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United States mayors back Sadiq Khan in Donald Trump Twitter row

Trump renewed his criticism of Khan on Monday, a day after attacking his handling of the weekend's terror attack in the city. "Not at all", Sanders said . ...

White House: Trump Won't Assert Executive Privilege to Prevent Comey's Testimony

Lawmakers in both parties have urged Trump to allow Comey to testify publicly. Senior United States Senator from North Carolina Richard Burr said he's spoken ...

Kremlin denies report of voting software hacking

She could now face 10 years in prison. The security agency then says it found six individuals had printed the report and a scan on those people's computers show...

Snap Shots: Preds 4, Pens 1

The Nashville Predators breathed new life into the Stanley Cup Final with a 4-1 victory over the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday, squaring ...

United Kingdom police release people arrested after London attack without charge

Police have identified another victim of the London Bridge attacks as Australian nurse Kirsty Boden, releasing a statement from her family praising her work a...

Kremlin 'resolutely' denies Russian Federation hacked USA vote

He said Moscow categorically denies "the possibility" of the Russian government being behind it. The classified National Security Agency report does not say...

Palestinian Authority official says Western Wall belongs to Israel

Among the many areas of disagreement between Jewish and Arab Israelis were settlements, and whether they were an obstacle to peace. Senior-level Palestinian o...

The Saudi offensive against Qatar and the global intensification of geopolitical conflict

Qatar's ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani spoke by telephone overnight with his counterpart in Kuwait , which has maintained ties with Qatar, and made a de...

Egyptians in Qatar fear being swept up in Gulf crisis

Saudi Arabia closed its land border with Qatar, through which the tiny Gulf nation and global travel hub imports most of its food, sparking a run on supermarket...

Londoners warn Donald Trump to stay away from Sadiq Khan

Photo by Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne. Trump mocked Khan's comment on Sunday, suggesting in a tweet that the mayor was downplaying the attacks. A spokesman fo...

Is the Paris Accord Unfair to America?

He wasn't alone. Within a few hours, the mayors of 68 cities representing 38 million Americans in red and blue states had published a letter declaring their int...

Irish police say one London attacker had Irish ID

Enda Kenny confirmed that one of the attackers lived in Ireland for a time but did not attract the attention of law-enforcement. "We will process all requests...

Stabbed Millwall fan recounts fight with London Bridge attackers

Roy, who recently watched his Millwall side win promotion from League One to the Championship at Wembley in the play-offs, said he "just did what I had to do"...

Alleged London attacker was a known radical Islamist

Butt did not fall into this category when they last investigated him. Police said they had arrested 12 people in the area, seven women and five men, and relea...

Clark Howard backs President on air traffic proposal

Trump added with a touch of humor, "Other than that, it's quite good". Monday's announcement was the first to come during a week in which the administration h...

TAMU responds to diplomatic upset in Qatar

Saudi Arabia , Bahrain , Egypt, the United Arab Emirates , Yemen's exiled government, and the Maldives severed ties with gas-rich Qatar, which the Saudis ac...

Saudi and UAE banks suspend business with Qatari banks amid diplomatic crisis

Qatar is rich in oil and gas but it doesn't really produce its own food - nearly all of comes from Saudi Arabia. Qatar Airways said on its official website it...

All arrested as part of London attack investigation released without charge

We will defeat you. With flags flying at half mast, Britain will fall silent as clocks strike 11:00am (1000 GMT) to remember the seven people killed and doz...

Qatar seeks Kuwaiti mediation after powerful Arab nations shun it

Pakistani pilgrims who were travelling to Saudi Arabia for Umrah via Qatar were stranded in Doha after several countries including Saudi Arabia, UAE and ...

7 million deaths, but Nigeria is doing nothing to curtail Tobacco smoking

This year's theme of the day was "Tobacco - a threat to development". For the tobacco addicts, quitting tobacco may not be an easy task but results have shown t...

London Bridge attack: Counter terrorism officers raid house in Ilford

The violence came less than a week before Britain's parliamentary elections. The 22-year-old lived in east London but was an Italian national of Moroccan de...

Kuwait emir in talks with Saudis, Qataris amid crisis

The multibillion-dollar preparations to host the 2022 tournament, which involve building nine stadiums and huge infrastructure, is put into perspective by local...

Kuwait offers to mediate in Qatar crisis

Qatar's ruler postponed an address to his country on Tuesday over its sudden and damaging diplomatic isolation from other leading Arab nations, in order to allo...

Tweeting ensures my 'honest' message gets out: Donald Trump

He criticized the "courts" as "slow and political", and he said his DOJ "should ask for an expedited hearing". "Sorry folks", he said in another tweet, "but i...

South Korea plans $10 billion extra budget to create jobs

Both parties in the conservative opposition - the Bareun Party and the Liberty Korea Party - have said the increased welfare spending could become unsustainab...

London attack: Pakistan-origin man among three attackers

Six women and four men arrested by police after the attack are still being questioned, police said . No arrests had been made, police said. On Saturday nig...

Two explosions heard in eastern part of Jakarta in Indonesia; ten injured

After the blast, Transportasi Jakarta , the city's public transport operator, diverted buses away from the terminal. It was not immediately clear what caused t...

Ballet dancer jumps into action, saves man from subway track

American Ballet Theater dancer Gray Davis was returning home from watching his wife Cassandra Trenary perform as the title character in The Golden Cockerel ...

Netanyahu: Israel to Keep Security Control Over West Bank

Instead of spreading " Palestinian misinformation", the United Nations should stick with the facts, Danon added. APN's mission is to educate and persuade the...

Fears rise for Spaniard missing after London Bridge attack

The Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner confirmed last night that Butt was known to the security services, but that there had been no evidence of "atta...

Qatar 2026 bond falls, CDS rise on rift with Arab states

NPR's David Welna, who is traveling with Tillerson and Mattis, notes that the rift among US allies "comes just 10 days after President Trump addressed an anti-t...

Champions Trophy must go on despite London attack - Finn

Preferably Smithy doesn't want me to bowl to two left-handers. New Zealand , World Cup finalists in 2015, are 8/1 - and Tuesday's crunch encounter with Engl...

North Korea's coal exports dropped to zero in April

Diplomats said it appeared China was still only likely to consider additional strong new United Nations sanctions measures, such as an oil embargo, a ban on P...

Egypt has not banned dealing in Qatari riyal, central bank says

Egypt was one of four Arab nations to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar on Monday, along with Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Doha Bank and QIB d...

Trump's United Kingdom trip should be canceled, says London Mayor Sadiq Khan

Christine Archibald , 30, a Canadian social worker who moved to Europe to be with her fiancé, was the first victim to be named. During a visit to Chicago in S...