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    US Government officials say they fear North Korea could launch a missile today as the rogue nation celebrates a public holiday. October 10 in North Korea is celebrated as Party Foundation Day, the day the ruling party of North Korea - now known as the Workers' Party of Korea was formed in 1945. An official spoke to Reuters, on the condition of anonymity, saying there had been indications a missile launch could be scheduled, but couldn't reveal any further intelligence. That comes after a Russian lawmaker, who has just return from Pyongyang last week, said preparations were underway. They are preparing for new tests of a long-range missile, Anton Morozov told Russian media. They even gave us mathematical calculations that they believe prove that their missile can hit the we...

    Spokesman for the Russian Defence Ministry, Major-General Igor Konashenkov speaks during a news conference, dedicated to the crash of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane operating flight MH17, in Moscow, Russia, September 26, 2016. Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of pretending to fight Islamic State and of deliberately reducing its air strikes in Iraq to allow the group’s militants to stream into Syria to slow the Russian-backed advance of the Syrian army. In the latest sign of rising tensions between Moscow and Washington, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that the US-led coalition had sharply reduced its air strikes in Iraq in September when Syrian forces, backed by Russian air power, had started to retake Deir al-Zor Province. Everyone sees...

    President Donald Trump has depicted the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a madman but U.S. intelligence officials do not agree. According to Yong Suk Lee, the deputy assistant director of the CIA's Korea Mission Center, the young North Korean ruler is actually a lot less erratic than he is often portrayed. "Beyond the bluster, Kim Jong Un is a rational actor, he said at a conference on the CIA at George Washington University on Wednesday, quoted by AFP. Trump and Kim have reguarly traded insults but despite the latter's threat to the American president last month, the North Korean ruler does not seek a military confrontation because he is more interested in ensuring his regime’s survival and stability. We have a tendency in this country and elsewhere to underestimate his...

    A pregnant woman who was forcibly removed from an Southwest Airlines flight has claimed she is a victim of sexism and racial profiling. AnilaDaulatzai, a professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art, was filmed as police dragged off the flight to Los Angeles at Baltimore Washington airport last week Officials from the airline said she was removed after reporting that she had a life-threatening allergy to a pair of dogs that were travelling in the plane's cabin. Ms Daulatzai’s lawyers have denied this. They said that she told the crew she was allergic to the animals but she never claimed it was life-threatening and agreed she could cope by sitting further away. The 46-year-old then sat down in her seat and began doing some work when several Southwest Airlines represen...

    Stephen Paddock's girlfriend says she had no idea he was planning violence The woman said to be the girlfriend of the gunman who killed at least 59 people in Las Vegas over the weekend says that she was not aware that he was planning violence of any kind. Marilou Danley returned to the United States after the shooting from a trip to the Philippines, where she met with FBI agents in Los Angeles. Authorities have said that she is a person of interest. A statement read by her lawyer indicated that she plans on fully cooperating with the FBI. At least 58 killed. I knew Stephen as a kind, caring, quiet man, the statement said. I loved him and hoped for a quiet future together. He never said anything to me, or took any action that I was aware of that I understood to be in any wa...

    While her boyfriend rained bullets and death on Las Vegas concertgoers, Marilou Danley was out of the country, enjoying Japan and her native Philippines with some gal pals, authorities now say. Danley, who lived with the killer Stephen Paddock, was initially dubbed by authorities as an associate of the Las Vegas shooter, partly because her ID had been used by Paddock to secure the 32nd floor room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino from which he killed 59 people and injured more than 500 in the worst mass murder in decades Mum-of-two among victims Law enforcement contacted Paddock’s friends and family, and Danley, 62, was cleared of any involvement in the shooting, but her exact whereabouts remain unclear. An Australian daily, the Courier Mail, reported that she left for...

    White House Senior Advisor and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner reads a statment in front of West Wing of the White House after testifying behind closed doors to… Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, is registered to vote in New York State as a woman, state records show. The New Jersey native first registered to vote in the Empire State in November 2009 as a female, records first discovered by the liberal-leaning American Bridge group. It wasn’t immediately clear what happened that Kushner was registered as a woman, and was an active voter as of this November. The 36-year-old real estate developer has been tasked with reforming the government and moderating a peace plan in the Middle East. Kushner can't even fill out the most bas...

    The Playboy Mansion has been synonymous with Hugh Hefner since it first came into his possession in 1971. But for the past year Hefner has been just a tenant in the home after selling it for a princely sum of $100 million. Hefner sold the house to his next door neighbour last year, under condition that he would continue to live there until his death. The home next door is actually a mirror image of the Playboy Mansion, built by Hefner in the late 90s as a home for his estranged wife and their children. Daren Metropoulos (left), Snoop Dogg (centre), Evan Metropoulos (right) and Playboy playmates. It was bought in 2009 by Daren Metropoulos, who bought the real thing last year. Metropoulos, 34, is son of billionaire Charles Dean Metropoulos, known for his ownership of Hostess...

    A woman was forcibly removed by police from a Southwest Airlines flight Tuesday after saying she had a life threatening pet allergy with two dogs on board. A fellow passenger, Bill Dumas, recorded the incident, which occurred ahead of a flight from Baltimore to Los Angeles. The woman stated she had a pet allergy but was unable to provide documentation that she could safely fly with the animals on the plane, Southwest said in a statement. There was one emotional support animal and one pet onboard the aircraft, the company said. Our policy states that a customer (without a medical certificate) may be denied boarding if they report a life-threatening allergic reaction and cannot travel safely with an animal onboard. The video shows police officers grabbing the woman's arms an...

    A woman named Madam Giselle Yazji claimed to be married to a world leader, former wife of another world leader and top secret advisor to US President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, reports the Washington Post. Giselle, who lives in an upscale apartment in Washington, boasts in hushed tones about how she facilitated the first phone call between the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and US President Donald Trump and has access to secret service agents, reports the Zee News. The woman who claims to rub shoulders with world’s elite, started promising to make her neighbours a riches. And that’s when things got messy. Here are some of the outrageous claims of Madame Gisell Yazji, also known as ‘The Blonde’: 1. She is a mother-cum-mentor figure to Ivanka Trump, US P...