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Almost 200 countries are part of the accord and have agreed to fight global warming by reducing carbon emissions. Moments later, another reporter asked if Tru...

President Trump Will Not Assert Executive Privilege to Block Comey Testimony

The Senate Intelligence Committee also asked Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe for any other documentation from the FBI containing information regarding Com...

Mattis urges China to act on North Korea threat

His sharp words for both countries suggest he believes China will, out of self-interest, exert leverage on North Korea to halt its nuclear and missile program...

Goldman Sachs condemned for buoying Venezuela with $2.8bn bond purchase

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Pelosi: Trump's decision on Paris accord 'doesn't have factual basis'

The target was voluntary , which meant the USA and almost 200 other nations could alter their commitments. Trump announced Thursday that he was pulling ou...

After London attack, May faces election heat over police cuts

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Qatar crisis: Qatar seeks Kuwaiti mediation after powerful Arab nations shun it

The rift among Washington's Gulf allies comes less than a month after US President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia and called for a united Muslim front agai...

White House to Comey: Go ahead and testify. We won't stop you

Sen Richard Burr (R-NC), the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee , on Monday indicated that former FBI Director James Comey will be permitted to dis...

Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails end hunger strike: Prisons Service

According to the Israeli officials, Barghouti and the other prisoners agreed to call off the strike after the PA promised to pay for the additional visits, at a...

International Day of UN Peacekeepers: General Sarath Chand lauds Army

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Disgruntled Employee Kills Five in Florida, Takes Own Life

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Trump Not Planning to Invoke Executive Privilege for Comey Testimony — NY Times

Spectators at the Senate hearing will probably be treated to a gossipy inside look at the quirky interactions between these two unpredictable men. Then in a Feb...

Oil prices slide over worries Middle East rift will undermine output cuts

Monday's actions escalate a crisis that started shortly after President Donald Trump's trip last month to Saudi Arabia , where he and King Salman singled out I...

Union of Arab Media hails decision to cut off ties with Qatar

All of the countries now involved in the diplomatic acrimony are USA allies participating in the US -led anti-Daesh effort, except Yemen. Saudi Arabia is the cl...

London Bridge attackers named

Butt and Redouane were from the multi-ethnic Barking neighborhood of east London , where police raids began shortly after the attacks Saturday night. Crowd...

London attackers named by police as profiles emerge

He said the vehicle was seen going the wrong way down a one-way street and was later seen speeding off, followed closely by a small red auto. The police stat...

Hong Kong marks 28 years since bloody Tiananmen crackdown

Beijing sent tanks to quell the 1989 protests, and has never released a death toll. Chan Ho-tin, convenor of the pro-independence Hong Kong National Pa...

Donald Trump criticises mayor Sadiq Khan again over London terror attacks

Following the deadly terrorist attack in London over the weekend that killed seven people and injured 48, Trump sent out a series of tweets about the incide...

How the Doha, Qatar flights bans affect Australian travellers

Banking sources said some banks from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain delayed letters of credit and other deals with Qatari banks after thei...

Iran Steps Up Diplomacy over Qatar Diplomatic Crisis

On Monday, the senior Iranian diplomat held separate telephone conversations with Iraq's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin A...

Critics say Trump tweets may undercut legal case

The courts are slow and political! The Justice Department is seeking a way to implement the president's troubled executive order, which the other lower co...

USA energy chief reassures Japan of commitment to environment

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Eyewitness to Jakarta bombings tells of terror

The two suspects who killed three policemen at a bus terminal in East Jakarta on Wednesday night in a suicide-bombing had ties to the Islamic State (IS) ter...

Turkey ready to do its part to resolve Gulf rift

Qatar, home to about 10,000 USA troops and the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, criticized the move as a "violation of its sovereignty". Coming on the heels o...

Shooter kills 5, self, in Orlando manufacturing plant

Police are investigating a "multiple fatality" shooting at a business headquarters in Orlando, Florida, according to Capt. Angelo Nieves with the Orange County ...

Kellyanne Conway's Husband Says Trump Tweets Hurting Legal Case

Conway again stressed, however, that the president's tweets "seriously undermine" his own administration's agenda, a point that has also been made by other leg...

Moroccan-Italian Youssef Zaghba Named as Third Perpetrator of London Attack

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London Bridge 'jihadist next door' had bad history - and police knew

The rampage followed a suicide bomb attack which killed 22 adults and children at a concert in Manchester two weeks ago, and an attack in March when five people...

U.S. committed to de-escalating tensions after gulf rift: White House

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Qatar split raises problems for USA with Iran, ISIS

What's behind the diplomatic breakdown in the Gulf? . U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he does not expect Monday's actions to have an impact on t...

University revokes admission to students who made rape 'jokes'

It is understood that approximately 100 incoming students originally formed a group in order to share memes before a small number made a decision to establish a...

What you need to know about the diplomatic stoush with Qatar

Gulf banking sources, who declined to be named because of political sensitivities, said Saudi Arabian, UAE and Bahraini banks were postponing deals until they...

Identities of two London Bridge attackers revealed

He added: "I want to express my deepest gratitude on behalf of all Londoners to the police and emergency services for the speed and bravery of their response". ...

Egypt launches air strikes in Libya for second day

On Friday, masked gunmen attacked a bus carrying almost 50 Coptic Christians on a visit to a monastery south of the Egyptian capital. The Egyptian President...