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Russia, Assad's staunchest ally, has insisted that Assad is blameless and that it was actually the rebels responsible for the disbursed chemical weapons . President Donald Trump ordered a cruise-missile strike Friday against a Syrian air base in response to the chemical attack, setting off a debate that has scrambled opposing camps.

The statement says that the strike, which hit south of Tabqah, Syria, was requested by "partnered forces" under the belief that it was an ISIS fighting position. The U.S. was reportedly given false coordinates by allied forces. An activist-run group, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, said three days of mourning had been declared for the town.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Thursday he would not seek a third-term in office, saying he'd reached a hard decision after weighing what was best for his family and the state. Malloy says he's proud of his record. Included in that list is Ted Kennedy, Jr., state senator from Branford. "I'm not sure I agree with that, but I take it as a compliment", he said.

Throughout Friday, pockets of protesters in oil-rich Venezuela blocked roads, unfurled banners and chanted slogans against Maduro's unpopular government, including "Freedom!" and "No To Dictatorship!" The ruling spurred anti-government protests on Friday and clashes between demonstrators and the National Guard outside the Supreme Court building.

And I don't know if that just reached the boiling point or what it was. "Nor do we know exactly why he chose to do this at the school". One boy died, and another was in stable condition. "Her whole life was surrounded around kids and helping them, and helping them build a future". A ritual all too familiar in San Bernardino. Husband-and-wife shooters Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik were later killed in a gunbattle with authorities.

Speaking through an interpreter provided by the foreign ministry, Mr Han was calm and polite but forceful throughout the 40-minute interview. Han cited Trump's tweets as problematic, as well as the US military's participation in exercises with South Korea and an aircraft carrier's move to the region.

This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows an image captured on April 7 of destroyed aircraft shelters on the southeast side of the Shayrat air base in Syria, following US Tomahawk Land Attack Missile strikes on Friday, April 7, 2017 from the USS Ross (DDG 71) and USS Porter (DDG 78).

Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia, on Monday said that talks with India on trade pact not as fast as desired. Modi said, "We have just inaugurated the TERI-DEAKIN Research Centre on Nano and Bio Technology, which is a classic example of the kind of cutting-edge science and technology cooperation that is happening between our two countries".

Santos, who visited Mocoa for a second straight day Sunday, declared the area a disaster zone. The death toll could still rise because authorities say there were over 200 people injured, some in a critical condition and over 200 still missing.

Zuma invited much controversy after he sacked Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan amid a sudden cabinet reshuffle, leading to worldwide rating agencies downgrading the country's status to junk and a free fall of the South African rand. "The opposition are doing their job, don't be anxious", he told his supporters in the Zulu language. Zuma has easily survived previous parliamentary votes against him due to the ANC's majority.

Meanwhile, the United States has ordered the movement the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and other warships into waters off the Korean Peninsula and is conducting its biggest-ever joint military exercises with South Korea. The North is already under multiple sets of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and appears to see these programs as insurance against regime change.