A drunk passenger on a Russian domestic flight demanded the plane change course, reportedly to fly to Afghanistan, forcing an emergency landing in Siberia on Tuesday. The Aeroflot plane, travelling from Surgut in western Siberia

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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday authorized President Donald Trump's administration to block the recruitment of transgender military personnel pending the outcome of litigation on the sensitive issue. The White House had asked the Supreme

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Israeli tank shelling killed a Hamas militant along the Gaza border on Tuesday as Israel responded to gunfire that wounded one of its soldiers, officials said. Those incidents and another exchange of fire earlier in

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir left Tuesday for a two-day visit to Qatar, state media reported, in what is his first trip abroad since nationwide protests against his rule erupted last month. Bashir was scheduled to

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President Donald Trump had a message Tuesday for Democrats counting on him to relent in the Washington arm wrestle blocking funds to swaths of the government for a record 32 days: "No Cave!" Trump's defiant

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Romania, which currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, was under fire Tuesday over plans to allow politicians convicted of corruption to challenge their verdicts. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, who has frequently clashed with the government

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Former US secretary of state John Kerry said Tuesday he was not ruling out another tilt at the White House in 2020 but that in the here and now, Donald Trump should quit. "I've told

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The leaders of Russia and Japan fell short of agreement Tuesday over a disputed island chain that has long prevented a peace treaty to formally end World War II. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit

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Aluminium prices hit their highest in nearly a month on Tuesday as investors brushed off weaker economic growth in China to focus on signs of falling production. Trading volumes were thin ahead of the Lunar

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Middle East crude benchmarks eased on Tuesday as traders waited for more Russian ESPO crude to trade later this week. PV Oil has awarded its Rang Dong spot and term tenders to domestic refiner Binh

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