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Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani talks with reporters during a campaign stop at the Ocean Bay Diner in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Mike Derer) (js1)

Giuliani: Democrats More Likely To Promote Voter Fraud Than Republicans

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani told CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday Democrats are more likely to promote voter fraud than Republicans, citing elections in the cities of Chicago and Philadelphia as examples, Politico reported Monday. "I've found very few situations where Republicans cheat. They don't control the inner cities the way Democrats do. Maybe if Republicans

People gather outside the private Sum Hospital after a fire broke out in its intensive care unit, in Bhubaneswar, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, India

At least 23 die in hospital fire in eastern India: Official

A fire broke out late Monday at a private hospital in a city in eastern India, killing at least 23 people, India's federal health minister said. Minister J.P. Nadda disclosed the death toll from the fire at the Sum Hospital in the city of Bhubaneswar in

Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev (left) and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and First Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov before a Security Council meeting

Russian General Once Boasted Over Using Cyber Warfare To Create Unrest

Russian General Valery Gerasimov, one of the top most military figures and confidant to Vladimir Putin, once bragged about using covert and propaganda tactics to help create unrest using

Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian military’s General Staff speaks at a briefing at the Russian Defense Ministry’s headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016.

Russia sets brief cease-fire for Aleppo as strikes kill 36

Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian military’s General Staff speaks to the media, with a map of the area around Aleppo seen in the background, at the Russian Defense Ministry’s headquarters in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, October 17, 2016. BEIRUT: Russian and Syrian forces will halt hostilities for eight hours in the eastern districts of Aleppo,

Wallonia Seeks Solution For Canada and Europe Trade Deal At Upcoming Summit

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement has been seven years in the making for all 28 members of the European Union and Canada but now just rests on the approval from Wallonia and their Minister-President Paul Magnette, according to The Associated Press. EU has a lengthy approval system so the trans-Atlantic deal has to be passed by all regions in Belgium, which allows

Man Sentenced to 20 Years For Attempted Murder of George Zimmerman

Florida man, Matthew Apperson, 38, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for armed aggravated assault, shooting into a vehicle, and second-degree attempted murder of George Zimmerman , who shot and killed unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin in 2012, according to Sputnik News. Apperson attempted to claim self defense for the shooting while Zimmerman insisted that he had no weapon,

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte answers questions from reporters during a press conference at the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Davao City, Philippines.

China says visit by Philippine president restores trust

BEIJING: China's state news agency says this week's visit by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte points toward a restoration of trust between the sides following recent

Smoke rises from a building, where Taliban insurgents hide during a fire fight with Afghan security forces, in Helmand province, south west Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 9, 2016.

Taliban and Afghanistan restart secret talks in Qatar

Senior sources say US diplomat was present for first known negotiations since Pakistan-brokered process broke down in 2013

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Austrian government to demolish house of Hitler’s birth

The house where Adolf Hitler was born will be torn down and replaced with a new building that has no association with the Nazi dictator, Austria’s government announced Monday as it moved to eliminate the property’s pull as a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis. The plan still has to be formalized in legislation and voted appeared first on The Japan Times . > ...

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Yemen ceasefire set to last for 72 hours

(CNN)A 72-hour ceasefire between opposing forces in Yemen is set to begin this week. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, announced that a break from fighting between a pro-Yemeni coalition led by Saudi forces and Houthi rebels would begin just before midnight Wednesday -- at 23:59 local time. According to Ahmed, the ceasefire terms

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking at the Brown & Black Presidential Forum at Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, 11 January 2016

State Dept. official wanted FBI to declassify a Clinton e-mail

A top State Department official tried to pressure the FBI to change its determination that at least one of the e-mails on Hillary Clinton’s private server contained classified content, prompting discussion of a possible trade to resolve the issue, two FBI employees told colleagues investigating her use of a private server last year. ...

A peshmerga convoy drives towards a frontline in Khazer, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016.

Iraqis push toward IS-held Mosul in long-awaited offensive

The long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group has begun with a volley of US-led coalition airstrikes and heavy artillery bombardments on a cluster of villages along the edge of Iraq's historic Nineveh plain east of the militant-held city. Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga fighters led the initial assault yesterday, advancing slowly across open fields littered

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Google Flights’ latest update will help you find the cheapest tickets

The new update to the Google Flights app will send its users notifications whenever it predicts a rise or fall in flight fares, so that users can get their hands on the best and cheapest deals. Whether you are headed home or you are planning a holiday, the biggest headache of planning a travel is finding the cheapest possible flights. Whenever you book a flight, you are always

Melania Trump, wife of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump walks to the stage as Donald Trump introduces her during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Melania Trump dismisses Donald Trump's 'grab them by the p****' remarks as 'boy talk'

Melania Trump rose to her husband’s defense on Monday, describing disgusting comments the Republican presidential nominee made on a leaked 2005 video in which he bragged about groping women as “boy talk.” Trump, who has kept a low profile during her husband’s presidential bid, gave her first television interviews since the October 7 release of the tape

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin

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Russia and the West: Where did it all go wrong?

It is hard to imagine a period since the end of the Cold War when relations between Russia and the United States have been quite so bad. US officials have described the joint Russian-Syrian onslaught against Aleppo as "barbarism" and warned that war crimes are being carried out. The Russian president has spoken explicitly about the worsening climate between Washington and

File - A giant panda in Ocean Park, Hong Kong, China. The giant panda is an endangered species.

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World's eldest panda in captivity receives euthanasia in HK

HONG KONG - The world's eldest giant panda in captivity Jia Jia was given euthanasia on Sunday at Hong Kong Ocean Park, after her health condition deteriorated rapidly in the past two weeks. Died at the age of 38, about 114 years old in human terms, the

China launches spacecraft in longest-ever manned mission

China launched a pair of astronauts into space Monday on a mission to dock with an experimental space station and remain aboard for 30 days in preparation for the start of operations by a full-bore facility six years from now. The Shenzhou 11 mission took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northern China at 7:30 a.m. (2330 GMT) aboard

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 file photo, Iraqi special forces soldiers deployed for an offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants prepare to move out from a camp near Khazer, Iraq.

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Iraqi forces begin major offensive to retake Mosul from IS group

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced early Monday the beginning of a major offensive to retake the second largest Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) group, national TV channel Al Iraqiya reported. "Today I

File - A variety of corals form an outcrop on Flynn Reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Great Barrier Reef declared dead in obituary

A writer has declared the Great Barrier Reef in Australia officially dead after a story in September said that the bleaching of the reef's coral this year has caused it to decline. ABC News in Australia reported last month that bleaching had killed 35 percent of coral in the central and northern parts of the reef. Scientists also have found damage to the coral from the Crown of

Mohammed Bin Naif Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-first session.

Rise of Prince Mohammed bin Salman rattles Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: He has slashed the state budget, frozen government contracts and reduced the pay of civil employees, all part of drastic austerity measures as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is buffeted by low oil prices. But last year, Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince, saw a yacht he couldn't resist. While vacationing in the south of France, Salman spotted a

Ecuador says it cut Julian Assange internet over US election leaks

Donald Trump's Next Debate Guest Will Be President Obama's Half-Brother

Ecuador Admits To Temporarily Restricting Assange's Internet Access

VIDEO: US Anticipates Use of Chemical Weapons and Human Shields By ISIL in Mosul

The Melania Effect: Good or bad for Trump?

Fridays No Riskier For Surgery Than Any Other Weekday, Study Finds

[VIDEO]: Obama Bluntly Tells Trump: 'Stop Whining' About A Rigged Election

Report: Saudi Man Detained By Police Suspected of Cross-Dressing, Posting on Snapchat