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  Aug 8, 2017

  Trump Warns North Korea Will Be Met With 'Fire and Fury the World Has Never Seen' If Threatens US

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned North Korea it would be met with "fire and fury" if it threatens the United States, ratcheting up the rhetoric with the nuclear-armed nation.

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  Aug 8, 2017

  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Urges Thailand to Cut Funding to North Korea, Take in Refugees

  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday pressed Thai leaders for more action on North Korea during the highest level visit to Thailand by a U.S. official since a military coup in 2014 soured relations with the United States.

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  Aug 5, 2017

  UN Security Council Imposes New Sanctions on North Korea for Ballistic Missile Tests

  The United Nations Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Saturday that could slash by a third the Asian state's $3 billion annual export revenue over Pyongyang's two July intercontinental ballistic missile tests.

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  Aug 4, 2017

  3 Years Later, Genocide of Yazidis by ISIS Still Ongoing

  Iraq's Yazidis marked three years since Islamic State launched what the United Nations said was a genocidal campaign against them on Thursday, but their ordeal is far from over despite the ouster of the jihadist fighters.

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  Aug 3, 2017

  Scientists Embark on 'Largest-Ever Study' on Transgender People

  Geneticists are quietly working on a major research effort, what they call the largest-ever study of its kind, in search of a genetic component to explain why people assigned one gender at birth so persistently identify as the other, often from very early childhood.

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  Aug 2, 2017

  Fastest Growing Refugee Crisis: Nearly a Million South Sudanese Flee to Uganda

  Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, prayed on Wednesday with South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda, home to a nearly million fugitives from a four-year civil war in the world's youngest nation.

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  Aug 2, 2017

  Few Illegal Immigrants Choose to Take Sanctuary in Churches

  The number of American churches declaring themselves sanctuaries for illegal immigrants has more than doubled since President Donald Trump was elected, but only a dozen people are known to be taking refuge there to avoid deportation.

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  Jul 31, 2017

  Scaramucci Out, NYT Reports

  U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to remove Anthony Scaramucci from his job as communications director, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing three unidentified people close to the decision.

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  Jul 31, 2017

  Hundreds of Children Found Lost, Alone After Battle of Mosul

  Thousands of children have been separated from their parents in the nine-month battle for Mosul and the preceding years of Islamic State rule in northern Iraq — some found wandering alone and afraid among the rubble, others joining the refugee exodus from the pulverized city.

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  Jul 29, 2017

  North Korea Tests Another ICBM, Claims It Can Reach Mainland United States

  North Korea said on Saturday it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that proved its ability to strike America's mainland, drawing a sharp warning from U.S. President Donald Trump and a rebuke from China.