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Trump plans to visit Asia in November to talk North Korea, trade

President Trump's first foreign trip after taking office in January was to West Asia - Saudi Arabia, Israel, Palestinian National Authority - Belgium and Italy;...

President Trump lifts law blocking aid to Puerto Rico

While Trump has been slow to act or acknowledge the devastation, on Thursday he finally issued a temporary 10-day waiver that would overturn an outdated fed...

Islamic State claims responsibility for bombing near Kabul mosque

There was no immediate claim of responsibility but fighters belonging to the Taliban and the militant Islamic State (IS) group have repeatedly targeted the mino...

UKIP Names Former Army Officer Henry Bolton as New Leader

The vote had been billed as a two-way battle between the anti-Islam candidate Anne-Marie Waters and former London Mayoral candidate Peter Whittle. Bolton, a f...

New UKIP logo lands party in Premier League copyright row

The party today unveiled proposals to re-brand itself by adopting the new logo which has a purple sketch of a lion's head. Revealing two options for a new log...

USA preparing major drawdown of diplomats in Cuba

The Cuban government has denied any role and is conducting an investigation. The U.S. Foreign Service Association, the union representing U.S. diplomats e...

North Korea crisis: South to accelerate pre-emptive strike capabilities

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho said Mr Trump's Twitter comments, in which the U.S. leader said Mr Ri and leader Kim Jong Un "won't be around much lo...

Many New Yorkers could benefit from Trump's tax proposal

The AMT has a set of rates and rules that are distinct from the regular tax code and apply to certain high-income earners, trusts, estates, and corporations. Un...

Senate approves Huntsman as Russian Federation ambassador

Democratic and Republican senators on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in unanimously approving Huntsman's nomination earlier this week, praised his qu...

SCOTUS Takes Up Union Dues Case

The defendant in the case is the American Federation of State, Council and Municipal Employees Council 31. In a dissent, Chief Justice Thomas Saylor said legi...

School librarian rejects book donation from Melania Trump

Accompanying her letter, Phipps Soeiro, who founded the Cambridge Book Bike , suggested 10 other titles for the first lady, covering the subjects of immigr...

Jennifer Lopez pledges $1 million to Hurricane Maria relief

Lopez recently made headlines when she pledged to donate $1 million from the proceeds of her Vegas show to hurricane relief in Puerto Rico, where she has fami...

Malaysia travel ban forces North Korea postponement for a third time

The football match between North Korea and Malaysia in Pyongyang, which is supposed to take place on Oct 5, has been postponed yet again. The match was origin...

United Kingdom regulator gives Ryanair deadlines to comply with demands

The CAA has now ordered it to help any of those passengers whose flights have been cancelled in the past two weeks, but who might have chosen an unsuitable op...

Russian opposition figure detained ahead of rally

Navalny's press secretary, Kira Yarmysh, wrote on Twitter that the rally in Nizhny Novgorod was officially permitted by city authorities. The Kremlin has di...

Trump lifts barriers to Puerto Rico hurricane aid

Foreign and corporate interests have long opposed the Jones Act and have spread fake news that the law is a hindrance to Puerto Rico's recovery efforts. "We h...

Trump infuriated after backing Alabama loser

Luther Strange , an appointed incumbent backed by President Donald Trump and allies of Sen. Trump tweeted early yesterday, referring to his "Make Americ...

'Coming to America' Sequel Moving Ahead with 'Black-ish' Creator

Coming To America remains one of actor/comedian Eddie Murphy's most accomplished movies. Bria posted a screenshot of a conversation with her father where he ...

That system south of us? Expect rain and possibly more this weekend

Rain chances will increase during the afternoon and evening Friday and remain for Saturday and Sunday. It will encounter favorable conditions, increasing the ...

Shabaab Islamists attack Somali army base killing at least 8

Al-Shabaab militants stormed a military base after morning prayers. "There were two huge blasts presumably suicide bombs", said Mohamed Malim. The al-Qaeda-...

Trump arrives in IN for 1st time since taking office

It's unclear what happened. According to IMPD, the president delayed his flight back to Washington D.C.in order to speak with Officer Turner and make sure he ...

Japan's defence chief warns of possible North Korea provocation on October 10

If we have to take it, we will", the president said. On Monday , Trump tweeted North Korea's leadership "won't be around much longer" after North Korea's...

Judge rules Black Lives Matter can not be sued after cop files lawsuit

According to new docs. the case is dismissed because BLM is considered a social movement and "not an entity of any sort", so it can't be sued. A federal jud...

DoD Officials Provide Update on Hurricane Relief Efforts

A three-star star general and the Commander of US Army North (5th Army), Buchanan is expected to arrive in Puerto Rico Thursday as the military will focus on tr...

United Nations agency: More reports of sexual violence against Rohingya

The U.N.'s human rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, has called the situation in western Rakhine state "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing ", and Guterres...

3 dead, 25 injured in stampede at Mumbai's Elphinstone Road railway station

The 15 victims who have lost their lives have apparently died due to suffocation. The stampede took place at around 9.30 am at a foot over bridge of the railw...

Haley: Without Adequate Inspections, Nuclear Deal is "Empty Promise"

Russian Federation is one of the six world powers that signed the deal with Iran. "Without inspections, the Iran deal is an empty promise", Haley said , in a s...

Small steps on Puerto Rico hurricane relief as crisis intensifies

On Wednesday, Marlon was finally able to speak with his best friend in Puerto Rico after a week. The storm hit not long after a glancing blow from Hurricane Ir...

Twitter Reacts To Trump Obsessing About NFL And Ignoring Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico Wednesday of last week and the island remains is now devastated. Numerous USA territory's 3.4 million inhabitants are queui...

Afghan security forces killed in the south

The attack, in one of the Taliban's heartlands, underlines the threats faced by Afghan forces, notably police units on the front lines of the battle against Tal...

Trump rolls out tax proposal; middle class will win big, he declares

The cuts were aimed at "everyday hardworking Americans", Trump told the crowd in IN on Wednesday. Tax experts say several provisions in the plan - including...

Tropical Storm Watch issued for parts of eastern North Carolina

A tropical storm warning was issued Monday morning for Dare County and most of the rest of the North Carolina coast. "These swells will likely cause risky sur...

Tokyo governor gets boost ahead of Japan polls

Koike, who served in top posts in the ruling party and its government before becoming Tokyo's governor, led her local party to a landslide victory in the July c...

South Korea: Taking military helm will scare the North

South Korean soldiers and cadets appear for the media ahead of the Armed Forces Day. Tension on the Korean peninsula has risen in recent weeks as North Korea...

Korea's debt risk premium hits 19-month high over N. Korea

Although the USA already has F-22 and F-35 stealth aircraft stationed nearby in Japan , placing them on the Korean Peninsula could spur further escalation of a...