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Get breaking news alerts from The Washington Post. Enter your username or email address below, and we'll send you your username and a link to change your password. AP Explains: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has provoked international criticism and enraged his political opponents by pushing for Sunday's election of a special assembly to rewrite the troubled South American nation's constitution. Earlier this month, US officials said they believed North Korea had the capability of firing a missile that could reach Alaska.

US army 1st Division, US air force, US Navy and US Marines, march down the Champs Elysees, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background, in Paris during a rehearsal of the annual Bastille Day military parade. Investigation reveals hundreds of tower blocks found to have fire safety flaws. A firefighter conducts rescue operations in an area damaged by heavy rain in Asakura, Japan.

Scott Walker on Friday called the state Legislature into special session to consider a $3 billion incentive package to complete a deal with global electronics giant Foxconn to invest $10 billion on a new manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin. Israeli police say men under age 50 will be barred from a major Jerusalem shrine at the center of recent tensions.

LONDON - Charlie Gard, a British baby who became the subject of a bitter dispute between his parents and doctors over whether he should be taken to the. Read More. SEOUL: South Korea said on Saturday it will proceed with the deployment of four additional units of the US THAAD anti-missile defense system after North Korea's latest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

The office of Poland's president says he has signed into law one of three contested bills that organizes the judiciary in a way that critics say limits judiciary independence. WASHINGTON: The United States, France, Germany and Britain have condemned the launch of a space launch vehicle by Iran on July 27 and alleged that it is inconsistent with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution in this regard.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump replaced his beleaguered White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, after only six months on the job on Friday, installing retired General John Kelly in his place in a major shake-up of his top team. Al-Qaida said for the first time it is active in the Indian-Occupied Kashmir, announcing on a linked propaganda network that a militant from an indigo.

Drinking moderately three or four times a week may protect people against diabetes. In Mexico City, a protester punches a Donald Trump mask during a protest against the US president's ban on transgender people serving in the military. Deutsche Bank says former top executives have agreed to give up part of a disputed 69.8 million euros in bonuses withheld in a dispute over responsibility for the bank's legal troubles.

Twisted stalker jailed for 10 years in 'legal first' after his ex-killed herself after months of harassment. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants to expel Qatari broadcaster Al-Jazeera from Israel amid tensions over a sensitive Jerusalem holy site. Check your email for a link to reset your password. Welcome to the premium services of Business Standard brought to you courtesy FIS.

When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. WASHINGTON: Dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump's agenda, the Senate early Friday rejected a measure to repeal parts of former Pres. Islamabad: 27 people killed and 50 other wounded on Monday in a Taliban suicide assault close to the residence of Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore.

Sheikh said some cases were pending to determine should the application of Article 62(1)(f) be restricted to the current election or to all times to come. Neomar Lander, a 17-year-old boy was killed during a march in the Chacao district in eastern Caracas on Wednesday, taking the overall death toll since the beginning of April to 66, according to prosecutors.

Newly-appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has promised to contact investigators over what he says is an illegal leak of his financial disclosure form. Critics said John McCain had come back to the Senate preaching bipartisanship but not practicing it. They were wrong. A transgender man says a Chinese court has ruled that he was unjustly dismissed by a former employer, in the country's first such lawsuit.

Israeli police say men under age 50 will be barred from a major Jerusalem shrine at the center of recent tensions. Download the Bay News 9+ app for the latest News, Weather and Real Time Traffic at your fingertips. Nigeria has the largest number of children in the world who are not being educated, the government has said. The Dutch government says a campaign to raise funds for access to birth control, abortion and women's sexual health programs in developing nations has so far raised more than 260 million euros ($305 million).

TOKYO - Embattled Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada on Friday said she was resigning, after a series of gaffes, missteps and a cover-up at her mi. Read More. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin tossed President-elect Donald Trump a bouquet in December when he chose not to retaliate for the U.S. expulsion of Russian diplomats and seizure of Russian diplomatic compounds.

The President's executive order directs the federal bureaucracy to enforce visa law more vigorously and to study new ways to reform and restrict the H-1B system. The country's biggest organization of health plans is opposing the Senate Republicans' latest approach to scrapping the Obama health care law. Please enter your email below, and we'll send you a new code to reset your password.

John McCain has delivered a crucial vote in the Republican drive to dismantle the health care law and a scolding message. Every week, Bay News 9 salutes an Everyday Hero making a positive difference in the Bay area community. Iraqi boys wash a vehicle in west Mosul a few days after the government's announcement of the liberation of the embattled city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters.