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Also today, Israel returned the bodies of four Palestinians killed on Thursday during two attacks in the southern West Bank.

A Houthi militant walks on the rubble of the Chamber of Trade and Industry headquarters after it was hit by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen’s capital Sanaa.

“Once again, President Obama has chose to take divisive, unilateral action rather than work with Congress. The announcement makes it clear that he has little respect for the constitutional rights of gun-owning Americans, and even less respect for our constitutional system...

The Barcelona forward reclaimed the biggest individual accolade in world football in Zurich on Monday, beating Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, the three-time victor he has been runner-up behind for the last two years.

There were conflicting reports on casualties, with AFP quoting police as saying seven people had been killed, while AP put the figure higher at 10, including three police.

Putin has had a close working relationship with Germany’s Merkel and in the interview he said he had met with her seven times in 2015 and they had spoken on the phone at least 20 times.

“We are busy extinguishing the fire at the scene”, he added.

While it looks more and more likely that Lionel Messi will be leaving with the award, one of the key questions is whether Cristiano Ronaldo or Neymar will finish second.

An NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll indicated the former first lady led the liberal Vermont senator by just three points in Iowa (48 to 45 percent), with Martin O’Malley picking up just 5 percent of the vote. And Sanders holds wider leads in the states over current GOP...

US Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and lauded his role in carefully tackling the prevailing situation in the wake of the recent gunmen attack on Indian air base.

(AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File).

The talks are aimed at restarting the Afghan peace process and eventually ending 14 years of bloodshed fighting the Taliban insurgents.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday called Narendra Modi in the aftermath of Pathankot Air Force base attack by six suspected Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists.

Taya Kyle, the widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, confronted President Obama over his gun control proposals at a televised town hall Thursday – and later told Fox News that the president is only offering “false hope” on the issue of gun violence.

China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection, which was monitoring soil samples near its border with the North, also reported no change in radiation levels early Thursday.