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Iraq, Syria bases housing US troops attacked, 3 injured

BAGHDAD – U.S.-backed Syrian fighters and military” target=”_blank”>American troops<, the Syrian Democratic Forces said. In neighboring world-regions rockets hit a base housing U.S. troops, inflicting three minor injuries. The spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition Col. Wayne Marotto said that at around 12:30 p.m. Al-Assad Air Base in western Iraq was …

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Haitian President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home, official says

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated overnight at his private home, according to a top government official who called the attack an “inhumane and barbaric act.” In a statement released by interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who will take over as interim president, Moïse was killed by an unidentified group. …

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Dilip Kumar, Bollywood's great 'Tragedy King,' dies at 98

world-regions icon Dilip Kumar, hailed as the “Tragedy King” and one of Hindi movies” target=”_blank”>cinema’s greatest actors< Veteran Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar, right, receives a Lifetime Achievement award at the 54th National Film Award ceremony in New Delhi, India on Sept. 2, 2008.  (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan, File) “Dilip Kumar will …

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McConnell slams reconciliation, set for a 'hell of a fight'

mitch-mcconnell” target=”_blank”>Sen. Mitch McConnell< are in for a fight. McConnell, who was in Kentucky at the time, said the “era of bipartisanship on this stuff is over,” according to the Hill.  “This is not going to be done on a bipartisan basis,” he said. “This is going to be a …

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