Financier Epstein arrested in U.S. sex trafficking case
Financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested late on Saturday on suspicion of sex trafficking of underage girls and will appear in federal court in Manhattan on
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U.S. sent message to Iran after drone downing, warning of limited strike – Iranian official
The United States conveyed a message to Iran warning of a limited strike against the country after its unmanned drone was shot down in the
Trump says immigration raids coming ‘fairly soon’
By Andrew Hay July 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday mass deportation roundups would begin “fairly soon” as U.S. migrant advocates vowed their communities
Southern California struck by even more powerful quake, second in two days
A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Southern California on Friday, causing some damage to buildings, with 11 times more force than an apparent foreshock that
Venezuela frees judge, journalist, 20 students – UN
Venezuela has released 22 prisoners including the emblematic cases of judge Maria Afiuni and journalist Braulio Jatar, a senior UN official said on Friday. Twenty students
Venezuela death squads kill young men, stage scenes, UN report says
Venezuelan security forces are sending death squads to murder young men and stage the scenes to make it look like the victims resisted arrest, the
Turkey’s S-400s to be loaded on planes Sunday in Russia -Haberturk
ISTANBUL, July 5 (Reuters) – The first of the Russian S-400 defence systems that Ankara has purchased will be loaded on to cargo planes on
Big quake rattles area of 20 million people in California; no one killed
A powerful earthquake jolted Southern California on Thursday, touching off fires, damaging buildings and forcing the evacuation of a hospital in a desert town northeast of Los
Strong earthquake sets off fires, damages desert city east of Los Angeles (Update 2)
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck Southern California near the city of Ridgecrest, about 113 miles (175 km) northeast of Los Angeles, the U.S.
Venezuela death squads kill young men, stage scenes, UN report says
Venezuelan security forces are sending death squads to murder young men and stage the scenes to make it look like the victims resisted arrest, the
Dismissing criticism, Trump presides over July 4th holiday with military show
US President Donald Trump will preside over July Fourth Independence Day celebrations on Thursday with a speech about patriotism and a show of military might that critics say is
Brazil deforestation exceeds 88% in June under Bolsonaro
Deforestation in Brazil‘s portion of the Amazon rainforest soared more than 88 per cent in June compared with the same month a year ago, the second
US Navy SEAL demoted for posing with dead prisoner
A U.S. Navy SEAL platoon commander acquitted of murdering a captured Islamic State fighter but convicted of unlawfully posing for photos with his dead body
Despite Turkey’s assurances, U.S. still eyes sanctions, F-35 exit
WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reuters) – The Trump administration still plans to impose sanctions on Turkey and remove it from a critical fighter jet program if
US lawmaker describes ‘horrifying’ conditions at Texas migrant facility
Controversy broadsided the embattled US Border Patrol agency Monday, as a high-profile US Congresswoman touring detention facilities called conditions “horrifying” and as current and former
Iran says breach of threshold does not violate nuclear pact
Iran said on Monday its accumulation of more enriched uranium than permitted under its nuclear deal with world powers was not a violation of the
Ten people killed when private plane crashes into Texas hangar
June 30 (Reuters) – Ten people were killed on Sunday when their private turboprop airplane crashed into a hangar during takeoff and burst into flames
Alabama prosecutors weigh manslaughter indictment of woman who lost fetus in shooting
By Steve Gorman Eight weeks after an Alabama grand jury indicted a woman for manslaughter over the loss of her fetus in a shooting she
Turkey’s Erdogan says US will not impose sanctions over Russian missile deal (Updated)
By Roberta Rampton and Tuvan Gumrukcu Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday the United States did not plan to impose sanctions on Ankara for
Charlottesville neo-Nazi sentenced to life, judge says ‘too great a risk’ to release
A federal judge imposed a life sentence on the self-described neo-Nazi who killed Heather Heyer by crashing his car into a crowd of counterprotesters in