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US forces will stay in Iraq, could re-enter Syria from there – Trump

Daily Dispatch December 27, 2018

President Donald Trump said he has no plans to withdraw American forces from Iraq, a week after announcing a surprise pullout of troops from Syria and ordering the Pentagon to bring home roughly half of the American forces deployed to Afghanistan, according to Stripes.com reports. The decision

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42yr-old woman attacks alleged stalker, cuts off his genitals

Daily Dispatch December 27, 2018

A middle-aged Indian woman attacked her alleged stalker and cut off his genitals before rushing him to hospital to save his life, police said on Thursday, according to Reuters.com reports. The accused woman on Tuesday asked two men to lure the 25-year-old to an isolated place in the suburbs of Mumbai where the three of […]

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Breaking: Trump, wife visit Iraq

Daily Dispatch December 26, 2018

President Donald Trump arrived in Iraq on Wednesday in his first visit to US troops deployed in a war zone since his election two years ago. Trump landed at 7:16 pm local time at Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq, accompanied by his wife Melania Trump, an AFP correspondent said. The president spoke to troops and […]

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U.S. govt shutdown to last until agreement on border wall – Trump

Daily Dispatch December 25, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the partial shutdown of the federal government was going to last until his demand for funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is met. The U.S. government partially shut down on Saturday, and there is not yet any sign of tangible efforts to reopen agencies closed […]

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Mexican Governor Martha Erika Alonso, 45, and her senator husband are killed in a helicopter crash, less than two weeks after she became her state’s first female leader

Daily Dispatch December 25, 2018

A Mexican husband-and-wife political power couple have died in a Christmas Eve helicopter crash, officials announced. The newly sworn-in governor of the central Mexican state of Puebla, Martha Erika Alonso, was killed alongside her senator husband Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, when the aircraft went down in the small city of Huejotzingo on Monday afternoon. Two […]

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Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Philip, missing at Christmas Service

Daily Dispatch December 25, 2018

Britain’s Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s husband, missed a traditional Christmas Day church service on Tuesday, though a royal source said that the 97-year old was in good health and just wanted to spend the day in private. Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, married Elizabeth in 1947 and has been by his wife’s side throughout her […]