But the hurricane's sheer size meant it could batter the US East Coast with hurricane-force winds for nearly a full day, according to weather forecasters.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to recover "every inch" of Syria.

The coasts of North and South Carolina are braced for a catastrophic storm surge as Florence, a Category 2 hurricane, comes ashore.

The New York Times and Associated Press called the race for Cuomo, who held a two-to-one lead on Nixon with about a quarter of precincts counted in the Democratic nominating contest.

Under the legislation, the antisemitism monitor would be the primary adviser to the US government in monitoring and combating antisemitism and would not have extraneous duties.

Now the US risks losing in Iraq again as enemies of Washington seek to form a government coalition and Congress seeks to sanction militias that hold sway in Baghdad.

Around 700 new pieces of ISIS propaganda were disseminated online in January 2018 alone.

When the Peace Index asked “Do you support or not support at present the signing of a peace agreement based on the formula of two states for two peoples?” – only 47% of Israeli Jews said yes.