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38 detained in Turkey for questioning legitimacy of referendum result

According to BDI, about 6,800 German companies operate in Turkey . And the U.S. State Department released a statement Monday urging the Turkish government to...

US Congress passes funding bill to avert government shutdown

The measure also taps $68 million to reimburse New York City and other local governments for costs involved in protecting Trump Tower and other properties, a ...

Fox News Executive Bill Shine Is Latest to Leave Embattled Cable Channel

She becomes president of programming, and has some baggage of her own, as Sherman reminded us . The promotion of Scott and Wallace does not signal any great ...

Trump schedules another phone call with Russia's Putin

Speaking during a joint news conference following talks at his Black Sea residence, Putin said accusations of meddling in the 2016 US presidential election were...

Pence Visits Carrier Amid Questions Over Trump's `Armada'

In an interview on Wednesday afternoon, Pence adopted a harder line than his earlier focus on negotiations: The Trump administration, he said, demands that Nort...

Duterte Welcomes Chinese Warships to Philippines

There will be other ASEAN meeting with other nations, including the East Asia Summit in November among 18 nations - the ten ASEAN nations plus the United States...

ASEAN leader Philippines go easy on China over sea disputes

Duterte compared the standoff to two countries playing with toys "and those toys are not to entertain". He added that the nations are all proud of the diver...

Ex-officer Michael Slager to plead guilty after killing unarmed black man

The shooting brought fresh scrutiny to the treatment of black men by white officers across the nation. Federal prosecutors chose to pursue a "deprivation of r...

South Korea deploys parts of US missile defense

According to the US Navy's Submarine Force Pacific website, the USS Michigan carries more than 150 Tomahawk cruise missiles. In addition, one of the largest U...

Israeli Intelligence: 'Hard to Believe' Assad Had No Knowledge of Chemical Attack

Turkish and British tests also have concluded that sarin or a substance similar to the deadly nerve agent was used in the Idlib attack. The announcement comes...

White House expects vote on health care overhaul, despite skepticism from moderates

A group of hard-line Republican conservatives backed it, but more moderate conservatives remained wary. According to whip counts from various news outlets, ...

Woman shot by police in anti-terror raid

In his update Friday Basu said two additional suspects, a man and a woman both aged 28, had been arrested , bringing the total to six, excluding the woman in...

Meet Patch, Kentucky Derby's one-eyed underdog

Patch has adjusted to a limited field of vision . The dark bay colt prefers to run at the lead or close to it. The show will be followed from 6-7 PM ET by the...

Hamas unveils changes to political program

Israel also withdrew from Gaza in 2005, but it is de-facto under Israeli blockade. Hamas's announcement comes as Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the West Bank...

Assad used nerve gas in 4 recent attacks, report says

The rights group said in a new report issued on May 1 that these attacks "are part of a broader pattern of Syrian government forces' use of chemical weapons" ...

Perdue signs proclamation to relax some school food rules

The former Georgia governor was joined by Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts at an elementary school in Leesburg, VA. during the lunch hour for the announc...

Erdogan threatens more strikes on Syrian Kurds

U.S. armoured vehicles were deployed in areas in northern Syria along the tense border with Turkey, a few days after a Turkish airstrike that killed 20 US-backe...

Chinese naval fleet starts friendly visit to Philippines

Duterte has often lashed out Western criticism of his brutal anti-drug crackdown. "Your president has defined the outcome.already", a visibly frustrated South...

North Korea missile test: Donald Trump says Pyongyang has 'disrespected' ally China

The paper said the North revealed two types of new intercontinental ballistic missiles in an April 15 military parade honouring late state founder, Kim Il Sung,...

Congress OKs bill to avert government shutdown

House leaders are still short of votes for the revised health bill, though they could bring it to the floor next week if they find the support they need. The ov...

Justice Department Declines To Charge Officers In Alton Sterling's Death

An officer rushes Sterling and pulls him to the ground. The convenience store's owner, who recorded the incident on video, said Sterling did not threaten of...

Powerful Saudi prince says no space for dialogue with Iran

Prince Mohammed was speaking in a nationally televised interview, a year after he launched a series of radical economic reforms created to reduce a huge budget ...

US, Iran Trade Barbs Over 2015 Nuclear Deal

Tillerson spoke a day after certifying to Congress that Iran is complying with its obligations under the 2015 deal , a requirement for Tehran to continue rec...

Hamas says supports Palestinian state along 1967 borders

In addition Hamas affirms the role of the Palestinian Authority "to serve the Palestinian people and safeguard their security, their rights and their national...

Will respond to Pakistan at time and place of our choosing: Army

A statement said the Pak army rejected Indian allegations of ceasefire violation and mutilation of bodies of Indian soldiers. Invoking former prime minister A...

Czech PM says government to resign in row over finance minister

Now a partner in the governing coalition, the finance minister's centrist ANO movement is polling with a double-digit margin over with the prime minister's ce...

With unusual praise, Trump says he could meet Kim Jong Un

He said Kim should have to alter his government's behavior and "show signs of good faith". Kim has not met any foreign leader and he has not even left North Kor...

National Association of Conservation Districts congratulates Sonny Perdue on his new position

Senate to be U.S. Secretary of Agriculture . The vote was 87 to 11 . Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst said she hopes Perdue will advocate for "promoting our...

U.S. Says THAAD Missile System In South Korea Is Now Operational

Following the interview, the White House said "the conditions are not there at this time" for such a meeting to take place. "Clearly, the conditions are not the...

Fires Set in Downtown Portland During May Day Protest

Police said rioters set fires in the street and in garbage can, vandalized and spray-painted a police vehicle, and attempted to set at least one business on fir...

New Hamas document accepts Palestinian state with 1967 borders

The new document accepts a provisional Palestinian state, distances itself from the Muslim Brotherhood political group, and tones down its past anti-Semitic lan...

Arrests made as thousands rally in US for against Trump

So many who come to the United States are victims of USA wars such as Hondurans whose country is under a dictatorship thanks to Hillary Clinton's support for ...

More unrest in Venezuela as president seeks new constitution

The most recent protests in Venezuela began on March 30 after Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice, or TSJ, said it would assume the National Assembly's duti...

Paramedic Shot And Killed After Suspect Opens Fire And Locks Down Neighborhood

Rawlings says the injured paramedic underwent surgery Monday afternoon and was in critical but stable condition. The Dallas Independent School District says...

Latest Aircraft Carrier Built Domestically, Anti-Aircraft Missiles Bought From Russia

The Liaoning was commissioned into the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in 2012, Xinhua reported . Presently, the hull, propulsion system, electricity...