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Students at the Bountiful Elementary-Secondary School play an afternoon game of basketball on Monday, April 28, 2008 at the polygamist community of Bountiful near Creston, British Columbia

Canadian Polygamous Cult Leader Found Guilty Of Having 25 Wives

Two former leaders of an isolated polygamous community in Canada were convicted Monday of practicing polygamy after a decades-long legal fight, setting up another potential court battle over the constitutionality of Canada's polygamy laws, The Associated Press reports. Winston Blackmore and James Oler were found guilty by British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Sheri Ann

Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., speaks with a reporter about his experience during a multiple shooting in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, June 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Alabama Congressman Uses Audio From Scalise Shooting In Campaign Ad

Alabama congressman Rep. Mo Brooks is facing criticism for a campaign ad that includes audio of the June shooting of House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise during a congressional baseball team practice, NBC news reported. Brooks released a video on his YouTube channel Monday that begins with five gun shots and frantic yelling during the shooting, the report said. Brooks plans

Israeli police officers are seen outside the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, July 24, 2017. Israeli media reports high resolution cameras placed around Jerusalem's Old City walls could replace the metal detectors that sparked Muslim outrage after they were set outside entrances to a major shrine. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israel Will Remove Metal Detectors From Al Asqa Mosque In Jerusalem

The prime minister's office announced on Monday that they will remove the metal detectors from the entrance to the Jerusalem site that is considered holy to both Judaism and Islam, according to National Public Radio. The site is known as the Noble Sanctuary to Muslins and Temple Mount to Jets but has been the site of protests that have turned violent in the past week, after

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has criticized the Pentagon for spending $28 million on forest camouflage uniforms for Afghan National Army soldiers

Mattis Criticizes Pentagon For Wasting $28 Million On Camo Uniforms For Afghan Army

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis has criticized Pentagon officials for wasting as much as $28 million by making a questionable choice of forest camouflage-patterned uniforms for Afghan National Army soldiers, Reuters reports. The uniform pattern was selected without evaluating its effectiveness when only 2.1 percent of Afghanistan is covered by forests, the U.S. government's

Teenage Girl Livestreams Reckless Driving Crash That Kills Sister

A teenage driver lost control of her car while she was also livestreaming on Instagram, recording a crash that proved fatal for her younger sister in California on Monday, according to The Associated Press. After the livestream shortly stops when she crashes, the girl appears leaning over the body of a girl, shaking her repeatedly to wake her up before saying she was sorry,

Sunken Warship Found Off Iceland May Contain $130 Million In Nazi Gold

Several British tabloids are reporting that a British ship has discovered a cache of Nazi gold 120 kilometers (75 miles) off the coast of Iceland, IFL Science reports. The crew of an Advanced Marine Services vessel decided to explore the sunken wreckage of the wartime SS Minden, within which resides at least one chest that tantalizingly remains locked. This ship was en route

Prince Charles with wife Princess Diana in 1991. (AP Photo)

Personal photos from Princess Diana's collection published

Dressed as policemen, with toy helmets and walkie-talkies, or onboard the royal yacht, Britannia, these photographs

San Antonio police officers investigate the scene where eight people were found dead in a tractor-trailer loaded with at least 30 others outside a Walmart store

At Least 9 People Dead In 'Human Trafficking' Case In Texas Parking Lot

More At least nine people died after being crammed in a sweltering tractor-trailer in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, early Sunday morning. Dozens of others were suffering from heat-related ailments in what San Antonio Police Chief William McManus called a “horrific tragedy” and a “human trafficking crime.” McManus said police made the disturbing discovery

Special Representative of the Secretary General Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Head of the MINUSCA

UN says Moroccan peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic

A Moroccan peacekeeper from the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) patrols in Bangui, in 2015 An ambush killed a Moroccan peacekeeper and wounded three others on Sunday in the Central African Republic, the United Nations said, blaming pro-Christian militias for the violence. "A MINUSCA (peacekeeping mission) military convoy was targeted by

Amosup shipping vessel with a city skyline backdrop. Taken on March 2017.

Philippines' H1 budget deficit exceeds ceiling

(Adds details) MANILA, July 24 (Reuters) - The Philippine government posted a budget deficit of 154.5 billion pesos ($3.05 billion) in the first half of the year, exceeding the ceiling for the period as it missed its revenue and spending targets, the budget minister said on Monday. The January to June gap was 10.7 billion pesos or 7.4 percent wider than the target of 143.8

Security officials park near the approach toward the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan, on Sunday, June 23, 2017, in the aftermath of a shooting that left a Jordanian man dead and an Israeli man wounded.

