately be reached ...

Swedish PM calls truck crash a "terror attack"

It came to rest in the entrance to the building. TV footage showed smoke coming out of the store after the crash. A masked person jumped into the cab, started t...

Vehicle crashes into crowd on Stockholm street, 3 dead

TT reported that police confirmed the three deaths. In a statement Friday, they said that they can not exclude this is an act of terror based on other eve...

Alabama governor could face charges after ethics panel ruling

Robert Bentley violated state ethics and campaign finance law in a sex-tinged scandal that has engulfed him for more than a year. The governor's defiance come...

U.S. says North Korean missile test ended in fiery crash

Initial assesments indicate it was KN-15 sub-launched missile launched at a naval base at Sinpo, although this test was conducted from the land, CBS News' David...

Gorsuch on path to confirmation as Senate tears up

A final vote on Gorsuch is expected Friday, and he could be sworn in to take his seat in time to hear the term's final cases. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McC...

Senate approves Trump´s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch

Democrats say the nuclear option as it applies to Supreme Court nominees risks increasing partisan divisions. "The 60-vote bar in the Senate is the guardrail ...

Syria condemns 'reckless and irresponsible' U.S. missile strike on Homs airbase

Assad's father, the former president of Syria, "mastered this way of testing his enemies and doing just enough to keep enemies at bay while retaining the option...

Russian Federation suspends Syria flight safety deal with USA after missile attack

The US strike on the Shayrat air base on Friday followed worldwide condemnation over a suspected chemical weapons attack earlier this week that killed dozens of...

Senate Set To Vote On Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch

The United States Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, filling the seat vacated by the passing of Antonin Sc...

Ecuador leftist claims victory, conservative demands recount

Lasso, 61, had bet that frustration over Ecuador's sagging economy and President Rafael Correa's heavy-handed style would lift him to an upset win. "This is...

Trump, Rand Paul hit the links to talk health care

Paul stressed he was not only talking to House and Senate conservatives, but also to the moderate Republican bloc that helped sink the bill in the House, includ...

Republicans change US Senate rules to push Supreme Court nominee

Prior to Thursday, Bennet was the only senator who refused to say whether he'll vote to confirm Gorsuch. Because a nominee could pass with a simple majority ins...

Many in Bangladesh Oppose Proposed Defense Pact With India

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed her firm optimism about solution to Teesta water sharing dispute and signing of a deal with India in this regar...

Supreme Court Upholds Highway Liquor Ban from April 1

The Attorney General will prepare the plea. "We will take suggestions from legal experts to see whether there can be a middle path", Sharma said. The states...

Low turnout will hand victory to Le Pen, rivals warn

Macron himself is a former banker who has never held elected office and heads a fledgling political movement called En Marche! However, and contrary to Le P...

Air India lifts flying ban on Shiv Sena MP (Second Lead)

Here are some of the tweets. "In view of the apology tendered by Gaikwad and undertaking of good conduct given by him, AI and other airlines were advised by t...

Turkey's Erdogan says USA attack in Syria 'positive' but not enough

US officials told NBC News that people were not targeted and that aircraft and infrastructure at the site, including the runway, were hit. The office of Syria...

Suspected accomplices of St Petersburg bomber arrested

Petersburg for a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. In 2011, they lived in St. Petersburg, where they worked in a vehicle fix shop. Serov s...

Donald Trump's Syria strikes 'not start of campaign to topple Assad'

US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter conducts strike operations in the Mediterranean Sea which the US Defense Department said was a part of cruise missil...

N.Korea fires missile into sea off east coast - S.Korea

Abe also told reporters at his official residence that he was watching to see how China would respond to Pyongyang after President Xi Jinping meets with Trump...

Severe storms leave path of destruction

A powerful tornado toppled trees and downed power lines in rural Georgia and similar scenes played out in spots around Alabama and SC amid drenching rain , h...

Keeping poll promise Adityanath waives farmers' loan upto Rs 1 lakh

Government has also approved the proposal of construction of a multi-facility stadium at Ghazipur and 5 crore rupees will be spent on the project. In Maharash...

What To Expect From Trump's Meeting With Chinese President

Stanley Roth, former USA assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, said: "My experience is that the first visits tend to be much more genteel"...

Oil prices leap after US missile strike on Syria

Fears over geopolitical tensions also boosted safe havens, with the gold price jumping from $1,250.60 an ounce to $1,269.80 overnight, its highest level since...

Isis second-in-command 'killed in Iraq airstrike'

Al-Jumaili was dubbed the IS minister of war. Russia's Ministry of Defense issued a statement Sunday that derides United States officials' comments about th...

Trump says all options on table in dealing with N. Korea

U.S. Pacific Command said the North had fired a KN-15 medium range ballistic missile from a land-based facility near Sinpo on the DPRK's east coast. The const...

South Africans gather for nationwide protests against Zuma

South Africa's ruling party says it is concerned about reports of "sporadic violence and intimidation" ahead of planned protests against the scandal-tainted pre...

House leaving town with GOP health care bill in shambles

During a meeting on Tuesday night, Republican moderates and Republican conservatives in the House realized that they had very different impressions of the conte...