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Apr 19, 2018
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Cat Finds New Home After Walking 12 Miles Back To Owners Who Rejected Him
Syria regime strikes and shelling target IS in Damascus
Syria regime air strikes and artillery fire pounded areas held by the Islamic State group in the south of Damascus on Thursday, official media and a war monitor said. The jihadists have lost most of the territory they once controlled in Syria, but still retain a presence in the country including in the capital's southern districts. Regime warplanes targeted "the dens of terrorists from Al-Nusra Front and Daesh in Hajar al-Aswad", a southern district of Damascus, state news agency SANA said, referring to Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate and using an Arabic acronym for IS.
All over the world! Couple capture their global dip-kisses at landmark locations
Rob and Joli Switzer go on a minimum of four international holidays per year to ensure that they get their unique dip-kiss photograph.
Raul Castro retires as Cuban president, outlines future
HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro stepped down as president of Cuba on Thursday, handing power to a 57-year-old successor he said would hold power until 2031, a plan that would place the state the Castro brothers founded and ruled for six decades in the hands of a Communist Party official who remains little known to most people on the island.
Southwest Airlines: Investigators consider ‘undetectable crack’ as possible cause of deadly emergency landing
No bail for alleged East Coast leader of violent MS-13 gang
NEW YORK (AP) — The alleged East Coast crime boss of the notorious street gang MS-13 was ordered held without bail on Thursday at his first court appearance on Long Island, where prosecutors accuse him of having a hand in a wave of violence.
Top Russian, NATO generals hold rare face-to-face meeting
By Vladimir Soldatkin and Robin Emmott MOSCOW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of Russia's military general staff and NATO's supreme allied commander held a rare face-to-face meeting on Thursday to try to ease the worst East-West tensions since the Cold War. U.S. Army General Curtis Scaparrotti and Valery Gerasimov met in Baku, Azerbaijan, less than a week after the United States, Britain and France staged missile strikes on Syria in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack by the forces of President Bashar al-Assad - a close ally of Russia. In separate statements, NATO and the Russian defense ministry said the meeting discussed military exercises and troop movements, as both sides accuse the other of risky deployments in the Baltic states and eastern Europe.
Judge questions Manafort's bid to dismiss charges
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge expressed skepticism on Thursday as a lawyer for President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort sought to convince her to dismiss charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. During a hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson questioned Manafort's attorney Kevin Downing and his reading of Department of Justice guidelines governing Mueller's investigation involving Russia and the 2016 U.S. election.
Trump asked about special counsel Robert Mueller
During a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Japan, President Trump was asked about special counsel Robert Mueller
