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Tributes flood in for South African anti-apartheid icon Kathrada

The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation said in a statement that he will "be buried according to Muslim religious rights, details of which will be made publicly avail...

Senate's Russia Probe Holding Hearing Focused on Disinformation Tactics

Warner and the panel's chairman, Senator Richard Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, provided an update Wednesday on the committee's investigation into acti...

'Zero surprises' ahead of Xi-Trump meeting

China has been irritated at being repeatedly told by Washington to rein in North Korea's nuclear and missile programs and by the USA decision to base an advance...

Trump to meet Xi next week

Xi will be the second world leader to visit the resort after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. " Beijing is also suspicious of USA intentions in Taiwan, wh...

Emmert: NCAA will decide next week whether to return to NC

The American Civil Liberties Union and gay rights activists complained that the new law still denies gay and transgender people certain protections from discrim...

Indian IT firms generating, not stealing, jobs in US: Sushma Swaraj

Even yesterday, she took to twitter to convey that the workers from Telangana, who were held captive by their employer in Saudi Arabia, have been rescued. "If...

Turkey ends Euphrates Shield operation in Syria

Making his first trip to Turkey , Tillerson became the highest-ranking Trump administration official to hold a face-to-face session with Erdogan , an increasi...

Netanyahu says Israel committed to advancing peace with Palestinians under Trump

And we - at least, I can speak for the European Union but I am sure that I reflect also the President's view in this respect - welcome the fact that the United ...

Two-Party Rejection to Build Border Wall Grows in USA

John McCain, R-Ariz. Asked about including Southern border wall financing in the broader spending package, Sen. A White House spokesman said details of the pr...

No trade talk with Britain until Brexit is over, European leaders say

Mrs May then wrote that both sides "would of course cope" with this kind of scenario. Asked if he thought May was engaged in " blackmail ", Verhofstadt said: ...

Merkel, Hollande Push Back Against Theresa May & Brexit

That is why in my letter to Donald Tusk I have made clear that one of the key principles for the negotiation ahead is that we must pay close attention to the UK...

Trump threatens to fight Freedom Caucus in 2018 midterm elections

Brian Mast, a Florida Republican who lost both legs after being wounded in Afghanistan. That's not a useful footing with contentious tax reform and infrastr...

Rubio says his campaign staffers were targeted by Russian Federation hackers

Gen. Michael Flynn resigned in February following reports that he had diplomatically engaged Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak prior to President Donald Trump t...

White House denies trying to silence evidence of Russian Federation ties

Throughout the White House briefing Wednesday, Spicer questioned what he thought was an unfair amount of focus on where and how Nunes obtained his information, ...

Supreme Court unanimously strikes down Gorsuch ruling

Instead, the Court carved out a middle ground, holding that the IDEA "requires an educational program reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress a...

Heller, Cortez Masto split on Gorsuch nomination to Supreme Court

The moderate Democrats, who are up for reelection next year in red states that Trump won handily, both said Judge Neil Gorscuh is highly-qualified and deserves ...

Martin McGuinness, ex-IRA commander, dead at 66

Later, he played a key role in the talks that ended the conflict, before serving as the province's deputy first minister for nearly a decade. The man describe...

Not everyone is mourning Martin McGuinness, the IRA fighter turned peacemaker

His efforts were considered central in bringing about the end to the almost daily acts of violence carried out by the IRA. As I said at the time: "This is not t...

Mild Weather Sticks Around In Oklahoma, Rain Possible On The Weekend

Clouds build and rain gradually moves in during the afternoon, with a slight chance for a thunderstorm. Temperatures will be in the upper 50s and lower 60s. Mor...

Kansas Senate advances Medicaid expansion bill

Republican Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas , speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 23...

Growing Brexit security row a misunderstanding, says British minister

On behalf of May, British Ambassador to the EU, Tim Barrow delivered a letter to European Council President, Donald Tusk in Brussels on Wednesday to officia...

Vladimir Putin Misquotes Ronald Reagan to Deny Election Hacking

While the sanctions placed against Russia have led to the degradation of global relations and law, joint efforts on the part of both Moscow and the West can b...

Cable Operators and Telecoms Score Victory in House Vote on Privacy Rules

The final decision will now rest with President Donald Trump, after a week in which he faced rejection from a Republican-controlled Congress over his proposals ...

Republicans Signal Desire to Keep Working on Health Care Reform

Poe said he was saddened by the fact, after years of promises by Republican lawmakers to repeal and place former President Barack Obama's signature legislation,...

Callers reported a swerving pickup before deadly bus crash

Thirteen people were killed Wednesday when a pickup truck collided with a church minibus outside of San Antonio. First Baptist Church of New Braunfels said ...

NC Gov. Roy Cooper Signs Repeal of HB 2 'Bathroom Bill'

For his part, Cooper admitted that House Bill 142 is not ideal in his opinion and is not his preferred solution, as it offers no protections to transgender ...

Donald Trump set to meet Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago

Trump and his wife Melania will also host Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan at a dinner next Thursday, a White House statement said. In a conciliatory phone call in...

Najib: Kim's body to be sent to North Korea, 9 Malaysians freed

While it isn't one of North Korea's key diplomatic partners, Malaysia had been one of the few places in the world where North Koreans could travel without a vis...

Nunes won't leave Russian Federation probe; Ryan says no need to

But by the time Yates' attorney had sent the last letter , the paper writes, Rep. Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, canceled Yates...

Democratic Senator Manchin says backs Gorsuch for Supreme Court

Earlier on Thursday, Manchin said in a brief interview with Reuters that he met late on Wednesday with Gorsuch. "Let the public judge whether that is a good t...

Trump administration appeals federal court ruling on travel ban

The reasoning in Watson's decision Wednesday largely follows his decision from two weeks ago, which used Supreme Court precedent to conclude that Donald Trump's...

Supreme Court ruling boosts protections for students with disabilities

President Donald Trump nominated Gorsuch in January to fill the late Justice Antonin Scalia's seat, which has been vacant for almost a year because Senate Repub...

Democrats say they'll vote for Gorsuch

Supreme Court. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of NY had tough words for his Republican counterpart, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, in an intervie...

Meat sellers in India strike amid clampdown on illegal slaughterhouses

Aditynath said he was informed by BJP chief Amit Shah only a day before the swearing-in ceremony that he will be the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. The protestor...

Ivanka takes White House job

In a statement Ms Trump said she would be subject to all the rules as other federal employees. The unpaid senior aide to President Donald Trump was photog...