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Trump cancels trip, Florida extends state of emergency as Hurricane Dorian looms

Space Command. The aide, Krzysztof Szczerski, told private broadcaster TVN24 that the two presidents spoke on the phone and discussed Trump visiting in "the c...

Dozens shot in Texas, police say

The shooting comes four weeks after a gunman killed 22 people in El Paso, about 490 km west of Midland. The mail truck was last seen in Odessa, Texas, near 38th...

Alabama man goes free after resentencing for $50 robbery

Carla Crowder, his attorney and executive director of the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, argued "if her client had been sentenced today, he would...

One dead, six wounded in France after suspected knife attack

A suspect has been taken into custody, according to BFM TV. Police are believed to have arrested one man and are hunting another who managed to flee from the ...

PM arrives in Dili in time for 20th anniversary celebrations

The visit coincides with today's 20th anniversary of the referendum that led to Timor's independence - and big celebrations are planned. The construction of t...

US Doesn't Have a 'Tariff Problem', It Has 'a Fed Problem'

Beginning Sunday, the US government will begin collecting 15% tariffs on $112 billion in Chinese imports - items ranging from smartwatches and TVs to shoes, dia...

Alabama man served 36 years in jail for stealing $50

He hopes to return to his old job as a carpenter. Kenard had been 22-year-old when he entered prison after being convicted of first-degree robbery in 1983. Hi...

Visa reciprocity fees still in force

The US Government claimed that it had engaged the Nigerian Government seeking a reduction on the cost of visa issuance to its citizens since early 2018. The Min...

U.S. blacklists Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya I

The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has included Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1, earlier detained and released by Gibra...

Amit Shah speaks to Maharashtra CM on explosion in chemical factory

Prima facie, cylinders explosion has been cited as the reason behind the blast at the factory. Teams of fire brigade, police, State Disaster Response Force (S...

Varadkar to meet Pence on Tuesday as Irish visit moved

Mr Trump cancelled his trip to Poland to deal with Hurricane Dorian, which is expected to make landfall in Florida over the coming days. Global media reports ...

Satellite photos show burning Iran space center launch pad

Reuters also quoted an unnamed US official as also saying that Iran suffered a satellite launch failure, and satellite images by commercial company Planet L...

Police say 1 soldier killed in Indonesia’s Papua protest

Wednesday's violence follows days of similar turmoil that saw one demonstrator killed last Friday and others injured and detained over the weekend. A police...

Actor Hugh Grant Blasts Johnson on Brexit Move, Nation Divided

More than one million people have signed a petition against the decision, while thousands of people rallied for hours outside Parliament on Wednesday night. Th...

The best placards from United Kingdom parliament shutdown protest

Johnson announced this week he will suspend Britain's parliament for more than a month ahead of an October 31 Brexit deadline, enraging opponents and raising t...

Colombia's FARC Party confirms commitment to peace

Not all Colombians were in favor of the peace deal, which offered rebels amnesty in exchange for laying down arms, and subsequent presidential elections were wo...

Ruth Davidson resigns as Scottish Conservative leader

Ruth Davidson confirmed she has quit her role after eight years - just hours after Johnson announced he would shut down Parliament for a month. "I fear havin...

No threat to America with North Korea's missile test: Donald Trump

They stressed that "international sanctions must remain in place and be fully and strictly enforced until North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile progra...

Labor Day weather, Dorian aims at Florida

Northeast wind at 2 to 5 miles per hour. Saturday should be fine for the most part with partly cloudy skies at times. The Labor Day weather will be very coo...

N. Korea hits out at Pompeo, warns hopes for US talks 'disappearing'

This comes after Pompeo said on Tuesday said the Trump administration recognized that "North Korea's rogue behavior" could not be ignored while touting the ad...

Afghan government says Taliban attacking city of Kunduz

The Taliban in Afghanistan have stormed a major strategic urban center in the country's north, prompting the army's special forces to engage, an official conf...

Highlands tragedy: NZ man questioned over five Fiji deaths

The sole survivor of the incident was a one-year-old found crawling and crying at the scene. Ms Devi's mother Bhijiba Wati, who had travelled to their home on...

Sirhan Sirhan, assassin of Robert Kennedy, stabbed in prison

The statement did not name Sirhan, but a government source with direct knowledge confirmed to The Associated Press that he was the victim. Sirhan was said to ...

United States service member killed in Afghanistan

The soldier died on Thursday during a combat mission, the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan announced in a statement on Friday, but withheld the serviceman's iden...

Iran’s oil tanker heading to Lebanon, Turkey’s FM says; Beirut ‘not informed’

Pompeo had earlier said that if the tanker went to Syria, Washington would take every action it could consistent with US sanctions. Earlier Friday Lebanon d...

The Stromboli Volcano in Italy Wakes Up!

Holidaymakers captured the aftermath and reported a metallic taste in their mouths as they watched the almighty blast. The Stromboli volcano on the Italian ...

Trial date set at Guantanamo prison for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the accused mastermind behind the September 11 attacks, will stand trial at the United States military prison in Guantanamo Bay in earl...

Hurricane Dorian strengthens to Category 2; track shifts slightly southward

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency in 12 counties in the state. On Friday morning, Dorian was a category 2 hurricane located no...

Trump Denies U.S. Involvement in Failure of Iranian Rocket Launch

Trump stated in his tweet that the accident had occurred "during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran". The Trum...

Madeleine Westerhout: White House aide fired after leaks on Trump family

CNN has learned Westerhout was not in the West Wing this week due to a scheduled summer vacation, and her White House phone has already been disconnected. A re...