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The decision, taken overnight, came after the Afghan National Directorate of Security attributed the attack to the Haqqani network - linked to the Taliban and allegedly with bases in Pakistan - and said it had the direct guidance and cooperation of the Pakistani spy agency ISI.
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House intel panel approves subpoenas for Trump lawyer, former top aide
Flynn , who previously asserted a Fifth Amendment right not to turn over documents or testify, is preparing to offer some documents in separate negotiations with the Senate Intelligence Committee, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
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Philippine 'Friendly Fire' Kills 11 Soldiers, Wounds 7 in Marawi Fight
AFP spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla , during the Mindanao Hour briefing in Malacañang, said government troops have cleared about 90 percent of the city but said he could not divulge the exact location of the "pockets of resistance within Marawi ".
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U.S. outraged at Erdogan guards' attack on protesters
The unseemly incident is adding to U.S. The embassy said that Erdogan was in the ambassador's residence after meeting President Donald Trump, and Turkish-Americans who were there to greet him responded to provocations from PKK-linked protesters.
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Watch Jeremy Corbyn argue why Theresa May should debate him on TV
The veteran left-winger's decision to attend reflects a growing confidence in the Labour camp, buoyed by the latest YouGov poll that suggested the United Kingdom could be heading for a hung parliament on 9 June, with the Tories falling short of an overall majority.
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What would the Paris climate deal look like without the United States?
Trump aides including Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, lawyer Don McGahn and Peter Navarro, along with EPA chief Pruitt, argued hard for leaving the accord. Withdrawing would leave the United States aligned only with Russian Federation among the world's industrialized economies. Trump claimed before taking office that climate change was a "hoax" created by the Chinese to hurt the USA economy.
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Britain may be heading for hung Parliament
The projection came with big caveats - including a vast margin of error. Other polls are predicting a completely different outcome, so we would use this information with a pinch of salt. The poll was conducted on May 30-31 and put the Liberal Democrats on seven percent and the UK Independence Party on 4 percent. But the Liberal Democrats are anti-Brexit, and may try to seek a deal with Labour, who want Britain to keep some aspects of European Union membership.
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Trump lashes out at Germany over trade and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, promises 'change'
Trump tweeted Tuesday: " Russian officials must be laughing at the USA & how a lame excuse for why the Dems lost the election has taken over the Fake News ". Speaking just days after Trump promised to sell Saudi Arabia $110 billion worth of arms in order to deter Iran, Gabriel accused Washington of fuelling religious conflict.
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Silk Road founder loses appeal challenging life sentence
A photo of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht who is now serving life in prison. His charges included money laundering, conspiracy to traffic narcotics and a "kingpin" charge generally withheld for leaders of major drug cartels. The three-judge panel cited the "staggering" United States dollars $ 183 million of illegal drugs sold on Silk Road from 2011 to 2013, and a lower court's finding it more likely than not that Ulbricht arranged at least five murders for hire to protect Silk Road's ...
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PMLN's Nehal Hashmi's full speech threatening SC judges, JIT
Justice Ejaz Afzal expressing enormous displeasure told Hashmi that he is being giving an opportunity to make a clarification. The bench directed Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Ashtar Ausaf Ali , who has been appointed as prosecutor, to collect material related to the case.
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Angela Merkel Europe must step up as diplomatic player
Mr Spicer said however that the U.S. president respects Ms Merkel and that the pair "continue to grow the bonds" forged during the in-person meetings. "Europeans think they are now being treated worse by Trump than countries like Russian Federation or Saudi Arabia", said Stephan Bierling, an expert on trans-Atlantic relations at the University of Regensburg in Germany.
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Syrian rebels say Russian jets halt advance on desert outpost
Most of the civilians are in the Old City which lies immediately south of where the current fighting is taking place. The Joint Operations Command also said Monday that Iraqi aircraft had dropped leaflets over Mosul urging residents to leave IS-held areas - the second time it had done so within the past week.



