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Russia Church Shooting Leaves 5 Dead After Gunman Opens Fire on Worshippers
According to local press reports an unidentified gunman fired at worshippers at an Orthodox church in the town of Kizlyar in the mainly Muslim region.
Saudi Women Will Now be Able to Start Their Own Business Without Male Permission
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the powerful heir to the Saudi throne, has been leading the drive to expand the role of women in the workforce in recent months.
Ravinder Bhalla, First Sikh Mayor of New Jersey Town, Says He and His Family Got Death Threats
Bhalla became the first ever Sikh to hold office in New Jersey after a stiff competition that turned ugly when he was labelled a terrorist in slanderous flyers.
Barack Obama's Second-in-Command Joe Biden May Run for US President in 2020
The political world has long tried to game out Biden's plans for 2020. After all, he came close to running last time only to see President Donald Trump pull off a victory that many Democrats openly suggest wouldn't have happened had he, not Hillary Clinto...
Florida Gunman Had Extra Ammo at School, Fired for 3 Minutes
Nikolas Cruz told investigators that he shot students in the hallways and on the grounds of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, north of Miami, the report from the Broward County Sheriff's Office said.
UK Blames Russian Military for 'NotPetya' Cyber-attack
"The UK Government judges that the Russian Government, specifically the Russian military, was responsible for the destructive NotPetya cyber-attack of June 2017," Foreign Office minister Tariq Ahmad said.
Police Report on Fraud Claims is Like Swiss Cheese, Says Netanyahu, Rejects Calls to Resign
Police recommended on Tuesday that he be indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of public trust after a long-running investigation.
West Used Lizards to Spy on Nuclear Programme, Says Iran Military Official
Hassan Firuzabadi, a senior military advisor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said he did not know the details of the cases, but that the West had often used tourists, scientists, and environmentalists to spy on Iran.
Pakistan Has Eliminated All Terror Sanctuaries on Its Land, Says Army Chief Bajwa
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that the path to regional peace passed through Afghanistan and that Pakistan had eliminated all terrorist sanctuaries from its soil and that “residual signatures of terrorists who take advantage of presen...
Bomber Gets life in Prison for New York, New Jersey Attacks
Ahmad Khan Rahimi, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Afghanistan, was criticized by a prosecutor for failing to show remorse and was scolded by a victim for not apologizing to the 30 people he injured.
Instruments Showing Wrong Speed May Have Brought Down Russian Plane: TASS
The instruments of the ill-fated AN-148 passenger plane could have malfunctioned because sensors had iced over, said the Russia Interstate Aviation Committee, which is investigating the crash.
Donald Trump Aims for Moon, Pulls Back on Space Station, Telescopes
Under President Donald Trump's 2019 proposed budget released on Monday, US government funding for the space station would end by 2025. The government would set aside $150 million to encourage commercial development and use future savings to aim for the mo...
Trump Budget Seeks Cuts to Domestic Programmes, Medicare, Favours Military and Border Wall
While running for president in 2016, Trump pledged to leave popular benefit programs such as Medicare and Social Security untouched, but his new budget proposal would reduce Medicare spending by $236 billion over the next 10 years.
Pakistan Taliban Says its Deputy Chief Killed in US Drone Strike
Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah has appointed commander Mufti Noor Wali as his new deputy, Khurassani added. Officials in Pakistan had earlier reported about Sajna's death in a US strike.
Turkish Helicopter Shot Down by Kurdish Militia in Syria's Afrin: Tayyip Erdogan
"One of our helicopters was downed just recently," Erdogan told members of his AK Party in Istanbul. "These things will happen, we are in a war ... We might lose a helicopter, but they'll pay the price for this."
US Supports Israel's Right to Defend Itself: Pentagon
Israel launched the air strikes after anti-aircraft fire downed an Israeli F-16 warplane returning from a bombing raid on Iran-backed positions in Syria on Saturday.