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U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran for ballistic missile test
The United States imposed sanctions on 11 companies and individuals for supplying Iran\'s ballistic missile program in a move delayed by over ...U.N. nuclear agency says Iran has met commitments in landmark nuclear deal
The U.N. atomic agency announced Saturday that Iran has met all of its obligations under a landmark nuclear deal with six world ...Republican ex-candidate Graham endorses Jeb Bush
Senator Lindsey Graham, the hawkish Republican whose 2016 primary campaign fizzled despite his persistent call for resetting US national security policy, announced ...Astronomers spot brightest supernova yet in distant galaxy
Astronomers have found a distant supernova, or exploded star, 20 times brighter than the Milky Way galaxy, according to research published on ...Three winners hit $1.6 bn US lottery jackpot
Three winning tickets shared a $1.6-billion bonanza in the US Powerball lottery on Wednesday, after millions of people tuned in to see ...Iran released U.S. sailors in international waters
Iran released ten U.S. sailors on Wednesday after holding them overnight, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves ...Obama tells anxious US to embrace change
President Barack Obama told Americans nervous about terror and a changing economy that they should not fear the future, in a farewell ...Obama gives last State of the Union address
Barack Obama gives his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, perhaps the last opportunity of his presidency to sway a ...Mexico formally launches process to extradite Guzman to US
Mexico began the process of extraditing drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States, two days after the famed fugitive ...Woman raped by five men in New York City park, police say
Five men took turns raping a woman in a Brooklyn park after forcing her father at gunpoint to flee the scene, New ...