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Car bombs rock capital, 8 killed: Syrian state TV

Syria Car Bomb

A series of car bomb explosions, including a suicide attacker who blew himself up after being surrounded by security forces, rocked the Syrian capital on

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US renews pressure on China with an eye on NKorea threat

Less than three months after President Donald Trump and China’s leader strolled the manicured lawns at Mar-a-Lago, the White House is suddenly engaged in a multipronged pressure campaign against Beijing,

Travel ban takes effect but less chaos expected
Travel ban takes effect but less chaos expected

A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to

US sets new visa rules for 6 mainly Muslim nations, refugees
US sets new visa rules for 6 mainly Muslim nations, refugees

The Trump administration on Wednesday set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees that require a “close” family or business tie to the United

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Trump travel ban partly reinstated; fall court arguments set

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to forge ahead with a limited version of his ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries to the U.S. Trump hailed

White House warns Syria’s Assad against chemical attack
White House warns Syria’s Assad against chemical attack

The White House issued a stern warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday night as it claimed “potential” evidence that Syria was preparing for another chemical weapons attack.

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Trump and Modi exchange hugs, herald stronger US-India ties

Hugging outside the White House Monday, President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi heralded an increasingly close strategic partnership as the U.S. branded a top militant from neighboring

Dozens missing after tourist boat sinks in Colombia
Dozens missing after tourist boat sinks in Colombia

A tourist boat packed with about 160 passengers for the holiday weekend capsized Sunday on a reservoir near the Colombian city of Medellin, leaving at least six people dead and

Pakistan fuel truck fire
Pakistan raises death toll to 157 from fuel truck fire

Pakistan’s prime minister cut short a trip abroad to rush to the side of victims of a massive fuel tanker fire as authorities on Monday raised the death toll from

Overturned oil tanker explodes in Pakistan, killing 120
Overturned oil tanker explodes in Pakistan, killing 120

An overturned oil tanker burst into flames in Pakistan on Sunday, killing more than 120 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel,