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Obama to meet with leaders of Iraq, Nigeria and Colombia

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will review military strategy against the Islamic State group, press nations to admit more refugees and review progress around the world, despite new challenges, when he makes his final appearance at the U.N. General Assembly session in New York next week, the White House said Friday. On the sidelines of the session, Obama has scheduled

In this May 11, 2015, file photo, Dallas Mavericks basketball team owner Mark Cuban answers questions from the audience before President Barack Obama spoke in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington.

2016-09-17
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Mark Cuban To Trump: Pitch Me Your Presidency, And I'll Give You $10M

Ten million dollars to let Mark Cuban yell at you for four hours. Would you take that deal? SEE MORE: We Should Have Expected Fallon's Giggly Interview With Trump The billionaire businessman and Hillary

Polish president Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria have been killed after their plane crashed on approach to Smolensk airport in western Russia.

Polish Commission Alleges 'Tampering' In Probe Of Smolensk Crash

A new Polish commission reinvestigating the 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others accused its predecessors on September 15 of doctoring evidence and manipulating facts. The crash near Smolensk airport in Russia was one of Poland's worst tragedies since World War II. Among the dead were military commanders, state officials, lawmakers, and public

Team discovers, successfully treats new variant of antibiotic-resistant bacterium

Researchers have discovered a new mutation in a highly antibiotic-resistant strain of E. coli that resists clearance by the body’s own immune system by inhibiting white blood cells that ordinarily kill and remove bacteria. In a new paper, the researchers describe the case that led them to discover the mutation, and offer suggestions for how to recognize and address this

EU leaders to meet without UK to discuss bloc's future in Brexit era

EU leaders are gathering to discuss the future direction of the bloc at a summit excluding Britain. Underscoring the UK's new status in the departure lounge of the EU, the other 27 member states meet in Slovakia without Prime Minister Theresa May. Share Go To With Britain's

File - US President Barack Obama at Georgia Tech in Atlanta takes a few three-point shots having just given a speech on education and college affordability, 10 March, 2015.

2016-09-16
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US election: Trump campaign acknowledges Obama was born in US

The Trump campaign has acknowledged in a statement that President Obama was born in the US. The Republican candidate had been a leader of the "birther" movement that questioned Hawaii-born Mr Obama's citizenship. But his campaign now accuses his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of introducing the "smear" during the 2008 Democratic nomination contest. There is no evidence to

Hafiz Saeed, in black vest, leader of Pakistani religious party Jamaatud Dawa, leads a rally celebrating the 16th anniversary of the nuclear test, in Islamabad, Wednesday, May 28, 2014.

India says it will continue to raise Balochistan issue until resolved

New Delhi: India on Thursday said it will continue to raise the Balochistan issue as long as repression and violation of the fundamental rights of Balochis exist. The statement came a day after India

File - An Indian army soldier guards the the Line Of Control, which demarcates the boundary between Indian and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir, on April 20, 2015 in Gohalan, Kashmir, India.

2016-09-16
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Pakistan may have new nuclear site

Pakistan, which is already suspected to be expanding its nuclear weapons stockpile faster than any other nation, may be rapidly constructing a new centrifuge for a reprocessing site within the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) in Kahuta, according to recent commercial satellite imagery. According to IHS Markit, an analyst of business-intelligence information, the satellite

Hazuki Teru destroyers, the JDS SAWAYUKI after expulsion, test ship across the pier Asuka.

Minister: Japan to boost South China Sea activity with US training patrols

Japan's defense minister says her country will step up its activity in the contested South China Sea. Tokyo is planning joint training patrols with the United States and exercises with regional navies. ...

File - Philippines Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay points to the busts of his predecessors as he U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walk through the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Philippines, before a news conference that followed their bilateral meeting on July 27, 2016.

Philippines: we cannot be 'the little brown brothers of America'

Foreign minister’s warning comes amid Washington’s unease at president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody ‘war on drugs’

In this Oct. 10, 2015, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers remarks at a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea.

2016-09-16
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North Korea ready to 'counter-attack' in face of US 'provocation'

--> Fri, 16 Sep 2016-10:11am , Porlamar (Venezuela) , PTI The warning comes after two US supersonic bombers flew over South Korea in a show of force following North Korea's fifth nuclear test North Korea is ready to "counter-attack" in the face of ongoing

Robotic arms on the Pisces V submersible open a bag of bait on the Cook seamount during a manned dive to the previously unexplored underwater volcano off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island on Sept. 6, 2016.

