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Supreme Court, with Gorsuch onboard, hears church-state case
But as the lawyers on both sides and other justices pointed out, the statute has multiple provisions that are interdependent, and nothing about them is simple or easy. Gorsuch offered his own brief thanks and then settled into the job. He also introduced Gorsuch to the Senate Judiciary Committee. For all the trouble they took to deny Gorsuch his seat, all the Democrats got is a chance to put t... [Full Article...]
'Mother of all bombs' kills at least 90 IS militants in Afghanistan
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed the "mother of all bombs," was dropped at 7:32 p.m. local time Thursday, CNN reported. The Pentagon previously said there were hundreds of militant fighters in the area. The Afghan authorities have revised the death toll from Thursday's Mother of All Bombs (MOAB) attack by the USA on IS hideouts to 92 on Saturday. [Full Article...]
Germany says tight referendum result a big responsibility for Erdogan
As CBS News correspondent Holly Williams reports, the constitutional changes would weaken Turkey's courts and its lawmakers, and place enormous authority in the hands of just one person: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan . "Now that Turkey has obviously taken the wrong path from a European perspective, we need to re-evaluate our relationship, and specifically that means that the EU accession talks w... [Full Article...]
Ex-ambassador: Trump 'trying to out-North Korean the North Koreans'
Mr McMaster repeatedly stated that China - North Korea's key ally - is increasingly concerned about the reclusive communist state's behavior. "All of their energy requirements are fulfilled by China", he said. "If they are unable to do so, the USA, with its allies, will!" he tweeted Thursday. He also made clear that "other actions would have been taken by the United States", if North Korea had con... [Full Article...]
Takeaways From Jeff Sessions' Border Enforcement Trip
Trump said repeatedly that he would crack down on criminal organizations that help drive illegal immigration and seek to deport 2 to 3 million undocumented immigrants with criminal records. To speed up the processing of detainees, 25 immigration judges have been relocated to detention centers along the border. "It is here, on this sliver of land, where we first take our stand against this filt... [Full Article...]
In Afghanistan, Trump aide promises coordinated response to enemies
The commander of US forces in Afghanistan, Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., has said he will need thousands of additional troops to break the stalemate. Responding to Thursday's massive bomb attack by the US military against the stronghold of Islamic State in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, McMaster said the terrorist group threatens all civilized people and must be defeated. [Full Article...]
Death Penalty France says Turkish vote would 'break with European values'
The opposition was particularly incensed by a decision by the YSK to allow voting papers without official stamps to be counted, which they said opened the way for fraud. The OSCE also said the vote did not meet standards set by the Council of Europe . Turkish people are celebrating at the Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters after preliminary results of the referendum announced vict... [Full Article...]
Russian Federation warns USA against unilateral strike on North Korea
The president's warning comes as North Korea's deputy United Nations ambassador accused the U.S. of creating 'a risky situation in which a nuclear war may break out at any moment'. In a visit to South Korea Monday, Pence said the "era of strategic patience" was over . "But the era of strategic patience is over", he declared. The envoy criticized the U.S. [Full Article...]
Australia, India To Push Ahead With Trade Talks
While the re-instatement of Australia in the Malabar exercises, comprising of India, the USA and Japan, will have to wait for some time, Modi and Turnbull in a joint statement agreed that the bilateral maritime exercise between the two countries will be conducted next year. [Full Article...]
Government abolishing 457 visas, Malcolm Turnbull says
The 457 visa program allows business to employ foreign workers for a period up to four years in skilled jobs where there is a shortage of Australian workers. However, Australia's Minister for Industry, Innovation, and Science, Greg Hunt, subsequently singled out IT workers amid the plans, conceding that the local tech industry has a genuine need of workers that had come to Australia under the 457... [Full Article...]
Coptic Churches Bombed on Palm Sunday by ISIS
The raid comes just days after bomb attacks on two Coptic churches holding Palm Sunday services in Egypt killed at least 44 people and injured more than 100 others. In December 2016, a blast claimed by Isis at a Coptic church in Cairo left 30 dead. "It's the mindset of people who hear these terrorists and fundamentalists, and they very much sympathise with them", Father Rafic Greich, a Gre... [Full Article...]
Trump's order to ensure H-1B visas only for high-skilled applicants
Trump will likely sign the order while visiting the Snap-on tool company in Kenosha, Wis., NPR reports . The order is an attempt by Trump to carry out his "America First" campaign pledges to reform US immigration policies and encourage purchases of American products. [Full Article...]
Ex-South Korean leader Park indicted, faces trial
It is the latest twist to a corruption scandal that rocked the country for months. In an initial investigation last November, prosecutors concluded that Park and Choi coerced conglomerates into making massive donations to two nonprofit foundations, pet projects of Park that Choi controlled. [Full Article...]
Mexico's latest captured ex-governor once his party's future
It says he is wanted on suspicion of organized crime and illicit enrichment. Duarte, 43, had been on the run for six months when he was apprehended in Guatemala as a result of a joint operation by the country's police force and Interpol. A reward of $730,000 was offered for his capture. Duarte is accused of stealing millions of dollars of public funds while in office that would have otherwise ... [Full Article...]
Brighton returns to English top-flight after 34 years
While many fans are already celebrating the result means that third-place Huddersfield Town can now only match Albion's 92-point total, but would need to turn around a 32-goal difference. England Under-21 worldwide Solly March made it 2-0 for Chris Hughton's men and a goal from Wigan substitute Nick Powell came too late to change the result. [Full Article...]
Philippines' Duterte cancels visit to disputed Sth China Sea island
The Chinese foreign ministry warned "there will likely be trouble" if he visited the disputed islands and raised his country's flag. He added that he might send his son to the island to raise the flag. President Duterte is bringing home a whopping $925 million worth of investments from his week-long journey in the Middle East, apart from the repatriation of 150 Filipino workers granted amnesty fro... [Full Article...]
Toll in attack on Syria evacuees rises to 112
The blast ripped through a bus depot in the al-Rashideen area where thousands of government loyalists evacuated the day before waited restlessly for hours, as opposition fighters guarded the area while negotiators bickered over the completion of the transfer deal. [Full Article...]
Chechnya have opened a concentration camp for homosexuals
Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, has condemned the alleged detention of over 100 gay men in Chechnya, calling on Russian authorities to investigate the alarming situation in the provincial region. Men in Chechnya lead a healthy lifestyle, practice sports and have only one [sexual] orientation, defined since humankind creation. "You can not arrest or repress people who just don't exist i... [Full Article...]
Reports of infighting in Trump's White House overblown, officials say
The first sign that Bannon's favor may be fading came Wednesday with the sudden announcement that he was being removed from the National Security Council's Principals' Committee. Bannon, the former chief of Breitbart , a popular conservative website that has faced criticism for fueling the so-called "alt-right" movement that includes racist, anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant elements, is among th... [Full Article...]
Tillerson 'Disappointed' By Angry Russian Reaction To Syria Strike
The EU's Security Chief Federica Mogherini responded Thursday night to the alleged chemical attack and said in a statement, "The EU condemns in the strongest terms the air strike that hit the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province on April 4, 2017". [Full Article...]