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President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has been questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators about former national security adviser Michael Flynn. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ByvVj2

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that he had not seen a change in Pakistan's support for militants so far, despite President Donald Trump taking a tougher line against Islamabad. U.S. officials have long been frustrated by what they see as Pakistan’s reluctance to act against groups such as the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network that they believe exploit safe haven on Pakistani soil to launch attacks on neighboring Afghanistan. In August, Trump outlined a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, chastising Pakistan over its alleged support for Afghan militants. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/C8tiqh

Leigh Corfman, the first woman to accuse Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor, publishes an open letter to the former judge Tuesday demanding he stop calling her a liar. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zRq8YQ

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday condemned President Donald Trump as “wrong” for retweeting anti-Muslim videos, reviving tensions between the two governments. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ik1hoZ

A Turkish-Iranian gold trader paid millions of dollars in bribes to Ankara's former economy minister to facilitate illegal gold transactions with sanctions-hit Iran, the trader testified on Wednesday. Reza Zarrab had been due to go on trial Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, but the prosecution made clear that Zarrab was, instead, their star witness. The lone man in the dock is now Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, accused of violating sanctions against Iran, bribery and money laundering. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2k99PQ2

Japan's ancient sport of sumo suffered another humiliating blow Wednesday when grand champion Harumafuji retired to atone for a brutal assault on a rival wrestler while out drinking. The Mongolian "yokozuna", sumo's highest rank, fought back tears as he apologised for the embarrassment caused by a violent outburst last month that left countryman Takanoiwa with a fractured skull. "My conduct was not befitting of a yokozuna," Harumafuji told a news conference in Fukuoka, before bowing deeply to express his contrition. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Am0Mz8

Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for an Alabama U.S. Senate seat, accused Democrats on Tuesday of attempting to register felons in order to sway the special election to his Democratic opponent. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BnHOHU

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that he had not seen a change in Pakistan's support for militants so far, despite President Donald Trump taking a tougher line against Islamabad. U.S. officials have long been frustrated by what they see as Pakistan’s reluctance to act against groups such as the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network that they believe exploit safe haven on Pakistani soil to launch attacks on neighboring Afghanistan. In August, Trump outlined a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, chastising Pakistan over its alleged support for Afghan militants. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/C8tiqh

Reza Zarrab may reveal a sprawling bribery scheme touching the highest levels of the Turkish government. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zyqteL

In the wake of Matt Lauer’s dismissal from NBC News following a complaint of of inappropriate sexual behavior, Andrea Mitchell says NBC news and Msnbc will be “reporting on it vigorously according to the highest standards.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zPVI9d

CNN’s Don Lemon could not hide his sheer bewilderment Tuesday night as he reported that President Donald Trump has still been privately questioning the authenticity of former President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2j1HS9r

Fifteen suspected communist guerrillas including six women have been killed in a gunbattle, the Philippine military said on Wednesday, days after President Rodrigo Duterte called off peace talks. Duterte last week vowed to go to war with the rebels and threatened to categorise them a "terrorist" group over deadly attacks against soldiers and police. Late Tuesday residents reported seeing armed men boarding a van and a truck in the town of Nasugbu 65 kilometres (40 miles) south of Manila, prompting authorities to send troops, said local military spokesman Colonel Teody Toribio. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2AmNuVC

This is the moment a police officer in the US accidentally struck his partner with a Taser prong during a chaotic arrest. The body cam footage shows two officers arresting a man, pulling him from a vehicle before one of them wrestles the suspect to the ground. During the commotion the second officer fires a stun gun, which hits his partner in his side. A police officer aims a Taser  Credit: APTN / RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA WHIO The prong also strikes the suspect, causing confusion as the officer's partner rolls around in pain on the ground. An officer is struck with a stun gun Credit: APTN / RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA WHIO The injured officer repeatedly calls out for his partner to release the trigger on the stun gun. "Sorry. Sorry Nick," the officer tells his partner when he realises what he has done. "You're alright," responds the injured officer. The injured officer Credit: APTN / RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA WHIO According to local news out

Breaking: @tonyschwartz tells @AriMelber he knows "two different people from the White House" have called to express concerns about Trump's mental health http://pic.twitter.com/PyQ6gXWAq8— from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ApL88j

BANGKOK (AP) — Two Americans who maintained a social media account called "Traveling Butts" have been arrested in Thailand after posting a photo of themselves at a famous Buddhist temple with their rear ends exposed, police said Wednesday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2iiB9uy

Global arms experts say North Korea’s latest test of a ballistic missile was an expected but troubling development that further solidifies Kim Jong Un’s role as a nuclear-backed strongman. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zzGfWB