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Two Jordanians die in shooting at Israeli embassy in Amman: security source

Two Jordanians died from wounds inflicted during a shooting on Sunday in the compound of the heavily-guarded Israeli embassy that also wounded an Israeli, police and a security source said. Police said earlier that the two Jordanians worked for a furniture firm and entered the embassy compound before the shooting to do repairs. Police did not identify the wounded Israeli, and

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US launches largest-ever warship: What does it mean for Asia?

(CNN)The United States has just sent "a 100,000-ton message to the world," says US President Donald Trump. The message comes in the form of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, a $13 billion behemoth commissioned into the US Navy's fleet on Saturday. "Wherever this vessel cuts through the horizons, our allies will rest easy and our enemies will shake with fear because

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Hunt for HIV cure turns to cancer drugs

"Those cells are expressing molecules that are the same molecules that are expressed on tumour cells. "So that raises the question whether we could develop a strategy for HIV-cure similar to the novel treatment in the field of cancer." She is one of the scientists attending the HIV and Cancer Cure Forum in Paris. Prof Sharon Lewin, the director of the Doherty Institute in

Free Syrian Army members raise their weapons and a revolutionary flag during a training session on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, Thursday, June 7, 2012.

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Jihadist group cements control of Syria's Idlib province: rebels

Syrian jihadists linked to a former al Qaeda affiliate consolidated their grip over large parts of the northwestern province of Idlib on Sunday after their main rival evacuated a major border crossing with Turkey, rebels and residents said. Witnesses said the departing rebels, of the Ahrar al Sham group, had moved a large convoy of heavy equipment and tanks and hundreds of its

President Donald Trump speaks before signing bills in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Friday, June 2, 2017

The White House Says Trump Will Sign a New Russia Sanctions Bill

(WASHINGTON) — The White House indicated Sunday President Donald Trump would sign a sweeping Russia sanctions measure, which the House could take up this week, that requires him to get Congress’ permission before lifting or easing the economic penalties against Moscow. Lawmakers are scheduled to consider the sanctions package as early as Tuesday, and the bill could

File: Security forces inspect near the site of a suicide attack where the German Embassy is located in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 31, 2017.

Car bomb in Afghan capital kills at least 12 - Kabul officials

KABUL, July 24 (Reuters) - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the western part of Kabul on Monday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 10, and the death toll could rise, an Interior Ministry spokesman in the

Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in Press statement following Russian-Japanese talks, Tokyo, Japan

Abe denies abusing influence in Japan favoritism scandal

TOKYO (AP) " Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has denied he misused his influence to help a friend in a growing favoritism scandal.With support ratings for his scandal-laden Cabinet hitting new lows, Abe was questioned in Parliament on Monday over allegations he intervened to help his friend gain approval to open a new veterinary school in western Japan.Abe said he only

Supporters of critically ill baby Charlie Gard hold up a photograph of him after his court case finished for the day at the High Court in London, Friday, July 14, 2017.

Baby Charlie protesters rally as hospital reports threats

London: Protesters who want critically ill British baby Charlie Gard to receive an experimental medical treatment rallied Sunday, while hospital officials say emotions are running so high in the heart-breaking case they have received death threats. A small group of about 20 activists supporting Gard's parents, including some from the United States, gathered Sunday afternoon

In this photo taken Wednesday, March 3, 2010, Chinese military personnel are seen on a street of Lhasa, western China's Tibet region

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China reiterates demand for India to pull back troops amid border standoff

China on Monday warned India not to “push your luck” by underestimating Beijing's determination to safeguard what it considers sovereign Chinese territory, amid an ongoing standoff between the two neighbours over a contested region high in the Himalayas. Defense ministry spokesman Col. Wu Qian reiterated

Neighbors wears masks as they mourn the death of non-resident Indian Pravin Patel who died of swine flu in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009.

Swine flu threat grows; 600 deaths, 12.5k cases this year - India

Swine flu, the viral illness that became a pandemic in 2009, has made a comeback this year, claiming nearly 600 lives across the country so far this year, with close to 12,500 cases being reported.Maharashtra, with 284 deaths, is the worst affected, followed by Gujarat (75), Kerala (63) and Rajasthan (59), government data shows. In Delhi, official figures state, 241 people have

John McCain Will Return For Health Care Vote Amid Republican Uncertainties in Senate

Singers of 'Despacito' Hit Criticize Venezuela's Maduro After Politicized Remix

Wisconsin Company Begins Offering Microchip Implants To Employees