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In a weird, often incoherent interaction with the Associated Press ahead of his completion of 100 days in office, US President Donald Trump baffled, amused an...

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The drills and THAAD installation came days after North Korea threatened to sink a US aircraft carrier - the USS Carl Vinson strike group - headed toward the ...

Venezuela Goes Through With Threat to Leave the OAS

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U.S. judge blocks Donald Trump's order to restrict funding for 'sanctuary cities'

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Nawaz Sharif gets SC relief in Panama graft case

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5 killed in vehicle bomb near military base in E. Afghan province

The sides will focus on the situation on the ground, as President Donald Trump ponders sending more troops to Afghanistan. The US commander in Afghanistan Gen...

UK Conservatives hold big lead over Labour

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The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) had earlier officially confirmed that it will declare online results of the GBSHSE Class 12 o...

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The measure is meant to meet more slowly a mandate to reduce average class sizes in early grades. The bill still must go to another Senate panel before reaching...

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Netanyahu demands German FM cancel meetings with left-wing Israeli NGOs

An earlier statement released by the Prime Minister's Office said that diplomats are welcome to meet with civil society organizations, but "Netanyahu will not...

USA says strategy on North Korea centres on sanctions, open to talks

Harris said the USA has "a lot of pre-emptive options", but he declined to provide specifics in an open setting. At a House Armed Services Committee, Harris...

Admiral Takes Responsibility for USS Carl Vinson Confusion

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'Unlikely' Russia had no knowledge of Syrian chemical attack

It is believed that more than half of the 59 tomahawk missiles fired did not hit Syria . Asked whether Assad could be subject to war crimes, Tillerson said peo...

House Republicans reveal health care amendment details

Instead, we'll likely not see a vote until the Republican leaders in the House can be reasonably assured that they'll be able to get the votes they need to get ...

Syria confirms Israeli strike hit arms depot in Damascus

The Damascus International Airport lies about 25 kilometers southeast of Syria's capital. Reuters said five strikes had hit an ammunition depot operated b...

After Being Arrested, Vijay Mallya Tweets 'Usual Indian Media Hype'

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Paris police clash with students over presidential election

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U.S. 'deeply concerned' by Turkish strikes in Syria, Iraq

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Former AG Sally Yates to testify May 8 in Russian Federation probe

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France claims to prove Syria's use of chemical weapon "in few days"

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New ObamaCare replacement bill puts centrists on the spot

One Republican aide who has worked closely on the health care bill said "this probably is not the silver bullet everyone's been looking for". "Those are the k...

Trump close to notifying Canada, Mexico of intent to withdraw from NAFTA

The prime minister and the president reaffirmed the importance of the mutually beneficial Canada-US trade relationship. "So when we're the country with the def...

Trump errs on the court system

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The Mexican peso is jumping after Trump says he won't 'terminate' NAFTA

Asked during a White House interview by the Washington Examiner if he'd thought about proposals to break up the court, Trump replied, "Absolutely, I have". Trum...

Trump says US won't leave NAFTA _ for now

The three leaders "agreed to proceed swiftly" on renegotiating NAFTA according to a White House statement released late Wednesday evening. "It is an honor to ...

Pence says US will honor Obama-era refugee deal with Australia

The White House will not walk away from an agreement to accept roughly 1,200 refugees and asylum-seekers from a notoriously grim Australian refugee camp, Vice...

The 6 most savage jokes from 'Simpsons' Trump 'toon

It opens by depicting Press Secretary Sean Spicer hanging by a noose with a sign written on him that reads "I quit". The long-running Fox hit posted a s...

North Korea threatens ready to strike USA aircraft carrier

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Uber Wants A Flying Car Test In 2020

It is building a team to work on the project, led by NASA's former aeronautics engineer and flying vehicle enthusiast, Mark Moore. Uber is partnering with v...

'Be more like Trump': Jean-Marie Le Pen criticises daughter's presidential campaign

Marine Le Pen beat the National Front party's previous election record on Sunday but failed to pip Mr. Macron to the first place. Only one major candidate h...

'The Simpsons' needles Trump ahead of 100-day milestone

Many millennials disapprove of President Donald Trump's performance, according to a Tuesday poll from Harvard, but they like many of his policies. Trump has...

Trump condemns Holocaust deniers, anti-Semitism

We will condemn hatred. "As President of the United States, I will always stand with the Jewish people". Today (Tuesday), US President Donald Trump visited th...