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Meanwhile, on Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry released the aerial images of Daesh deployment sites north of Syria's Deir ez-Zor, where the equipment of US Army Special Forces is clearly visible but without any signs of previous fighting be...

This u.s. territory of more than 3 million inhabitants, is now immersed in the dark. A local doctor plans to deliver medical supplies Tuesday to the hurricane-ravaged island of Puerto Rico . "We are sending out a cargo plane full of supplies that ...

The NHC said the Carolina and Mid-Atlantic coasts should continue monitoring the storm, as its hurricane-force winds still extend about 60 miles from the eye. Looking farther ahead, she added: "Ex-hurricane Maria looks set to bring some stormy co...

If some days ago u.s. leader threatened to "rocket man" to "completely destroy" ir country, yesterday Kim responded with a virulent diatribe towards "old chocho american" and threatened to "exercise hardest countermeasure of History", which could b...

The Kurdish official said that the reports quoted Pavel Talabani, the son of former President Jalal Talabani, who was expressing his personal opinion. The National Security Council's meeting was followed by a Turkish cabinet meeting that focused on...

In Christchurch Central, Labour's Duncan Webb beat sitting National MP and Cabinet minister Nicky Wagner, who had won the seat in the last two elections. Labour would get a coalition Government just over the line with the support of NZ First and the ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in a news conference on Friday: " North Korea's remarks and behaviour are provocative to regional and worldwide security, and they are absolutely unacceptable". South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who me...

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub rose by 703,000 barrels, EIA said. OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, and other non-OPEC members such as Russian Federation pledged they will decrease their output to by 1.8 million barrels per day in 201...

But two senior South Korean diplomats, interviewed by Reuters , expressed concern that Trump's rhetoric could provoke a miscalculation from Kim and prompt him to launch an attack. US allies said on Wednesday that enforcing global sanctions on Nort...

General Assembly's meeting. Egypt has been mediating between Abbas' internationally recognised Palestinian Authority located in the West Bank and Hamas, which has controled the Gaza Strip since 2007. The United States will consider resuming some su...

Despite Trump's unpredictable foreign policy, Macron has sought not to isolate Washington, sensing an opportunity to sway its thinking and elevate the role of France, a nuclear power and permanent member of the U.N. (China, Russia and the United King...

Opposition leader Raila Odinga, 72, has demanded sweeping changes at the electoral commission, including the removal of Chief Executive Officer Ezra Chiloba, before the rerun, which is scheduled for October 17. "The [board] can not therefore be said ...

Maria's landfall in Dominica was record-breaking, and National Hurricane Center statements say it is the strongest storm to make landfall on the small island country. Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skeritt said on his Facebook page that "initi...

But some of the same GOP senators who blocked various stages of earlier repeal efforts are withholding their support. "If I could just say again, the way to do this is have a bill, put it through committee", he said on CBS's "Face the Nation".

At a press conference on Monday afternoon, O'Leary said: "This is our mess up". The Irish no-frills airline said Friday it would scrap up to about 2,000 flights over six weeks as it struggles with pilot availability and is hoping to restore a high ...

Two other women escaped with shock. In April, French police said they thwarted an imminent "terror attack" and arrested two suspected radicals in Marseille just days before the first round of France's presidential election. UPDATE #1 - 4:30pm EST...

This isn't the first time Trump has tweeted an image portraying a violent victory over one of his opponents. " Donald Trump's awesome golf swing #CrookedHillary ", the caption of the original tweet said, a reference to the term Trump coined about...

In a prerecorded statement, Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the " cowardly " attack " intended to cause significant harm ". According to The New York Times , Trump's tweets only add to the strain that's been buckling the United States a...

The oil-rich province of Kirkuk is among the contested areas that the vote is planned to take in. Iraqi parliamentarians have rejected the legitimacy of the vote and the central government in Baghdad , which is strongly opposed to the move, has sa...

Mission scientists were especially concerned about contaminating Titan or Enceladus , the two Saturnian moons where life as we know it might be possible-a possibility that Cassini's multiple flybys discovered. The spacecraft was built and finall...