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Migrant caravan reaches U.S. border to seek asylum

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The group of around 400 people have been traveling from Central America, hoping to seek asylum in the United States. At their final stop before the border, the group attended legal clinics to prepare. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HE3E1r

Detractors deride Duterte for asking Filipinos to leave Kuwait

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By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine labor group and a senator accused President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday of gambling with the livelihoods of tens of thousands of Filipinos in Kuwait, after he asked them to come home amid a diplomatic dispute over reported labor abuse. The Philippines and the Gulf Arab state are embroiled in a row over what Duterte says is a pattern of mistreatment of domestic workers by Kuwaiti employers. The Philippine ambassador has been asked to leave following attempts by embassy workers to "rescue" distressed workers there, which Kuwait says is a breach of its sovereignty. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ft0IP3

Nicaragua student protesters put conditions on talks

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University students at the forefront of anti-government unrest in Nicaragua on Saturday issued conditions for talks with the government of President Daniel Ortega. In a bid to calm the situation, 72-year-old veteran leader Ortega has agreed to hold talks, but the framework has not yet been defined. The students told a news conference in Managua that their demands must be met for them to take part. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FqWpna

Waffle House shooting hero James Shaw Jr. raises $197k+ for victims' families

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James Shaw Jr. was hailed as a hero, but he's making sure that the focus stays on the victims and their families. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2jhyeiF

Syrian army says 'enemy' rockets hit military bases

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army said on Sunday that rockets had struck several military bases in the Hama and Aleppo countryside in what it said was new "aggression" by its enemies, state television said. In a news flash, state television said the missile attacks took place at 10:30 p.m. (2030 GMT) "Syria is being exposed to a new aggression with some military bases in rural Hama and Aleppo hit with enemy rockets," an army source was quoted as saying without elaborating. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FtgMQR

Fox News Reporter: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Deserves Apology After Press Dinner

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Fox News reporter Ed Henry said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2r8ZHXY

Stage Set for Trump’s Meeting with Kim Jong Un

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The president shared updates about his forthcoming summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, saying he spoke with the leaders of South Korea and Japan, and that the meeting’s time and location are being set. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vVX2pt

Philippines' Duterte says Kuwait work ban 'permanent'

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said the temporary ban on Filipinos going to work in Kuwait is now permanent, intensifying a diplomatic standoff over the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf nation. Duterte in February prohibited workers heading to Kuwait following the murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in her employer's freezer. The resulting row deepened after Kuwaiti authorities last week ordered Manila's envoy to leave the country over videos of Philippine embassy staff helping workers in Kuwait flee allegedly abusive employers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KnxDZ6

Palestinians vote on aging leadership as Abbas tightens grip

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The top-tier leadership group of the PLO— average age 70 — is up for election for the first time in over two decades, when hundreds of delegates attend a West Bank convention this week. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2r9Nsuc

'My gladiator lay down his shield': Toddler Alfie Evans dies in Britain

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Alfie Evans, the 23-month-old British toddler whose grave illness drew international attention, died early on Saturday, his family said. Alfie had a rare, degenerative disease and had been in a semi-vegetative state for more than a year. After a series of court cases, doctors at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool removed his life support on Monday, against his parents wishes. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HDnh5D

Russia, Turkey, Iran hold Syria talks

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday hosted his Iranian and Turkey counterparts for talks on Syria in the wake of an alleged chemical attack that has exposed differences between the three powers. The three nations have been attempting to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict at talks that started last year in Astana, Kazakhstan, in competition with the US and UN-backed Geneva initiative. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held separate bilateral talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu and then Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif, who stressed the warmth of their relationship in opening comments. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HXCXnC

Kanye West Called Emma Gonzalez His Hero. She Responded by Saying James Shaw Jr. Was Hers

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Parkland school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez was seemingly disinterested in Kanye West's praise of her. Just days after the 40-year-old rapper tweeted of his support… from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KlfevM

