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PresidentDonald Trumpon Thursday accused Iran of "not living up to the spirit" of the nuclear deal. A new poll released Wednesday by Elon University found...

Israel strikes arms depot in Damascus

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JP Morgan sees Macron winning French election even though race has tightened

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IS group claims Champs-Elysees attack on police officers

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Italy's Renzi looks set to regain party leadership

Renzi's rivals - Justice Minister Andrea Orlando and Michele Emiliano, governor of the southern region of Puglia, both from the party's left wing, garnered 19...

Detroit officer critical after shooting; suspect killed

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Joe Biden in New Hampshire: 'Guys, I'm not running'

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Marine Le Pen to appoint ex-rival as PM if elected

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Gunman kills one, injures others at San Diego pool party

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CNN to Schumer: Aren't Democrats the Party of No?

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Philippines says Trump called Duterte to affirm alliance

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Congress Passes Stopgap Measure To Fund Government, Averting Shutdown

Congress approved a stopgap measure Friday to avoid a government shutdown , but Republican leaders shelved a last-minute effort to also revive efforts to repea...

Days: How Trump's Low Approval Ratings Compare to Past Presidents

In an injunction (pdf) that reflected the judge's apparent annoyance with the Trump administration's bad argument, Orrick wrote , "Federal funding that bears...

Eagles draft injured Washington cornerback Sidney Jones

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China 'putting pressure' on North Korea

A North Korean state-run newspaper on Sunday warned of "catastrophic consequences", accusing the USS Carl Vinson strike force of rehearsing a "preemptive at...

Home Minister Rajnath Singh terms Chhattisgarh Naxal attack as cowardly

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Congress may seek one-week funding extension to avert shutdown

The week-long stopgap measure, which now heads to the Senate and eventually the desk of the president, keeps agencies open through May 5 and gives lawmakers fro...

Twitter Joins With Bloomberg On Streaming TV News

Meanwhile, Bloomberg Media's chief executive officer Justin Smith explained to WSJ the news service will target an "intelligent audience around the global...

Trump gathers Asia support over N.Korea

President Donald Trump says North Korea "disrespected" China with its most recent ballistic missile test. Analysts say the KN-17 is a new Scud-type missile de...

White House defends Trump's invite to Philippines President Duterte

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Few celebrities at correspondents' dinner

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Beyond 100 days, Trump faces more legislative challenges

The black-tie affair in Washington was headlined by veteran investigative journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who gained fame in the Watergate scanda...

Trump voters have positive opinion of president

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ESCALATION IN SYRIA: Erdogan I - The Phantom Menace of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

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Trump makes puzzling claim about Andrew Jackson, Civil War

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Six killed by militants during cash van heist in south Kahsmir

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Wladimir Klitschko in no rush to decide future after Wembley loss

The unbeaten home favourite earned a sensational victory by knocking down the 41-year-old former champion twice in the 11th and penultimate round before the ref...

BC election heats up as campaign nears halfway mark

Political experts say Wednesday's televised leaders debate could be a make or break moment as the spotlight shines on three party leaders. Green Leader Andrew...

Easing Shutdown Worries, Trump Relents On Another Major Hurdle

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France's New Far-Right Leader Quits Over Alleged Holocaust Denial

But Magali Boumaza, a professor at the Galatasaray University in Istanbul, Turquie, who carried out the interview, said she had proof in notebooks and on a tape...

'Incontrovertible' sarin gas used in Syria: watchdog

It was the first specific intelligence assessment of President Bashar Assad's weapons capabilities since a deadly chemical attack earlier this month. Israel, ...

Third North Korean dud testing The Donald's patience

He urged the United Nations to enforce the existing sanctions on North Korea, suspend or downgrade diplomatic relations and increase its financial isolation by ...