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The bombardments have forced at least 50,000 people to flee, left the opposition virtually encircled and killed an estimated 500 people since they began on February 1 – the latest hellish twist in a war that has claimed more than a quarter-million lives.

Headley also told the court that after 26/11 attacks, he was continuously in touch with LeT’s Sajid Mir and was concerned about the safety of Hafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi.

According to the state Department of Health, there are 11 cases of Zika in NY: three in Suffolk County; one in Nassau County; one in Rockland County; one in Westchester County; one in Monroe County; and one in Orange County.

But Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Friday that Assad must step aside to make it possible to defeat ISIL in Syria.

The two leaders will hold several hours of private talks at the Havana airport, according to the Vatican, and deliver public remarks and sign a joint statement.

Accumulation of less than one inch is possible by Tuesday’s morning rush, the weather service says, though roads could be slick thanks to temperatures below freezing.

Following Donald Trump’s New Hampshire primary rout, arch-conservative rival Ted Cruz launched a sharp offensive today against the billionaire frontrunner, heralding a brutal battle for the next Republican contest in SC.

Rebel groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will only halt hostilities if his forces and their Russian and Iranian allies stop targeting them by February 18 in line with the accord negotiated by major powers in Munich on Thursday, said Salem al-Muslet, chief spokesman...

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In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to issue a stay on the EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Energy and Environment Cabinet is deferring its plans to conduct listening sessions on the rulemaking and gather input on compliance options.

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, comprising of Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice Adarsh K Goel today dismissed the special leave petition (SLP) challenging a Gauhati High Court judgment upholding the decision of Speaker of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in accepting...

Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said at a security conference in Munich Friday that Saudi Arabia is “a country that has no ambitions beyond its borders” and is guided by pragmatism.

The news agency AFP quoted Assad as saying he would continue to fight terrorism while talks took place.

Temperatures will be about 30 degrees early Friday, rising slowly through the 30s into the early afternoon.

Iran, Russia and Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement are propping up the Alawite-led Assad government, while Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar back the more moderate Sunni-dominated opposition, along with the US, UK and France.