Israeli residents of the Golan Heights have become used to the air-raid sirens and errant fire. (Reuters)

Tiberias, Israel:  Confrontation between Israel and Iranian forces in Syria sharply escalated in the early hours of Thursday as Israel said Iran launched a barrage of 20 missiles toward its positions on the Golan

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Missile fire is seen from Damascus on May 10. (Reuters)

Jerusalem/Beirut: Israel launched repeated rounds of rocket fire into Syria early on Thursday, Syrian state media reported, after Israel's military said Iranian forces in Syria had shelled one of its outposts near the border.

The scale of Israeli rocket fire appeared to be far higher than in

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The billowing smoke forced passengers out on the wings.

It was a flight from Detroit.

But as one passenger said after the plane finally landed in Denver, smoke billowing through vents in the cabin while the aircraft was taxiing, it was more like a

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Walmart's international reach sprawls across 6,360 stores in about two dozen countries.

The sun never sets on Walmart Inc.'s empire, thanks to its network of stores across five continents. But in the span of 10 days, chief executive Doug McMillon has

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Uber aims to speed development of a new industry of electric, on-demand, urban air taxis. (Reuters)

Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday re-opened a contest to select the first international city to launch its proposed flying taxi project, following

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Arthur Ream was a prison cell braggart who spoke frequently about the girls he'd killed.

To investigators, Arthur Ream was always tight-lipped about any connection he had to the disappearance of half a dozen girls who went missing outside Detroit in

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