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President Donald Trump showered his Middle Eastern hosts with praise and declared a breakthrough regional peace within reach. No one contradicted him, but behind the pageantry and politesse a wall of skepticism remains solidly intact.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Cortez Kennedy passed away at the age of 48, the Orlando Police Department said Tuesday.

SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean troops fired warning shots at an "unidentified object" crossing the inter-Korean border from North Korea Tuesday afternoon, the South's military announced. The military detected the object flying across the Mi

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has actively cultivated a low profile in his nearly eight years in the Senate, refusing most interview requests from national media outlets, building relationships with his colleagues and otherwise trying to reshape his image from a nationally renowned comedian to a serious lawmaker.

The settlement is the largest of its kind to date.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Prep basketball standout Jontay Porter has announced his intention to sign with Missouri, joining his older brother and father. Porter, who recently completed his junior season in Seattle, averaged 14.3 points and 13.6 rebounds per game for undefeated Nathan Hale High School. The 6-foot-10 forward is listed by 247sports as the 27th-best

The heavyweight matchup between Shannon Briggs and Fres Oquendo has been scrapped following Briggs' "atypical" doping test result.

The parents of a sick baby boy are awaiting the outcome of their appeal against a court order preventing them from taking him to the US for treatment.

US President Donald Trump's budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 breaks promises he made as a candidate and is both short-sighted and cruel, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a statement on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump's budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 breaks promises he made as a candidate and is both short-sighted and cruel, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a statement on Tuesday.

Intelligence director Dan Coats declined to say whether Donald Trump asked him to deny there was collusion between his campaign and Russia during the election.

16 days to go: terror’s wicked purpose will not prevail

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Rapper Meek Mill and a Connecticut theater are being sued over a fatal shooting outside the venue following a concert in December.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The Latest on the blast at an Ariana Grande concert in northern England (all times local):

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The Latest on the blast at an Ariana Grande concert in northern England (all times local):

Pakistan views a project to expand its port in Gwadar and link it to China as a way to provide jobs and an economic boost to Balochistan, the country’s poorest province. To get it built and functioning, though, the government needs to undercut a separatist insurgency and a variety of militant groups that have used poverty to fuel the flames of insurgency. “If Pakistan is not able to control extremism in Balochistan, how could the government achieve the desired results it is currently portraying?” asked Hasan Askari... Читать дальше...

AKRON, Ohio — Investigators in Ohio have charged a neighbor with setting a house fire that killed two adults and five children last week. Akron police say they charged 58-year-old Stanley Ford with aggravated murder and arson on Tuesday. A possible motive in the May 15 fire isn’t clear. Police wouldn’t release any other details

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri System is set to hire the provost and executive vice chancellor at the State University of New York to run its flagship campus in Columbia, two years after the previous chancellor resigned…

For its proponents, a project to expand its port in Gwadar and link it to China as a way to provide jobs and an economic boost to Balochistan, the country’s poorest province. To get it built and functioning, though, the government needs to undercut a separatist insurgency and a variety of militant groups that have used poverty to fuel the flames of insurgency, analysts say. “If Pakistan is not able to control extremism in Balochistan, how could the government achieve the desired results it is currently portraying?” asked Hasan Askari... Читать дальше...

Daniel R. DePetris

Security, Europe

This reminds us that it’s virtually impossible to eliminate every source of vulnerability to terrorist attacks.

There are still plenty of questions that remain unanswered about last night’s horrific suicide bombing at a concert in Manchester last night. Was this yet another case of a single individual who watched too many ISIS videos and eventually became self-radicalized? Or did the bomber have logistical and bomb-making support in the Manchester area? Читать дальше...

Following the Indian Army's attack on Pakistani posts as part of counter-insurgency operations to stop militants from crossing into India, Congress leader Manishankar Aiyar asserted that New Delhi should hold talks soon with Islamabad and with Srinagar to resolve issues soon.

Here's what the protesters were up to at Amazon's shareholders meeting

Prep basketball standout Jontay Porter has announced his intention to sign with Missouri, joining his older brother and father with the Tigers