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This necessary action was widely welcomed around the world, including by the UAE. Assad's government has denied any involvement in the attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in the rebel-held Idlib province. Saudi Arabia said the missile launch by Trump was the right response to "the crimes of this regime to its people in light of the failure of the global community to stop it".

The emergency law expands police powers of arrest, surveillance and seizures and can limit freedom of movement. The combined attacks represented one of the deadliest attacks on Coptic Christians in years. Although Copts have lived alongside Egypt's Muslim majority for centuries, in recent years Christian churches have repeatedly been targeted by sectarian violence.

Most common distractions seen by police include posting on Facebook, checking a sports score, or googling information. Legislators are doing all they can to reduce those numbers. "It's a growing concern with cell phones", he said. "No text, email or social media post is worth a life". According to 2015 statistics compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , 3,477 people were killed in distracted driving crashes and an estimated 391,000 were injured in crashes involving ...

U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos of Corpus Christi ruled Monday that the state failed to show that the law would have been enacted without its discriminatory goal, thus violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Historical analysis has consistently proved the negligible nature of voter fraud in the state, with some researchers determining the exponentially greater likelihood to be struck by lightning in Texas than to come across abuse.

Students gathered on a field and a blacktop basketball court inside the fenced-in grounds of the campus near a line of school buses. Burguan later said that two adults were deceased and two people, possibly students, were wounded and taken to a hospital.

Analysts say Sunday's bombings suggest the group is lashing out as it finds itself under increasing pressure in other countries. Steffen Seibert told reporters that it was important to preserve the peaceful coexistence of Muslims and Coptic Christians in Egypt.

And according to Tillerson, the Chinese president told Trump that he "understood that such a response was necessary when people are killing children" and expressed "appreciation" that the president took the time to explain the details of and goal behind the strike on the Syrian airfield.

United issued a statement , that did nothing to clear up the situation. One couple was selected and left the plane before the man was confronted. Overbooking is not illegal, and most airlines do it in anticipation of no-shows, according to the US Department of Transportation .

Tillerson answered a question about effecting regime change by saying the USA was organizing a coalition to do just that. "We've seen Russian failure to stop the regime from barrel bomb campaigns and campaigns against innocent civilians, especially in Aleppo, but really across the opposition held areas in the country", the official said .

The civilians were killed when security forces opened fire on a group of such protesters in Dalwan village in Budgam district. At least 70 polling stations were shut due to the violence, while at some stations voting machines were set ablaze by the protesters.

The Pentagon can defend against any North Korean missile threat, but Pyongyang's rapidly evolving weapons program is shrinking the warning time ahead of a launch, a top United States general said Thursday. Every North Korean nuclear test and missile launch reminds the U.S. and its allies of the limited options they have on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.