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Chelsea owner Abramovich is reportedly an Israeli citizen now

An official at Nativ, a government department that deals with Jewish communities in the former Soviet Union, said Mr Abramovich had applied for an immigrati...

Mueller's team is 'meddling' in midterm elections

Co-host Willie Geist asked Clapper to draw a distinction between a spy and an informant as it pertained to Stephen Halper, who reportedly met with Trump advis...

Cow slaughter aims to end bacterial disease

Found in Europe and the US, the bacteria can cause cows to develop mastitis, pneumonia, arthritis and other diseases. Many healthy cows will also be killed. S...

India says it will not follow U.S. sanctions on Iran

The last time the United States imposed sanctions on the country, New Delhi continued to trade with it, but when UN sanctions were introduced, it cut back on ...

Flash flood sweeps cars down street in Maryland

Their hope: to pull together as a community again after the second bad flood deluged their downtown in less than two years. Many businesses had just finished ...

Russian Federation probe: WH wants briefing on classified info, says Trump attorney Giuliani

Trump intensified his attacks Thursday, tweeting that it was "Starting to look like one of the biggest political scandals in United States history". Critics, i...

Top NK official heads to U.S. as summit negotiations continue

Moon and Kim Jong Un held a surprise meeting on Saturday at the border village of Panmunjom, during which they agreed that a North Korea-U.S. summit must be h...

Trump announces $50 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese goods

The Trump administration on Tuesday moved forward with restrictions on Chinese investment in the United States and tariffs on $ 50 billion worth of Chinese ...

Giuliani says informant info key to giving Mueller interview

I'm not saying Mueller is illegitimate. "We would say they can't", Mr. Giuliani said . President Trump is advancing the Spygate narrative of a surveillance...

Malaysia axes high-speed rail link to Singapore

We will make no money at all from the operation. Mahathir Mohamad , the 92-year-old who triumphed over scandal-plagued Najib Razak in a general election this...

Israel, Russia agree to keep Iran and Hezbollah from border

The diplomatic flurry to prevent further violence comes as a Syrian government offensive on the southern province of Daraa appears imminent after aircraft dropp...

Hawaii street swallowed by 'lava tide' as many more homes burn

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has reached a geothermal power plant on Big Island that has wells co...

Liege shooting: Gunman kills at least three in Belgian city

One witness told Belgium's RTL news website: "I am Avenue Rogier in Liege, the whole neighbourhood is blocked, as well as the boulevard Piercot". The governor...

Chelsea owner Abramovich 'granted Israeli citizenship'

Russian billionaire and Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has become an Israeli citizen and is planning to move to Tel Aviv where he's bought a property, I...

Man Who Saved Toddler Hanging From Balcony Awarded Citizenship

The four-year-old was holding on to the balcony of a fourth-storey apartment, Le Parisien reports, until Mamoudou Gassama took matters into his own hands. "...

North Carolina TV anchor, photographer dies after tree falls on SUV

Tryon Fire Chief Geoffrey Tennant said in a press conference that at about 2:30 P.M., the station received a call that there was a tree down on a vehicle with...

Missing man was trying to save woman's cat from floodwaters, witnesses say

At least one person has been reported missing so far. The Patapsco River's water levels rose nearly 18 feet within a few hours as the result of heavy rains on...

What Letter? Trump Proceeds Like Summit With Kim Is Still On

Trump signalled that preparations for a June 12 summit with Kim were going ahead, despite having called it off last week, and a White House team was schedule...

Paris mayor praises Malian 'hero' for scaling building to save child

Mamoudou Gassama , 22, was reportedly an immigrant, but will be granted French citizenship after his heroic act, Elysee Palace announced on Monday (May 28). I...

Russian billionaire Abramovich gets Israeli citizenship

According to an Israeli media report, Abramovich took Israeli citizenship on Monday and will move to Tel Aviv where he has bought a property. In Britain, Mr. ...

Maryland's Ellicott City inundated by flash floods; crews conduct water rescues

In Baltimore County, officials are still assessing damage, where parts of Dundalk and Catonsville flooded Sunday. Governor Hogan announced on Facebook he ...

Retired English teacher edits a White House letter and sends it back

What Mason is clear about is her dismay with the overuse of the "I" in Trump's letter. And toward the bottom: "OMG this is WRONG!" The New York Times, whic...

Kilauea volcano: Soar over active summit in awe-inspiring drone footage

The resulting lava flows have spread over 2372 acres (3.7 square miles), according to the US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Firefighters also...

Remnants of Subtropical Storm Alberto could reach Upstate NY this week

Ahead of the storm, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama declared states of emergency in preparation for the worst. Alberto may have earned a spot in the h...

Teacher who stopped Indiana school shooting says he had to act

Thanks to very fearless Teacher & Hero Jason Seaman of Noblesville, Indiana, for his heroic act in saving so many precious young lives. A 13-year-old student,...

'Once in 1K Years' Flood Hits Maryland City Again

Vehicles washed into a pile behind a building in historic Ellicott City as flood waters raged through its streets following torrential thunderstorms in Mar...

Chinese defence ministry slams 'provocation' by USA warships in South China Sea

The US military vessels carried out manoeuvring operations near Tree, Lincoln, Triton and Woody islands in the Paracels, one of the officials said. Despite th...

Patrick's career comes to crashing end at Indy 500

Will her one-off return to IndyCar be a success, or will it end in disappointment like her NASCAR career? "We lost the lead in one of the pit sequences, so ...

Trump lawyer again attacks inquiry, admits bid to shape opinion

Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump's attorneys, told the Associated Press on Friday that the White House hopes to receive a handout of the information next week, s...

Dutch, Australia say Russian Federation responsible for downing MH17

Putin noted that in 2001 the Ukrainian army accidentally downed a Russian airliner flying from Israel, killing all 78 people aboard. "Who was responsible for th...

Israeli fighter jets strike Hamas targets in Gaza Strip

The other they described only as a Hamas site in the centre of the strip. "This was neutralized in the morning by the Israeli Defence Forces", a military statem...

Family of Texas school shooting victim sues attacker's parents

Investigators said Pagourtzis used a shotgun and pistol belonging to his father that had been kept in a closet. Under Texas law, guns can not be handled by ...

Militant shelling kills 4 Russian soldiers in Syria

Russian fighters were among dozens of pro-government forces killed in eastern Syria this week in a deadly wave of attacks by Islamic State group jihadists, Mosc...

South Korea: Kim Jong Un is OK with 'complete' denuclearization

Pictures from the summit show Mr Moon and Mr Kim shaking hands as well as embracing, and reveal Mr Kim brought along his sister, Kim Yo Jung. In an apparent r...

U.S. House Passes Defense Measure That Backs ZTE Penalties

The issue of chip technology is now in the spotlight after the US Department of Commerce in April banned the export of American technology components and operat...