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AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian state television said on Sunday successive blasts were heard in rural Hama province and that authorities were investigating the cause. State television did not give a location for the explosions but two residents contacted in eastern Hama countryside said the blasts came from a military base reported to be used by Iranian-backed forces. Israel has repeatedly hit Iranian-backed militia outposts in Syria. ... from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vVjI9g

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The top-tier leadership group of the PLO— average age 70 — is up for election for the first time in over two decades, when hundreds of delegates attend a West Bank convention this week. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2r9Nsuc

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told his South Korean counterpart at their historic summit that he would be willing to give up his nuclear weapons if the U.S. commits to a formal end to the Korean War and a pledge not to attack the North, Seoul officials said Sunday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JCKTaS

The leaders of North Korea and South Korea committed to the idea of a nuclear-free region in Friday’s historic summit, but U.S. officials want proof that Kim Jong Un will get rid of his weapons. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FqLGtf

President Donald Trump was met with silence at a campaign-style rally in from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FqF7Xs

ABC News contributor Frank Luntz held a focus group with Democratic and Republican voters to understand how they feel about the state of politics heading into the midterms. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KopV0P

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has said that he will dismantle his country’s main nuclear testing site in May and invited South Korean and US experts, and journalists to view the process. The dictator’s pledge was made to Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s prime minister, during their historic talks on Friday, according to Mr Moon’s spokesman. As well as promising to close the Punggye-ri bomb testing site Kim said he would change North Korea’s time zone by half an hour, reverting it to match South Korea’s. Reports of the pledge came as senior White House figures spoke optimistically about hopes for full North Korean denuclearisation. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who held secret talks with Kim in Easter when he was still head of the CIA, said the US has an "obligation" to pursue a diplomatic solution with North Korea. In an interview with ABC news, he said the US must "engage in diplomatic discourse to try and find a peaceful solution so that Americans aren't held at ris

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday hosted his Iranian and Turkey counterparts for talks on Syria in the wake of an alleged chemical attack that has exposed differences between the three powers. The three nations have been attempting to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict at talks that started last year in Astana, Kazakhstan, in competition with the US and UN-backed Geneva initiative. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held separate bilateral talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu and then Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif, who stressed the warmth of their relationship in opening comments. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HXCXnC

Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinians on Sunday after two separate infiltration bids on the Gaza border, the army said. "2 suspects attempted to infiltrate Israel from the southern Gaza Strip and damage the (border) security fence," the army tweeted. Forty-five Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the start of what organisers have dubbed the Great March of Return on March 30, with more than 1,500 wounded. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HBy2JI

The president shared updates about his forthcoming summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, saying he spoke with the leaders of South Korea and Japan, and that the meeting’s time and location are being set. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vVX2pt

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By Lesley Wroughton and Ori Lewis TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The United States is deeply concerned by Iran's "destabilizing and malign activities", new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday. The former CIA director was speaking on a flying visit to the region, where he had earlier in the day met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh and stressed the need for unity among Gulf allies as Washington aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran to curb its missile program. The whirlwind trip to NATO in Brussels and to Middle East allies came only hours after Pompeo was confirmed as Trump's top diplomat. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Hx8fCe

VANADZOR, Armenia (AP) — Armenia's ruling party said Saturday it will not put forward a candidate for prime minister to keep from exacerbating the political crisis sparked by the naming of the country's termed-out president as premier this month. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HEuy99

Wolf's routine took shots at President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and the media. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HUG9jM

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A police officer in the Arizona border city of Nogales was killed after he tried to stop a carjacking suspect. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JCBPTt

Several military sites are struck, reportedly killing pro-government fighters, including Iranians. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2r9jEhp

The leaders of North Korea and South Korea committed to the idea of a nuclear-free region in Friday’s historic summit, but U.S. officials want proof that Kim Jong Un will get rid of his weapons. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FqLGtf

ABC News contributor Frank Luntz held a focus group with Democratic and Republican voters to understand how they feel about the state of politics heading into the midterms. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KopV0P