AP Exclusive: Deep-sea volcano a hotspot for mysterious life

GEOLOGIST SEAMOUNTS, Hawaii (AP) - The turquoise waters became darker and darker, and squiggly glow-in-dark marine creatures began to glide past in the inky depths like ghosts. The three-man submarine went down, down, down into the abyss and drew within sight of something no human had ever laid eyes on: Cook seamount, a 13,000-foot extinct volcano at the bottom of the sea.

2016-09-16
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Arctic sea ice shrinks to second lowest level ever

(CNN)Ice levels at the North Pole have shrunk to their second lowest level ever, scientists say -- and there could be worse to come. Every year the arctic ice naturally shrinks in the spring and summer before regrowing during winter, however the drastic melt in 2016 has surprised scientists. "It was a stormy, cloudy and fairly cool summer," US National Snow and Ice Data Center

File - London mayor Sadiq Khan, left, poses with Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo at the Halle Freyssinet, a future digital business incubator, in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 25 2016.

Sadiq Khan: Donald Trump's negative rhetoric about Muslims is helping Isis

London mayor Sadiq Khan said Donald Trump is “playing into the hands of Isis”

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden speaks via video link during the Athens Democracy Forum, organised by the New York Times, at the National Library in Athens, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016.

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US congress report: Snowden not a 'whistle-blower'

House intelligence committee claims NSA leaker was a 'disgruntled employee' who inflicted harm to national security. ...

File - Displaced children residing at a United Nations transit site at play in Juba, South Sudan, 12 August, 2016. South Sudan’s conflict has affected the lives of many of these children, who are the future of the country.

More than a million refugees have fled South Sudan, UN says

AWEIL, South Sudan (AP) - More than one million refugees have fled South Sudan's ongoing civil war, overwhelming aid agencies and creating one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters. The United Nations said Friday that South Sudan joins Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia as countries that have produced over

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. waves as he a Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrive for a rally in Portsmouth, N.H.

Are Reformers, Like Sanders, Welcomed In Their Own Party?

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling The New Testament Gospels reminds us prophets and political reformers, like Jesus, were not welcomed in their own country. More than 2,000 years later, can the same be true of political reformers or like-minded progressives with regards to their parties? It has been one month since Sen. Bernie Sanders and supporters transformed

A screenshot of the Fancy Bears website fancybear.net seen on a computes screen in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016.

2016-09-16
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False Clues Make It Tough to Find WADA Hackers

Medical data from some of the world's leading athletes has been posted to the web and the World Anti-Doping Agency says Russians are to blame. Even the hackers seem to agree, adopting the name “Fancy Bears” - a moniker long associated with the Kremlin's electronic espionage operations. But as cybersecurity experts pore over the hackers' digital trail, they're up against

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[VIDEO]: Robots Line Up In New Zealand As Stand-Ins For iPhone 7 Customers

New Zealanders unable or unwilling to stand in line have come up with an innovative way to purchase the new iPhone 7 that’s caught the attention of social media, VOA News reports. One hundred New Zealanders had robots stand in line for them, and they’ve been on a virtual line for a week now. The idea comes from the New Zealand-based Apple carrier Spark, which bought 100 Alpha 1

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hugs two Medal of Honor recipients during a gathering with military leaders and veterans at the new Trump International Hotel in Washington, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016.

[UPDATE]: Trump Admits Obama Born In US, Blames Clinton For Birther Issue

In the blink of an eye, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump admitted what has taken him 5+ years to admit Friday: U.S. President Barack Obama “was born in the United States. Period,” Variety reported. The seven-word statement was meant to address Trump’s 2011 effort to get Obama to produce his birth certificate – which he eventually did – despite rumors and

Governor: Authorities will find who's responsible for NYC explosion

Barack Obama to meet Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss two-state solution to Israel-Palestine conflict

Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for deadly Mogadishu car bomb

Soldiers killed in army base attack in Indian-administered Kashmir

Manhattan explosion leaves 29 hurt; 2nd device probed

US accuses Russia of 'grandstanding' over deadly Syria air strikes

Abu Sayyaf extremists free Norwegian hostage in Philippines