This Day in History | 1956 – Allied forces take control of Suez

British and French troops have seized control of two major ports in Egypt’s Canal Zone and declared a ceasefire. This evening, an official statement said Port Said was

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US-MYANMAR U.S. lawmakers and human rights groups are putting pressure on the Trump administration to impose sanctions against Myanmar’s military over alleged ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims.

The Buzz | US dry town mulls allowing alcohol

The rural Utah city of Blanding, one of the last “dry” communities in the Mormon-majority state, will ask voters tomorrow whether to allow beer and wine sales in

Crashed Russian helicopter raised from its Arctic seabed

A Russian helicopter was raised Saturday from the seabed where it had crashed last month off Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago with eight people on board. Norway’s

Offbeat | Run Forrest! Gump impersonator jogs around California city

Halloween started early in one Southern California city, where a man dressed as Forrest Gump has been running around neighborhoods and stopping to take pictures with residents.

This Day in History | 1986 – US hostage freed in Beirut

David Jacobsen was set free in the west of the Lebanese capital after 17 months of captivity at the hands of Islamic Jihad. After

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IRAQ A key border crossing between Turkey and Iraq’s northern Kurdish region remained under the control of Kurdish officials despite reports of Iraqi troop movements on the Turkish

The Buzz | Runaway 7-year-old girl sneaks onto plane at Geneva airport

A runaway 7-year-old girl slipped through security checks at Geneva’s airport and onto a plane without a ticket before being spotted by a crew member and handed over

Bonding: MGM returns to film distribution with Annapurna partnership

The storied movie studio MGM is getting back into distribution, teaming with Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures in a joint venture that could have ramifications for the next

The Latest on New York terror: Uber confirms suspect was a driver

12:15 a.m. Uber has confirmed that the man suspected of driving a vehicle down a bike path near the World Trade Center site, killing eight people, was one of its drivers. The

USA | With first charges, Mueller sends warning to Trump, aides

Special counsel Robert Mueller has sent a warning to individuals in President Donald Trump’s orbit: If they lie about contacts between the president’s campaign and Russians, they’ll

USA – Russiagate | Tech companies find more signs of Russian election activity

Major tech companies plan to tell Congress today that they have found additional evidence of Russian activity on their services related to the 2016 U.S. election.

Offbeat | Sanders calls NY mayor antidote to Trump’s ‘ugly’ leadership

Bernie Sanders, the Vermont U.S. senator who stoked liberal passions nationwide as a Democratic candidate in last year’s presidential contest, stepped into New York politics for a day,

This Day in History | 1984 – Violence follows Gandhi killing

Outbreaks of religious violence have occurred in parts of India in the wake of yesterday’s assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by Sikh members of her bodyguard.

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GERMANY yesterday marked the 500th anniversary since the day Martin Luther is said to have nailed his theses challenging the Catholic Church to a church door, a starting

The Buzz | Court suspends Catalan independence declaration

Spain’s Constitutional Court says it is suspending the ousted Catalan parliament’s recent vote to declare independence from Spain while it studies its legality. The ruling came after

Prince Charles and Camilla kick off Asia tour in Singapore

Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, arrived in Singapore yesterday, the first stop of an 11-day trip to strengthen ties between Britain and Asian countries.

Spain | Catalans return to work after Madrid takes charge of region

Catalonia’s civil servants returned to work yesterday for the first time since Spain’s central government rejected an independence declaration by firing the region’s elected leaders and

Offbeat | Viral photos of college student spurs modeling agency calls

Two photographs of a New Hampshire college student that have gone viral on social media are bringing her dreams of becoming a model closer to reality.

This Day in History | 1984 – Indian prime minister shot dead

Mrs Gandhi was thought to have been walking through her gardens this morning when she was shot. She was taken to the All India Medical

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