The state-run Saudi Press Agency said the suspects in the slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi have attended their first court hearing.
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American Paul Whelan was in Russia for wedding, not to spy, family says
An American businessman arrested in Russia on espionage charges was in Moscow to attend a wedding and is not a spy, his family says.
US military deletes, apologizes for tweet about dropping bombs
Strategic Commandapologized for tweeting that it was prepared to drop something “much bigger” than the ball that marks the new year in New York.
Baby boy found alive after 35 hours under rubble of collapsed building in Russia
Russian rescuers find baby boy alive after 35 hours under the rubble of a collapsed apartment building
American Paul Whelan arrested in Moscow ‘while on a spy mission,’ Russian officials say
The Russian Federal Security Service said it detained Paul Whelan in Moscow ‘while on a spy mission.’ The State Department had no immediate comment.
Lion escapes locked area at North Carolina center, kills 22-year-old intern
A trained animal keeper was leading a team cleaning an enclosure at the Conservators Center. One lion escaped a space that was supposed to be secured.
Putin’s holiday message to Trump: Russia ‘open to dialogue … on most extensive agenda’
Putin said relations between the U.S.and Russia are thekey to “ensuring strategic stability andinternational security.”
Winter Storm Eboni drives blizzard warnings across Midwest; 30 million face flood watch in Southeast
The storm system that forced cancellation of a football game in Texas due to lightning droveblizzard-like conditions through parts of the Midwest.
Is ISIS defeated? If not, are U.S. troops in Syria the answer?
The questions of whether ISIS has been defeated and the value of U.S. troops in keeping ISIS down remain hot.
Historic rainfall drowns Northeast, threatens Southeast areas battered by Florence
The latest round of persistent rain drenching the soggy East has triggered another annual record and brought fears of more flooding to the battered Carolinas.