Echoing Trump, Hezbollah accuses Obama of creating Islamic State

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group has accused the U.S. and President Barack Obama of creating the Islamic State group, using the words of presidential hopeful Donald Trump as proof. Quoting the Republican candidate, Hassan Nasrallah also accused Mr. Trump's Democratic Party competitor Hillary Clinton of helping create the militant group.

Trump would stop issuing visas if screenings were inadequate

" Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as "foreign policy realism" focused on destroying the Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations. In a speech the Republican presidential nominee will deliver on Monday in Ohio, Trump will argue that the country needs to work with anyone that shares that mission, regardless of other ideological and strategic disagreements.

Russia’s tactics roil Europe

The hacking of Democratic Party computer systems, widely thought by U.S. intelligence officials to be the work of the Russian government, may be giving Washington a new taste of unconventional Kremlin tactics that have long been employed to influence politics in neighboring European countries. Russia has tried hard in recent years to tug Europe to its side, bankrolling the continent's extremist political parties, working to fuel a backlash against migrants and using its vast energy resources as a cudgel against its neighbors.

Clinton and Trump Campaigning AP Photos

Democratic nominee Hillary R. Clinton leads in a four-way contest with 42 percent of the vote, compared to Donald J. Trump with 37 percent, Libertarian Gary Johnson with 9 percent, and 3 percent for Green Party nominee Dr. Jill Stein, according to a Breitbart/Gravis national poll conducted Aug. 9 with 2,832 likely voters. "This is a four-way race, but the question is if Johnson and Stein can hold their voters through the general," said Doug Kaplan, the managing partner of Gravis Marketing , the Florida-based firm that executed the poll.

Pence says Trump will offer specifics on making country safer

Donald Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, says the Republican presidential candidate will offer "real specifics" this week on how make the country safer. Pence declined to preview Trump's plan in an interview on "Fox News Sunday," saying only that Trump will offer a "change of direction" in counterterrorism policies.

Fidel Castro thanks Cuba, criticizes Obama, on 90th birthday

Cuba's former President Fidel Castro, center right, attends a gala for his 90th birthday accompanied by his brother and current President Raul, center left, and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, right, at the 'Karl Marx' theater in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. Cuba's former President Fidel Castro attends a gala for his 90th birthday at the 'Karl Marx' theater in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016.

Trump blasts press over chaos reports

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has repeated his attack on President Barack Obama that he helped "found" Islamic State and railed against media reports that his campaign is failing. Speaking for more than an hour in a sweltering room at a campaign rally in Connecticut on Saturday, Trump spent a significant portion of his speech complaining about the media.

Senate race looking lopsided despite matchup

With less than three months until Election Day, Loretta Sanchez is running out of time to narrow the gap with front-runner Kamala Harris in California's U.S. Senate race. Both women are Democrats, but President Barack Obama's decision last month to endorse Harris - the state attorney general - was a capstone in her ascent.

Regime seeks to avoid another – Special Period’

In one of his recent speeches Cuban President Ral Castro announced that from September onwards there will be a period of economic rationalization, particularly in terms of electricity consumption - associated without a doubt to the Venezuelan crisis. Cuba, which uses oil primarily to generate electricity, has eight thermoelectric power plants .