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‘Moonlight’ Director To Film Slavery Drama For Amazon
Director Barry Jenkins, whose movie "Moonlight" won this year's best picture Oscar, is to write and direct a drama for...
US Probes Mosul Bombing Amid Worries of Rising Civilian Deaths
The Pentagon said Monday it was reviewing more than 700 video feeds of coalition air strikes on west Mosul, Iraq after...
Mystery Buyer Snaps Up Trump’s Childhood Home For $2 Mn
President Donald Trump's childhood home in the New York borough of Queens has sold for $2.14 million -- a premium price...
Film Festival Opens In Cinema-Less Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Film Festival opened Monday with 58 homegrown cinematic works to be screened in the ultra-conservative...
Owners Approve Moving Raiders To Las Vegas
NFL team owners granted conditional approval on Monday to allow the Oakland Raiders to move to Las Vegas, the league...
Gross, Pimco Settle Breach-of-Contract Suit
Former Pimco co-founder and bond guru Bill Gross settled a wrongful termination and breach-of-contract suit against his...
Trump Poised To Roll Back Climate Protections
US President Donald Trump will on Tuesday roll back a slew of environmental protections enacted by Barack Obama, in a...
Bears, Packers Defenders Arrested After Bar Fracas
Chicago Bears cornerback Deiondre Hall and Green Bay Packers cornerback Makinton Dorleant were arrested after an...
Backgammon, Football After War Reaches Damascus District
When Syria's war came to 73-year-old Joseph Mghazi's street in the Abbasiyeen neighbourhood of Damascus, he ignored his...
More Than 10,000 Attacks On Yemeni Women In 2016
The conflict in Yemen has made women and girls more vulnerable to gender-based violence, with more than 10,000 cases...
The Pentagon ‘has Been Let Off the Leash’ Under Trump
The Pentagon under President Donald Trump is experiencing greater freedom to run wars without seeking White House...
‘Humbling’ Experience For Family of London Attack Victim
The family of Kurt Cochran, the US tourist killed during a terror attack while in London with his wife to celebrate...
10 Jihadists Among 20 Dead In Yemen Attack
Ten people were killed Monday in a jihadist attack on a government building in southern Yemen that also saw 10...
NATO Confirms Rex Tillerson Meeting Friday
NATO said it has rescheduled a key meeting of foreign ministers for Friday after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...
Qatar Set To Invest GBP5bn In UK Over Next Five Years
Qatar will invest £5 billion in Britain within five years in a boost for the post-Brexit economy, Prime Minister...
Top Trump Aide Kushner To Face Russia Investigation Panel
Donald Trump's son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner will appear before a Senate panel investigating Russian...
Saudi Cuts Taxes On Oil Firms Ahead of Aramco Sale
Saudi Arabia on Monday cut taxes on oil companies in a major move that could attract investments in its energy giant...
US Stocks Slump As Market Digests Trump Health Setback
Wall Street stocks fell early Monday in the first full session since Republican leaders withdrew a US health care...
Mali Peace Conference Hit By Boycott
Former rebels and Mali's opposition parties Monday boycotted a national summit enshrined in the country's 2015 peace...