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Pope accepts Kim Jong-un's invitation to North Korea
The South Korean leader signed a broad agreement with Kim last month created to reduce military tensions on the peninsula. Moon expressed his gratitude to the pontiff and the Vatican for praying for peace on the divided peninsula half a world away. [Full Article...]
UK PM Theresa May says open to longer post-Brexit transition
Many of them suspect the British leader is pursuing a strategy of delay created to push negotiations to the brink, at which point Europe would yield and the hardcore Brexiteers in the British Parliament would be hard-pressed not to accept May's version of withdrawal, even if they despise it as a capitulation. [Full Article...]
Robert Mueller to Release Russia Findings Immediately After 2018 Midterms
Rosenstein said he "committed I would ensure the investigation was appropriate and independent and reached the right result, whatever it may be". In an interview with The Wall Street Journal , the Justice Department's second-in-command disputed the idea that the special counsel's investigation was "rigged", as President Trump has so often described it. [Full Article...]
Boy with Down syndrome strokes Prince Harry’s beard, melts hearts online
Ms Blatchford was also full of praise for the Duchess, who she says was impressed by one particular country approach to decoration. After lunch at Mission Australia's Charcoal Lane social enterprise restaurant, the couple headed to Albert Park Primary School where hundreds of screaming and jumping schoolkids greeted them. [Full Article...]
Trump again suggests sending troops to USA southern border
The Honduran government has urged people not to join the caravan, but the government of Guatemala is powerless to stop its progress, as citizens of Honduras , Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua can freely move between the four countries showing only an ID card. [Full Article...]
Trump asks Turkey for any recorded evidence of Khashoggi’s fate
Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül said on Thursday that the case is being "thoroughly" investigated and results would "come out soon", after a joint Turkish-Saudi team of forensic experts concluded the search at Saudi consulate and Saudi consul's residence in Istanbul. [Full Article...]
Taliban Attack Kills Two Afghan Civilians, Wounds Several NATO Soldiers
The latest attack takes the number of election candidates killed to at least 10. Afghan TV reported that members of the Kandahar province governor's elite guards began firing on Americans and Afghan officials during the meeting, which included Gen. [Full Article...]
Pompeo Signals Some Turkey Sanctions Could Be Lifted
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement after talks in Ankara . Brunson was accused of terror-related charges and espionage, and faced up to 35 years in jail. US pastor Andrew Brunson visited President Trump Saturday and prayed for him in the Oval Office, less than a day after Brunson was released from a Turkish prison. [Full Article...]