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The delivery of the second battery of Russian S-400 missiles to Turkey was completed on Sunday with the controversial defense system expected to become fully active in April 2020. Efforts to mount the missile system and train military personnel to use it were continuing, a Turkish defense ministry statement said. …

More than 2,000 medically preserved fetal remains have been found at the Illinois home of a former Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week, authorities said. The Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release late Saturday that an attorney for Dr. Ulrich Klopfer’s family contacted the coroner’s …

Multiple ambulances and a large number of firefighters were dispatched to rescue people trapped under three-stories of decking that reduced itself to a pile of beams and splintered wood. A three-level deck collapsed in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday, leaving 22 injured, including three children. The collapse reportedly happened at …

Forensic scientists in Mexico have managed to identify 44 bodies buried in a well in the state of Jalisco. Discovered just outside the city of Guadalajara, the human remains were hidden in 119 black bags. The remains were discovered earlier in September when local residents began complaining about the smell. …

After a field experiment between 2013 and 2015, genetically modified mosquitoes are breeding in Brazil, while according to the researchers’ original plan, all released mosquitoes and their offspring should have died. An attempt to contain the populations of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti in Brazil may have failed. It …

The British authorities announced that the founder of the site “Wikileaks” Julian Assange will remain behind bars until the completion of the consideration of the United States request for his extradition, despite the expiration of the legal period for his detention soon. Judge Vanessa Baraitser said at Westminster Court of …

Iran’s foreign minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said on Sunday that the United States and its allies were “stuck in Yemen” and that blaming Tehran “won’t end the disaster”. Having failed at "max pressure", @SecPompeo's turning to "max deceit" US & its clients are stuck in Yemen because of illusion that …

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said on Sunday the U.S. Energy Department is prepared to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after attacks on Saudi oil facilities if needed to stabilize the global energy supply. In an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” Conway also did not rule out a possible …

Iran dismissed accusations by the United States that it was behind attacks on Saudi oil plants that risk disrupting global energy supplies and warned on Sunday that U.S. bases and aircraft carriers in the region were in range of its missiles. Houthi group claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attacks that knocked …

  Tunisians lined up to choose from a diverse field of candidates on Sunday, in an unpredictable election for a new president at a time of economic pain in the young democracy. With no overwhelming frontrunner among the 26 candidates whose names appear on the ballot, the difference between losing …

US President Donald Trump’s approval rating has dropped among Republican voters, according to a new poll. The latest Hill-HarrisX poll released Friday found that 83 percent of GOP voters said they approve of Trump’s job performance, a 2-point drop from an identical poll conducted last month. Meanwhile, a CNN poll …

A group of Brazilian anthropologists and environmentalists has put forward Chief Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapó tribe as a candidate for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work protecting the Amazon rainforest. Raoni, an unmistakable Amazon icon with his large lip plate, yellow macaw-feather headdress, and earrings, …

A 41-year-old man was found dead in southeastern Spain on Saturday, the local government said, bringing to at least six the death toll inflicted over the past two days by record-breaking rain. More than 1,100 military personnel have been deployed to the regions of Murcia and Valencia to help rescue …

Republican and Democratic senators in the US Congress are once again trying to pressure Saudi Arabia towards delivering its commitment to pay $750 million aid this year to help the people of Yemen, who are currently living in a humanitarian crisis caused by the kingdom’s war against the impoverished country. …

A new storm is threatening the Bahamas just two weeks after Hurricane Dorian tore through part of the islands. Tropical Depression Nine strengthened into Tropical Storm Humberto on Friday night. It is currently moving towards Great Abaco, one of the islands worst hit by Dorian. About 1,300 people are missing …

After months of peaceful marches and clashes, Hong Kong protesters have begun staging a different type of demonstration – mass singalongs of a new song called Glory to Hong Kong.

Yemeni drones have hit two oil facilities of Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Aramco in the country’s east, causing huge fires before dawn on Saturday. A spokesman for Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry said in a statement that the attacks targeted two Aramco factories in Abqaiq and Khurais. The statement did …

At least 12 people have drowned in a lake after the boat they were traveling in capsized during a religious ritual in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The incident took place on Friday at approximately 4:30 am local time (23:00 GMT on Thursday) when a boat carrying about …

An earthquake which struck east of the Philippine capital Manila on Friday set buildings swaying and sent many people into the streets. There were no immediate reports of damage. Buildings in the capital were briefly evacuated and trains were halted as crews looked for any damage. The 5.2 magnitude jolt …

Tens of thousands of Algerians have marched in the capital to demand that the rest of the ruling elite follow former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in quitting power before any new election. The 30th consecutive Friday protest also included demands that the authorities release Karim Tabou, a prominent opposition leader who …