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Big mistake for US to think it’s safe’ – N. Korea hits out after new UN sanctions
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Pyongyang has criticized the new round of UN restrictions against it, promising to respond with “righteous action” and hinting that the US mainland cannot consider itself safe, North Korean state media reported.
Sanctions…
British Police Directly Helped Arrest 14 Saudis Who Face Execution
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Training by British police may have directly helped Saudi agents arrest more than a dozen people now believed to be facing execution, with voices in Britain urging Prime Minister Theresa May to move in a bid to halt the…
Swedish Defense Minister Backs Military Build-Up Without NATO Membership
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Sweden’s Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said Monday that he supports efforts of individual states to build up their militaries and boost cooperation, but also believes that, with regard to Sweden, membership of the North…
12 dead in Kinshasa violence
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welve people were killed Monday by stray gunfire in a wave of violence in Kinshasa, said a spokesman for the national police.
The toll was a provisional estimate, Pierrot Rombaut Mwanamputu said in an emergency broadcast…
Homicide in Baltimore breaks ceasefire meant to reduce violence
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A 24-year-old man was shot and killed in Baltimore on Saturday, police said, breaking a 72-hour "ceasefire" called by activists who had pleaded for a pause in the city's record homicide rate.
Community leaders organized around…
Trump eyes top policy aide for communications director role
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The #White House may appoint a senior policy adviser with hardline views on immigration, , as its new communications director.
a senior administration official in The White House said on Saturday that may appoint a senior…
FBI probes IED bombing attack on Minnesota mosque
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The FBI believes that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) caused the blast that rocked the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. While the explosion caused some damage, no one was killed in the attack that…
US Welcomes ” Russian & Chinese cooperation on North Korea”
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The White House has welcomed "Russia's and China's cooperation” with the US against North Korea after the UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution that introduces new economic sanctions in response to Pyongyang's…
Venezuela returns opposition leader to house arrest
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#Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has been returned to house arrest from a four-day detention amid efforts to restore calm to the country which is reeling from weeks of riots.
"They just moved Leopoldo home,"…
Hassan Rouhani sworn in as Iranian President
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(IRNA) Hassan Rouhani has been sworn in as Iran’s president for another four-year term in an official ceremony on Saturday evening held at the Iranian parliament in Tehran.
The 68-year-old cleric kissed the Qur’an and…