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Relatives of victims stand outside the scene of the shooting that resulted in the deaths of six people in Bakersfield, California [Mark Ralston/AFP] An unidentified gunman shot and killed his wife and four other people in a series of shootings in California before taking his own life, police said. There was no immediate word on what […]

The two Koreas held working-level military talks at the border village of Panmunjeom, Thursday, to discuss a series of pending issues to ease military tension ahead of a planned summit between their two leaders next week.. Starting at 10 a.m., a three-member South Korean military delegation ― led by Army Colonel Cho Yong-geun ― met […]

A message is posted on a boarded up building before the arrival of Hurricane Florence on Oak Island, North Carolina, Sept. 12, 2018. The winds of Hurricane Florence weakened as the storm prepared to hit the U.S. East Coast, but forecasters warn the storm’s overall size and its ability to push ashore a storm surge […]

Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov are accused of attempting to murder Skripal and his daughter Yulia [Metropolitan Police/Reuters] Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the two men accused by the United Kingdom of attempting to murder a former Russian double agent and his daughter are not criminals and have been identified as civilians. British […]

The president has slammed Woodward’s book as ‘fiction’ — even as he rails against former aides for leaking  President Donald Trump has called journalist Bob Woodward’s book on his administration a work of “fiction” and a “scam,” claiming that quotes in the book are “made up” and that the author is a “liar.” At the […]

Xin Jinping and Vladimir Putin. September 11, 2018. © Pool / Reuters An increasingly unpredictable geopolitical climate makes the partnership between Moscow and Beijing more important, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said during talks with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. The two leaders met at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East. During […]

Syrian forces have stepped up bombardment of the densely populated province [Reuters] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged the international community to prevent a Syrian government offensive in Syria’s Idlib, as the United Nations says it fears the century’s “worst humanitarian catastrophe” there. In an article in the Wall Street Journal published on Tuesday, Erdogan […]

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Two Tu-160 strategic bombers held exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. “Two Tu-160 strategic bombers that took off from the Engels airfield successfully fulfilled the tasks of the plan for a large-scale exercise of the Russian naval and Aerospace Forces grouping in the Mediterranean,” the statement said. © SPUTNIK […]

A satellite image shows Hurricane Florence spinning in the Atlantic Ocean Monday morning, Sept. 10, 2018. If Hurricane Florence lands as a powerhouse Category 4 storm along the East Coast later this week,  the damage could be extensive – and long-lasting. The storm, which intensified dramatically from a Category 1 to a Category 4 hurricane on Monday, could roar ashore […]