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Puerto Rico to vote on statehood status for fifth time Sunday

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United Kingdom leader May strikes tentative deal with N Ireland party

May's office said Saturday that the Democratic Unionist Party, which has 10 seats in Parliament, had agreed to a "confidence and supply" arrangement with the ...

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A defiant President Trump on Friday accused ousted Federal Bureau of Investigation chief James Comey of lying under oath - declaring that he never asked him for...

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Comey's testimony added fuel to critics' accusations that Trump's actions around the Russian Federation probe might have amounted to obstruction of justice. D...

Lehigh commits to upholding Paris climate agreement

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How a failed payment saved countless lives in London attack

Investigators believe three victims were killed on the bridge, including one man who was thrown into the River Thames, before the attackers left the vehicle and...

Turkey wants Qatar row to be resolved by end of Ramadan

Trump's comments came as Washington joins intensifying global efforts to heal the worsening rift between the key Western Gulf allies, which has escalated into t...

Apple CEO urges White House not to back out of climate agreement

It signals that America's hard-fought progress on climate issues won't be so easily dismantled just because climate deniers and fossil fuel industry allies hold...

Gulf Crisis: UAE Qatari Sympathizers to Face 15 Years in Jail

The UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs called for Qatar to abandon its "stubbornness" on Thursday, after Turkey accelerated plans to send troops to Qat...

Trump's Justice Department ruled that the president can accept foreign payments

The emoluments clause has been a subject of contention since before Trump took office, due in part to his labyrinthine business empire that watchdogs and cr...

Iran Guards Claim US, Saudi 'Involved' in Tehran Attacks

It identified the men only by their first names, saying they didn't want to release their last names due to security and privacy concerns for their families. Ir...

U.S. special forces helping Philippines troops to end city siege

Navy P-3 Orion surveillance plane reported to be flying within the combat zone on June 9. It is the biggest loss for government forces in a single day, th...

No jobs, no freedom, no electricity - a decade of Hamas rule

A statement released by the Gaza-based group stated that remarks made by the Minister are "a shock to our Palestinian people and to our Arab and Islamic nation,...

Police release 12 London Bridge terror attack suspects without charge

An Italian prosecutor says Zaghba told authorities after being stopped a year ago at Bologna's airport that he "wanted to be a terrorist", but then quickly corr...

Handel and Ossoff Congressional Debate

At Tuesday night's debate between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel in the race for Georgia's 6th Congressional District, Ossoff said that "the minimum wage should b...

How Twitter reacted to the Tory-DUP government?

When the results were being announced, DUP's strong showing resulted in Google announcing that it was the most searched political party in the UK. They don'...

Some Republicans Unhappy as NH House, Senate Ready to Negotiate Final Budget

Some aides and outside observers have even floated the possibility that McConnell would bring the bill up for a vote even if he did not have all the votes ...

US Mayors-Including San Diego's-Now Backing Paris Climate Pact

On May 31, Garcetti announced that he is working with Councilman Mike Bonin to have a motion introduced instructing the city's departments to adhere to the P...

Trump won't say if Comey conversations were taped

The pledge came as Trump accused James Comey of lying to Congress about their private exchanges. Tune into WBNG-TV to watch the broadcast live. Trump told r...

Arab Countries Issue List Of Qatar-Linked 'Terrorists' Rejected By Doha

The United Arab Emirates on Friday hailed "President Trump's leadership in challenging Qatar's troubling support for extremism". Foreign Minister Sheikh Moh...

Is the Israeli-Palestinian two-state solution still on the table?

The proposed resolution, submitted by a long-time party activist, stated that "Israelis and Palestinians deserve to live in peace and security", and cited a J...

May clings to power with DUP deal

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Scottish independence dealt a blow

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McCain's fuzzy questions for Comey leave observers puzzled

After the Comey hearing, Sherman said the testimony provided further evidence that Trump tried to quash the Michael Flynn investigation. He said that wo...

Tick-tock: European Union says time pressing hard to start Brexit talks

Brussels' chief negotiator Michel Barnier said Brexit talks could wait until the new government was ready. "Such under-valuations do tend to correct over lo...

Theresa May's two closest advisers quit after election loss

In her statement Ms Hill said: "I have no doubt at all that Theresa May will continue to serve and work hard as Prime Minister and do it brilliantly". In a re...

Korea says launch tested 'new type' of cruise missile

Installing a controversial U.S. missile defence system in South Korea was never going to be easy but, caught between Beijing's opposition and American insiste...

London Bridge attacker's mother blames Internet, UK friends, for son's radicalisation

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Artemis skipper falls overboard in Cup challenger finals

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Pakistan joins security bloc led by China, Russia

Sharif met Ghani in Astana , Kazakhstan , on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, which was seen as an ice-breaking meeting in view of...

Trump calls Comey a liar

Mr Trump stopped short of saying Mr Comey lied under oath. "I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel ", Mr Comey said. "And my ju...

What was John McCain trying to say?

She said , 'Yes, but don't call it that. During Thursday's testimony Comey told committee members that Lynch had asked him to refer to the investigation into...

Scots urged to reject SNP and Tory cuts

Scots rejected independence by 10 percentage points in 2014 and support for secession since then is little changed. That suggests Sturgeon now accepts she can...

White House hits back at Comey: 'The president is not a liar'

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Turkish products hit shelves as blockade remains in Qatar

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