North Korea fires test missile into Japanese airspace

  A North Korean short-range missile was fired into Japanese airspace during a weapons test early Tuesday morning, representing the latest shot across the bow by Pyongyang against Washington and its allies in the Pacific. The missile shot that penetrated Japanese airspace was reportedly one of three fired...

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Jailed German nurse may have killed 86 patients – Officials

  A German nurse serving a life sentence for murdering two of his patients is believed to have killed at least 86 people entrusted to his care, officials said, on Monday, in what they described as an imagination-defying series of crimes. The nurse, identified as Niels Hoegel, was sentenced to life...

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HUNDREDS OF TURKISH CIVIL SERVANTS PURGED IN LATEST DECREES

ISTANBUL - Turkey dismissed hundreds civil servants and boosted President Tayyip Erdogan’s powers over the MIT national intelligence agency in two decrees published on Friday, the latest under emergency rule imposed after last year’s attempted coup. Turkey has sacked or suspended more than 150,000 officials in purges since the failed putsch, while...

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HARVEY BECOMES CATEGORY 2, CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN.

As of 5 AM (US time) Location: 26.1°N 95.5°W Moving: NW at 10 mph Min pressure: 958 mb Max sustained: 105 mph Harvey is now a category 2 hurricane in the Gulf. It will continue to strengthen as it approaches the Texas coastline. It’s not an immediate threat to the northern Gulf Coast but it will be for Texas where flooding rains...

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Major political parties refuse to attend, MQM forced to postpone APC

KARACHI: After several political parties turned down Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) invitation to attend its all parties' conference (APC) today, the 'grand meeting' was postponed. MQM-P’s chief Farooq Sattar, addressing the media alongside party leaders, thanked media persons. He said with utmost seriousness, they planned the ‘all important’...

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Panel asks political parties to respond to Supreme Court observation

NEW DELHI: There are apprehensions that disqualifying candidates from contesting polls from the day charges are framed against them in a court -- as observed by the Supreme Court -- may be misused by a party in power if put into effect, a parliamentary panel has said. The parliamentary standing committee on law and personnel, while examining...

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BOEING ASSIGNED TO DESIGN NEW BALLISTIC MISSILE

The U.S. Air Force just announced that the contract to develop preliminary designs for America’s next intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been awarded to Boeing, and a portion of that work will be done in Huntsville, Alabama. This system will be critical to keep America safe as an offensive nuclear deterrent against rogue nations like North...

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CHILE LEGALIZES ABORTION

CHILE, August 21, 2017 – In a 6-4 vote today, Chile's high court upheld a law legalizing abortion in cases of rape, danger to the mother's life, and fetal disability.  Chile, known internationally for its strong pro-life laws, has been debating legalizing abortion. Its parliament passed the bill allowing...

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