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Pentagon Send Trump A Plan To Defeat ISIS Within A YEAR

The Pentagon presented the White House with possible new battle plans Monday to defeat the Islamic State group, after...

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Humans Spark Most US Wildfires

People sparked most US wildfires in recent decades, causing longer fire seasons and increasing the amount of scorched...

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US, S. Korea and Japan Look To Turn Screw On Pyongyang

Senior US, South Korean and Japanese officials met on Monday to discuss how better to enforce international sanctions...

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IMF Says Sanctions On Iran Dampening Economic Sentiment

Uncertainty surrounding the sanctions on Iran and its relations with the United States pose a risk to the oil-producing...

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YouTube Showing A Billion Hours of Online Video Daily

YouTube on Monday said that a billion hours of video is being watched daily at the Google-owned online viewing venue in...

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Key Oscars Moments You May Have Missed Amid Envelope-Gate

Described by breathless commentators as an "epic flub," the best picture mix-up at Sunday's Oscars is being talked up...

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Trump To Propose $54 Billion In Cuts To ‘most Federal Agencies’

President Donald Trump's first budget proposal will look to increase defense and security spending by $54 billion and...

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Key Republican Says No Evidence of Trump Campaign-Russia Contacts

The Republican head of the US House Intelligence Committee said Monday he had seen no evidence of contacts between...

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US, Russia Set To Clash Over Syria Sanctions

Russia and the United States were headed for a clash at the UN Security Council on Monday as Moscow prepared to veto a...

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Oscar Elation From Afar For Syria’s White Helmets

It was shortly after 6:00 am in Turkey, and Khaled Khatib and his cousin Fadi had dozed off while staying up all night...

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Gov’t To Construct ‘Dubai Underground’ At Nkrumah Circle To End Flooding

Government is to begin the construction of underground drains at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra as one of the key...

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Netflix ‘thrilled’ With Oscar Win For Syria Documentary

Netflix is "thrilled" that the documentary "The White Helmets" which it distributes about rescue workers in war-torn...

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Phelps Frustrated By Rio Doping Fears

US swimming legend Michael Phelps has spoken of his frustration at the possibility rivals were using drugs at last...

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Trump Immigration Policies Have Farming Industry On Edge

President Donald Trump's tough new immigration measures are sending shudders through the US farming industry, which...

International

Some Promises Kept But Tired Old Words Are Not Enough

If Gianni Infantino should be upset at scepticism enshrouding his first year as FIFA president then he need only delve...

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Trump’s Trade Czar Expected To Get Easy U.S. Senate Confirmation

Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross is expected to be easily confirmed as U. S. Commerce Secretary on Monday, clearing...

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Tanzania Backs Out of Plan To Publish ‘list of Gays’

Tanzania on Monday backed out of its plan to publish a list of names of gay people accused of selling sex online,...

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World’s Most Threatening Superbugs Ranked In New List

The World Health Organization has drawn up a list of the drug-resistant bacteria that pose the biggest threat to human...

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‘Hundreds’ of US Jewish Graves Attacked In Philadelphia

Police are searching for the vandals that damaged what one local rabbi said was nearly 500 headstones at a Jewish...