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Authorities look to provide housing for people left homeless by Italy quake

A firefighter stands amid rubble as he watches the bell tower of Amatrice, central Italy, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Italian authorities are pondering how to provid...

Solo slapped with six-month suspension

Yikes! The World Cup victor made the comment when her team lost 5-4 on penalties against the Swedes in the Rio 2016 Olympic quarter-finals. The iconic goalkee...

Zimbabwe police fire tear gas at opposition leaders

Organizers for the demonstration, which will bring together at least 18 opposition parties and civic organizations, say the protest will begin at midday althoug...

Italy probes quake buildings, checking for code fraud

Fabrizio Curcio is the Head of the local Civil Protection Authority. Prosecutor Giuseppe Saieva, based in the nearby provincial capital of Rieti, said the high ...

2.5 kg gold hidden in Air India flight toilet seized

The flight arrived at Goa worldwide airport early morning at 4 o'clock with 67 passengers on board. The flight had arrived from Dubai . This is the third ins...

At least 71 dead in vehicle bombing attack, ISIS claims responsibility

In eastern Yemen, forces loyal to Hadi, backed by troops from the UAE, drove members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula from the city of Mukalla in a military...

Two United Airlines pilots held on alcohol charge in Scotland

The pair are such senior airmen that both have worked as flight instructors teaching others how to fly. The flight to Newark Airport took off almost 10 hours ...

Federal Bureau of Investigation confirms hackers accessed two states' election databases

The state shut down the system for nine days beginning in late June, after the discovery of malware on an election official's computer. In that episode, the F...

FBI warns of possible state election-system hacks

The FBI's recent alert didn't name IL as one of the victim of the attacks it cited, but it did say that in one state's case "the majority of the data exfiltrati...

Russian Federation to work with U.S. on response to Syria gas attacks probe

The mustard gas attack occurred in Marea, Aleppo governorate, on 21 August, 2015, when Islamic State fighters were attacking rebels. It follows an earlier r...

Bomb detonated at Brussels Institute of Criminology

The cause had still not been determined. Local media had reported that one or more people had driven a vehicle through three of the institute's fences, before...

Australian Opposition to Push for Gay Marriage Law Reform

The Greens on Friday decided they would be opposing the popular vote and today the Nick Xenophon Team and independent senator Derryn Hinch also said they would ...

Bomb explodes at Brussels Institute of Criminology, no casualties reported so far

State broadcaster RTBF reported on August 29 that a auto forced its way into the site "before exploding a bomb" at about 2 a.m. local time. "The lab's windows w...

What to Expect From Trump's 'Major' Immigration Speech

That brought criticism from opponents of illegal immigration. "I am going to build a great border wall, institute nationwide e-verify, stop illegal immigrants...

Yemen Houthis says to deal with United States peace initiative if "aggression" halted

Despite meagre means, the central bank has continued to provide lines of credit guaranteeing imports and to pay the salaries of state employees, including troop...

French minister says banning burkinis unconstitutional

A tribunal in the city previously ruled a burkini ban in the Villeneuve-Loubet resort was "necessary, appropriate and proportionate" to prevent public disorder....

Donald Trump prepares for major immigration speech, debate with Clinton

The Indiana governor, Conway and other surrogates said the main tenets of Trump's immigration plan still will include building a wall along the southern USA bor...

Tropical depression moving through eastern Gulf

Gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall are likely over portions of the Bahamas. It's expected to emerge into the Gulf of Mexico early next week and has a 60 per...

Gulshan attack mastermind killed in Bangladesh

Police spokesman Jalaluddin confirmed to PTI that Tamim Chowdhury was among those killed this morning during the raid, the second major clampdown after the nine...

President Uhuru Kenyatta opens 6th TICAD conference in Nairobi

According to the release, during TICAD's fifth summit in 2013, Japan made a commitment to provide financial support amounting to $2 billion to promote low-c...

Let's find ways of ending cross-border terror, India tells Pakistan

This comes a day after Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar expressed his willingness to visit to Islamabad to have consultations with his Pakistani counterpart Aiza...

Liz Cheney Wins GOP Nomination for US House

House of Representatives. She's expected to carry the heavily Republican statewide district in the November general election. Cheney celebrated the victory ...

Philippine president slams 'inutile' UN

Philippines national police chief Ronald Dela Rosa said Monday that police and vigilantes have killed about 1,800 alleged criminals since Rodrigo Duterte b...

The hidden message in Beyonce's VMAs performance

Rihanna's final performance of Stay , Diamonds and Love On The Brain . Drake's loving speech about Rihanna at the VMAs on August 28 was by far the highl...

Chimney Fire burns into Monterey County

The fire is now 39 percent contained and has burned 40,798 acres. The castle at San Simeon was one of nearly 1,900 structures threatened by the 33,173-acre Ch...

Dubai hotels record increased occupancy and RevPAR in July

Germany reported a 0.7% decrease in occupancy to 72.5%, but a 3.0% rise in ADR to EUR92.92 pushed a 2.3% increase in RevPAR to EUR67.38. This uplift is in li...

In Iowa, Trump says Clinton at "war" with farmers

Trump finally hit the airwaves earlier this month with an ad focused on immigration, and so far has only spent about $5 million. Trump said his first priority...

ISIS Bombs Yemen Army Recruiter, Killing At Least 71

The assault killed at least 71 people and wounded 98, medical sources told AFP . Yemeni security officials say a suicide attacker set off a massive vehicle b...

USA alarm as Turkey warns Syrian Kurd militia of more strikes

Turkey's military has begun directly targeting Kurdish Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) in Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, initially billed as an as...

Ithaca College student killed Sunday on Cornell's campus

Nazaire said her brother had been visiting friends at Cornell and had developed an "upstate NY family" there. Photo via Facebook/Skyler Srivastava . After this...

Trump says he'll deliver speech in Arizona on immigration

When Cooper asked Trump if he would deport immigrants who've lived peacefully, but illegally, in the US, the candidate said , "There is a very good chance the ...

Zika virus plagues 38 construction workers in Singapore

The new case brings the state total of locally transmitted Zika cases to 43, with the Florida Department of Health reporting the latest incident was associated ...

Eid Al Adha to fall on 9/11? American Muslims fear backlash

The potential for the holiday to fall on the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks has stirred apprehension among Muslims in New York City and across the Un...

Clinton: Can't say "which Donald Trump" will be at debates

The announcement came late Sunday in a tweet by the Republican presidential nominee after days of wavering - and at least one canceled speech - on a question ...

'No discussion' over United Kingdom obesity plans

A spokesperson for BRC said: "It is a levy not a tax which means it is applied to the manufacturer, not a mandatory amount on the drink as a tax would be; tha...