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Iran's Revolutionary Guards accused "Pakistan's security forces" of supporting the perpetrators of a suicide bombing that killed 27 troops on Wednesday, in remarks state TV aired Saturday. "Pakistan's government, who has housed these anti-revolutionaries and threats to Islam, knows where they are and they are supported by Pakistan's security forces," said Revolutionary Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, referring to jihadist group Jaish al-Adl ("Army of Justice"). from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Byuymb via Latest News

Trump’s comments signal the two sides may be approaching a deal after two days of high-level talks in Beijing. The two countries said they are working toward an initial written agreement, and will continue negotiations next week in Washington. “It’s going extremely well,” Trump said, referring to the negotiations that wrapped up Friday in Beijing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2DMeaP3 via Latest News

McCarrick was expelled from the priesthood after being found guilty of sexual crimes against minors and adults. In an interview with Reuters, Archbishop Charles Scicluna said the decision showed the church was taking action. "It is a very important signal that, if we're talking about accountability for bishops, we are actually doing it," said Scicluna, the archbishop of Valletta, Malta. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2DNv9k7 via Latest News

The U.S. Treasury said it sanctioned PDVSA chief Manuel Quevedo, three top intelligence officials and Rafael Bastardo, who U.S. officials say is the head of a national police unit responsible for dozens of extrajudicial killings carried out in nighttime raids on Maduro's behalf. Separately, a U.S. official said U.S. military aircraft are expected to deliver more than 200 tons of humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia, with the shipment likely to take place on Saturday. The steps are part of a wider effort by the United States to undermine Maduro, whose 2018 election it views as illegitimate and whose government it has disavowed, and to strengthen opposition leader and self-declared president Juan Guaido. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2GMDmIz via Latest News

The Trump administration's controversial effort to add a question on citizenship to the 2020 Census will be decided by the Supreme Court. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2NaxolT via Latest News

Jiya Furat said the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had cornered the remaining militants in a neighborhood of Baghouz village near the Iraqi border, under fire from all sides. "In the coming few days, in a very short time, we will spread the good tidings to the world of the military end of Daesh," he said, using the Arabic acronym for Islamic State. Trump has sworn to pull U.S. forces from Syria after Islamic State's territorial defeat, raising questions over the fate of Washington's Kurdish allies and Turkish involvement in northeast Syria. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2tqgRBm via Latest News

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Trump administration is sending another large shipment of humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia, for the first time using U.S. military aircraft as it increases pressure on Nicolas Maduro to give up power, according to a State Department email sent to Congress. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2SWIUXs via Latest News

A disgraced former US cardinal has been expelled from the Roman Catholic priesthood over allegations he abused a teenage boy and solicited sex during confession. The Vatican announced the defrocking of Theodore McCarrick on Saturday days before the Pope is to lead an extraordinary gathering of bishops from around the world over the sex abuse crisis engulfing the church. McCarrick, a once-powerful prelate and former Archbishop of Washington, is the highest profile church figure to be dismissed from the priesthood in modern times. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2NgBVn3 via Latest News

A U.S. Border Patrol agent listens from the front row as President Donald Trump declares a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border during remarks about border security in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 15, 2019. President Trump’s rambling declaration of a national emergency, the intent of which was to fund a barrier along hundreds of miles on the U.S. border with Mexico, was filled with factual inaccuracies, misleading statements and contradictions. In his Rose Garden remarks on Friday, Trump repeated many of the same disproven claims he has made over the last several weeks about drug smuggling, human trafficking and other crime at the border. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2EgmrMV via Latest News

The Utah Highway Patrol has released dash camera video from a DUI stop that led to the arrest of the Mantua Police Chief. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2X6bdSu via Latest News

What a weasel word “collusion” is.In Washington, Senator Richard Burr (R., N.C.), chairman of the Intelligence Committee, has now seen fit to pronounce that, after two years of investigation, the panel has found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian regime. Meanwhile, in a nearby courtroom, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s senior staffer, Andrew Weissmann, told a federal judge that an August 2016 meeting between the then-chairman of the Trump campaign and a suspected Russian intelligence officer “goes . . . very much to the heart of what the special counsel is investigating” -- which sure sounds like Mueller’s collusion hunt is alive and well.What gives?Readers of these columns know that the “collusion” label has been a pet peeve of your humble correspondent since the media-Democratic “Putin hacked the election” narrative followed hard on the declaration of Donald Trump’s victory in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, November 9, 2016.The reason for the co

The US Treasury announced Friday it was imposing sanctions on five intelligence and security officials close to crisis-hit Venezuela's "former" President Nicolas Maduro. Among the five men is Manuel Quevedo, described by the Treasury as the "illegitimate" president of Venezuela's state-owned oil firm, PDVSA. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2TR0Uj3 via Latest News

The airline sent a strongly worded memo to mechanics ordering all hands on deck in response to a higher than usual number of planes out of service. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2DNxw6p via Latest News

Democrats and campaign groups have vowed to fight Donald Trump’s “unlawful” national emergency declaration as he revealed plans to raid existing government funds to build his Mexico border wall.  The US president hopes to gather $8 billion through various means to construct barriers along America’s southern border, declaring at a White House press conference that “walls work 100 per cent”.  Most controversial is the $3.6 billion Mr Trump wants to redirect from existing military construction projects by using a power only available to him after declaring a national emergency. He also plans to take $2.5 billion from the Pentagon’s anti-drugs fund and $600 million from money forfeited to the Treasury. A further $1.375 billion comes from legislation agreed by Congress in a compromise spending deal.    “We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border and we’re going to do it one way or the other,” Mr Trump said. He added: “We have an invasion of drugs and crimina

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TCL working on foldable design that will make an 11-year old concept come true    Phone Arena TCL's folding phone projects include a watch-like bracelet    Engadget TCL is working on a foldable phone that bends into a smartwatch    CNET TCL’s first foldable phone could slap-bracelet itself into a smartwatch    The Verge View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2N8uP3E via Technology

Razer Game Store to cease operations    Channel NewsAsia Razer closes its game store after 10 months    Engadget Razer shutting its digital game store this month, less than a year after it opened    PC Gamer Razer Game Store is shutting down less than a year after launching    PCGamesN Razer Games Store Is Closing Down; Lazada Storefront Part Of Shutdown    Lowyat.NET View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2GrzKwj via Technology

Apple just hired ex-Microsoft exec Sam Jadallah to revamp its smart home business, and catch up to Google and Amazon    CNBC Apple Hires Ex-Microsoft Exec to Revamp Smart Home Business    Mac Rumors View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://cnb.cx/2BEywJY via Technology

Google's AR tools make it easier for apps to apply face filters    Engadget Augmented reality experiences are still in their relative infancy, but because Android runs on so many devices, it can't always assume they'll have dedicated ha. from Technology - Latest - Google News https://engt.co/2U0eBw0 via Technology

Tech Stocks This Week: Amazon's Acquisition, NVIDIA Earnings, and More    Motley Fool Amazon makes another key move in the fast-growing smart home market, NVIDIA stock jumps, and Workday stock gets upgraded. from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2NaZj5c via Technology