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Putin tells Le Pen that Russian Federation 'doesn't want to influence' French election

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Spicer's comments came hours after The Associated Press published an article based on documents it had acquired showing that Manafort from 2006 to at least 20...

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Borisov wins Bulgarian elections

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Investigators probe Mosul blast as Iraqi forces push into Old City

Defense secretary Jim Mattis, told Pentagon reporters Monday that they "are keenly aware that every battlefield where an enemy hides behind women and children",...

Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter between security forces and terrorists underway in Budgam

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Former Trump aide Manafort offers to talk to committee in Russian Federation probe

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Prosecutors prepare to question ex-S.Korean President

She said she was "sorry that I couldn't fulfill my duty as President until the end", in a statement read on her behalf by Congressman Min Kyung-wook to crowds o...

Thousands gather in London to protest Brexit in 'Unite for Europe' march

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Paul Ryan: Devin Nunes' source is a "whistleblower-type person"

Earlier this week President Trump said that as Obamacare got worse, Democrats would work with him on making a deal. "He had told me that like a whistleblo...

US lawmakers reach deal to repeal transgender bathroom law

The announcement comes as an NCAA deadline looms. NCAA president Mark Emmert is scheduled to deliver his annual address to media at 6:30 p.m. ET in Glendale, ...

Ivanka Trump Has a New, Unpaid Job In the White House

He said he does not believe the White House is trying to block the investigations, but added that Nunes should not have shared information with the White Hous...

Grenade attack as Bangladesh police raid Islamist hideout

The Bangladesh authorities have imposed restriction on movement of vehicles and pedestrians around three terror hideouts in parts of the country which are now u...

North Carolina lawmakers reach agreement to repeal controversial bathroom bill

Democratic Governor Roy Cooper and Republican legislators announced the deal late on Wednesday night. Former Gov. Pat McCrory, who signed HB2 and whose los...

Travel Ban Put On More Permanent Hold

In briefs submitted last week, the Justice Department argued that most of the State of Hawaii's arguments against the order were focused on the harms the trav...

House speaker blocks 'bathroom bill' from unrelated proposal

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Filibuster threat over Gorsuch nomination doesn't sit well with Nebraska senator (AUDIO)

This is where the "nuclear option" comes in: Republicans can change Senate rules to require only a simple majority to overcome a filibuster. "If this nominee ...

Spicer: More Evidence Of CNN Collusion With Hillary Than Trump With Kremlin

On Monday FBI Director James Comey confirmed an "open, ongoing investigation" into "the Russian government's attempts to interfere in the 2016 election" when ap...

White House demands deep cuts to State, UN funds

We already knew that the White House would seek to slash State Department funding when it releases its budget on Thursday, but even so, the details about anti...

Seattle sues Trump administration over threat to 'sanctuary' cities

Days after Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened to withhold grant money from so-called sanctuary cities, Seattle is hitting back: Mayor Ed Murray and...

Interior secretary: Border wall 'complex,' faces geographic challenges

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is following up its longshot roster of budget cuts with a wish list of $18 billion worth of immediate reductions, including cu...

Bill de Blasio calls murder of Timothy Caughman 'terrorism'

Surveillance footage showed what appeared to be the same man who fatally stabbed Caughman following another black man around Manhattan that night, but he didn...

Syrian Air Defense Commander Assassinated

Israel's Channel 10 reported that the IDF had deployed its Arrow defense system for the first time against a real threat and hit an incoming missile, inter...

United States diplomat hits back at Mosul civilian death claims

On March 17, an alleged US-led coalition airstrike, which targeted Daesh militants and their equipment, hit a building in al-Jadida neighborhood in western Mosu...

Trump invokes changing libel laws in feud with New York Times

Gotten me wrong for two solid years. Setting aside that there are no federal libel laws for Trump to change or open up, this is a clear affront to First Ame...

South Korea closes foundations at center of political scandal

Today, it was a wan smile - though, guilty or innocent, nobody would relish hours and hours of tough, detailed questions about what dirty deals were done - or n...

South Africa's Gordhan returns, says "let's wait and see" on sacking

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Twitter takes another swipe at easing 140 character limit

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Ally of South Africa's ANC objects to finance minister's planned sacking

The currency had weakened more than 5 percent since Monday after President Jacob Zuma ordered Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to abandon an investor roadshow in...

Van-car crash in southwestern Ontario leaves 3 dead, 5 hurt

He said one vehicle was travelling southbound on Highway 6, and the other was travelling northbound, when they collided. Leclair said the force of the crash s...

Team Trump Cites Stats, Anecdotes to Show Dangers of Sanctuary Cities

Earlier this year, Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill that would protect cities in the state from financial hits if Trump followed through with his campaign...

Mexico suspends judge who dismissed sexual assault charges against minor

Instead, the judge said Cruz should not be punished because "an incidental touching or fondling will not be considered sexual acts, if proof is not presented ...

Keystone XL construction not a forgone conclusion

Following seven years of protest, President Barack Obama rejected the pipeline in 2015, stating it would undermine the USA commitment to reducing carbon emiss...

Pc Keith Palmer set for commemoration at National Memorial Arboretum

Palmer, 48, was stabbed to death by attacker Khalid Masood while he was on duty outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, 22 March. The hero policeman ki...