PYONGYANG, 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, USABeijing 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
CIA 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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USARussia has once again denounced what it called ‘an act of aggression’, after the US missile strike on a Syrian airbase in retaliation to a reported use of chemical weapons in Khan Sheikhoun. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the statement alongside his Iranian and Syrian counterparts at three-way talks in Moscow.The alliance supporting Syrian President
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International, Middle East, USAOn Thursday night, the U.S. military unleashed a 20,000-pound bomb — one of the largest non-nuclear weapons in its arsenal — on a tunnel complex the Pentagon said was used by Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan. It was a dramatic escalation of American operations against the militant group’s affiliate in South Asia. It also
At least 36 suspected ISIL militants are thought to have been killed when the US dropped “the mother of all bombs” in Afghanstan. The deaths have not been independently verified. However, Afghan defence ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said no civilians were harmed in the massive blast that destroyed a network of caves and tunnels. “No
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International, USAFormer Ravens tight end Konrad Reuland lay facedown on his bed last year, his head swelling after an aneurysm that would prove fatal, when doctors turned him on his back so that family members could say goodbye. What happened next “dumbfounded” doctors, according to the Ravens team website: His brain was already damaged beyond repair,
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USAPYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea is expected to test a missile or nuclear weapon as early as Saturday — the 105th birthday of the country’s late founder, Kim Il Sung — and anxiety is mounting. President Donald Trump has moved a Navy strike group to the Korean peninsula. Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The Trump administration will keep the records of who visits the White House secret, ending a practice started under the Obama administration of partially releasing visitor logs, a White House official said Friday. Even though President Donald Trump led chants of “drain the swamp” during the campaign and promised to protect government business
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