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Pentagon Alarm Over Turkey Plan To Buy Russian Missiles
The Pentagon on Monday criticized Turkey's plans to purchase a Russian air-defense system instead of investing in NATO technology. Turkish...
Read moreLos Angeles Formally Declares Bid To Host 2028 Olympics
Los Angeles formally announced its bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics on Monday after agreeing on a deal that paves...
Read moreTurkey Arrests 3 Soldiers ‘who Beat Syrians On Border’
A Turkish court arrested three soldiers allegedly filmed beating up and verbally abusing four young Syrians who attempted to cross...
Read moreScaramucci Out As Trump’s New Chief of Staff Takes Reins
Foul-mouthed spin doctor Anthony Scaramucci was fired as White House communications director Monday, just 10 days after being named to...
Read more‘Game of Thrones’ Script Leaked After HBO Hack
HBO said Monday its network was victimized by a cyberattack, and media reports said the hack resulted in the leak...
Read moreIsraelis Gather In Jerusalem’s Old City After Weeks of Tension
Thousands of Jews attended prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to observe the start of the Tisha B'av fasting...
Read moreSerena Serves Ace For Black Women’s Equal Pay
Serena Williams served up a rallying cry for equal pay for black women Monday, decrying that they would have to...
Read moreUS Hits ‘dictator’ Maduro With Sanctions Over Disputed Venezuela Vote
The United States hit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with direct sanctions on Monday over a disputed and deadly weekend vote...
Read moreShahbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s PM-In-Waiting and Dynastic Heir
Mian Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan's prime minister-in-waiting and current chief minister of the powerful Punjab province, is considered the more...
Read moreFrench Trio Wanderer Cancels Lebanon Concert
French classical group Trio Wanderer cancelled its Sunday evening concert in Lebanon's Baalbek International Festival, a day after activists lambasted...
Read moreBizarre Own Goal Steals Show As Inter Milan Beat Chelsea
Inter Milan´s Geoffrey Kondogbia entered the annals of sporting infamy with a remarkable own goal but the Italian side held...
Read moreAbbasi, Loyal Placeholder For Pakistan’s Sharif Dynasty
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who is set to become Pakistan's interim prime minister, is the former federal minister for petroleum and...
Read morePakistan’s Ex-PM Sharif Names Brother Shahbaz As Successor
Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif named his brother Shahbaz, the chief minister of Punjab province, as his successor and...
Read moreAustralia’s Iffland Grabs Historic World Champs High Dive Gold
Rhiannan Iffland became the first ever high diver from Australia to win gold at a world championships, on the penultimate...
Read moreUnknown Gunmen Attack Kenya Deputy President’s Home
Unknown gunmen attacked the home of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday seriously injuring a policeman, less than two...
Read moreBoxing Chief Rejects ‘coup’, Says Still In Charge
The embattled president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) defiantly claimed on Saturday that he was still in charge of...
Read moreUS Says Will Work With Allies After Russia Sanctions Anger EU
Washington vowed Saturday it would it "work closely with our friends and Allies" after US lawmakers passed sanctions on Russia...
Read moreLesotho Probes Tapping of New PM’s Office
Lesotho authorities are investigating a security breach after wire-tapping gadgets were discovered in the office of the new prime minister...
Read moreUnknown Gunmen Attack Home of Kenya Deputy President
Unknown gunmen attacked the home of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday, less than two weeks before the country...
Read moreFrom ‘never Aggressive’ Asylum Seeker To Hamburg Knife Attacker
Muddy bootprints along the corridors marked the tell-tale signs of a massive police raid at an asylum seeker shelter in...
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