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BEVERLY HILLS, January 14, (THEWILL) - A Boeing 707 cargo plane traveling from Kyrgyzstan crashed on Monday while trying to land west of Tehran, the Iranian capital, state media reported, and an emergency official said that only one of the...

Michael Cohen, formerly the longtime attorney to President Trump, will publicly testify on Capitol Hill before he begins his three-year prison stint next month. Cohen has agreed to go before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 7. “In furtherance of my...

SAN FRANCISCO, Janaury 10, (THEWILL) - Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission declared opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi the surprise winner of 30 December presidential election, a result that sets the stage for the country’s first democratic transfer of power. But...

President Trump abruptly stormed out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders on Wednesday aimed at resolving the partial government shutdown, later calling the huddle “a total waste of time.” “Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 7, (THEWILL) - The President of Washington-DC based World Bank, Jim Yong Kim Monday abruptly announced his resignation. He said he would leave on February 1. “It has been a great honor to serve as President of this remarkable...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 07, (THEWILL) - A coup by junior military officers has been foiled in Gabon, with government assuring that ‘the situation is under control.’ THEWILL recalls that a coup had happened in the West African nation, with President Ali...

Military officers in Gabon staged an apparent coup early Monday morning, seizing the state radio station and declaring their dissatisfaction with President Ali Bongo, who is recovering from a stroke in Morocco. A New Year’s eve address by Bongo “reinforced...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 06, (THEWILL) - Malaysia’s king has abdicated, royal officials said on Sunday, in a historic first for the country that ended weeks of speculation about his future after he took medical leave. Sultan Muhammad V’s decision to...

A woman said to have been in a vegetative state for at least a decade at a private health care facility in Phoenix reportedly gave birth recently, triggering a police investigation and reviews by state agencies in a situation...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 03, (THEWILL) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture in the central part of Southwestern Kyushu Island on Thursday, the Weather Agency said. There were no immediate reports of major damage...