Chemical Weapons Inspectors Finish Their Trip To Syria’s Douma The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Friday that its team of investigators has finished a fact-finding mission in the Syrian town of Douma, where a suspected chemical weapons attack took place in April. The inspectors brought back samples […]
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U.S. warns China of ‘consequences’ over reported missiles in South China Sea The United States has warned China that there will be “consequences” for its growing militarization of disputed islands in the South China Sea amid reports it has moved missiles to the region. The threat comes as the two […]
Israeli troops fire shots, tear gas at Gaza protesters, 1,100 Palestinians hurt Israeli troops fired live rounds and tear gas at Palestinians who thronged the Gaza-Israel frontier and rampaged at a border terminal on Friday as part of a long-running protest, injuring about 1,100 people. Medics said around 82 people […]
Nuclear deal a challenge for Rouhani as Iran hardliners close in Iran’s hardliners are preparing to bring President Hassan Rouhani to heel if U.S. President Donald Trump scraps Tehran’s nuclear deal with major powers, officials and analysts believe. Trump has threatened to abrogate the 2015 agreement by not extending sanctions […]
Trump: North Korea summit plans set; drawdown not on table President Donald Trump offered his latest teaser Friday for a historic U.S. summit with North Korea: The time and place have been set but he’s not saying when and where. The White House did, however, announce the details of a […]
Trump Administration Ends Temporary Protected Status For Hondurans The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kirstjen M. Nielsen, announced Friday the termination of the program that has protected about 57,000 Hondurans from deportation since 1999. That designation, known as Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, came in response to the […]
It burns, man,” Georgia man says during execution for killing prison guard The state of Georgia executed a man on Friday for the killing of an off-duty prison guard who offered him a ride 22 years ago. Robert Earl Butts Jr., 40, was declared dead by a prison warden at […]
Iowa bans nearly all abortions as governor signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ law Iowa’s governor signed legislation Friday prohibiting nearly all abortions in the state after a fetal heartbeat is detected, making it the most restrictive abortion ban in the nation. Security was tightened at the Iowa Capitol in advance of the […]
Indiana police officer fatally shot; suspect also reported dead A police officer was fatally shot early Friday evening during a confrontation with a suspect who was later found injured, but died soon afterward. A woman managed to get out of the apartment about a half-hour before the suspect was apprehended, […]
Court vacates Kennedy cousin Skakel’s murder conviction In a stunning reversal, the Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday overturned Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel’s murder conviction in the 1975 bludgeoning death of a girl in wealthy Greenwich. The high court issued a 4-3 ruling that Skakel’s trial attorney failed to present evidence […]
