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Donald Trump Hostage Held Captive by Taliban-Linked Group Didn't Believe Donald Trump Was President A Canadian man who was rescued in Pakistan last week after five years in captivity said he initially didn’t believe his kidnappers when they told him Donald Trump was president of the United

President Trump Delivers Remarks On Tax Reform To The National Association Of Manufacturers

World Every U.S. President Faces a Major Crisis. What Will Trump's Be?Every U.S. President faces a major crisis at some point in their presidency. Although the administration of Donald Trump has already been buffeted by a hurricane season for the record books, and a

Forest fire in Serra de Bouro district of Leiria north of Lisbon

europe One-Month-Old Infant Among 32 Killed in Portugal Wildfires A spate of wildfires in Portugal has killed at least 32 people, authorities said, making this year by far the deadliest on record for forest blazes in the country. In neighboring Spain, wildfires also killed at least four people

The sun is seen after dawn after the Met Office reported that storm Ophelia has drawn dust north from the Sahara, near Exeter

United Kingdom The Skies Over the U.K. Turned Red Today. Here's Why As an enormous Atlantic storm batters Ireland, a related phenomenon is turning heads further east over in the United Kingdom. There, the sun has turned a deep red color, casting orange light over the

North South Korea Evacuations War

South Korea The Military Is Practicing Rapid Evacuations of Americans From South Korea The U.S. military will practice evacuating noncombatant Americans out of South Korea as tensions escalate over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs. The annual drills, which will take place

Hillary Clinton Appears At The London Literary Festival

hillary clinton Hillary Clinton Drops In to the U.K. To Explain What HappenedHillary Clinton did not hold back from criticizing President Donald Trump as she took the stage of London’s Southbank Centre in the final leg of her U.K. book tour Sunday evening, where she

An AirAsia Bhd. aircraft stands on the tarmac at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia, on Thursday, May 25, 2017.

Australia Passengers Slam 'Hysterical' Airline Crew for Panicking When Plane Suddenly Drops 20,000 Feet Passengers on a Sunday AirAsia flight to Bali—which was forced to turn back to Australia following an apparent loss of cabin pressure—have criticized its flight crew for allegedly

IRAN-US-NUCLEAR-DIPLOMACY

World Trump's Gaffe About the 'Arabian Gulf' Enraged Iran More Than His Strategy When Trump inadvertently called the Persian Gulf the "Arabian Gulf," he might have done more to unite the Iranian populace in anger against the U.S. than decades of propaganda

Iraq Kirkuk Kurds

Iraq Iraqi Forces Drive Kurds From Disputed Areas Near Kirkuk Iraqi Kurdish officials said early Monday that federal forces and state-backed militias have launched a "major, multi-pronged" attack aimed at retaking the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, causing "lots of casualties" in fighting south of the city

SOMALIA-BOMBING-CONFLICT

Somalia Funerals Begin for Victims of Somalia Truck Bombing as Death Toll Rises to Over 300 The death toll from Saturday's truck bombing in Somalia's capital is now over 300, the director of an ambulance service said Monday, as the country reeled from the deadliest single attack it's ever experienced

Forest fire in Serra de Bouro district of Leiria north of Lisbon

europe One-Month-Old Infant Among 32 Killed in Portugal Wildfires A spate of wildfires in Portugal has killed at least 32 people, authorities said, making this year by far the deadliest on record for forest blazes in the country. In neighboring Spain, wildfires also killed at least four people

The sun is seen after dawn after the Met Office reported that storm Ophelia has drawn dust north from the Sahara, near Exeter

United Kingdom The Skies Over the U.K. Turned Red Today. Here's Why As an enormous Atlantic storm batters Ireland, a related phenomenon is turning heads further east over in the United Kingdom. There, the sun has turned a deep red color, casting orange light over the

North South Korea Evacuations War

South Korea The Military Is Practicing Rapid Evacuations of Americans From South Korea The U.S. military will practice evacuating noncombatant Americans out of South Korea as tensions escalate over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs. The annual drills, which will take place

Hillary Clinton Appears At The London Literary Festival

hillary clinton Hillary Clinton Drops In to the U.K. To Explain What HappenedHillary Clinton did not hold back from criticizing President Donald Trump as she took the stage of London’s Southbank Centre in the final leg of her U.K. book tour Sunday evening, where she

An AirAsia Bhd. aircraft stands on the tarmac at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia, on Thursday, May 25, 2017.

Australia Passengers Slam 'Hysterical' Airline Crew for Panicking When Plane Suddenly Drops 20,000 Feet Passengers on a Sunday AirAsia flight to Bali—which was forced to turn back to Australia following an apparent loss of cabin pressure—have criticized its flight crew for allegedly

IRAN-US-NUCLEAR-DIPLOMACY

World Trump's Gaffe About the 'Arabian Gulf' Enraged Iran More Than His Strategy When Trump inadvertently called the Persian Gulf the "Arabian Gulf," he might have done more to unite the Iranian populace in anger against the U.S. than decades of propaganda

Iraq Kirkuk Kurds

Iraq Iraqi Forces Drive Kurds From Disputed Areas Near Kirkuk Iraqi Kurdish officials said early Monday that federal forces and state-backed militias have launched a "major, multi-pronged" attack aimed at retaking the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, causing "lots of casualties" in fighting south of the city

SOMALIA-BOMBING-CONFLICT

Somalia Funerals Begin for Victims of Somalia Truck Bombing as Death Toll Rises to Over 300 The death toll from Saturday's truck bombing in Somalia's capital is now over 300, the director of an ambulance service said Monday, as the country reeled from the deadliest single attack it's ever experienced

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