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine labor group and a senator accused President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday of gambling with the livelihoods of tens of thousands of Filipinos in Kuwait, after he asked them to come home amid a diplomatic dispute over reported labor abuse. The Philippines and the Gulf Arab state are embroiled in a row over what Duterte says is a pattern of mistreatment of domestic workers by Kuwaiti employers. The Philippine ambassador has been asked to leave following attempts by embassy workers to "rescue" distressed workers there, which Kuwait says is a breach of its sovereignty. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ft0IP3

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NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — The Latest on the search for a suspect in the slaying of a Maine deputy sheriff (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vS6DOg

Washington's new chief diplomat was to meet Saudi and Israeli leaders on Sunday to rally coordinated opposition to Tehran and brief them on President Donald Trump's threat to end the Iran nuclear deal. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touched down in Riyadh on Saturday shortly after Tehran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen fired missiles across the kingdom's border. US officials travelling with Pompeo told reporters the Huthi missiles had been supplied by Iran, and cited the attacks as evidence that regional powers should work together. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vVGKNw

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops on Sunday tightened the noose around a Palestinian refugee camp held by Islamic State militants in southern Damascus where hundreds of civilians face an uncertain future, state media, witnesses and residents said. Nearly two weeks into a campaign to capture the last area near the capital outside government control that has left many parts of the once teeming Yarmouk camp in ruins, state media announced al Qadm neighborhood next to the camp was retaken. Opposition sources said the army was now engaged in fierce fighting with militants on the outskirts of Yarmouk camp where an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 militants are now encircled. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Frn5Vc

BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of China and India stressed the importance of close ties in talks Saturday, against the background of their rivalry for leadership in Asia and the potential for cooperation on economic and security matters. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Fq7jd6

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Trump says Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, claiming to be an "informant" is only doing so because Putin wants to make the United States more chaotic. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HWPtDH

President Donald Trump kickstarted his weekend by launching a blistering from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HCxRO7

Wolf's routine took shots at President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and the media. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HUG9jM

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The Trump administration was dealt yet another blow to its un-American from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HCzgQC

President Trump has said the group of Central Americans is a threat to the safety of the US. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2JEkvxg

At least 21 people die in two blasts in the Afghan capital, including AFP photographer Shah Marai. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2HzMpxT

The tree, planted by Presidents Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron, has been taken into quarantine. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2HEHGau

President Macron speaks to his Iranian counterpart, who says an existing deal is non-negotiable. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2r6ieEC

The French photographer is at the centre of a sexual misconduct scandal at the Swedish Academy. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2JzDN7c

Muhammadu Buhari is the first African leader to be received by the Trump administration in the US. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2jg4G4T

The superhero sequel is estimated to have the highest ever global opening weekend take of $630m. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2r8GvZM

The US telecoms firms could win more customers through the deal, as long as regulators approve it. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2w5RWr1

The march, against new homes for judges on a mountainside, is among the biggest since the 2014 coup. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2jjOvUp

A group of Twitter users launch a campaign to spread messages of dissent on banknotes. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2JFrIxs

With thousands in Nigeria addicted to codeine cough syrup, BBC Africa goes undercover to investigate. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2r9k7zj

Pavlos Pavildis works to reunite dead migrants found in the Evros River with their families. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Hyq7wy

Four in 10 Americans wouldn't have money to cover a $400 fine - so many serve time in jail instead. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2r4yc10

Surf officials confirm the 80ft (24.4 metre) wave Rodrigo Koxa surfed was a world record. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Fs81q3

The US president avoided the White House Correspondents' dinner, but was still the butt of the jokes. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2r9f81y

Ashley Butterfield has been around the world - but a visit to India brought home the challenges of being a lone black female tourist. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2FpSYND

The new rules which might help stop private information being shared without our knowledge. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2JG9YC1

President Trump's press secretary was visibly upset during a comedian's personalised takedown at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2r6bs0s

How social media is driving a curly hair comeback in Egypt. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2jiOFvd

Thousands of protesters flooded the streets in cities across Spain after a from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KoGrOc

While House Republicans said conclusively that no collusion occurred, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee said the investigation did not go far enough. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FprTdD