Woman Allegedly Suffering From PTSD Sues Southwest Airlines After Engine Failure Flight

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She called it a "horror." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2jgEKGe

Syrian army renews push on besieged areas

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The Syrian army began an intense bombardment of a rebel enclave near Homs on Monday, a war monitor said, as President Bashar al-Assad pushed to recapture all the remaining areas his forces have besieged. The attack comes as Syrian state television broadcast footage of work to clear roads into part of a pocket in south Damascus where fighting had raged, to allow some rebels there to withdraw in a surrender deal, it said. Late on Sunday, the Syrian army said missiles had struck bases in northern Syria, describing it as a "new aggression" by its enemies. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HG2Tk4

Donald Trump Demands Democratic Senator Quit In Saturday Morning Twitter Rant

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President Donald Trump kickstarted his weekend by launching a blistering from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HCxRO7

Armenian ruling party quits PM race as protest leader bids for power

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By Hasmik Mkrtchyan YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia's ruling party will not put up a candidate for prime minister, it said on Saturday, in a bid to ease tensions after more than two weeks of street protests against the ruling elite. Demonstrations against the party and official corruption forced Serzh Sarksyanm, a former president, to resign as prime minister last Monday and parliament is due to pick a new one on May 1. While its majority in parliament means it should be able to choose who that is, the Republican Party has decided not to put forward its own candidate. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JAu14M

U.S. concerned by 'destabilizing and malign activities' of Iran: Pompeo

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By Lesley Wroughton and Ori Lewis TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The United States is deeply concerned by Iran's "destabilizing and malign activities", new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday. The former CIA director was speaking on a flying visit to the region, where he had earlier in the day met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh and stressed the need for unity among Gulf allies as Washington aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran to curb its missile program. The whirlwind trip to NATO in Brussels and to Middle East allies came only hours after Pompeo was confirmed as Trump's top diplomat. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Hx8fCe

'Iranians killed in suspected Israeli strike' in Syria

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Missile strikes overnight in central Syria killed at least 26 pro-regime fighters, most of them Iranians, a monitor said Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the missiles struck a military base in the province of Hama late Sunday, in an assault it said bore the hallmarks of an Israeli operation. "At least 26 fighters were killed, including four Syrians," the monitor said, adding that the main target of the missile strike was the base of the regime's 47th Brigade. "The others are foreign fighters, a vast majority of them Iranians," said Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britain-based war monitor. "Given the nature of the target, it is likely to have been an Israeli strike," he said, adding that strikes also hit an air base in nearby Aleppo province where surface-to-surface missiles were stored. Unidentified strikes near #Hama and #Aleppo in #Syria. Possible #Israeli action. pic.twitter.com/hTx583G8OL— Strategic Sentinel (@StratSentinel)

Saudi Aramco appoints first woman to board of directors

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Saudi national oil giant Aramco said Sunday that five new members had been appointed to its board of directors, including the first woman in the firm's history. Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, 60, is the former head of US oil company Sunoco Inc. and has been director of oil services company Baker Hughes since July last year. Other newly-appointed Aramco board members include Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Jadaan, while Energy Minister Khaled al-Faleh was retained as the company's chairman, state-owned Aramco said in a statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JAog78

Stage Set for Trump’s Meeting with Kim Jong Un

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The president shared updates about his forthcoming summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, saying he spoke with the leaders of South Korea and Japan, and that the meeting’s time and location are being set. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vVX2pt

Donald Trump Demands Democratic Senator Quit In Saturday Morning Twitter Rant

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President Donald Trump kickstarted his weekend by launching a blistering from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HCxRO7

Arizona schools to remain closed Monday as walkout continues

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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona teachers' walkout over pay and education funding appears headed into a second week as major school districts say schools will remain closed Monday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Fq9ywY

Kim Jong-un: North Korea to allow foreign experts to witness nuclear site closure in May

