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In UN speech, Trump threatens to 'totally destroy North Korea'
If the U.S. "is forced to defend itself for its allies, we'll have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea,” Trump said.
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'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Maria churns toward Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico; Jose to scrape Northeast
Maria strengthened to the highest-level Category 5 on Tuesday after making landfall on the island of Dominica.
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World briefs: Oxygen supplier arrested in deaths of 60 children at Indian hospital
Plus: Abe says he'll decide on snap Japan election after U.S. trip; and man sentenced for trying to sell satellite secrets to Russia.
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Ryanair scrambles to contain damage from cancellation fiasco
Europe’s biggest discount airline scrapped hundreds of flights through the end of October.
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Trump administration nixes proposal to let Turkey guards buy guns
The decision follows violence against protesters during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Washington this spring.
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Caribbean Braces for Maria: 'When Will All of the Hurricanes Stop?'
In 27 hours, Hurricane Maria grew from a Category 1 storm to what the National Hurricane Center called “a potentially catastrophic Category
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Iceland’s government falls after letter asking to pardon pedophile
The country is preparing for its second election in a year.
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American governors at U.N. assembly: ‘You have allies’ on climate change
In another era, meetings like these might have been the exclusive domain of the State Department.
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The U.N. says Rohingya Muslims are facing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. So why is India trying to kick them out too?
The Indian government on Monday told the country’s Supreme Court that the country’s Rohingya population posed a threat to national security.
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The CIA acknowledges the legendary spy who saved Hamid Karzai's life — and honors him by name
Within the halls of Langley and in the pages of prominent newspapers, Greg Vogle enjoyed his fair share of lore.
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Prominent scientists suggest humanity could have more time than previously thought to avoid ‘dangerous’ level of global warming
But other climate-change researchers raised questions about the upward revision to the planet’s influential “carbon budget.”
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South Korea exempts women from the draft. Is that fair?
As the nuclear threat from North Korea looms larger than ever, South Koreans are soberly evaluating their country’s military readiness.
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Opposition sees Brexit ‘chaos’ in British government shifts and feuds
A top British official was shifted from his post days before a new round of divorce negotiations with the European Union.
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Navy fires 2 commanders in connection with ship collisions
The latest dismissals bring the number of fired senior commanders to six, including the top three officers of the USS Fitzgerald.
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Arrests in London tube bombing stun a suburban town
On Monday, the first glimmers of information began to surface about the two young men who are suspects in the crude bombing that injured 30.
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Trump administration to press concerns over incidents in meeting with Cubans
The United States considers shuttering its recently re-opened Embassy in Havana.
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Iraq’s top court suspends Kurdish region’s independence vote
The decision puts further pressure on the Iraqi Kurds to call off the controversial referendum.
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What would a Russia-NATO war look like? Russia’s war-gaming it right now.
LUGA, Russia - A revitalized Russian military on Monday sent tanks, paratroopers, artillery, antiaircraft weapons, jets and helicopters
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Stanislav Petrov, Soviet officer who helped avert nuclear war, is dead at 77
“We are wiser than the computers,” he said in a 2010 interview. “We created them.”
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In measured tone, Trump calls for U.N. to focus on its mission
But while the president chastised the United Nations, he said the United States would “pledge to be partners in your work.”
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Hurricane Maria grows to a Category 5, batters Irma-wrecked eastern Caribbean
The storm was on a path that would take it near many of the islands already wrecked by Hurricane Irma and then on toward Puerto Rico.
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Philadelphia-area student among 4 injured in acid attack in France
Four American college students — including a young woman from Chester County — were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in France.
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U.S. flies powerful warplanes amid tensions with North Korea
The United States often sends powerful military aircraft in a show of force in times of heightened animosities with North Korea.
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Immigrants in America under DACA wary of returning to Mexico
Recent overtures offer a prospect to DACA beneficiaries around the U.S. that some are cautiously exploring: going back to Mexico.
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Trump’s first speech at United Nations will focus on sovereignty and calls for reform, aides say
The celebrity president who has shaken global institutions will have even more running room at this year’s U.N. General Assembly.
