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Australian Press Council says Mark Knight’s controversial cartoon of Serena Williams is not racist A controversial cartoon published in the Herald Sun newspaper that depicted Serena Williams acting out when she lost the U.S. Open final to Naomi Osaka is now being deemed not racist by the Australian Press Council.

Russian company launches a new miniature exploding drone The Kalashnikov Group, the Russian company behind the AK-47 assault rifle, unveiled a miniature exploding suicide drone, which is known as KUB-UAV.

YouTube pulls ads from anti-vaccination videos and Pinterest blocks all vaccination searches amid measles outbreak Google-owned YouTube removed ads from videos promoting anti-vaccination rhetoric that violated its ad policies and Pinterest blocked all searches on vaccination to stem the flow of misinformation amid a measles outbreak in Washington state. 

Kalashnikov unveils new kamikaze 'suicide' drone The Russian company behind the AK-47 assault rifle unveiled a new "suicide" drone that could have a major impact on future warfare. 

Pentagon develops F-35s to attack and destroy nuclear-armed enemy intercontinental ballistic missiles The Pentagon is working with industry to explore the possibility that bomb, missile or laser-armed F-35s could destroy an attacking nuclear-armed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) targeting the US, potentially bringing a new dimension to existing defenses.

Cohen on Capitol Hill could be crucial to understanding the direction of both parties before 2020 A host of Trump Administration policies threaten to tear Congressional Republicans apart on a variety of domestic and foreign subjects.

Russian TV lists potential nuclear strike targets in US after Putin warning Russian state TV on Sunday listed potential targets in the U.S. in the event of a nuclear strike and claimed that its new hypersonic missile technology could reach them in less than five minutes.

Rep. Omar deletes tweets that sparked political firestorm Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, has deleted her controversial tweets that triggered bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill.

Ex-Sanders spokesman calls Hillary Clinton team choice words in interview Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign spokesman unloaded on Hillary Clinton and her team on Monday, calling them the "biggest a--holes in American politics," after former members of Clinton's campaign leaked details this week about Sanders' use of private jets to attend campaign rallies on her behalf.

Warren Buffett says he’d support Bloomberg for president Warren Buffett, the legendary investor, said in an interview Monday that he’d support fellow billionaire Michael Bloomberg if he ran for president in 2020.

Bernie Sanders refuses to call Venezuela's Maduro 'dictator,' says 'democratic operations taking place' 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Monday night refused to call Venezuela's disputed President Nicolás Maduro a “dictator,” saying “there are still democratic operations taking place” in the war-torn country.

The cost of the Green New Deal for current and future taxpayers Children thrust front and center into the debate over the Green New Deal; reaction and analysis from former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and NYC public advocate candidate Nomiki Konst.

Hannity wants Schiff 'mano a mano' on show after Maher interview Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Monday took Bill Maher up on his suggestion that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ought to go on Fox more.

Bernie Sanders says 'no' to Americans who want to keep private insurance under 'Medicare-for-all' 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Monday night that under his progressive “Medicare-for-all” proposal, Americans would not be able to keep existing health insurance coverage from private plans even if they wanted to do so.

Rosenstein says America should trust Barr's handling of Mueller report Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Monday he was confident Attorney General Bill Barr would make the right decision about how much of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report on the FBI investigation into allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials should be made public.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump where they will try to reach agreement on how to implement a North Korean pledge to give up its nuclear weapons. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2VhtSsI

British Prime Minister Theresa May will on Tuesday propose formally ruling out a no-deal Brexit in a bid to avoid a rebellion by lawmakers who are threatening to grab control of the divorce process, The Sun newspaper reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NqZ06g

British Prime Minister Theresa May could bring a Brexit deal to a vote in parliament as early as next week, her de-facto deputy said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2VjuDBF

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who used his charm and knowledge of the West to help strike the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, announced his resignation unexpectedly on Monday on Instagram. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2IPNsLx

Fighting between parties and factions in Iran is a "deadly poison" undermining foreign policy, Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted as saying in an interview published on Tuesday, a day after he resigned as Iranian foreign minister. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2IMPgVc

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the urbane, U.S.-educated architect of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, announced his resignation unexpectedly on Monday on Instagram. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2VnbRJJ

Indian jets crossed into Pakistani territory on Tuesday, conducting what one minister said was an air strike on "terror camps", dramatically escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors who have fought three wars against each other. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Nu6oOr

Pakistani villagers in the area where Indian jets struck what officials in New Delhi said was a militant training camp said they heard four loud bangs in the early hours of Tuesday but reported only one person wounded by bomb shards. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2U8PzuM

It had been dubbed a brilliant move in a grand game of diplomatic chess: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had booked the same hotel being used by the White House press corps during his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam this week. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2GLPfz0