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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has said that he will dismantle his country’s main nuclear testing site in May and invited South Korean and US experts, and journalists to view the process. The dictator’s pledge was made to Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s prime minister, during their historic talks on Friday, according to Mr Moon’s spokesman. As well as promising to close the Punggye-ri bomb testing site Kim said he would change North Korea’s time zone by half an hour, reverting it to match South Korea’s. Reports of the pledge came as senior White House figures spoke optimistically about hopes for full North Korean denuclearisation. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who held secret talks with Kim in Easter when he was still head of the CIA, said the US has an "obligation" to pursue a diplomatic solution with North Korea. In an interview with ABC news, he said the US must "engage in diplomatic discourse to try and find a peaceful solution so that Americans aren't held at ris

Waffle House shooting hero James Shaw Jr. raises $197k+ for victims' families

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James Shaw Jr. was hailed as a hero, but he's making sure that the focus stays on the victims and their families. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2jhyeiF

Golden State Killer: Police using genealogy website wrongly identified innocent man in nursing home as suspect

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Detectives hunting the Golden State Killer used information from genealogy websites that led them to wrongly identify an elderly nursing home patient as a suspect in the case. An Oregon police officer working at the request of California investigators persuaded a judge to order a 73-year-old man to provide a DNA sample in March 2017, according to newly-released court records. The man was identified as a suspect after authorities found a rare genetic marker in 30-year-old samples of the killer’s DNA, before searches of a genealogy website led them to one of his relatives. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HCdlcp

US has 'obligation' to pursue N.Korea diplomatic track: Pompeo

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The US has an "obligation" to pursue a diplomatic solution with North Korea, and there is a "real opportunity" for progress, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview broadcast Sunday. America's top diplomat also said he and North Korean leader Kim held in-depth talks about a denuclearization "mechanism" when they met over Easter weekend. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HAnmuO

Duterte permanently bans Filipinos going to work in Kuwait after maid found stuffed in freezer

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said the temporary ban on Filipinos going to work in Kuwait is now permanent, intensifying a diplomatic standoff over the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf nation. Mr Duterte in February imposed a prohibition on workers heading to Kuwait following the murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in the Gulf state. The crisis deepened after Kuwaiti authorities last week ordered Manila's envoy to leave the country over videos of Philippine embassy staff helping workers in Kuwait flee allegedly abusive employers. The two nations had been negotiating a labour deal that Philippine officials said could result in the lifting of the ban but the recent escalation in tensions has put an agreement in doubt. "The ban stays permanently. There will be no more recruitment for especially domestic helpers. No more," Mr Duterte told reporters in the southern city of Davao. There was no immediate response from Kuwa

Pompeo starts Mideast tour with call for new Iran sanctions

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By Lesley Wroughton RIYADH (Reuters) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday on a hastily-arranged visit to the Middle East as the United States aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran. The visit to Riyadh, Jerusalem and Amman just two days after Pompeo was sworn-in comes as President Donald Trump is set to decide whether to pull out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran that is still supported by European powers. "We are urging nations around the world to sanction any individuals and entities associated with Iran's missile program, and it has also been a big part of discussions with Europeans," Brian Hook, a senior policy advisor traveling with Pompeo, told reporters. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KpqEP9

Comey: Partisanship 'wrecked' House Intelligence Committee

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In an exclusive interview on Meet the Press, former FBI Director James Comey talks about Republican reports from the House Intelligence Committee. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2r8lXBf

'Iranians killed in suspected Israeli strike' in Syria

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Missile strikes overnight in central Syria killed at least 26 pro-regime fighters, most of them Iranians, a monitor said Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the missiles struck a military base in the province of Hama late Sunday, in an assault it said bore the hallmarks of an Israeli operation. "At least 26 fighters were killed, including four Syrians," the monitor said, adding that the main target of the missile strike was the base of the regime's 47th Brigade. "The others are foreign fighters, a vast majority of them Iranians," said Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britain-based war monitor. "Given the nature of the target, it is likely to have been an Israeli strike," he said, adding that strikes also hit an air base in nearby Aleppo province where surface-to-surface missiles were stored. Unidentified strikes near #Hama and #Aleppo in #Syria. Possible #Israeli action. pic.twitter.com/hTx583G8OL— Strategic Sentinel (@StratSentinel)

