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Saudi Arabia retaliates for rocket attack by Houthis
Riyadh, May20 :US President Donald Trump on Saturday landed in Saudi Arabia, beginning his first worldwide tour which is scheduled to include stops in Israel, the Vatican City, Belgium and Italy. Houthi rebels ousted President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and seized control of northern Yemen in September 2014. This is the third time in almost two months that Houthis claimed firing ballistic missiles... [Full Article...]
Putin Discusses Crisis on Korean Peninsula With New S Korea's President
The talks collapsed in 2008 after North Korea launched a rocket. Regional experts have believed for months that North Korea is preparing for its sixth nuclear test and was working to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the United States, presenting President Donald Trump with perhaps his most pressing security issue. [Full Article...]
Kuwait next to back oil production cap extension
Mohammed al-Rumhy, the oil minister of Oman, a key non-OPEC Arab producer, also added his support for the extension Monday. On November 30, an agreement was reached during the OPEC summit in the Austrian capital to reduce oil production from January 1, 2017 to a level of 32.5 million barrels per day. [Full Article...]
Florida woman awarded $100000 for Starbucks coffee burns
Joanne Mogavero's lawsuit said that she drove through the Starbucks at the River City Marketplace in July 2014. The 190-degree coffee spilled in her lap and left permanent scars, a lawsuit against the coffee giant claims. Mogavero's attorneys argued that not only was it Starbucks's fault that the lid came off, but that the chain should also be forced to warn customers that this has become a ... [Full Article...]
U.S. may not ban laptops on European flights after all
Officials from Homeland Security met last week with high-ranking executives of the three leading US airlines - American, Delta and United - and the industry's leading USA trade group to discuss expanding the laptop policy to flights arriving from Europe . [Full Article...]
Body dumped along Texas road after hearse stolen
The couple has not yet been charged, but could face charges of tampering with the corpse. Sergeant Jason James with Bryan police says they got a call from a truck driver who saw a stretcher with a deceased person on it in a ditch. The body was returned to College Station-based Stackhouse Mortuary Services, the newspaper reported . He also reportedly works for another funeral home as well. [Full Article...]
Lawmakers Demand Swift Action for Turkish Embassy Violence
Videos have gone viral, showing men in suits - which were allegedly Erdogan's security guards - ganging up in groups of more than five against a single protester, as well at tearing apart different protest signs. "This kind of thing can not go unresponded to diplomatically", Sen. And yet again, his supporters back home in Turkey applauded. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said McGurk... [Full Article...]
Trump says he did not ask Comey to end investigation
The date of the hearing has not yet been set. The former U.S. House Intelligence Committee chair and a former Arizona attorney general sit on either side of the political aisle. Top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi said an independent commission to investigate the Russian Federation matter was still needed to guard against White House interference. [Full Article...]