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Gulf countries agree to United States troop redeployment to deter Iran

Embassy amid increasing tensions in the region. "I just want to confirm what the objective of our pressure campaign (against Iran) is". Lawyers familiar wit...

Taiwan lawmakers votes in favor of same-sex marriage

Pro-same sex marriage activist Jennifer Lu said Friday's vote would have a wider impact throughout Asia. Many carried rainbow-coloured placards reading "the...

Boris Johnson to contest leadership of UK Tory party

Boris Johnson , a prominent leader of the Brexit campaign and former foreign minister, is the top choice among members of Britain's ruling Conservative Party...

Trump Immigration Plan Favors Job Skills Over Asylum Claims and Family Ties

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Washingt...

Boeing says 737 MAX software update is complete

Aviation regulators still have more questions about how pilots interact with the plane's controls under different circumstances and Boeing says it is providin...

Were there efforts to influence Flynn? - Newswatch

It appears that Trump was watching Fox News on Air Force One when the tweet was posted a little more than 15 minutes after a segment on the unsealed Flyn...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is running for US president

In March, a former de Blasio aide told Politico that the notion of him running in 2020 is "f***ing insane", while another unnamed ally referred to the idea ...

Airstrike kills 17 policemen in south Afghanistan

Afghan security officials patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan , on May 17 after a USA airstrike mistakenly killed 18 Afghan police officers. The Minist...

Nepal sherpa on Everest for 23rd time

He said that before climbers reach the summit to take their photographs announcing their success, there are months of hard work done by Sherpas. Thakar died...

Non-Essential Staff in Iraq Ordered to Leave Amid Rising Tensions With Iran

However, Chris Ghika, the deputy commander of the US -led coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq , said that there had been no increased threat fro...

Missouri lawmakers pass bill criminalising abortion at about 8 weeks of pregnancy

Wade ". The state chapter of the left-wing American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) is preparing a lawsuit to block the law from taking effect, something ...

United Kingdom and U.S. 'share same assessment of Iran threat', says Hunt

The New York Times , while commenting on this rare public dispute between Britain and the United States , noted that it "highlights a central problem for the ...

The new onslaught on Roe v. Wade

The draconian bills both states recently passed reveal the legal strategy at work here: Even if the court of appeals and Supreme Court do not let these highly r...

Boeing fails to turn over 737 Max design records to investigators

She said the FAA appeared to be rushing to approve Boeing's fixes to the MAX even before the accident investigations were finished - something that could take m...

U.S. farmer cuts off leg after becoming trapped in auger

Kaser, 63, told KETV that he had told himself "this ain't good, this is not good at all" while attempting to remove his trapped leg from the device. "I knew I...

Sherpa scales Everest for record 23rd time

In 1995, he abandoned the summit bid after the deadliest avalanche killed expedition teams. Kami Rita Sherpa has become the first person to climb the top of t...

NYC helicopter crashes into Hudson River

Photos from the scene showed the helicopter marked with a logo for Blade, a company dubbed the " Uber for helicopters". Fortunately, the pilot - 34-year-old ...

Conrad Black gets presidential pardon

Black, who was born Canadian - though he holds British citizenship and is a British peer - was deported to Canada after being released in 2012. President Don...

US Pulls Non-Essential Staff From Iraq Amid Tensions With Iran

Who wants us to plunge back into the Middle East, to fight a new and wider war than the ones we fought already this century in Afghanistan, Iraq , Syria, Libya...

Chelsea Manning Jailed Again For Defying Subpoena

State Department cables. Manning's imprisonment Thursday came exactly one week after she was released following a 62-day stint in jail-including a month in ...

Sudan protesters vow to press on after talks suspended

Sudan's opposition alliance said on Thursday the ruling military council's 72-hour suspension of talks with protesters was a "regrettable" setback to efforts to...

Another State Legislature Is Set To Pass A Major Pro-Life Bill

These extremist Republican lawmakers know what the law is - but they don't care. "Politicians are putting the health and lives of Missouri women at risk in ...

Wild video shows window washers trapped on swinging lift

Emergency responders quickly sprung into action and arrived on the scene. David Macy said the two workers were pulled to safety around 8:30 a.m. after rescuer...

Germany suspends military training operations in Iraq, Kurdistan

From pulling the US out of the Iranian nuclear deal a year ago to cracking down on Iranian petroleum exports last month, the Trump administration has continue...

Pompeo urges Russian Federation to reach out to Zelensky

Of course special counsel Robert Mueller did find that Russian Federation interfered in the 2016 election in support of President Trump. Saying that "such ins...

De Blasio misses deadline to hire NYCHA chair - again

If you're a high-profile Democrat looking to convince voters that you'll get tough on President Trump , there's no better place to deliver that message than ...

Deadly California Camp Fire 'caused by power lines'

State officials say the fire was caused by PG&E power lines. "In addition to claims for property damage, business interruption, interest and attorneys' fees, ...

Cruise Passengers Killed As Planes Collide In Mid-Air

Authorities say families of the victims have been notified, as have the Canadian and Australian Consulates. The smaller plane was partially submerged in the s...

Macron and Ardern seek pledge to eliminate violent content online

Ahead of a summit on online extremism, Ardern was responding to a question asking whether countries can learn from New Zealand . It also said it would fund...

Papua New Guinea natural disaster: Possible Hawaii TSUNAMI THREAT after 7.7 quake

The shallow quake occurred around 11 pm (1300 GMT), some 44 kilometers (27 miles) northeast of Kokopo on New Britain island, the USGS said. It was centred at ...

Bennet Dodges Responsibility for Provoking Student Walkout at Colorado Shooting Vigil

The two Colorado teenagers accused of opening fire with handguns at their Denver-area charter school this week, killing one classmate and wounding eight o...

Iranian British Council worker sentenced to 10 years for ‘spying’

He did not identify the suspect, but said she had been sentenced recently after she "made a straightforward confession". Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who worked for the...

Sri Lanka situation under control after anti-Muslim riot

Two residents of Thunmodara told Reuters that a mosque and some Muslim-owned shops were attacked in the town in Kurunegala district that was hardest hit by th...

Trump to Ban US Firms From Using Foreign Tech Deemed ‘Security Risk’

In February, Trump suggested that he would not sign the executive order by tweeting that he wanted the USA to win the 5G ultra-high speed mobile telecommunicati...

Russia Voices Concern over Iran Tensions: There Were No Assurances by Pompeo

Unlike many other news organizations, we have not put up a paywall. A Kremlin spokesperson rejected the notion that Putin's schedule was an intentional "message...