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Scottish Parliament votes for holding second independence referendum

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is expected to ask the British Parliament for an outright independence vote sometime next year. Her comments will come just h...

Trump Team to Block Palestinian Diplomats from Top UN Posts: US Envoy

House of Representatives, talked of marital bliss. The Trump administration is seeking agreement with Netanyahu's right-wing government on limiting settlement...

The need really is to broaden the base to lower GST rates

The Lok Sabha yesterday cleared four supplementary GST legislations - Central GST (CGST), Integrated GST (IGST), Union Territory GST (UTGST) and the Com...

Mosul shows difficulty of removing militants from urban area

Backed by a US-led global coalition, Iraqi forces launched an operation in February to drive IS from the western half of Iraq's second-largest city, after dec...

Macron faces down booing, whistles from hostile French mayors

This was an improvement of 0.5 percent in his position in an Elabe poll on Monday conducted before the debate, while Le Pen lost 0.5 percent. France's turbu...

Driver strikes police cruiser near US Capitol, taken into custody

The suspect, identified by police as Taleah Everett, 20, was apprehended at 3rd Street and Independence Avenue SW. She made a three-point turn, striking an offi...

North Korea to pursue nuclear program; defies United States sanctions

A senior U.S. official in Washington told Reuters on Monday that the Trump administration was considering sweeping sanctions as part of a broad review of meas...

Tillerson Says US, Turkey Face 'Difficult Options' For Syria

Mr Tillerson dodged several questions about continuing United States support for the YPG, saying instead that he and Turkish officials had had "an exchange of...

China's Xi will meet Trump in US April 6-7

China's foreign ministry confirmed that President Xi Jinping will meet with his USA counterpart Donald Trump in Florida next week, a critical first encounter as...

Speaker shares Trump criticism of Freedom Caucus

House Speaker Paul Ryan insisted earlier that they would still try to repeal "Obamacare". But I truly believe they have - one - they want to marginalize the u...

Israel says to cut another $2 million from its United Nations contribution

Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi condemned the new settlement approval and called for worldwide intervention. He's avoided so far by announcing extensions to ...

Arab Summit turns over new leaf in Egypt-Saudi relations

In his speech, which lasted more than 20 minutes, Mr Hadi called Tehran "the true sponsor of terrorism" and described Iranian involvement in the Middle East as ...

Coutinho unconcerned by 'improved' Everton ahead of derby

Jurgen Klopp's side are vying for a spot in the top four this season and are now fourth in the league table, while the Toffees are six points adrift of them in ...

Ex-Trump adviser Flynn seeks immunity for testimony in Russia probe

Michael Flynn was sacked for failing to disclose talks with Russia's ambassador about United States sanctions on Moscow. Nunes, the chairman of the House Intel...

Rove: Freedom Caucus did Trump 'grave disservice'

Trump's tweets , showing an increasingly aggressive and hard-edged view of the Freedom Caucus , represent his own unfiltered take on a group that is viewed in...

FBI Director James Comey Testifies On Donald Trump's Ridiculous Wiretapping Accusations!

In July after months of investigation, he told the public that there wasn't enough evidence in the unfolding State Department e-mail scandal to seek an indictme...

Ivanka Trump takes unpaid job as White House adviser

Here's a newly relevant New Yorker story detailing Ivanka Trump's role in assisting her father's shady Iranian hotel deal. But Ivanka Trump has come under...

Each EU State Made Concessions to Agree on Rome Declaration

He added: "The union after Rome should be, more than before, a union of the same principles, a union of external sovereignty, a union of political unity", Tus...

Seattle challenges Trump over executive order on 'sanctuary cities'

The Obama administration issued the same warning a year ago, telling cities they risked losing grant money in 2017 if they didn't comply with the law. In the su...

Guns Found At Shooting Scene Involving ICE Agents

Lots of cursing and booing from the crowd as Jones says he has a contract with ICE to house immigrant detainees. "There were no planned immigration enforcem...

There are defects in you, not in EVMs: BJP to Mayawati

The question is not of technology but it is the Election Commission's job to ensure smooth elections and see that there is transparency, she said, adding EVMs w...

South Africa's Zuma considers stepping down 12 months before his term

Zuma on Monday instructed Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas to cancel the worldwide investment promotion roadshow to the United Kingdom and the United Stat...

Trump To Host China's President Xi Jinping At Mar-A-Lago

Xi will meet Trump at the latter's private residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, where the two are expected to discuss bilateral commercial relations. First Lady M...

The Senate Just Voted to Let States Defund Planned Parenthood

In the Senate, the resolution to be acted on March 30 would rescind an Obama administration rule issued in December that effectively restricts states from p...

South Africa's Zuma Considers Stepping Down Early

Firstly, Sahara Computers, owned by the Gupta family, has filed papers in the North Gauteng High Court disputing that the state attorney can represent the finan...

Trump tries to close health care deal, but GOP skeptics grow

In a final push for the GOP bill ahead of Thursday's planned vote, President Trump was meeting at the White House with members of the House Freedom Caucus . A ...

White House gives no specific dates for Russian-US summit

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, whose country is due to take the rotating leadership of the Arctic Council, said he would be honoured to host such a meeting. ...

Americans dislike GOP's, Trump's plan on health care

Yet, the congressman did not accept , offering this blunt explanation to the Boston Globe . Insurers are most concerned about how the administration and Rep...

Letter from Gov. Sam Brownback on his Medicaid expansion veto

Sam Brownback is likely to veto the bill, but it sheds light on the changing political climate in the state , and gives us a glimpse of fights that are likely ...

Trump's proposed NAFTA revamp could directly affect Canadian consumers — BUSINESS REPORT

The report also illustrates how globalization has virtually pitted Mexico against China for access to the US import market, placing Mexico at a disadvantage due...

United States military suspected of inadvertently killing dozens of Iraqi civilians

The altar of the famous mosque was the location where Isis warlord Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the existence of the caliphate in 2014 after Isis took over th...

Police have suspect in custody in Capitol Hill incident; shots fired

A police spokeswoman said the incident, which had happened between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m. local time (1330-1400 GMT), appeared to be criminal, not a terrorist act....

South Korea's ousted president arrested

It's unclear how Park's arrest may affect voter sentiment before an election to replace her on May 9. Park arrived at the Seoul Central District Court in sout...

North Korea Missile Test Fails, US and South Say, as Tensions Simmer

North Korea upped the military ante with another missile test - though this time the test failed. It is believed to be working to develop nuclear-tipped missile...

Xi Jinping to meet Donald Trump in Florida next week

Notes the Global Times: "Since Trump's election victory, to his inauguration and to the upcoming summit, there has been friction in the Sino-US relationship, ...