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Trump signs measure targeting Planned Parenthood funding

Today President Trump signed a bill which will allow states to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood and direct it to health providers that do not perf...

New Zealand braces for second major storm in two weeks

People have been warned to reconsider their Easter plans. "All heavy rain warnings and severe gale warnings associated with the Cyclone have now been lifted...

Pakistan rules out immediate execution of Jadhav

I want to assure the House that the government will do everything possible to get justice for Jadhav. Bugti further said that Jadhav, who was abducted from Ir...

Syria chemical attack: British sample tests 'detect sarin'

The chemical weapons strike on the town of Khan Sheikhoun killed 87, including women and children, with many more left wounded. The United States and other West...

Trump says North Korea problem "will be taken care of"

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on Thursday unveiled the sprawling Ryomyong street development, a prestige housing project repeatedly promised in time to mark t...

Opposition marks Zuma's birthday with protest

The axing also came amid economic slowdown and high unemployment, which the public wants be addressed. This time, opposition parties - the Democratic Alliance...

Most Americans approve of Trump's strike against Syria

But for Russian Federation or any other nation, McMaster said, supporting Syria's regime isn't in its best interest, and Russian Federation ultimately decides t...

Russian Federation blocks United Nations resolution on Syria attack

The Syrian government has denied responsibility for the alleged toxic gas attack in rebel-held Idlib province last week, following which the USA retaliated by t...

Here's what Modi served to Oz PM Turnbull for lunch

The two sides signed six MoUs, including on cooperation in fighting worldwide terrorism and on civil aviation security. The Autralian Prime Minister arrived h...

Federal judge denies DOJ's delay request on Baltimore police reform settlement

The Justice Department filed a motion earlier this week to push back the hearing until June. The review also could affect an ongoing investigation by the Ju...

Syria's Assad says chemical attack '100 percent fabrication'

An anonymous senior United States official told CNN that, while the U.S. allegedly has proof that Damascus is responsible for the chemical incident in Idlib...

French judges to European Parliament: lift Le Pen's immunity

The message "FN vs KLX" was painted on the façade - FN being a reference to Front National and KLX to a group calling itself Combattre la Xénophobie (fight xeno...

Gov. Justice vetoes lawmakers' budget, calls it 'Political Bull-You-Know-What'

Jim Justice expressed his dissatisfaction over a budget bill brought to him by state legislators in dramatic fashion on April 13 during a press conference in wh...

Group knocks Trump by holding 'first protest in space'

ASAN , an organization that promotes " DIY space exploration ", sent a tweet high above Earth using a homemade weather balloon in an attempt to get President ...

North Korea say they will pursue nuclear weapons test despite Trump's warnings

China, the country's sole major ally and economic lifeline, has come under increasing pressure to curb Pyongyang's militarism, but Beijing fears dramatic ac...

Syrian deal to evacuate tens of thousands of people begins

Similar amnesties were extended to other areas that have surrendered to the government, including Moadamiyeh, Hameh, Qudsaya and the Barada Valley around the ca...

Bashar Assad Tells AFP That Chemical Attack Was Western 'Fabrication'

Syria's government has denied responsibility for the attack, which prompted a US strike on a Syrian air base. Assad's claim, made in an interview with Agence ...

United Kingdom scientists: samples from Syrian attack test positive for sarin

Turkey has since said it has "concrete evidence" that the nerve agent Sarin was used. That deal staved off the threat of military intervention from former U.S. ...

Russia pushes for UN probe into Syria chemical attack

Russian Federation says rebels were responsible for whatever chemical agent was found, which the Trump administration calls a disinformation campaign. "In par...

Canada announces legislation to legalize marijuana

Diplomats will have to address conflicts with global drug treaties. Many have been regularly raided by police and two prominent marijuana activists and retail...

10 things to put inside your kids' Easter eggs instead of candy

Saturday, April 15 , at the Ennis Lions Park. So where can your little peeps snatch Easter eggs or pose for photos with the bun of the hour? Children enjoyed ...

North Korea will conduct nuclear test 'when it sees fit'

He cited not only the US-South Korean wargames and the deployment of the aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, but also a tweet Mr Trump posted on Tuesday in w...

N. Korean official: United States more vicious, aggressive under Trump

Han said: "We are comparing Trump's policy toward the DPRK with the former administrations and we have concluded that it's becoming more vicious and more aggres...

Russia's Assad stance dims hopes for USA thaw

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad believes the USA fabricated a chemical weapons attack in order to justify a cruise missile strike, he told AFP in a Thursday ...

China urges correcting 'historical injustice' to allow Palestinian state

He added after meeting Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki that failure to build this state "is a historic injustice that can no longer continue". Mali...

Ex-Oklahoma CB Parrish Cobb arrested for armed robbery

The charges stem from an armed holdup late Wednesday night at an apartment in Norman in which two robbers escaped in a Ford Mustang with cash and drugs, police ...

SDF fighters killed by misdirected coalition airstrike on Raqqa frontline

Instead, the position was occupied by members of the SDF, 18 of whom were killed as a result. The strike took place south of Tabqa, Central Command says. The ...

Afghan Government Says 36 IS Members Killed in MOAB Bombing

There were no civilian casualties, according to the Ministry of Defense statement, which also said several ISIS caves and ammunition caches were destroyed. forc...

Iran's Rouhani condemns United States attack on Syria, chides Gulf Arabs

Mr Johnson said events in Syria had "changed the situation fundamentally" and he would go to G7 talks instead. A joint command centre made up of the forces of...

Korean official blames Trump for region's 'vicious cycle'

Despite reports that Washington is considering military action if the North goes ahead with another nuclear test, Han did not rule out the possibility of a test...

Huge US bomb kills 36 ISIS militants: Afghan officials

In this U.S. Air Force handout, a GBU-43/B bomb, or Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb, is launched November 21, 2003 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. cond...

Iran's president resisters to run in May elections

The 68-year-old moderate cleric, who prioritized engagement with the West and was the architect of Iran's 2015 landmark nuclear deal, registered for the May 19 ...

Things getting hairier in North Korea

Citing Washington's recent missile strike on Syria, the typically bombastic statement boasted that USA military bases in South Korea as well as Seoul's presiden...

Sloppiness cost Man United in Belgium, says Mourinho

They were very similar", Mourinho continued. "We must kill matches". An away goal, they'll do the job at Old Trafford and move on to the semi-finals you wou...

36 militants killed in 'mother of all bombs' attack on Afghanistan cave

On Thursday, the largest non-nuclear bomb GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast hit IS hideouts in Achin district in eastern Nangarhar province. It was dropped ...