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North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts 'entire' US in range

Saturday, 29 July 2017, 09:50 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S. mainland, hours after the launch left analysts...

British baby Charlie Gard at centre of legal battle dies

Saturday, 29 July 2017, 08:59 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Charlie Gard, the terminally ill British baby at the centre of a legal and ethical battle that attracted the attention of Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump, died Friday. He was one week shy...

Russia sanctions bill heads to Trump, Moscow retaliates

Friday, 28 July 2017, 15:45 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The Senate is sending a package of stiff financial sanctions against Russia to President Donald Trump to sign after the bill received overwhelming support in Congress. Moscow has already responded,...

54 injured, 1 seriously, in Spanish train crash

Friday, 28 July 2017, 10:54 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Emergency services say 40 people received medical treatment after a morning commuter train they were traveling on crashed into the buffers in a station in northeastern Barcelona early Friday The...

Israeli police on high alert for prayers at Jerusalem site

Friday, 28 July 2017, 08:45 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Israeli police were on high alert Friday ahead of Muslim prayers at a major Jerusalem shrine at the center of recent tensions. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said men under 50 would be barred...

AP sources: US seeks to test Iran deal with more inspections

Thursday, 27 July 2017, 15:14 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The Trump administration is pushing for inspections of suspicious Iranian military sites in a bid to test the strength of the nuclear deal that President Donald Trump desperately wants to cancel,...

Britain's economy stuck in low gear amid Brexit concerns

Thursday, 27 July 2017, 09:59 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Britain's economy hobbled along in the second quarter, barely recovering from a weak start to the year as industrial production and construction flagged amid uncertainties over the country's exit from...

Protesters gather against Trump ban on transgender troops

Thursday, 27 July 2017, 08:13 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Demonstrators flocked to a military recruiting station in New York City and gathered at a plaza named for a San Francisco gay-rights icon on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump's abrupt ban on...

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