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Germany rejects Trump's claim it owes Nato & US 'vast sums' for defence

Loyalties between allies shouldn't rest exclusively on military spending, Germany's defense minister said Friday as Chancellor Angela Merkel prepared to meet in...

Chinese Premier to visit

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Korea Ranks 56th in World Happiness Report

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Philippines donates $300000 for Myanmar minority

Duterte described his first official visit in Myanmar as an auspicious time between the two countries, noting the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the P...

Trump loses $1bn, now 544th on Forbes billionaires list

His net worth is valued at $2.5 billion, putting him at No. 814. Forbes reported Donald Trump's wealth dropped by about US$1b to US$3.5b over the past year....

Three killed by separate roadside bombings in Baghdad

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a auto bombing in Baghdad that killed 27 people the previous day, shattering a relative lull in the Iraqi...

The British Pound and UK Inflation: Expectations and Reactions

Within this category, prices for motor fuels made the largest contribution, with prices increasing by 1.2% between January and February 2017. It helped trigge...

Supreme Asks out of Court Settlement for Ayodhya Issue

The Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar has offered to mediate the Ayodhya dispute. The Supreme Court today asked why there can not be an out-of-court...

French election: 5 top candidates to hold first debate

The meeting in Berlin was a coup for Macron and a sign that the Germans now see him as the candidate with the best chance to beat Le Pen. Macron proved during...

From Guns To Government: David Mellor Mourns Martin McGuinness

The decision to share power was a key part of the peace process in Northern Ireland, which endured three decades of violence in which more than 3,500 people die...

Gorsuch Shines on Day One

He is President Trump's pick for the Supreme Court. Leahy further noted that the Judiciary Committee once opposed a court-packing scheme by President Frankl...

Supreme Court Hearings, Farewell Berry and a Prisoner's Dilemma

Dick Durbin , D-Ill., remarked to Gorsuch: "You're going to have your hands full with this president". A Supreme Court confirmation hearing is a major occas...

World President Trump Falls 200 Places on Forbes Richest List 2017

Elsewhere in the rankings, financial magnates with local origins and business leaders associated with Massachusetts-based companies were among the record 2,047 ...

Russian Federation strikes deal with Syrian Kurds to set up base

YPG spokesman Redur Xelil told Reuters the agreement with Russia was concluded on Sunday and that Russian troops had already arrived at the position in the nort...

Mickey: Great weather for the first day of spring

TUESDAY NIGHT - Partly to mostly cloudy; chance of a snow shower or squall as colder air arrives. "Although low-level moisture will continue to increase, a...

Trump, Pence bring Washington to Palm Beach

While hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Palm Beach last month, Trump also played a full round with the foreign leader and professional golfer E...

Russian Federation will strike USA elections again, Federal Bureau of Investigation warns

Schiff called Trump's claims "patently false" and said he expected Comey to say as much on Monday. The FBI is investigating whether the Trump campaign col...

Rex Tillerson will reportedly skip North Atlantic Treaty Organisation meeting, visit Russian Federation in April

The Moscow trip comes amid an investigation by US authorities over allegations of Russian cyberattacks during the presidential campaign and meetings between Rus...

Yogi Adityanath choice not driven by RSS: BJP

He convened his first official meeting with the senior-most bureaucrats in the State and asked all of them - especially Secretary and Principal Secretary level ...

Shots Fired Outside LA County Sheriff's Station

A deputy learned he had a felony warrant for his arrest in a sex crime and called for additional deputies to take him into custody, sheriff's officials said in ...

Trump meets Bill Gates after president seeks cuts in foreign aid

Now worth an estimated $3.5 billion, according to Forbes , Trump lost a significant amount of wealth due to contractions in the New York City real estate marke...

Yogi Adityanath to be the next Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

And although BJP leaders defended Adityanath's appointment, political observers say it would dent the the ruling party's image, which had been boosted hugely by...

Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey banned for life

Federation Internationale de Football Association has banned a Ghanaian match official from soccer for life after he took part in match manipulation during a Wo...

Norway ranked world's happiest country as the United States gets sadder

That's because while economic growth has gradually been on the rise in the US since the financial crisis, Americans' happiness has only been getting worse in re...

Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch speaks of importance of 'independent judiciary'

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Treating human life as inviolable is the premise of "our entire political system", Mr Gorsuch argues, and both the Decl...

Intel documents offer no evidence of spying on Trump Tower

The top two lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday that documents the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation delivered late l...

New report shows the United States as the 14th happiest country

Rattled by a slow economic recovery and deeply partisan political landscape, the USA dropped down one spot from past year to the 14th happiest in the world. O...

Jon 'War Machine' Koppenhaver Guilty of 29 Charges, Mistrial on Attempted Murder

He was found guilty in the 2014 beating of his ex-girlfriend and her male friend, but the jury was deadlocked on the most serious charges of attempted murder...

Melania Trump's White House rumours: Will First Lady EVER move to Washington?

The briefing page carries news, events and updates from the White House, including a daily schedule for the President and links to news stories that generally...

Indian Saddam Hussain rejected for 40 jobs, wants new identity

Never mind that his name is spelled differently (albeit only slightly) than the brutal Iraqi dictator who terrorised millions of his fellow countrymen until he ...

Taiwan happiest country in East Asia

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Ex-Penn State leaders are prosecution witnesses

Spanier faces three felony charges for his role in allegedly covering up incidents involving Sandusky and the abuse of children at Penn State. Schultz and Curle...

New York Attorney General Hires Senate Dem Counsel to Target Trump

The assistant U.S. Attorney who led public-corruption prosecutions under now-fired Preet Bharara is taking on a new gig probing the Trump administration, repor...

No Indications Trump Tower was Wiretapped — Senate Intelligence Committee

A U.S. House Intelligence Committee Monday will further investigate the extent of Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election and President Donald Trump...

Trump Welcomes Iraqi PM Ahead of Coalition Meeting

Iraq and Saudi Arabia are developing a positive relationship that can benefit both countries, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said during a panel discussio...