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A mountain lion that became trapped inside a Colorado home killed a house cat before police and wildlife officers were able to scare it out.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is to make an official visit to Israel next month, his government said Monday, nearly two years after he sparked outrage by likening his deadly drug war to the Holocaust. The September 2-5 trip will be the first by a Filipino leader since diplomatic ties were established between the two countries in 1967, a foreign department statement said. Duterte and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will discuss how to develop ties on issues including security and counter-terrorism... Читать дальше...

Turkey's troubled lira tumbled Monday to fresh record lows against the euro and dollar, sending stock markets sliding on fears the country's crisis could spill over into the world economy.

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday called for the country to move on from its disputed election, despite his victory being challenged in court over alleged fraud and his inauguration delayed. The country's first election since the fall of Robert Mugabe was mired by the army opening fire on protesters, allegations of vote-rigging and a crackdown on opposition activists. Mnangagwa, who narrowly won the July 30 vote, took power last year when military generals ousted Mugabe after 37 years in office. Читать дальше...

Heydi Rivas Villanueva was sitting in a vehicle with her father on Saturday evening when a stray bullet struck her in the head, killing her, police said.

Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday released a second

Officials from both sides meeting in the truce village of Panmunjom, in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas, reached an agreement on a September summit between the countries' leaders in the North's capital of Pyongyang. No date was announced for what will be the third meeting this year between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. There they agreed that Moon would visit the North's capital in the autumn, though the pair met again in May in an unannounced meeting at Panmunjom. Читать дальше...

The trial is in its 10th day in Alexandria, Virginia, federal court and is not scheduled to resume until Monday afternoon. The case arose from U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Before completing their case, prosecutors will call James Brennan, an executive at the Federal Savings Bank.

Russia's foreign ministry on Monday said allegations of Moscow's involvement in the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the English town of Salisbury - an event which led to a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russia - were groundless. "We see the groundless allegations of Russia's involvement in the Salisbury incident as another attempt to paint our country as a state which approaches its international obligations in an irresponsible fashion," the ministry said in a statement.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday that the country's economic problems were the result of internal mismanagement by the government and not just US pressure. "Economic experts and many officials believe the cause of this issue is not foreign, it's internal," he said in a speech in Tehran, according to tweets released on his official account. Analysts say US hostility, including its withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposition of sanctions, helped fuel the run on Iran's rial. Читать дальше...

The wave of shared electric scooters cramming sidewalks, blocking entryways

The White House fired back after former Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman released an explosive secret audio recording. ABC News' Elizabeth Hur reports.

Sacha Baron Cohen claimed a new victim on "Who Is America," duping a gun

A 29-year-old airline employee stole a plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and crashed on Ketron Island after an hour-long joyride.

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For 17 days, a southern resident killer whale (SRKW) named J35, but better known as Tahlequah, carried her deceased baby for more than 1,000 miles. The orca's unusually long spell of grieving came to an end on Saturday, when Tahlequah was spotted in the Haro Strait off Victoria, British Columbia, chasing a school of salmon without her newborn. SEE ALSO: New dolphin-whale hybrid sea creature is the spawn of an unholy union "Her tour of grief is now over and her behavior is remarkably frisky," the... Читать дальше...

Turkish currency has fallen to 25 percent in the past month as Erdogan maintains his defiance toward the U.S. and financial-market orthodoxy

A small plane crashed into a field near the 5 Freeway in Sylmar on Sunday afternoon, killing the pilot who was the only occupant.

Two Miami Dolphins players knelt during the national anthem ahead of their

The orca drew international attention for carrying her dead calf for 17 days

The several dozen white supremacists were overwhelmingly outnumbered by thousands of counter-protesters.