North Korea unveiled a train of intercontinental ballistics Saturday in its capital of Pyongyang as part of an annual parade celebrating the birthday of founder Kim Il Sung, the grandfather of supreme leader Kim Jong-un. RELATED: Kim Jong-un threatens to attack U.S. forces by air, land and sea if his “sovereignty and dignity” is challenged
BERKELEY, Calif. — About 200 pro-Trump demonstrators and counterprotesters faced off Saturday morning at a “Patriots Day” rally in Berkeley, where the two groups have violently clashed on city streets twice in the past three months. About 10 a.m., dozens of counterprotesters wearing masks tore down plastic netting that separated the two groups in Martin
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USASydney (dpa) – Church and human rights leaders in Australia called for asylum seekers to be evacuated from Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island to Australia on Saturday after reports emerged that locals fired gunshots and hurled rocks into the camp the night before. One asylum seeker was injured when local men reportedly tried to storm
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InternationalPYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea displayed its long-range missiles in a military parade Saturday as a show of force against the United States and a display of devotion to the country’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, demonstrating the depth of the isolated nation’s nuclear ambitions and further raising the specter of a military conflict
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International, USAKabul (dpa) – At least 94 Islamic State militants including four key commanders were killed in Afghanistan after the US dropped a massive bomb on a cave complex in Nangarhar province, the provincial government said Saturday. Local district chief Mohammad Ismail Shinwari said no civilian casualties were inflicted as civilians living in the area of
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International, USAIstanbul (dpa) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan aims to convene government officials to review the future of Turkey’s relationship with Europe following a key referendum on presidential powers this weekend. Erdogan told state-broadcaster TRT on Friday that Turkey, a candidate country to join the European Union, had been unduly left waiting outside the bloc. “Turkey
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International, Middle EastBeijing urged Washington, Seoul and Pyongyang on Friday to stop irritating and threatening each other to prevent the situation on the Korean Peninsula from sliding to the point of being irreparable. “There has been heightened tension between the United States, the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The precarious situation deserves
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International, USAApril the giraffe gave birth to her fourth calf early Saturday morning, putting an end to the wait that had kept millions of people across the world on the edge of their seats. The Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York, set up a live stream to document the pregnant giraffe and the birth of
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The World We Share, USARobert W. Taylor, one of the most important figures in the creation of the modern computer and the internet, has died. He was 85. According to his son Kurt Taylor, the scientist died Thursday at his home in the San Francisco Bay Area town of Woodside. He suffered from Parkinson’s disease and other ailments. Taylor’s
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Obituaries & memorials, USAThe Trumps are set to become the most expensive first family in history if they don’t immediately begin reducing their lavish spending habits and frequent trips across the globe – and taxpayers are set to continue picking up the tab for as long as they keep it up. For context, President Donald Trump is expected
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USAAn Arkansas judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday to halt all six executions slated to begin Monday after a pharmaceutical company objected to having its drug used in the lethal-injection protocol. Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen’s order came hours after the Arkansas Supreme Court granted an emergency stay to delay the execution
By Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — I have heard the following platitude ad nauseam: “It is presumed that Israel will retain high Jewish population centers in the West Bank, known as the blocs, in any final status agreement for a two-state solution with the Palestinians.” Who says this? Nearly every Western diplomat, wire service,
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Middle East, Steve KramerCIA chief Mike Pompeo has called whistleblowing organization WikiLeaks a “non-state hostile intelligence service” often helped by Russia. The former Republican congressman, who once praised WikiLeaks disclosures, criticized the group for targeting the U.S. more than other nations “while seeking support from anti-democratic countries.” He claimed that Russian military intelligence used the organization as a
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USAChina supports the establishment of a Palestinian state and urges the resumption of peace talks between Palestine and Israel, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Beijing on Thursday. In a news conference with his Palestinian counterpart Riad al-Malki following talks between the two, Wang said that seven decades after United Nations Resolution 181 was passed,
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