Qatar signs $12-bln deal with United States for 36 F-15 jets
The president called Qatar a "funder of terrorism at a very high level", telling a press conference in the White House Rose Garden that the country had to "do more" to combat terror. While the two sides are far apart at the moment, there are positive signs they're willing to reach a conclusion and want Kuwait to continue to mediate, the official said, adding that Turkey was also helping.
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Tensions rise in Syria as Russia, Iran send USA warnings
As well as announcing that US-led coalition warplanes would be tracked, Russia's ministry of defence suspended a hotline set up to avoid clashes between USA and Russian aircraft over Syria. interests in the region after ISIS - and how it hopes to keep such a group from returning even confounds United States audiences. It was allegedly operated by pro-regime forces allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Trump's legal plan quite simple so far: Fight, fight, fight
Is President Trump under investigation for obstruction of justice? This week could bring an end to the ongoing mystery of whether tapes of President Trump's White House conversations with former FBI Director James B. presidential race, a statement that appeared to contradict a comment Trump himself made on Twitter last week. Sekulow is responding on "Fox and Friends" to a statement that Trump's tweets can make it harder for others to do their job.
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McCain: Travelers to N Korea should sign waiver
Sen. John McCain slammed North Korea for its role in the death of Otto Warmbier , saying the "US can not and should not tolerate the murder of its citizens by hostile powers". More than 15 months after he gave a staged confession in North Korea , he is with. It will be open to the public and is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday at Wyoming High School in Wyoming, Ohio , where he graduated in 2013.
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Mali forces kill five militants involved in hotel attack: minister
Authorities said more than 30 people managed to escape although at least two people were killed, including a dual French-Gabonese citizen. The latest, and one of the deadliest happened in March 2016 at Grand-Bassam resort in Ivory Coast , where 19 people died, including eight foreigners.
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Death of Otto Warmbier sparking outrage from all levels of government
Trump said he had spoken with Warmbier's parents, telling reporters in the Oval Office that it was "incredible what they've gone through". Speaking from the White House Trump said: "He spent a year and half in North Korea , a lot of bad things happened, but at least we got him home to be with his parents".
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Australia suspends air strikes in Syria after U.S. downing of Syrian jet
The RC-135 is a modified C-135 plane that carries advance sensors that allow airmen inside to detect and make sense of electronic signals. "This is an exception, not the norm, but we were again operating in worldwide airspace and did nothing to provoke", Davis said .
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Senate close to vote on dismantle health law
Senate Republicans are pushing full steam ahead toward a vote by the end of next week on the health care bill that nobody has seen. The House has a similar concept in its plan, with tax credits ranging from $2,000 to $4,000 for people below a certain income.
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Public funeral planned for US student freed from North Korea
Warmbier, who grew up in Hamilton County, died Monday at University of Cincinnati Medical Center, almost a week after his return to the United States after being held in North Korea for more than 17 months. "As soon as they found out that Otto was in a coma , they demanded the North Koreans take Otto out and send him back to the U.S. They sent an airplane".
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US says it downed Iran-made drone in Syria
Despite the apparent failures, Iranian state-affiliated media heralded the attacks as a success, referring to them as a "new and major" stage in the country's fight against ISIS. Australia is part of a US-led coalition that has been waging war against IS militants in Syria and Iraq. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that as of Monday, all coalition jets and drones flying west of the Euphrates River will be tracked as potential targets.
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PM grieves loss of lives in Portugal forest fire
France has offered three firefighting planes to fight the situation. Four shelters have also been established and are run by Social Welfare. Just over 1,000 firefighters are still attending that blaze about 150 kilometers (90 miles) north of Lisbon .
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US Navy sailors found dead on destroyer USS Fitzgerald
The crew members went missing when the destroyer collided with a shipping vessel around 2:30am local time Saturday 56 nautical miles south of Yokosuka, Japan . The ACX Crystal sailed into Tokyo Saturday afternoon with minor damage to its bow. Is it not yet clear how the collision between the two advanced ships could have happened, or which ship was at fault, but an investigation is already underway.




