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Saudi Arabia’s king has rejected suggestions his country should give up its role as organiser of the Hajj pilgrimage, following last month’s deadly stampede.

Horst Seehofer of the Christian Social Union, the Bavaria-based sister party to Merkel’s Christian Democrats, said he was prepared to take his case before the constitutional court in Karlsruhe if the chancellor failed to put a limit on the number of refugees entering Germany.

“The total number of high-energy objects (to hit the plane) was well over 800”, the board said, concluding it was consistent with that of a detonation by a Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile.

Anyone who has seen the SAS campus, which has its own gym, medical facility, cafeterias offering a wide variety of food, and endless free M&Ms, as well as a site featuring sculpture and art, doesn’t have much trouble understanding how SAS continually ranks as a best...

The U.S. is abandoning its goal of training a new force of moderate Syrian rebels and will focus on equipping, arming and supporting established groups already fighting Islamic State inside Syria, officials said. However, it denied reports that a few of their strikes did not hit...

The visit is part of his continued drive to create jobs and growth in the capital by strengthening ties with world cities like Tokyo and promoting London to the world as a major investment destination. “This is still an fantastic, dynamic, vibrant, fantastically rich...

Michael Hanson, a spokesman for Tote, said the company refused to discuss individual lawsuits. “One of those is that the USA merchant fleet gets smaller and smaller and older and older”, said Jacksonville maritime attorney Rod Sullivan.

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Democratic candidates found plenty to agree on during their first debate Tuesday night. Chafee replied that he would bring Snowden home without forcing him to serve any jail time. The courts have ruled that what he did-what he did was say the American…

The Turkish prime minister has called for three days of national mourning and urged the country to fight terrorism, adding that two men were arrested in connection with Saturday’s explosions.

The toll does not include Thursday’s attacker in Tel Aviv as it was not yet confirmed whether he was Palestinian.

Tim Murtagh’s all-round effort helped Ireland pull off a consolation win against Zimbabwe on Tuesday.

“But I come from a rural state, and the views on gun control in rural states are different than in urban states, whether we like it or not”, Sanders said. Sanders described the invasion as “the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of the country”.

The collision, between a Mazda Premacy auto and Ford Transit van, took place near Junction 24a of the M1 at about 2am – causing the southbound carriageway to be closed off since.

Earlier today McIlroy announced he will continue to host the Irish Open for the next three years on behalf of his foundation, with Dubai Duty Free also extending its sponsorship until 2018.