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Children flee, fight amid Congo’s growing Kasai violence
Congo’s Kasai region is the latest deadly hotspot in the vast Central African country that has had violent rebellions for decades.
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A potent fuel flows to North Korea. It may be too late to halt it.
When North Korea launched long-range missiles this summer, and again on Friday, it powered the weapons with a rare rocket fuel.
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Project in Kabul extends American timetable in Afghanistan
The boundaries of the Green Zone will be redrawn to include the base known as the Kabul City Compound.
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North Korean hackers are trying to steal bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
“These are essentially places where people can buy or sell cryptocurrencies ... like bitcoin or ethereum,” said one FireEye analyst.
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Cassini is gone. Here are the next space missions worth keeping tabs on.
Now that Cassini has gone out in a blaze of glory, you’re probably wondering what cosmic missions you can get excited about next.
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Pakistan’s ruling party wins close parliamentary race
Voters in the longtime stronghold of Pakistan’s ruling party signaled they were looking for change Sunday.
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Students in Turkey are returning to school where they will be taught evolution for the last time in their biology classes
Next fall, evolution and Charles Darwin will be scrapped from their textbooks.
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Bangladesh restricts Rohingya refugees, starts immunization
Meanwhile, Myanmar’s military chief maintained the chaos was the work of extremists seeking a stronghold in the country.
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Fearful of Trump’s America, asylum seekers from across the globe continue streaming into Canada
Every hour or so, a taxi pulls up at the end of a remote country road in upstate New York and deposits another load of weary passengers.
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British foreign secretary embroiled in controversy over article on Brexit
Critics said that he is undermining Prime Minister Theresa May and possibly reviving his own leadership ambitions.
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Priest held captive in Marawi is freed as Philippine troops close in on extremists
The Rev. Teresito Suganob was rescued by troops who cleared a mosque that Islamic State-inspired militants had used as a defensive post.
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Iran’s supreme leader warns American against making ‘wrong move’ on nuclear deal
President Donald Trump has threatened to declare Iran in violation of the landmark agreement next month.
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Fatah welcomes Hamas pledge to try to end Palestinian split
But President Mahmoud Abbas’ movement said it wants to see vows implemented before making the next move.
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Three planets are sliding behind the moon in a lunar occultation
The moon is playing a game of planetary peek-a-boo as it momentarily blocks Venus, then Mars and then Mercury in the sky.
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H.R. McMaster says no Trump administration redo on Paris climate deal decision
The U.S. national security adviser added that the door remains open to a better agreement down the road.
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In wake of airstrike, American military moves to establish closer communication with Russian forces in Syria
The strike on U.S. proxy forces wounded several fighters Saturday, the United States’ highest-ranking military officer said.
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Maria becomes a hurricane, moves toward islands battered by Irma
A “burst of convection” occurred in the storm’s center Sunday afternoon, with an open eyewall forming in the storm’s core, forecasters said.
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Britain lowers official terrorist threat level after second arrest in connection with London subway attack
British police made progress Sunday in their investigation of the bomb that partially exploded on a packed London subway.
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Rex Tillerson says closing American Embassy in Cuba ‘under review’
The statement from the top U.S. diplomat follows a string of unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Cuba.
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Trump, in new dig, mocks North Korea leader as ‘Rocket Man’
Also, White House advisers said the isolated nation would face destruction unless it shelves its weapons programs and bellicose threats.
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Official says 4 American tourists attacked with acid in France; no terror act seen
Police have arrested a woman they say attacked the young women in Marseille's main train station.
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At least 36 Burundian refugees reportedly shot dead in Congo
They were killed in a clash with Congolese security forces after an altercation over the detention of fellow refugees, the U.N. said.
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Analysis | It may be decision time for the Trump administration on North Korea
North Korea’s young dictator Kim Jong Un is often described as unpredictable. But to many, that’s a little misleading.
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King’s forces arrest prominent Saudis in warning to critics
Among those reportedly detained was Awad al-Qarni, a popular cleric who was banned from writing on Twitter in March.
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Analysis | North Korea could copy Nazi Germany if total oil ban takes effect
“The trouble is that North Korea does not, strictly speaking, need oil from China,” said one expert.
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