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Explosions rock Yemen's main port for second day after truce

The Iranian-aligned Houthi movement and the Saudi-led government had traded blame for violations on the first day of the truce on Tuesday, when residents report...

Lehigh Student Yukai Yang Charged With Poisoning Black Roommate

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Trump warns of 'very long' government shutdown

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., criticized the president on Twitter for ignoring an "unanimous U.S. Senate bill to fund the government". With only hours remaining to s...

Fiancé of Missing Colorado Mom Arrest and Charged With Murder

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China says detention of 3rd Canadian relates to employment

Canada's Global Affairs office told the National Post that they were aware of a detention but did not provide details and did not suggest a connection to Men...

Corbyn calls for Commons vote of confidence in Prime Minister

In the Commons, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said Labour MPs would not be forced by the shortness of time into choosing between Mrs May's deal a...

Trump Orders Withdrawal of 7,000 Troops From Afghanistan

Trump has surrounded himself with former military men and shown an uncharacteristic public deference toward Mattis , a bookish 68-year-old who has disagreed wi...

Turkey hasn't given up on future Syria operations: FM

Turkey views the US-backed YPG as an extension of an armed group fighting inside Turkey. A senior Kurdish politician has called on France to play a stronger r...

Japan to resume commercial whaling after leaving IWC

Japanese media are reporting Tokyo has chose to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission ((IWC)) to resume commercial whaling - just three months ...

Award-winning journo exposed as serial fraud

In the latest of several mea culpa editorials, Der Spiegel said on Thursday that the Relotius case was likely to have an impact on the way it operates in futu...

Did Kelsey Berreth Break Off Engagement Before Disappearing?

Authorities arrested Patrick Frazee almost one month after Berreth, the mother of his 1-year-old daughter, vanished on Thanksgiving Day near Woodland Park...

China marks 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up

The Chinese President Xi Jinping has given a worded speech on Tuesday, warning other countries not to "dictate to" Beijing . The trade war could be a cha...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg undergoes surgery to remove cancerous growth in lung

Standing behind from left: Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Elena Kagan and Associate Justice Brett M. The n...

Colorado woman likely killed at home, fiance charged

Investigators have not yet located Berreth's body, but they believe she may have been killed in her Woodland Park home. Both towns are high country alpine commu...

Former Lehigh University student charged with attempted murder for poisoning Black roommate

Assistant District Attorney Abe Kassis told NBC News Yang had surrsurreptitiously been slipping the poisonous thallium chemical into Royal's mouthwash, f...

Trump Orders McConnell To ‘Go Nuclear’ To Get The Wall

The package, which included Mr Trump's $5.7 billion request for a border wall with Mexico , is nearly certain to be rejected by the Senate. On Wednesday thou...

Netanyahu Exhorts Security Council to "Condemn Hezbollah's Wanton Acts of Aggression"

Veteran war correspondent Elijah J. Magnier reported this week that "Russia has informed Israel that there are Russian officers present at every Syrian or Ira...

Denmark authenticates video of murder of Scandinavian in Morocco

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US Approve Patriot Missile Sale to Turkey; S-400 Deal Under Threat?

The potential $3.5 billion deal for the Patriot system, which is manufactured by Raytheon Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp., marks an opening gambit by the Trump ...

4 takeaways after judge lambasts Flynn, postpones sentencing

Flynn has never said why he lied, but Sullivan nonetheless castigated him for a deception that was then parroted by other senior administration officials. Asked...

Twitter Predicts Imminent Shutdown After Trump Nixes Funding Deal: ‘Strap In, Folks’

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TN man arrested in Goa for raping a foreigner

The train, "Netravati Express" was running late by 45 minutes so she chose to cancel her onward journey and return home . He took her a few metres away from th...

Reported Dates For WWE’s Saudi Arabia Return In 2019

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Mexican president wants U.S. to grant more work visas

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Channels Trump to Discredit Politico’s ‘Junk Articles’

Now America's youngest elected member of Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is copping criticism for announcing she's taking a few days off for "self-care" bef...

Bill Barr penned memo critical of Mueller probe, acting AG won't recuse

Barr said Mueller's probe into potential obstruction of justice by President Trump was based on a "fatally misconceived" theory, The Wall Street Journal re...

Taliban and U.S. discuss prisoner swap for two captive university professors

Though the Afghan government sent a delegation to Abu Dhabi led by chief negotiator Abdul Salam Rahimi, the Taliban refused to meet. In another breakthrough...

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to retire in February

Jim Mattis announced Thursday he will step down as defense secretary early next year because his views on foreign policy are incompatible with President Trum...

President Obama visits children hospital in DC dressed in Santa hat

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'Can't hide my disgust': former Trump adviser's sentencing delayed by judge

Prosecutors hadn't recommended prison, citing Flynn's extensive cooperation with investigators looking into Russian election interference. Some conservative pun...

US To Send Migrants Back To Mexico To Wait Out Asylum Requests

Instead, asylum seekers who tried getting into the country through the US southern border will have to wait in Mexico while their cases move through the immigr...