A Turkish-Iranian gold trader paid millions of dollars in bribes to Ankara's former economy minister to facilitate illegal gold transactions with sanctions-hit Iran, the trader testified on Wednesday. Reza Zarrab had been due to go on trial Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, but the prosecution made clear that Zarrab was, instead, their star witness. The lone man in the dock is now Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, accused of violating sanctions against Iran, bribery and money laundering. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2k99PQ2

A Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe leader issued a damning response Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s “Pocahontas” slur earlier this week during an event meant to honor Navajo Code Talkers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2neg5Hq

Japan's ancient sport of sumo suffered another humiliating blow Wednesday when grand champion Harumafuji retired to atone for a brutal assault on a rival wrestler while out drinking. The Mongolian "yokozuna", sumo's highest rank, fought back tears as he apologised for the embarrassment caused by a violent outburst last month that left countryman Takanoiwa with a fractured skull. "My conduct was not befitting of a yokozuna," Harumafuji told a news conference in Fukuoka, before bowing deeply to express his contrition. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Am0Mz8

Days after “CBS This Morning” dumped co-host Charlie Rose amid sexual harassment allegations, the show’s personalities reacted with shock to news that Matt Lauer was booted from NBC’s “Today,” with Gayle King describing “a sickening feeling of deja vu.” “We are dealing with our own situation here, but it does send a message ― it shows that you are not too big to fall,” King, whose colleague Rose was axed last week, said Wednesday morning. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2nglbTc

Croatian state TV reported Wednesday that a convicted Croat war criminal has died after swallowing what he said was poison seconds after a United Nations judge confirmed his 20-year sentence from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2kaoytO

US military investigators said Wednesday that only enemy fighters were shot dead in a joint US-Somali raid in August, amid allegations that multiple civilians were killed. At issue is an August 25 operation at a farm near Bariire in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, when Somali troops and US special forces attacked a suspected hideout for fighters from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab group. Local elders called a news conference in the capital Mogadishu and displayed nine bodies, two of them children, saying they were civilians killed in cold blood by Somali troops. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2AHvGVU

Four people have been killed in Tampa's Seminole Heights neighborhood since Oct. 9 from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BxbV0p

A New York state appeals court on Tuesday threw out the April 2014 conviction of a man in Manhattan's East Harlem section for killing his girlfriend, because a juror failed to disclose she had applied for a prosecutor's job in the office handling the case. The Appellate Division in Manhattan ruled 5-0 that Equan Southall's second-degree murder conviction and prison sentence of 23 years to life for the August 2011 killing of Camila Guzman must be vacated, citing the juror's "implied bias" in favor of the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zzGAbV

Reza Zarrab may reveal a sprawling bribery scheme touching the highest levels of the Turkish government. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zyqteL

Japan's ancient sport of sumo suffered another humiliating blow Wednesday when grand champion Harumafuji retired to atone for a brutal assault on a rival wrestler while out drinking. The Mongolian "yokozuna", sumo's highest rank, fought back tears as he apologised for the embarrassment caused by a violent outburst last month that left countryman Takanoiwa with a fractured skull. "My conduct was not befitting of a yokozuna," Harumafuji told a news conference in Fukuoka, before bowing deeply to express his contrition. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Am0Mz8

Matt Lauer was terminated by NBC News on Wednesday following a complaint alleging 'inappropriate sexual behavior' from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2AgmkPI

North Korea may conduct another missile test within days, after more than two months of silence, a new report has claimed. Japan recently detected suspicious radio signals coming from North Korea, and a source told the Japan Times that the country "might launch a missile within the next few days". South Korea's Yonhap news agency also made similar claims, citing South Korean government sources. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2AIJ1x4

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that he had not seen a change in Pakistan's support for militants so far, despite President Donald Trump taking a tougher line against Islamabad. U.S. officials have long been frustrated by what they see as Pakistan’s reluctance to act against groups such as the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network that they believe exploit safe haven on Pakistani soil to launch attacks on neighboring Afghanistan. In August, Trump outlined a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, chastising Pakistan over its alleged support for Afghan militants. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/C8tiqh

The trial of five men accused of gang raping a woman at Pamplona's bull-running festival wrapped up Tuesday in case that shocked Spain and sparked protests against violence against women. The men, aged 27 to 29, are accused of having raped the woman, then aged 18, at the entrance to an apartment building in Pamplona on July 7, 2016 at the start of the week-long San Fermin festival, which draws tens of thousands of visitors. "We don't see a sexual assault, we see sexual relations, period," the lawyer for three of the accused, Agustin Martinez Becerra, told reporters. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/CJ80Fn

A Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe leader issued a damning response Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s “Pocahontas” slur earlier this week during an event meant to honor Navajo Code Talkers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2neg5Hq

