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Under President Donald Trump's 2019 proposed budget released on Monday, US government funding for the space station would end by 2025. The government would set aside $150 million to encourage commercial development and use future savings to aim for the mo...

The government said the 4.3 magnitude quake's epicentre was in a county that is part of Hebei's Langfang city.

Nearly 690,000 Rohingya have fled Rakhine state and crossed into southern Bangladesh since August, when attacks on security posts by insurgents triggered a military crackdown that the United Nations has said may amount to genocide.

She was also been an outspoken critic of Pakistan's powerful military establishment, including during her tenure as the first-ever female leader of Pakistan's top bar association.

The J-20 will further raise the air force's combat abilities and help the air force better carry out its "sacred mission" to defend the country's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.

With just hours to go before current federal funding expires, the effort stalled in the Senate when one lawmaker blocked a quick vote on the compromise bill, which includes a major budget deal that lifts federal spending limits.

Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed was warned he would be "cut into pieces" if he did not overturn a court order quashing convictions against high-profile political dissidents, his lawyer Hisaan Hussain said.

The group, called "Projekt 26" or P-26, had roots in the 1950s when the Swiss military began assembling a guerrilla-style force to resist a Communist invasion. P-26 was disbanded in 1990 after revelations of its existence prompted a public scandal.

Images on local television showed the Marshal Hotel in Hualien slanted on its side, partially crumpled into the ground.

The charges against opposition leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom include bribery and attempting to overthrow the government, his lawyer, Maumoon Hameed, said on Twitter.

MPs within May's own Conservative party in favour of a so-called hard Brexit, which would see Britain sever all ties with the EU post-Brexit, have been exerting pressure on the British premier to spell out her stance on the Customs Union.

The Shaoguan city government said in a post on its micro-blog that the leak occurred at 3 am at the Shaoguan Iron and Steel company's Songshan plant.

Afghanistan's government has made vows to defeat insurgency for years but it appears ever more resilient. Peace efforts have been made in fits and starts but without progress.

The brazen theft sparked tens of thousands of comments on Chinese social media by netizens lauding the man's cheek.

John Battaglia, 62, had been divorced from his wife, Mary Jean Pearl, for about a year when he fatally shot their two daughters, Mary Faith, then 9 years old, and Liberty, 6.

Deputy Secretary of State John J Sullivan, who recently returned from a visit to Afghanistan, said the US also expects Pakistan to contribute to a lasting and enduring peace in the region.