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Turkey slams United States arrest warrants against Erdogan guards

Police Department: We all saw the violence that was perpetrated against peaceful demonstrators here in Washington , D.C., and it's just something we're not goi...

Kushner arrives to try for Israeli-Palestinian breakthrough

Most countries view the Israeli-built settlements on land captured in the 1967 Middle East war as illegal, which Israel disputes. Since then, Israel has exp...

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A recent change in the Bihar board states that the students will be granted eight grace marks to improve the passing percentage of students. Earlier, Bihar Ar...

IS destroys iconic al-Nuri mosque in Mosul

Iraqi officials had stated their intention to capture the mosque by the end of Ramadan as a major symbolic victory. So far there is no definitive evidence of ho...

Chinese Dog Meat Festival Going Ahead Despite Government Restrictions

Near the market, Xinhua reporters saw chained or caged dogs, while dog meat was hung in booths in the market. Fang continued: "What the situation crystalises ...

Bahrain says it will jail Qatar supporters for up to five years

Mr Trump's stern warning overshadowed an earlier declaration from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson - who had also urged Saudi Arabia and its allies to ease th...

What's next on health care draft in Congress

McConnell wants the bill passed next week, still with no public hearings or opportunities for health care experts or advocates to have a say. U.S. The House...

Trump says China tried but failed to help on North Korea

The officials said it is not yet clear if the activity indicates a sixth nuclear test is imminent, but noted there is concern that North Korea could set off a t...

Virginia man charged with spying for China - US Justice Department

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Kevin Patrick Mallory, 60, is a self-employed consultant with GlobalEx, LLC, who speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese. In on...

ISIS militants destroy 12th century al-Nuri mosque in Iraq's Mosul

Officials from Iraq and the US-led anti-ISIL coalition said the destruction of the site was a sign of the ISIL's imminent loss of Mosul , with Iraqi Prime...

EU leaders to weigh terrorism, defence ties, migration

Donald Tusk , the former Polish prime minister chairing a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels attended by British Prime Minister Theresa May , spoke...

Why neither North Korea nor United States want all-out war

At the State Department, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hosted Chinese counterparts. These findings mark the first signs se...

MSCI adds China-listed stocks to index in long awaited move

But they said it could still take as long as a decade for MSCI to include Chinese shares at the country's full weighting, citing ongoing uncertainty over the ...

Farmers protest on Thane-Badlapur highway under control, probe underway

This time though, the farmers are protesting against what they term as forcible land acquisition for a proposed worldwide airport on the outskirts of Mumbai . ...

Special election losses leave Democrats divided, searching

Now that Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff's overcapitalized congressional campaign has tanked, his Bay Area investors should feel as uneasy as Uber's - and wit...

In Georgia, Handel thanks Trump and reaches out to Democrats

Trump's collapse in November - he beat Hillary Clinton by just 1.5 percentage points in a district that Mitt Romney had carried by 24 points four years earlier ...

Should the Senate fast-track its health care bill?

Not surprisingly, the bill that these Senators came up with is every bit as cruel and ineffective as its ugly counterpart in the House. The Senate bill would ...

Imagine! Lennon brings no peace, but discord at EU summit

The EU wants to discuss exit terms including the discussion on the exit fee before any discussion on trade. Tusk said that when British friends asked him if...

Fitness blogger killed by exploding whipped cream dispenser

Burger's family shared the news with 50,000 fans on her Facebook page , labeling the death a "domestic accident ". A family member posted a photo of one...

NY raises age of marriage from 14 to 17

He was then convicted in the US of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in 1990, when he was just 21 years old. Cuomo's office said that Cardona ...

Trump takes veiled shot at Obama for Warmbier's late release

The State Department says at least 16 Americans have been detained by North Korea in the last 10 years. The 800-capacity auditorium at Warmbier's high school ...

Manpreet Singh led team beaten 3-2 in thrilling match

India, however, have filed a protest to the organisers over the umpire's decision to award Malaysia a penalty corner which resulted in Razie scoring in the ne...

Teen accidentally shot by deputies fending off dog

We will update this story with more information as it becomes available following the Sheriff's Department's investigation. His name was withheld pending fami...

Australia Suspends Air Operations in Syria After Russia's Warning

The Iranian-made Shaheed-129 drone was shot from the sky in the same location where another pro-regime drone dropped a dud bomb near coalition forces before it ...

Trump says 'we have a great relationship with China' after critical tweet

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Presidential Polls: The three reasons why Meira Kumar was chosen

The Bihar Chief Minister, according to his aides, phoned Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and informed her that he would throw his weight behind the BJP nominee,...

Trump says he didn't tape his conversations with Comey

That special counsel - Robert Mueller - who was appointed as a direct result of what now looks like a deeply ill-advised Trump tweet , now poses a serious thre...

FULL TEXT: Senate Republicans unveil health care bill

The Senate bill does not change current coverage for pre-existing conditions . The protesters are yelling "no cuts to Medicaid " as they are being led a...

Special education teacher in Connecticut charged in sexual assault resigns

Police say Ramos then consented to a second interview, in which she told police she and the teen started flirting in December, before it turned physical, and ha...

Saudis Boxed In by Low Oil Prices

Crown Prince Abdullah was a graduate of the British military academy at Sandhurst, England. Within hours of King Salman's ascension to the throne in January...