Madagascar's president rules out resignation despite protests

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Madagascar's President Hery Rajaonarimampianina on Sunday refused to yield to opposition demands that he resign from office, following eight days of anti-government protests in the capital. The opposition accuses the government of trying to elbow them out of the race through new electoral laws they claim benefit the incumbent. The protests erupted last week and on the first day two people were killed and at least 16 people wounded, with the police accused of firing real bullets at the crowd. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Fs9yMX

Israeli says 3 Palestinian infiltrators from Gaza killed

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Israeli troops fatally shot two Palestinians who infiltrated the country from Gaza and attacked soldiers with explosives Sunday night, and in a separate incident killed another Palestinian who tried to ... from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2rcM6hQ

Trump Claims He Wants To Help Dreamers. Time To Put Up Or Shut Up.

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The Trump administration was dealt yet another blow to its un-American from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HCzgQC

N. Korea's Kim willing to talk to Japan 'any time': Seoul

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is ready for dialogue with Japan "any time", Seoul's presidential office said Sunday, as concerns grow in Tokyo that it is being sidelined from the reconciliation drive with Pyongyang. Kim met South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a historic summit on Friday at the border truce village of Panmunjom -- becoming the first leader from the North to set foot in the South after the 1950-53 Korean War. The summit -- only the third-ever between the leaders of the two neighbours -- came ahead of Kim's planned meeting with US President Donald Trump after months of tensions sparked by North Korea's nuclear and long-range missile tests last year. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vZfkGq

Fox News Reporter: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Deserves Apology After Press Dinner

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Fox News reporter Ed Henry said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2r8ZHXY

3 Palestinians shot dead on Gaza border: Israeli army

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Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinians on Sunday after two separate infiltration bids on the Gaza border, the army said. "2 suspects attempted to infiltrate Israel from the southern Gaza Strip and damage the (border) security fence," the army tweeted. Forty-five Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the start of what organisers have dubbed the Great March of Return on March 30, with more than 1,500 wounded. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HBy2JI

Kanye West Called Emma Gonzalez His Hero. She Responded by Saying James Shaw Jr. Was Hers

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Parkland school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez was seemingly disinterested in Kanye West's praise of her. Just days after the 40-year-old rapper tweeted of his support… from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KlfevM

Trump Asks If There Are Hispanics In The Room Before Demanding His Wall

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President Donald Trump was met with silence at a campaign-style rally in from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FqF7Xs

Southwest Airlines sued after woman claims post-traumatic stress disorder following fatal engine explosion

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A passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight that made an emergency landing after an engine burst apart is suing the company, saying she has been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder sparked by the carriers’ alleged negligence. Lilia Chavez was sitting three rows behind the window that was shattered by shrapnel from the exploding engine. Ms Chavez, a California native, has argued in her federally filed lawsuit that she has been suffering from PTSD, depression and other personal injuries since the fateful flight. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vS9SVP

Detractors deride Duterte for asking Filipinos to leave Kuwait

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By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine labor group and a senator accused President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday of gambling with the livelihoods of tens of thousands of Filipinos in Kuwait, after he asked them to come home amid a diplomatic dispute over reported labor abuse. The Philippines and the Gulf Arab state are embroiled in a row over what Duterte says is a pattern of mistreatment of domestic workers by Kuwaiti employers. The Philippine ambassador has been asked to leave following attempts by embassy workers to "rescue" distressed workers there, which Kuwait says is a breach of its sovereignty. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ft0IP3

Kim Jong-un: North Korea to allow foreign experts to witness nuclear site closure in May

