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Congress returns, faces pressing issues including Harvey aid

The House will vote Wednesday to approve almost $8 billion in Hurricane Harvey relief funds, days after President Trump requested $7.85 billion from Congress ...

Ash covers OR cities, wildfire smoke chokes US West

A wildfire burning in the Columbia River Gorge grew to more than 30,000 acres by Wednesday morning, and more than 1,800 people had been forced out of their home...

Trump Jr. to testify privately to US Senate committee Thursday

Russian Federation has loomed large over the first six months of the Trump presidency. US intelligence agencies have concluded that Russian Federation worked to...

BRICS declaration signifies no change in policy towards Pakistan: Chinese ambassador

The official added that Chinese diplomats foiled Indian bid to target Pakistan at the recently-held summit meeting of BRICS by discarding around "ten pages of d...

North Korea: 'More Gift Packages' Coming For The US

North Korea conducted the military drill as "an exercise of restraint and justified self-defense right" to counter "the ever-growing and decade-long United Stat...

Seven Coaches of Shaktipunj Express Derails in UP

While speaking to media, Indian Railways PRO Anil Saxena said that the Railway minister Piyush Goyal has been briefed about the situation. No one was injured....

US states sue Donald Trump's DACA plan

The governor is not going to put up with it. "We'll work together", the governor said. "We put a stake in the ground". It would make no sense to deport people e...

Three confirmed dead as Irma crosses Caribbean

How does Hurricane Irma compare to other storms? Hurricane Katia churned nearly 200 miles (322 km) off the Gulf coast of Mexico on Wednesday evening before ...

How big is Hurricane Irma

It slammed into the island of St. Martin in the Atlantic Ocean. It was moving southeast at 3 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. E...

House passes $7.9B Harvey disaster aid package

In addition to supporting the recovery efforts in Texas, the agency is preparing for Hurricane Irma, another powerful storm that is approaching Puerto Rico and ...

How the decision to end DACA affects "Dreamers"

The bishop of Savannah issued a statement Wednesday in response to the Trump administration's push to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Th...

Vladimir Putin warns world faces 'global catastrophe' over North Korea

At the Security Council meeting, China's ambassador Liu Jieyi warned that the crisis was worsening and emphasised the need for dialogue and a diplomatic solutio...

Japan PM warns N.Korea against continuing nuclear program

Onodera expressed his intention to have state-of-the-art Japanese assets including P-1 to participate in the next edition of the Malabar exercise in 2018 and Ja...

Morocco's Counter-Terror Bureau Dismantles Pro-ISIS Cell in Nador

One of them was arrested in Melilla, a tiny Spanish enclave in North Africa, and the other five arrests were made in Morocco, the statement added. Spanish and...

May slams North Korea's 'reckless' nuclear test, calls for tougher action

Xiamen: The Russian president on Tuesday warned that ramping up military hysteria with North Korea over its nuclear missile test could lead to a global cata...

De Blasio & Albanese Argue Through Second of Two Primary Debates

He's so proud of his record that "you'd assume they'd be having parades out in the streets", the New York Post reports. Topics meandered from citywide issues ...

U.S. seeks oil embargo on North Korea after H-bomb test

His comments are a step back from those last month where he threatened "fire and fury" against Pyongyang. The move was met with outrage at the United Nat...

William Haque warns 'fire and fury' won't solve North Korea problem

In a new diplomatic move, the White House wants the UN Security Council to slap an oil embargo on the secretive state as well as hitting dictator Kim Jong Un ...

Korea into corner, sanctions alone will not solve problem - Putin

Russia has the right of further cutting the number of United States diplomats in the country, but won't do this now, Russian President Vladimir Putin told rep...

United Technologies to buy Rockwell Collins in multi-billion dollar deal

At this time, Moody's expects any potential downgrade of United Technologies' senior unsecured and junior subordinated debt ratings to be limited to one notch...

Jennings out indefinitely with wrist injury

After returning the first two kickoffs of Monday's game, Berry was absent on the last two as freshman Ty Chandler replaced him. "It's indefinite", Jones said,...

Tallahassee Animal Shelter: Think About Pets In Hurricane Plans

Jackie Armour, president of Springdale-based Paws Across Pittsburgh , said that her network of dog boarders will take four of the dogs. "Definitely keep them i...

Mumbai blast case: Sentencing of gangster Abu Salem, four others today

Immediately after the explosions, the state government had set up a special court under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act to hold trials ...

Pakistan army chief Qamar Bajwa defends country's role in fight against terrorism

He added, "If Pakistan has not done enough in the war against terror, then no country in the world has done enough". The forces of Pakistan have paid with the...

Killed, 11 Injured After Gas Cylinder Explosion In A Mumbai Building

Meanwhile, the police said that the victims could not be identified as their bodies were charred beyond recognition. The explosion triggered a fire which repo...

Democratic senator slated to travel with Trump to tax-reform rally

Burgum, a first-term Republican, said the USA tax code is "long overdue for reform". Meanwhile, the US's all-in personal income tax for a single person with n...

Lobbyists get Trump access by paying golf memberships

Of those, two-thirds of them have visited a club on a day the President was also there, according to scores posted online. The review shows the potential for ...

Tyson to build new chicken facility to match demand

It will produce pre-packaged trays of fresh chicken for retail grocery stores nationwide . "We believe this new operation, which will incorporate the latest ...

Vidal to retire from Chile

Defeats to Paraguay and Bolivia during the global break have left Chile's hopes of qualifying for the World Cup next summer hanging by a thread. Now on 6th plac...

Tropical Storm Jose Forms Over The Open Atlantic

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Katia, which formed this morning in the Gulf of Mexico, is located about 135 miles east-southeast of Tampico, Mexico and about 175 mil...