Russian warships fire missiles at Islamic State targets in Syria
In April, President Donald Trump ordered the launch of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian air base after a suspected chemical weapons attack in an opposition-held town. "Any flying objects, including planes and drones of the global coaliti... More..
Muslims in Asia Pray for Peace as Ramadan Holy Month Ends
It is a spiritual event to the entire Muslim where Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar . "Shawwal's crescent moon has been sighted in Lahore, which means Eid starts on Monday", according to ...More..
Tillerson: Qatar doing 'careful review and consideration' of demands
Yemen, Libya and the Maldives also imposed sanctions on Qatar . The demands include downgrading ties with Iran, a regional rival of Saudi Arabia; stopping support for Islamist groups; closing a Turkish mil...More..
Shawwal moon sighted in Pakistan: Eid to be celebrated on Monday
Fitr Bayram (El Eid) is the biggest celebration of the year for Muslims around the world. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly rejected a request from his department's office of religion and global aff...More..
AP analysis shows how gerrymandering benefited GOP in 2016
The AP also calculated efficiency gap scores for U.S. House elections, translating those into estimates of extra seats won because of partisan advantages. Even with the new lines from a year ago, Virginia's con...More..
Iran missile attack in IS a public demand
In just over a month, USA forces have struck Iranian-backed Shiite militias in southern Syria three times, and on Sunday a U.S. F/A-18 shot down a Syrian Arab Air Force Su-22 jet. Tensions between longtime ...More..
Senator Cantwell's plan to stop Republican health care bill
He said it only benefits millionaires. Senators had promised that their ACA replacement would be very different than the version that passed the House in May, but the bill instead follows the House's lead...More..
Erdoğan rejects Saudi demand to pull Turkish troops out of Qatar
Doha received a 13-point list from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain that included demands to shut down the media network Al-Jazeera and cut ties with Islamist groups including the Muslim Br...More..
Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela: Pelosi 'doesn't help our candidate
She acknowledged the attacks but added: "I think I'm worth the trouble". 'I do not believe she is an out-of-touch San Francisco liberal, ' Rice replied. Tim Ryan , D-Ohio, who was unsuccessful a year ago i...More..
Five GOP senators now oppose health bill _ enough to sink it
With 52 Republicans in the Senate , the GOP can only afford to lose the support of two members. Sen. There's no way we should be voting on this next week. "It's going to throw millions of people off the in...More..
Nitish dares BJP to hold polls in Bihar, UP simultaneously
However, Nitish said, there was one condition - all members of Parliament belonging to the National Democratic Alliance from both states should also resign from their respective Lok Sabha seats and fight simult...More..
Sonia Gandhi To Chair Opposition Meeting Today To Decide Presidential Candidate
Most of the 18 opposition parties, which had come together for the goal of the presidential election , and had met on June 14, are now scheduled to meet again at the Parliament Annexe tomorrow (June 22), and...More..
Pro-Trump Group's Attack Ads Put Pressure GOP Senator Opposing ObamaCare Overhaul
But Uncle Bob's state says that coverage of prescription drugs is optional and he will not be able to afford his life-saving medications that can run more than $2,000 each month. And if it were the greatest bil...More..
In world's largest refugee camp, youth get their 'kicks'
The goal of the meeting is to give due recognition to Uganda's generosity in hosting almost 1.3 million refugees, and to call on the worldwide community to do more. "We shall continue to open our doors for thes...More..
Detroit judge to consider United States freeze on Iraqi deportations
US District Judge Mark Goldsmith in MI issued an order staying the deportation of the Iraqis for at least two weeks as he decides whether he has jurisdiction over the matter. Meanwhile, seven leaders of the E...More..
Swaraj attacked Meira Kumar by posting a video
The video showed Sushma Swaraj attacking the UPA government over corruption charges while the Speaker is seen interrupting her. Ahead of the polls to elect the next President of India scheduled to be held in ...More..
NDA's Presidential nominee Ramnath Kovind files nomination
On its part, the state Assembly secretariat has started preparations and had also held meeting with a high-level delegation of the Election Commission on Friday. Every election in India is dependent on the ma...More..
Israel ignores United Nations, begins construction on new West Bank settlement
Mr Trump's special representative, Jason Greenblatt , and his son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner , are visiting the region this week to hear directly from Israeli and Palestinian leaders "about their prior...More..
Trump holds meeting with Tech CEOs regarding government challenges
President Donald Trump promised "sweeping transformation" in the federal government's use of technology as he welcomed top executives from numerous world's largest tech companies to the White House . They ar...More..
Three Palestinians shot dead after killing Israeli officer
Nearly immediately, Hamas rejected the Islamic State claim and said one of the attackers belonged to Hamas, and two others to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , both domestic Palestini...More..
Why Wonder Woman's second-weekend sales are so extraordinary - and important
The movie tells the origin tale of Diana Prince, princess of the Amazons , a tribe of female warriors borne from Greek mythology that live on the isolated island of Themyscira. Gal Gadot is effectively going ...More..
Nancy Pelosi is hurting Democrats at ballot box, Rep. Tim Ryan says
RICE: Well, that's not going to be for me to decide, but we have to as a caucus, have this conversation. CBS and ABC cannot take the called for leadership change seriously if they want too, but it won't help ...More..
N Korea denies torturing USA student Warmbier: KCNA
The spokesman, who was not named, said that USA doctors who travelled to North Korea to carry out Warmbier's medical evacuation had recognised that he had been given medical treatment and, despite his serious...More..
Britain, EU kick off 'positive' Brexit talks
No one at Britain's interior ministry was available to comment. In April and May, British Prime Minister May and the European Union leaders engaged in a war of words over each other's demands long before ...More..
Pentagon chief blasts N.Korea over USA student who died
Mattis says Trump's commentary on North Korea reflects frustration over the death of an American college student after his imprisonment in the isolated nation. "While I greatly appreciate the efforts of Presi...More..
Menendez Weighs in on 'Devastating' Senate Health Care Bill
A handful of Republicans - more than Mr. McConnell can afford to lose - were quick to disparage the measure. GOP Sen. Arthur Heller (R-NV), who is up for re-election, said Thursday that he has "serious concer...More..
Toll in Colombia mine explosion rises to 13
Among those killed was a 23-year-old French national who was in the country to do social work at a school, officials said. He said that law enforcement agencies detained in Bogota and Espinal in Tolima prov...More..
Russian Federation claims it has killed IS leader al-Baghdadi
In an email to The Associated Press , U.S. Army Col. Ryan Dillon said Friday that "we can not confirm these reports at this time". The Russian military said Friday that it may have killed ISIS leader...More..
Parsing through the details of the GOP's health care bill
She says she'd like to see a more open debate. Even if the measure is ultimately tweaked through amendments in Congress, it "cannot change the fundamental meanness at the core of this legislation", the former...More..
Dutch journalists freed unharmed by Colombian rebels
The military said on Monday that the two journalists were captured by the ELN in northeastern Colombia near the border with Venezuela. Fears were raised for peace talks between the rebels and the government...More..