The highest-ranking Republican in Congress on Saturday joined some other party members who have voiced disagreement with President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio. A spokesman for House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin said “The speaker does not agree with this decision.” “Law enforcement officials have […]
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The Brexit minister and his crack team of negotiators are due to march on Brussels and push the EU to see sense on their negotiation stalling tactics on Bank holiday Monday. Mr Davis is expected to use the third set of talks since negotiations began to remind the EU the […]
Officials were predicting “catastrophic flooding” in the coastal towns and warned residents that anyone who ignored the warnings were risking their lives. At least 10 people were injured within minutes of 130 miles an hour Hurricane Harvey making landfall in the city of Corpus Christi, where up to 40in of […]
The US military’s Pacific Command said it had detected three short-range ballistic missiles, fired over a 20-minute period. The South Korean Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the projectiles were launched from the eastern Kangwon province into the sea. One appeared to have blown up almost immediately while […]
It follows a call by Col Richard Kemp, who commanded British troops in the country at the height of the war against the Taliban, for Prime Minister Theresa May to deploy at least 2,000 British front- line advisors to support beleaguered Afghan National Army forces. Currently the UK has 500, […]
BAY CITY, Texas — More than 3,000 residents were without power here on Saturday after Hurricane Harvey made landfall, but neighbors on Hillcrest Drive were taking good care of each other. Most were elderly or recently retired couples who had dealt with hurricanes in the past, from Carla to Rita. […]
At least one person has died and a dozen or so others were injured in the coastal Texas city of Rockport from Hurricane Harvey, local authorities said. The monster hurricane, which had weakened to a tropical storm by Saturday afternoon, made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane late Friday night […]
North Korea launched a trio of short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast in the early hours of Saturday which appear to be in response to the military exercises carried out by US and South Korean troops. The US military have claimed that two of the missiles failed […]