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Macedonian Flash Floods Kill At Least 15

Police spokeswoman Natalija Spirova Kordikj gave the casualty toll to The Associated Press on Sunday, saying that heavy rain , strong winds and thunderstorms h...

Praful Patel condoles Pramukh Swami's demise

He was 95 years old. Under treatment at Sarangpur temple of the sect for lung infection, he breathed his last at 6 pm. As head of BAPS, Pramukh Swami Mahara...

More than 1K rescued in Louisiana floods; 2 dead

Gov. John Bel Edwards is returning to Louisiana this afternoon as the state continues to be ... He added, "I promised God when I saw my house didn't have any ...

Baby Found Dead After Being Left in Hot SUV

Anthony Burgess. The baby's father was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure. When he got off work about 3 p.m., he found his child dead. The child...

U.S. drone strike killed Islamic State leader in Afghanistan

Khan, a former commander of the Pakistani Taliban, pledged allegiance to ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi previous year. The Pentagon said in a statement o...

Modi has insulted 'Gaurakshaks' , says VHP's Praveen Togadia

On 6 August, while addressing his first Townhall, the prime minister finally broke his silence on Dalit atrocities and said that he gets angry with those "runni...

Zambians form long lines to vote in tight presidential race

Lungu only narrowly won a vote 20 months ago after the death of president Michael Sata. "It's too close to call", Alex Ngoma, a politics lecturer at the Unive...

IS frees hundreds of civilians in Syria

Extraordinary pictures show men having their beards cut off and women burning niqabs after the Syrian city of Manbij was liberated from Islamic State. Their off...

Turkey and Russia agree next Syrian government should be inclusive

Officials in Turkey have searched two houses after issuing an arrest warrant for Hakan Sukur. "As we have said before, we have received materials and are re...

Southern France battles fierce blaze

Flights have resumed from the Marseille airport following a massive wildfire that struck the region Wednesday, Bloomberg reports. In an immediate response...

Egyptian judo athlete refuses to shake Israeli's hand

El Shehaby was jeered by fans when he gave Sasson a quick nod instead of the traditional post-match bow and then backed away when Sasson extended his hand, leav...

New 'Homegrown' Zika Cases in Florida

Frieden says Miami's infections were limited to a small area within a 1-square-mile zone that encompassed the Wynwood neighborhood. With the recent news of Zi...

Joseph Schooling beats Michael Phelps, wins Singapore's first Olympic gold

What made it even more special: Schooling still has a picture that he took with Phelps when the US team trained in Singapore before the 2008 Olympics, the gam...

Grant County confirms first case of Zika

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Nine IS suspects arrested in Malaysia

The ninth suspect, a 26-year-old arrested in Johor, was said to have come from the same cell as 23 suspects who had been arrested in two operations last month. ...

Turkey issues arrest warrant for ex-football star over links with Gulen

Officials said Sukur is being sought on charges of "membership of an armed terror group" relating to his alleged links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organisatio...

Sparks Fly As Smith Takes Fight To Corbyn In Bitter Labour Debate

To boos, Mr Smith said: "I'd start by doing something that Jeremy unfortunately can't do, I would put together a shadow cabinet of all of the talents of the Lab...

North Korea wins Olympic gold in weightlifting

Rio de Janeiro: Rim Jong-Sim blew away the opposition to win North Korea´s first gold of the Rio Olympics in the women´s 75kg category weightlifting on Friday. ...

Kansas water park's rides passed inspection months before boy's death

In a statement Monday afternoon, Schlitterbahn said it was "deeply and intensely saddened for the Schwab family and all who were impacted by the tragic accident...

3-year-old falls off Pennsylvania roller coaster

Croushore stated that the Idlewild and SoakZone amusement park rides are inspected daily and assured that safety is the park's number one priority. The ro...

Republican letter urges party to cut Trump's funding

But asked about that Thursday, Trump seemed to go further. Trump has seen a steady stream of moderate Republicans vow not to support him, such as U.S. Clinton's...

Flooding hits rain-soaked Louisiana, Mississippi

Rescue workers in some areas waded through waist-deep flood waters to get stranded residents and their pets to safety. The National Guard was sent to north-ce...

Bombing in Thai seaside resort town kills 1, injures 20

Pongsapat said the perpetrators are believed to belong to the same networks and were still inside the country. The United States, Britain, Australia and sever...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic Open To Extending His Contract At Manchester United

I watched Man United play many , many times. Challenging Costa, whose goals fired Chelsea to the title two seasons ago, to improve in all areas, Conte said: ...

Turkey, Iran pledge cooperation over Syria

From Ankara's perspective, by allowing him to stay, Washington is effectively giving refuge to a "terrorist" who sought to usurp the democratically-elected au...

New released e-mails puts Hillary Clinton back in the hot seat

Clinton had signed a pledge promising that Clinton Foundation activities would not "create conflicts or the appearance of conflicts for Senator Clinton a...

Feds declare Zika emergency in Puerto Rico

In a late-afternoon conference call, Stewart said as part of a "spill the water campaign", classroom materials were being distributed to teachers and administra...

Woman accidentally shot & killed by police officer during Citizen Police Academy class

Knowlton was transported to the hospital immediately, but it was too late; she died of her injuries. He declined to identify the officer involved in the shooti...

Del Potro advances to men's final, defeating Nadal

Del Potro faces the No.3 seed Nadal in an appetising match up for many tennis aficionados to get their teeth in on semi-finals day for the Men's singles tournam...

The Clintons Release Their Tax Returns, Made $10.6 Million in 2015

The returns will show Clinton paid an effective tax rate of 35% and gave about 10% to charity, according to a CNBC report . These revealed that his effecti...

Zambia's president leads in early election results

Results released by the Zambia Electoral Commission from eight of 156 constituencies showed businessman Hichilema in the lead with 47,706 votes after Thursday's...

3 killed in Louisiana floods; more than 1K rescued

At least two dozen high-water rescues were carried out Friday, with stranded residents pulled from cars, rooftops and, in one case, a tree. "This is certainly...

5 wounded in Joplin shootings; police say apparently random

As the suspect traveled through the intersection police said he fired multiple rounds. The suspect made a U-turn and eventually turned north on Pearl Avenue. ...

Jet Blue flight hits turbulence, makes emergency landing

Lynam, returning home to California, says suitcases fell out of overhead compartments with wallets, sunglasses and other items all over the floor when the aircr...

Syria Aleppo siege: Fighting rages as Russian jets strike

Pupils of Shagit Ammar Khalil School (Latakia province) have received teaching kits. Video footage, posted on Facebook by antigovernment activists shortly bef...