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US helicopters dropped forces in ‘Baghdadi operation’ – Report
US helicopters dropped fighters in Syria’s Idlib province overnight in an operation targeting Islamic State group leaders, a war monitor said Sunday. “US helicopters…
John Kelly says he told Trump a ‘yes man’ would get him impeached
President Donald Trump is denying that former Chief of Staff John Kelly ever warned him that he would be impeached if he hired a lackey to replace the former four-star general."John Kelly never said that, he never…
ISIS leader al-Baghdadi believed to have been killed in a US military raid, sources say
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a raid conducted by the US military in northwest Syria on Saturday, according to a senior US defense official and a source with knowledge. The…
US judge says Trump impeachment inquiry legal
The court ruling came in an order demanding the Justice Department provide the House blacked out evidence from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. A US judge on Friday handed a major victory to…
Four American flight attendants arrested for money laundering
Four American Airlines flight attendants are facing money laundering charges after they were allegedly found carrying $33,000…
British Police: 39 Bodies Found in Truck Container are Chinese
The British police and Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday confirmed that the 39 people found dead in a lorry container in Britain were all Chinese nationals.The foreign ministry did not immediately release…
Anonymous Trump official who wrote New York Times op-ed has a book coming out
The anonymous senior Trump administration official whose 2018 New York Times op-ed was called treasonous by President Donald Trump has written a new book about Trump titled "A Warning" that will be published next…
39 found dead inside truck in UK
Police in the UK have launched a murder investigation in southeast England after 39 people were found dead in a truck container at an Essex industrial park. One of the victims…
Abortion, same-sex marriage now legal in Northern Ireland
Same-sex marriage and abortion became legal in Northern Ireland at the stroke of midnight Tuesday. Abortions and same-sex marriages are now — for the first time — legal in…
Boris Johnson October 31 Brexit deadline derailed, EU backs delay
Boris Johnson’s obsessive mission to take the U.K. out of the European Union on 31 October was derailed as members of Parliament dramatically blocked his plan to rush the…
1129kg of cocaine seized at Dubai airport
Dubai Customs confiscated 1,129 kg of cocaine and 16,800 banned e-cigarettes during the first half of 2019 at the international airport. According to the Director General of…
Jimmy Carter suffers pelvic fracture, hospitalised again
The Carter Center has announced the hospitalisation of its founder and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. The nonagenarian was admitted to hospital after a fall at his home…
Impeachment: Pelosi releases Trump dossier
US Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s has released a “fact sheet” laying out the most compelling evidence against President Trump in their investigation of the…
Facebook ‘takes down Russian trolling operation targeting US 2020 election’
Facebook has dismantled four new foreign interference operations originating from Russia and Iran, including one targeting the 2020 US presidential elections, the company said.The social media giant’s head of…
Justin Trudeau wins second term in hard-fought Canada election
Justin Trudeau was on course to win a second term as Canada's prime minister in an election seen as a referendum on the Liberal leader and his four-year-old government after a series of scandals.After polls closed,…
Commons speaker Bercow rejects vote on Johnson’s Brexit deal
Britain’s parliamentary speaker John Bercow told the Boris Johnson government on Monday it could not again try to get a vote on the new Brexit deal because it was…
World’s oldest pearl found in Abu Dhabi
An 8,000-year-old pearl that archaeologists say is the worlds oldest will be displayed in Abu Dhabi, according to authorities who said Sunday it is proof the objects have been…
US soldiers who fought alongside Kurds blast Donald Trump’s Syria retreat
In the summer of 2004, U.S. soldier Greg Walker drove to a checkpoint just outside of Baghdad’s Green Zone with his Kurdish bodyguard, Azaz. When he stepped out of his SUV, three Iraqi…
Hillary Clinton posts parody Kennedy letter mocking Trump
Hillary Clinton on Sunday posted a joke letter on Twitter supposedly sent by John F. Kennedy during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, written in the excitable style of US President Donald Trump’s recent letter to…
Mexico president defends release of El Chapo’s son after mayhem
Mexico’s president faced a firestorm of criticism on Friday as his security forces acknowledged they arrested kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s son, then released him when…
South Korea protesters scale walls outside US ambassador’s residence
Around 20 South Korean protesters broke into the residential compound of the U.S. ambassador to South Korea Friday, prompting U.S. officials to call for tighter security…
Details of new Brexit deal Boris Johnson struck with EU
The European Union has agreed a new Brexit deal with Britain. Here are the initial details. Northern Ireland Northern Ireland remains in the United Kingdom’s customs…
Elijah Cummings: Veteran US Democrat dies aged 68
Veteran US Democratic congressman Elijah Cummings, who was heavily involved with the Trump impeachment inquiry, has died at the age of 68.His office said he had died as a result of "longstanding health…
PHOTO: Trump writes Turkey president, warns, ‘Don’t be a fool’
“Don’t be a fool,” Donald Trump warned his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an extraordinary letter sent the day Turkey launched its incursion into northeastern Syria —…