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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has said that he will dismantle his country’s main nuclear testing site in May and invited South Korean and US experts, and journalists to view the process. The dictator’s pledge was made to Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s prime minister, during their historic talks on Friday, according to Mr Moon’s spokesman. As well as promising to close the Punggye-ri bomb testing site Kim said he would change North Korea’s time zone by half an hour, reverting it to match South Korea’s. Reports of the pledge came as senior White House figures spoke optimistically about hopes for full North Korean denuclearisation. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who held secret talks with Kim in Easter when he was still head of the CIA, said the US has an "obligation" to pursue a diplomatic solution with North Korea. In an interview with ABC news, he said the US must "engage in diplomatic discourse to try and find a peaceful solution so that Americans aren't held at ris

Syria regime, US-backed forces in deadly clashes: monitor

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Rare clashes broke out on Sunday between Syrian regime forces and a US-backed alliance in the east of the country, killing a total of 15 combatants, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said the clashes in Deir Ezzor province killed nine pro-regime fighters and six members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. State news agency SANA said the army seized control of four villages in the eastern province, where the Kurdish-led SDF alliance has been fighting the Islamic State jihadist group. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2jeAzLb

Arizona police officer shot by carjacking suspect dies

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A police officer in the Arizona border city of Nogales was killed after he tried to stop a carjacking suspect. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JCBPTt

Armenia opposition stages show of force ahead of PM vote

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Supporters of Armenia's opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan rallied in the capital on Sunday, hoping that a massive show of force two days ahead of a parliamentary vote will help propel him to power. "The victory of the velvet revolution is irreversible," Pashinyan told the ecstatic crowd chanting "Nikol Prime Minister". Pashinyan, who needs a handful of votes from lawmakers to become the country's next premier, saw his chances boosted Sunday when a senior lawmaker said the ruling Republican Party would not stand in the way of his candidacy. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Jy0VTm

Trump Claims He Wants To Help Dreamers. Time To Put Up Or Shut Up.

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The Trump administration was dealt yet another blow to its un-American from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HCzgQC

'American Fair' — Pamela Littky documents an enduring tradition

The essence of the American fair has not changed much over the past century. As the social and cultural fabric of the United States has evolved considerably, the fairs continue to draw attendance from wide swaths of the heartland, providing a place for far-flung citizens of a county or state to maintain community and celebrate elements of their culture that recall some of the most nostalgic American ideals. Pamela Littky traveled thousands of miles across the country capturing the sights of these important seasonal markers for so many communities. Idyllic portraits of farmers and rope-and-ride spectators accompany portraits and tableaux that evoke undertones of apprehension and uncertainty. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HDflRC

Russian FM says US trying to 'divide Syria into parts'

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister said Saturday the United States is trying to divide Syria. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KmImD5

Fox News Reporter: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Deserves Apology After Press Dinner

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Fox News reporter Ed Henry said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2r8ZHXY

Duterte permanently bans Filipinos going to work in Kuwait after maid found stuffed in freezer

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said the temporary ban on Filipinos going to work in Kuwait is now permanent, intensifying a diplomatic standoff over the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf nation. Mr Duterte in February imposed a prohibition on workers heading to Kuwait following the murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in the Gulf state. The crisis deepened after Kuwaiti authorities last week ordered Manila's envoy to leave the country over videos of Philippine embassy staff helping workers in Kuwait flee allegedly abusive employers. The two nations had been negotiating a labour deal that Philippine officials said could result in the lifting of the ban but the recent escalation in tensions has put an agreement in doubt. "The ban stays permanently. There will be no more recruitment for especially domestic helpers. No more," Mr Duterte told reporters in the southern city of Davao. There was no immediate response from Kuwa

Russia, Turkey, Iran stress unity at Syria talks

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Moscow (AFP) - Russian, Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers on Saturday talked up their successes in brokering a political solution to the Syrian conflict at a meeting in Moscow. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HYcTJ2