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Harris testified before a pair of Trump administration briefings on the North Korea crisis. On Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will chair a special m...

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India mob beats Muslims to death over suspected cow theft

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Israel Shoots Down Aircraft That Entered Airspace From Syria

Israel is widely believed to have carried out several airstrikes in recent years on advanced weapons systems in Syria - including Russian-made anti-aircraft mis...

Three soldiers injured as Pakistan fires rockets at BSF post

The Pakistan Army resorted to "unprovoked" firing in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district at 8.30 a.m., Defence Ministry sources told IANS. According to re...

Deaths reported, dozens hospitalized after tornado

Canton is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Dallas. At least 52 people were hospitalized with injuries on Saturday, one of them in critical condition, th...

Turkey threatens further strikes on US-allied Syrian Kurds

This means U.S. forces have been forced to intervene between two of their own allies, with Turkey being a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Meanwhil...

U.S. GDP Comes in Below Expectations at 0.7 Percent

It was the poorest quarterly showing in more than seven years. There was some good news in the first quarter. "Sky-high consumer confidence and rising wag...

Trump will zero in on trade agreements during 100th day

Trump's order will also examine how the North American Free Trade Agreement and other trade pacts binding on the USA government have contributed to a US$700 bil...

Texas A&M's Garrett taken in first round of NFL Draft

Trubisky and the Bears will not have the services of Pro Bowl wide receiver Alshon Jeffery , who signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in the offseason. An...

Dozens of Palestinians injured in West Bank clashes

The official said Haniya is likely to be named the new head of the movement, replacing Khaled Meshaal who lives in Doha in exile and has completed the maximum t...

Barghouti's strike part of long road

There are more than 6 500 Palestinians in Israeli jails, including 500 prisoners held in administrative detention, that is without facing charges or a trial, a...

No renegotiation on Thaad cost: S.Korea

Speaking on Fox News Sunday , McMaster said it is important "for all of us to confront this regime, this regime that is pursuing the weaponization of a missile...

China Launches Second Aircraft Carrier

The 50,000-ton carrier left its berth this morning in the northern port city of Dalian, where its predecessor, the Ukrainian-built Liaoning , also underwent ex...

10 killed as storms and flooding sweep across US

The largest tornado was a half-mile-wide when it passed along the east side of the Canton city limits. A spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Emergency ...

Logano Holds Off Teammate To Win Richmond

At Richmond, which once routinely seated more than 100,000 fans for races in the premier Cup series, only 60,000 seats remain and they were not close to full fo...

Le Pen visits French factory, Macron wins ally before runoff

Ms Le Pen's manifesto has been adapted to take in some of her putative prime minister's policies. The newly formed duo released a joint statement on Saturday ...

Palestinians say 3 wounded at protests for prisoners

Israel puts the number at about 1,100. One of Trump's top advisers, Jason Greenblatt, held wide-ranging talks with both Israelis and Palestinians during a vis...

Marchers use Trump's 100th day to protest climate policies

Organizers said about 300 sister marches or rallies were being held around the country, including in Seattle, Boston and San Francisco. Hundreds of sister m...

Two dead, seven wounded in suspected racism shooting in US

The man was shot and killed by police. The victims were all described as seriously wounded and transported to local hospitals. "I heard people screaming", sai...

Who is the McDonald's employee credited with stalling Steve Stephens?

The chase lasted 2 miles before Stephens shot himself in the head after the vehicle spun and came to a stop, police said. At this point, Stephens shot himself i...

Improvements to South Korea-US trade deal may not shrink America's deficit

South Korean and USA national security advisers agreed on Thursday that the deployment was moving ahead smoothly, South Korea's presidential office said. Mr Tru...

Bernie Sanders Sums Up Republicans' Entire Economic Model in a Single Word

Bernie Sanders clarified his support for Jon Ossoff on Friday, after catching flack for saying earlier that he didn't know if the Democratic congressional cand...

French election: Boos for Macron after Le Pen upstages him

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Millennials Dislike Trump, But Like a lot of His Policies: Harvard Poll

He says his new gig is " more work than in my previous life". "I think the 100 days is, you know, it's an artificial barrier", Trump was quoted as saying. Bu...

At least 3 dead in Venezuelan protests

Opposition supporters protested in Caracas and other cities in what they called "the mother of all marches", denouncing Maduro for eroding democracy and p...

Pope urges Egypt's clergy to remain positive

During his two-day trip meant to nurture Muslim-Christian brotherhood. The Pope on Friday laid flowers and prayed for the 28 people killed in a Christmas se...

Threat of USA govt shutdown ebbs as Trump relents on wall funding

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said on CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" that Trump would be willing to sign a bill without money for the border...

North Korea tests missile as Tillerson calls for sanctions

Tension had spiked on the Korean peninsula over concern the North may conduct a long-range missile test, or its sixth nuclear test, around the time of the Apri...

New scrutiny of timeline after Arkansas executes 4th inmate

The Greenwood family wanted Williams death to be postponed because they were hoping to give him a grace, according to the suspect's lawyer. Though execu...

China criticizes North Korea, praises United States on nuclear issue

North Korea's deputy ambassador to the United Nations reiterated on the weekend that the North is ready to respond to any USA missile or nuclear strike. North K...

Ready to strike USA aircraft carrier, says North Korea

North Korea conducted live-fire artillery drills on Tuesday, the 85th anniversary of the founding of its million-person Korean People's Army. On Monday, Tru...

May says Corbyn victory 'could happen' as she warns over voter complacency

Mrs May has turned down First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's call for a second independence referendum to try and protect Scotland's status in the European single m...