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The Real Reason U.S. Troops Are in Niger
Wounded guard in Vegas shooting staying in hotel for free
Kenya in limbo as post-election chaos worsens
Mattis says threat of nuclear attack by N.Korea accelerating
Ahead of Trump trip, China urges U.S. not to allow Taiwan president in
Mark Halperin Says He Is 'Profoundly Sorry' After Sexual Harassment Allegations
Mexico arrests top Sinaloa cartel heroin trafficker
Report: First Charges Filed In Mueller's Russia Probe
Man drives car into crowd protesting Trump immigration policy
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The Real Reason U.S. Troops Are in Niger

Posted: 28 Oct 2017 06:25 AM PDT

Hint: This is a local and regional conflict, not a global one.

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Wounded guard in Vegas shooting staying in hotel for free

Posted: 28 Oct 2017 05:34 AM PDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The corporate owner of the Las Vegas hotel where a gunman unleashed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history is giving a free hotel room at one of its properties to a hotel security guard who is expected to be a key witness in lawsuits against the company, officials said Friday.

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Kenya in limbo as post-election chaos worsens

Posted: 28 Oct 2017 03:27 AM PDT

Kenya found itself in a dangerous limbo on Friday as violent protests rocked opposition strongholds a day after a deeply divisive election that has left eight people dead. Plans to restage elections in the western Nyanza region where violence blocked voting on Thursday were again delayed as election chief Wafula Chebukati said he feared for the safety of his staff. The worst crisis in Kenya in a decade, has cast a shadow over east Africa's most stable democracy and economic powerhouse.

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Mattis says threat of nuclear attack by N.Korea accelerating

Posted: 28 Oct 2017 02:49 AM PDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday the threat of nuclear missile attack by North Korea is accelerating.

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Ahead of Trump trip, China urges U.S. not to allow Taiwan president in

Posted: 28 Oct 2017 01:52 AM PDT

By Ben Blanchard and Jess Macy Yu BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China urged the United States on Friday not to allow Taiwan's president to travel through U.S. territory en route to the island's diplomatic allies in the Pacific, a sensitive visit shortly ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to Beijing. China considers democratic Taiwan to be a wayward province ineligible for state-to-state relations and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control.

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Mark Halperin Says He Is 'Profoundly Sorry' After Sexual Harassment Allegations

Posted: 27 Oct 2017 10:45 PM PDT

Mark Halperin responded to the numerous sexual harassment allegations against him in a statement posted to Twitter on Friday.

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Mexico arrests top Sinaloa cartel heroin trafficker

Posted: 27 Oct 2017 09:33 PM PDT

One of the top heroin traffickers for the sons of Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested Thursday, Mexican prosecutors said.

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Report: First Charges Filed In Mueller's Russia Probe

Posted: 27 Oct 2017 07:37 PM PDT

A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., reportedly has approved the first charges in the investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, CNN said Friday evening.

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Man drives car into crowd protesting Trump immigration policy

Posted: 27 Oct 2017 05:54 PM PDT

A California man has been charged with assault after driving his car into a crowd of protesters outside of a congressman's office. Demonstrators had gathered outside the Brea office of Republican Ed Royce, seeking to draw attention to Donald Trump's move to revoke a special status protecting certain immigrants from deportation, when Daniel Wenzek slowly drove his car into the crowd, according to the Brea Police Department, 30 miles south east of Los Angeles. People began "beating on Wenzek's car" in response, the police department said, after which Mr Wenzek was arrested and charged.