Croatian state TV reported Wednesday that a convicted Croat war criminal has died after swallowing what he said was poison seconds after a United Nations judge confirmed his 20-year sentence from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2kaoytO

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday condemned President Donald Trump as “wrong” for retweeting anti-Muslim videos, reviving tensions between the two governments. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ik1hoZ

In the wake of Matt Lauer’s dismissal from NBC News following a complaint of of inappropriate sexual behavior, Andrea Mitchell says NBC news and Msnbc will be “reporting on it vigorously according to the highest standards.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zPVI9d

A suspected serial killer was arrested in Florida after one of his McDonalds co-workers found a loaded gun in one of his food bags. Howell Donaldson III, 24,will be charged with four counts of first degree murder in relation to fatal shootings in the Seminole Heights region of Tampa, said the city's Police chief Brian Dugan. Mr Donaldson III's arrest affadavit said one of his co-workers at the fast food restaurant had called them after he handed them a food bag with a loaded .40 caliber Glock firearm inside. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ndCiFy

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that he had not seen a change in Pakistan's support for militants so far, despite President Donald Trump taking a tougher line against Islamabad. U.S. officials have long been frustrated by what they see as Pakistan’s reluctance to act against groups such as the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network that they believe exploit safe haven on Pakistani soil to launch attacks on neighboring Afghanistan. In August, Trump outlined a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, chastising Pakistan over its alleged support for Afghan militants. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/C8tiqh

Matt Lauer is putting his attention on his family after he was terminated from NBC over allegations of “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2AfHOMv

In 2014, Stanley Sturgill traveled 1,300 miles from his home in Harlan County, Kentucky, to Denver, where the Environmental Protection Agency held one of four public hearings and 11 listening sessions on new rules to limit pollution from power plants. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Agl0Nk

Japan's ancient sport of sumo suffered another humiliating blow Wednesday when grand champion Harumafuji retired to atone for a brutal assault on a rival wrestler while out drinking. The Mongolian "yokozuna", sumo's highest rank, fought back tears as he apologised for the embarrassment caused by a violent outburst last month that left countryman Takanoiwa with a fractured skull. "My conduct was not befitting of a yokozuna," Harumafuji told a news conference in Fukuoka, before bowing deeply to express his contrition. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Am0Mz8

Global arms experts say North Korea’s latest test of a ballistic missile was an expected but troubling development that further solidifies Kim Jong Un’s role as a nuclear-backed strongman. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zzGfWB

The journalist, who had been with the “Today” show since 1994, was terminated after a review by the network of a detailed complaint from a colleague. Variety is reportedly preparing to reveal other accusations against Lauer. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2i1xWf6

Slobodan Praljak, a former Bosnian general who was on trial Wednesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, has died after drinking poison, The Associated Press reported. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2AkrAzR

A Turkish-Iranian gold trader paid millions of dollars in bribes to Ankara's former economy minister to facilitate illegal gold transactions with sanctions-hit Iran, the trader testified on Wednesday. Reza Zarrab had been due to go on trial Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, but the prosecution made clear that Zarrab was, instead, their star witness. The lone man in the dock is now Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, accused of violating sanctions against Iran, bribery and money laundering. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2k99PQ2

President Donald Trump responded to the announcement that NBC News had fired longtime anchor Matt Lauer by attacking Andy Lack, the chairman of NBC News and MSNBC. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2AlLLQc

The Trump administration brings a new strategy but same old promises to the 16-year war. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Bn0ebL

Donald Trump probably thought his decision to pose between two empty seats reserved for missing Democratic leaders was a stroke of genius - or in his own words “smart” - but it has backfired and the US president has been roundly mocked. President Trump declared Democrats used to be “all talk, no action” but now they are “not even talk” while sat between two seats reserved for Senator Chuck Schumer and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. The two Democrat leaders did not show up for a meeting at the White House after Mr Trump accused democratic congressional leaders of scheming to use their leverage to increase taxes and deluge the US with undocumented immigrants. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BxdmMd

Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke praised President Trump on Wednesday after he retweeted a series of anti-Muslim videos, saying "Thank God for Trump!" from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BmQyxK

Croatian state TV reported Wednesday that a convicted Croat war criminal has died after swallowing what he said was poison seconds after a United Nations judge confirmed his 20-year sentence from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2kaoytO

President Donald Trump responded to the announcement that NBC News had fired longtime anchor Matt Lauer by attacking Andy Lack, the chairman of NBC News and MSNBC. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2AlLLQc

Reza Zarrab may reveal a sprawling bribery scheme touching the highest levels of the Turkish government. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zyqteL