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ISIS is going broke
New York Post - 18 Feb 2017 05:09
The Islamic State group is hemorrhaging money with every piece of territory it loses, according to a new analysis that found that the group’s “business model” is on the path to failure. The analysis released Saturd...
Trump takes to Twitter to name potential Flynn replacement
New York Post - 18 Feb 2017 05:21
The "tweeter in chief" on Friday released the name of a candidate to be his next national security adviser -- after Michael Flynn resigned and the initial proposed successor turned down the job. "General Keith Kellogg, w...
Trump declares media 'the enemy of the American people'
Al Jazeera English - 18 Feb 2017 08:44
President Donald Trump has stepped up his verbal attacks on several widely respected US news organisations.
Trump yells at CIA director over reports intel officials are keeping info from him
CBSNews - 18 Feb 2017 05:28
The president was angry that Mike Pompeo had not pushed back hard enough against the media reports
Russia seeks pragmatic US ties and "post-West" world order
Miami Herald - 18 Feb 2017 14:29
Russia's foreign minister says that Moscow wants "pragmatic relations" with the United States but also is voicing its desire for a "post-West world order." Sergey Lavrov addressed the Munich Security …
Paris rally planned against police abuse after alleged rape
Miami Herald - 18 Feb 2017 14:11
Anti-racism groups and others plan a rally in Paris in support of victims of police violence, after a young black man was allegedly raped with a police baton in an …
Thousands march against Duterte's war on drugs
Al Jazeera English - 18 Feb 2017 07:50
Thousands of Filipino Catholics condemn a 'spreading culture of violence' following the president's anti-drug policy.
Trump goes back to campaign roots during raucous Boeing rally
New York Post - 18 Feb 2017 05:54
A buoyant President Trump on Friday made a campaign-style speech at a Boeing plant in South Carolina -- basking in the crowd's cheers and soaking up some love from the state's star-struck governor. "This may be the singl...
Teen who took selfie after fatally shooting friend found guilty
New York Post - 18 Feb 2017 00:38
GREENSBURG, Pa. -- An 18-year-old man who authorities say shot a friend and then posed for a selfie with the dying teen has been convicted of a less serious charge. Maxwell Morton was convicted Thursday of third-degree m...
Man charged in triple shooting that killed 2-year-old on West Side
Chicago Tribune - 18 Feb 2017 16:39Uganda seizes ton of ivory, arrests 2 West African suspects
Miami Herald - 18 Feb 2017 16:37
Ugandan authorities seized a ton of illegal ivory and arrested three West Africans they believe were plotting to ship it abroad, an official said Saturday. The seizure happened late Friday …
US-backed Syrian fighters inch closer to IS 'capital'
Miami Herald - 18 Feb 2017 16:12
U.S.-backed fighters have captured a village in northern Syria from members of the Islamic State group, bringing them closer to cutting a road linking two major cities in the country …
Trump insists White House is running 'very well'
New York Post - 18 Feb 2017 16:06
Everything’s just fine in the White House, President Trump insisted Saturday in a morning tweet. “Don't believe the main stream (fake news) media.The White House is running VERY WELL,” Trump tweeted at 8:31 a.m. �...
At least 4 dead as fierce Southern California storm causes flash floods
ABC News - 18 Feb 2017 15:55
Another person was injured when her car fell into a massive sinkhole.
Flynn unlikely to face charges for lying to FBI
CBSNews - 18 Feb 2017 06:56
Despite misleading vice president, sources tell CBS News there is not enough evidence against Trump's former National Security Adviser
Russia wants 'pragmatic relations' with US
New York Post - 18 Feb 2017 15:36
Russia wants to build pragmatic relations with the United States based on mutual respect, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday. Addressing the Munich Security Conference, he also described NATO as a �...
California 'weather bomb' storm kills 2, wreaks havoc
The Week - 18 Feb 2017 15:22
A powerful southern California rainstorm that began Friday has killed at least two people and produced car-sized sinkholes, power outages, flash floods, and mudslides. The storm is what's known as a bombogenesis, or "wea...
UN chief: US blocking Libya envoy was "serious mistake"
ABC News - 18 Feb 2017 15:19
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that the U.S. decision to block a former Palestinian prime minister from leading the U.N. political mission in Libya was "a serious mistake."
Tensions over Trump deepen fractures among American Jews
ABC News - 18 Feb 2017 15:17
Differences among American Jews over Israel and other policies are becoming more pronounced under President Donald Trump
Kenya arrests 2 suspected IS recruits deported from Turkey
Miami Herald - 18 Feb 2017 15:08
Kenyan police officials say they have arrested two Kenyans who were deported from Turkey on suspicion of training with the Islamic State organization in neighboring Syria. Philip Tuimur, the regional …
Autopsy on N. Korean inconclusive as 4th person arrested
ABC News - 18 Feb 2017 15:08
Malaysia has performed a second autopsy on the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader because the first procedure was inconclusive, piling on the intrigue surrounding what appeared to be a well-executed assassina...
California storm wreaks havoc, causes at least 2 deaths
USA Today - 18 Feb 2017 14:58
Strong rain and forceful winds plowed through southern and cenral California, causing dramatic mudslides and flooding freeways.