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WestJet to rescue Canadians stranded by hurricane Irma St. Maarten

The airline is asking people to register in advance of the flight through Facebook messenger , Twitter direct message or by contacting the call centre at 1-8...

Hurricane Irma Upgraded to Top Level of 5

The eye of the storm is forecast to move near the north coast of Cuba through Saturday , near the Florida Keys on Sunday morning, and then near the southwest c...

Delta cancels flights as Irma heads toward Atlanta

More than 500 flights had already been canceled with dozens being delayed from Atlanta, the world's busiest airport, according to Flight View . Authorities ...

Tropical Storm Jose forms in the eastern Atlantic

Irma slammed into the Caribbean islands of Barbuda and St. Maarten early on Wednesday packing sustained winds of 185 miles per hour (298 kph). And the stronge...

South Korean Foreign Minister Says North Korea On 'Reckless Path'

Her comments come hours before the U.N. Security Council was to vote on fresh a US -drafted resolution imposing new sanctions to pressure North Korea to give up...

Trump approves bill for $15B in hurricane aid, government funding through December

Representative Bill Flores, a Republican helping round up votes for the deal, said his count of party members intending to vote yes on the legislation "didn't...

Red Cross shelters in Tennessee ahead of Irma's arrival

The urban search and rescue teams includes representatives from Metro Nashville's Office of Emergency Management, and the fire, police and public works departme...

Moscow rejects cutting off North Korea from Russian oil supplies

The rollout was "temporarily" completed Thursday, a spokesman for South Korea's Defence Ministry said, adding it was necessary to counter increased threats from...

Sen. Booker co-sponsoring Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare for all' bill

Sen. Jeff MerkleyJeffrey (Jeff) Alan MerkleyDem lawmaker proposes cutting off oil to North Korea Lawmakers mark Women's Equality Day President Trump, listen ...

United Nations nuclear watchdog defends Iran agreement

Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley and her chief Donald Trump who have been seeking to downplay Tehran's loyalty to the global deal negotiated between Iran, Fra...

California, three other states sue over Trump action on 'Dreamer' immigrants

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will announce a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its order to end the Deferred Action for Childhood...

French minister slams 'anti-Semitic' attack on Jewish family

Shimon Samuels - worldwide affairs director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), a prominent Jewish human rights group - said in an earlier letter to Collomb...

Aaron Finch ruled out of Board President's XI game

Even though most of the players in the Australian line-up have played in India before, Faulkner felt it would be a "test of character" for them to beat the ho...

Post-Harvey gas prices might have peaked last week, analyst says

It looked like prices were beginning to level out, as refineries that were impacted by the storm restarted operations and gasoline supply chain issues caused by...

Court asks INEC to proceed with Melaye's recall

The judge however ordered INEC to forward a copy of the said petition it received from Melaye's constituency, signatories, including the full list of the petiti...

GOP rep: Trump did not make a 'good deal' on debt ceiling

A number of members of the House Freedom Caucus were highly critical of legislation passed Friday linking the debt ceiling increase with a must-pass Hurrica...

Another German couple detained in Turkey: German foreign ministry

Two German citizens of Turkish origin were arrested in Istanbul over the weekend, the German Foreign Ministry said Monday. It is not known what the pair were ...

Hurricane Irma Devastated Richard Branson's Private Island, But He's Safe

Following the storm's hit on the island, a spokesperson for the Virgin Group told Business Insider: "Virgin Limited Edition can confirm that on the 6th Septembe...

Macron Proposes to Reform EU, Create New Eurozone Parliament

With its own EMF, Europe would be less reliant on the Washington-based International Monetary Fund, a key player in successive Greek bailouts. Macron said Thu...

Amazon Tribespeople Said to Have Been 'Massacred' in Brazil

It was reported that the gold miners chose to brag about their deplorable offense in a bar near the Colombian border. Funai , the indigenous affairs agency...

White House lockdown lifted after sign, notebook thrown over fence

According to NBC, Secret Service initially told reporters that the lockdown, which lasted roughly 45 minutes, happened because someone threw a sign and a yoga m...

World unity crumbles in face of North Korea threat

Haley reinforced Trump's threat on Twitter to cut off trade with nations that do business with North Korea, though many observers say that would be an unlikely ...

South Korea deploys U.S. anti-missile launchers amid protests

During North Korea's first successful ICBM test in May , it fired the rocket at a "lofted" angle, which meant it traveled to an vast altitude but descended a...

Michigan US Rep. Dave Trott not running for reelection in 2018

Michigan GOP Rep. Dave Trott announces retirement. Trott, who was first elected to serve the 11th Congressional District in 2014 and won reelection in 2016, s...

Putin Rejects Moon's Calls for N.Korea Oil Embargo

Putin on the sidelines of an economic forum in Russia's eastern port city of Vladivostok. Instead, Russia, along with China, has advocated a "freeze for freez...

Gov Deal expands state of emergency to all GA counties

The National Hurricane Center predicted the storm's center would arrive inland in southern Georgia heading northward through the state Monday after churning...

Mino Raiola Encourages Dybala To Join Real Madrid

But Raiola, who has brokered deals for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku in the past, made it clear that Dybala would move ...

Miss Texas Did Not Hold Back About President Trump's Response to Charlottesville

Despite her answer and the viral standing ovation it's garnered , Wood was the fourth runner-up in the Miss America pageant. The Q&A portion topics ranged f...

Gas prices may have peaked in northern New England

As of Monday morning, the price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline in Lincoln was $2.57, according to AAA, the same as it was on Sunday. Statewide, prices actu...

Sessions mulling lie detector test for entire NSC staff

Attorney General Jeff Sessions considers having the entire National Security Council staff take a lie detector test in a bid to root out White House leakers. ...