Global News - All News

On Friday, the United States carried out missile strikes on a Syrian air base it says is suspected of storing chemical weapons. Boris Johnson, the British foreign secretary, is pushing for the group, which comprises the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, to call for Russian Federation to drop backing for the country's president Bashar al-Assad or face tough new sanctions, The Times reported.

The United States has conducted air strikes against Islamic State, which controls territory in eastern and northern Syria, and a small number of U.S. troops are helping rebel militias. "There's responsibility that goes around", Gabbard said, "Standing here pointing fingers does not accomplish peace for the Syrian people". A United States military official told CNN the Pentagon was examining specifically whether a Russian warplane had bombed a hospital in Khan Sheikhoun five hours after the ...

Blumenthal and Sen. Chris Murphy both opposed the confirmation, saying they doubted Gorsuch's independence from the White House and were concerned about his " originalist " leanings. "(Republicans) made history in denying a presidential nominee a hearing and a vote, which had never, never happened before in the history of the United States", said Democrat Dick Durbin of IL.

The president told reporters on Air Force One on Thursday he hopes for at least one more vacancy during his administration, but said "there could be as many as four". Judge Gorsuch is viewed as a committed conservative whose beliefs align with the late Scalia, exactly the kind of judge Republicans' meant to place in the ninth Supreme Court seat.

The new program will offer a two-year visa with a broader list of occupations, and a four-year visa with stricter requirements and a smaller job pool. "There is no doubt foreign workers have played a significant role in the remarkable economic growth of the nation", he said. Applicants must have at least two years' experience in their skilled profession and there will be a minimum market salary rate to make sure Australian workers are not undercut.

Meanwhile, Italy wants the group to issue a communique that will reinforce the United Nations -backed peace process in the war-torn country, Reuters reported. A joint command centre made up of the forces of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah said the United States strike on a Syrian airbase crossed "red lines", hours after the U.S.

Now 70 years old, Switzer completed the race in about four-and-a-half hours, about 10 minutes slower than her time in 1967. This year, 13,698 women signed up for the marathon, amounting to 45 percent of the total entries according to the Boston Athletic Association .

President Donald Trump, before his election, described fighting ISIS and seeking Assad's removal at the same time as "idiocy." Damascus highly values Moscow's position on the U.S. Washington warned Moscow , and Russian troops at the base were not hit. During the 2016 United States presidential election campaign, Trump had frequently called for warmer ties with Putin.

The top three candidates in France's presidential election have embarked on a final push in Paris to pull in undecided voters and shore up their bases in a contest which has evolved into a too-tight-to-call contest between the far right, far left and centre.

US Pacific Command admitted Tuesday the USS Carl Vinson carrier group had headed to northwest Australia for planned exercises. This was followed by failed missile test a day after North Korea celebrated the 105th anniversary of the birth of its founding leader Kim Il-sung on April 15.

On Monday, wearing the very same number which she had nearly had torn off her jumper five decades earlier, Ms Switzer completed the race in four hours, 44 minutes and 31 seconds in her "full regalia" - "the bib plus the eye liner, mascara and lipstick".