Analysis Trump's Spine-chilling Trip to the Great Unknown Gets Underway
One rash decision by the impulsive and short-tempered new president will suffice to incinerate the planet.
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- Supreme Court justice in Brazil dies in plane crash (AP)
- Senegal army says regional force has launched strikes in Gambia (Reuters)
- U.S. air strike killed an Al-Qaida leader in Syria, Pentagon says (Reuters)
- Germany legalises cannabis for medicinal purposes (Reuters)
- U.S. sees North Korea activity signaling possible missile test-launch (Reuters)
- U.S. defense secretary: Libya strikes killed more than 80 Islamic State fighters (Reuters)
- U.S. bombs Islamic State forces in Libya (DPA)
- Iran fire: Over 50 reported killed, including scores of firefighters (Reuters)
- Assad hopes Syria talks will lead to 'reconciliation' deal with rebels (Reuters)
- Iconic Iranian skyscraper collapses; at least 30 firefighters killed (AP)
- Islamic State executes 12 in Palmyra, Syria (Reuters)
- 30 reported missing after avalanche hits hotel in central Italy (AP)
- Former President George H.W. Bush in intensive care for pneumonia (AP)
- Cabinet okays Maj. Gen. Yair Golan as acting chief-of-staff while Eisenkot hospitalized (Haaretz)
- Defense Minister Lieberman extends term of IDF chief-of-staff Eisenkot by a year (Haaretz)
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