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U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis will leave his post in February, President Trump announced Thursday afternoon. “General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years,” Trump tweeted. “During Jim’s tenure, tremendous progress has been made, …
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U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a significant withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, U.S. news media are reporting, citing multiple administration officials. …
U.S. Defense Chief Jim Mattis will be leaving his post early next year, saying in his resignation letter that his views are not fully “aligned” with President Donald Trump and citing policies toward Russia and China as among the differences. …
U.S. President Donald Trump says on Twitter that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will retire at the end of February. …
Iranian media say a Tuesday school fire that killed three girls in Iran’s impoverished southeast indicates the country has not resolved safety issues that led to a similar tragedy in 2012. Iranian state media said the three girls died after suffering burns over more than 90 percent of their bodies in the Tuesday morning fire …
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Three crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) have returned to Earth as they completed their 197-day mission. …
North Korea said Thursday it will never unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons unless the United States removes its nuclear threat first, a statement that raises further doubts on whether leader Kim Jong Un will ever relinquish an arsenal he may see as his greatest guarantee of survival. The statement carried by the official Korean …
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Decades after the U.S. stopped institutionalizing kids because large and crowded orphanages were causing lasting trauma, it is happening again. The federal government has placed most of the 14,300 migrant toddlers, children and teens in its care in detention centers and residential facilities packed with hundreds, or thousands, of children. As the year draws to …
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Albania says it has expelled two Iranian diplomats for national security reasons, with a U.S. official saying one was Tehran’s ambassador to the Balkan country. …
Vladimir Putin is scheduled to hold his annual news conference on December 20, a marathon event that comes at a time when the Russian leader’s popularity has declined due mainly to an anemic economy. …
U.S. President Donald Trump has urged Kosovo to do everything to reach a long-standing deal with Serbia two decades after their war ended, according to the Kosovo president’s website. …
The New York Times reported late Tuesday that hackers gained access to European Union diplomatic communications networks for three years, allowing them to download of thousands of sensitive cables. The report said the breach was discovered by cybersecurity company Area 1, which provided more than 1,100 of the cables to the newspaper. According to the …
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The bestselling book of all time is believed to be the Bible, but the holy book is not the only title attracting readers looking for books that reflect Christian values. Christian publishers produce a variety of fiction novels covering traditional commercial genres — historical, suspense, romance, contemporary — but their readers desire more than a …
Read more “Onward Christian Readers: Keeping the Faith with ‘Clean’ Novels, Self-help Books”
When U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton rolled out the United States’ new Africa strategy last week, he used the occasion to identify China as an imminent threat to both American and African interests. At different points in prepared remarks delivered at the Heritage Foundation, Bolton characterized China’s presence in Africa as predatory, opportunistic and …
Read more “As US ‘Debt-Trap Diplomacy’ Rhetoric Heats Up, China-Africa Relations Hold Fast”
A Moscow bus driver whose vehicle plowed onto the stairway of an underground passage, killing four pedestrians, has been sentenced to four years in prison. …
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko has left the post of president of the country’s football federation, the Russian Football Union (RFS) said on Twitter on December 19. …
Members of the U.S. Senate are brushing off Saudi Arabia’s anger over resolutions the chamber approved pertaining to the war in Yemen and the killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Earlier this week, the Saudi Foreign Ministry criticized the resolutions as “undermining the kingdom’s regional and international role” and “based on unsubstantiated claims and …
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In the midst of the biggest political crisis of his presidency, Emmanuel Macron is enlisting the help of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, in a sign that the right-wing ex-leader’s influence on Macron is on the rise. In the space of three weeks, Macron, who has struggled to quell a month-long revolt against his reforms, …
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Border Crossings host Larry London sat down with two-time Billboard award winning violinist Lindsey Stirling who has released an expanded version of last year’s best-selling holiday album “Warmer in the Winter.” …
Afghan government negotiators have arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to join U.S.-brokered talks with the Taliban, as efforts intensify to negotiate an end to Afghanistan’s 17-year war. …
Young Bolsheviks in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg have published their 2019 Josef Stalin calendar. Though the print run is just a few thousand copies, they’re selling fast. Stalin killed millions, but the publishers hope the calendar’s images and quotes will get people to rethink his legacy. …
British Airways says it will resume flights to Pakistan next summer, a decade after suspending operations due to security fears. …
The U.S. Senate advanced a bipartisan bill Monday that would decrease America’s large prison population by lowering some mandatory federal sentences and giving prisoners added opportunities to earn reductions in jail time. With the 82-12 procedural vote, the Senate formally took up the First Step Act, which is backed by President Donald Trump but has …
In the pitch black of the moonless Chilean desert night, the Cuban man is hard to spot until he is within yards of the border. Placing a small backpack of clothes on the ground, Yoniel Torres, 31, a father of two, puts his hands up as police approach with flashlights and take him into custody. …
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