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U.S. Makes Limited Exceptions To Sanctions On Russian Spy Agency

*(Original article from, Reuters): WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday adjusted sanctions on Russian...

British Lawmakers Give Go-Ahead For PM To Trigger Brexit Talks

*(Original article from, The Washington Post): LONDON — Britain’s House of Commons voted decisively Wednesday to authorize Prime Minister...

Israel To Build Entirely New Settlement In West Bank

*(Original article from, CNN.com): Amon, West Bank (CNN) For the first time in about 20 years, Israel has announced it will build a new...

Trump Fires Defiant Acting Attorney General, Sally Yates

*(Original article from, BBC News): Sally Yates, who was appointed by Barack Obama, ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the...

Turkey Opens Trial Of 270 Suspects Charged In Failed Coup Attempt

*(Original article from, Yahoo News): Ankara (AFP) - Turkey on Monday opened the biggest trial yet over the failed July coup aimed at...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Suspends 'War On Drugs' To Deal With Corrupt Police Off

*(Original article from, The Telegraph): The Philippine police are to suspend their controversial war on drugs until “corrupt” officers...

Petition To Ban Trump's State Visit To UK Reaches One-Million Signatures

*(Original article from, NBC News.com): LONDON - A petition to cancel President Donald Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom topped 1...

Avalanches Kill At Least 7 In Tajikistan

*(Original article from, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.org): Avalanches triggered by warm weather following heavy snowfall have killed...

Canadian PM Says Mosque Shooting A 'Terrorist Attack On Muslims'

*(Original article from, Reuters.com): QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - Six people were killed and eight wounded when gunmen opened fire at a...

Massive Protests In Romania Over Draft Pardon Bill

*(Original article from, Business Review): Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Romania’s main cities, on Sunday evening,...

Judge Blocks US From Deporting Visa Holders Detained After Trump's Refugee Order

*(Original article from, CNBC.com): A federal judge granted an emergency stay Saturday to bar deportation of people with valid visas who...

Former Italy PM Silvio Berlusconi To Stand Trial In Sex Bribery Case

*(Original article from, Reuters.com): MILAN (Reuters) - An Italian court on Saturday ordered ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to...

UN Agency Cuts Food Aid to 1.4 Million Displaced Iraqis

*(Original article from, Al Jazeera News): The World Food Programme (WFP) has slashed food rations distributed to 1.4 million displaced...

North Korea And Weapons Of Mass Destruction

*(Original article from, Reuters.com): WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New commercial satellite imagery indicates North Korea has resumed...

California Secession Movement Gathers Petition Signatures

*(Original article from, NewYorkMag.com): Like the talk of secession in conservative southern states after Barack Obama became president,...

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