Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has arrived in the beleaguered port city of Mariupol, vowing not to concede land to anyone. "This is our Ukrainian land and we will not give it up to anybody," he wrote on his Twitter account. "They thought they would frighten me. But no-one is afraid of them!" Mr Poroshenko has also ordered the reinforced defence of Mariupol with tanks, rocket launchers and aerial...
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The U.S. government will pay the Navajo Nation $554 million to settle long-standing claims that it mismanaged funds and natural resources on the tribe's reservation for years....
Connecticut gubernatorial candidate Joe Visconti opposes the state's new gun restrictions, and he has an online commercial that shows him riding in a 1974 Pontiac convertible with rifles fixed to the rear fenders. ...
The U.S. and Arab allies launched a second major wave of airstrikes in Syria targeting mobile oil refineries controlled by Islamic State, the Pentagon said....