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PM Lee arrives in Manila for ASEAN Summit

ASEAN first pushed the idea for RCEP in 2012, but it became eclipsed by the TPP, which former US President Barack Obama had promoted as a progressive deal that ...

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Police were verifying whether Sukesh had approached any Election Commission official for getting a favourable verdict for Dhinakaran's faction. The chips are ...

Trump adviser didn't disclose Russian Federation money

There was " no information " on his SF-86 form about those funds or his trips to foreign countries, " and that, we believe, is the potential violation ", Chair ...

(Photo and Other Updates) Ohio-Class Submarine Arrives in South Korea

But when Trump made his declaration, lo and behold, the carrier was going not toward North Korea but in the opposite direction. Adm. Harry Harris, head of the...

Acting National Front chief steps down amid accusations of Holocaust denial

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China adds to naval force with domestic aircraft carrier

Dock construction started in March 2015. After all, none of the major regional powers own vessels that match up to China's two carriers. "The launch of the ...

Spicer blames Obama for Flynn's security clearance

The probe, launched earlier this month, was revealed in a letter released Thursday by Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committe...

Elijah Cummings says DOD inspector general to launch Flynn investigation

The House Oversight Committee released three new documents outlining what Flynn was instructed not to do as he entered retirement in 2014. Flynn was ousted ...

Man charged with suspected Islamic terrorism

It follows a garda investigation into Irish links with worldwide Islamic extremists. They were suspected of providing logistical support to Islamic State by h...

Iran denounces Turkish air raid on Iraq

A YPG media outlet reported that the Turkish artillery shelled at least four villages in the border area of Darbasiyah in al-Hassakah province. Washington i...

Israel strikes site near Damascus airport: Syria regime

Update 1:10pm PST: An Israeli Patriot missile battery fired on and supposedly downed an unmanned aircraft over the Golan Heights. An intelligence source in ...

Good squad but pressure on Lions: Hansen

Wray added: "So, to Mako, to Jamie, to Maro, to George, to Billy, and to Owen... we are all incredibly proud of you". There's a potential for him to keep improv...

US missile defence equipment reaches SKorea site

The USS Carl Vinson strike group, which has positioned itself in the Philippine Sea, can now reach North Korea in a two-hour flight, he said. "China will no...

European Central Bank keeps stimulus on hold as risks loom

The euro dipped against the USA dollar on Thursday after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi said policymakers did not discuss removing the bank's easing...

Canada's Trudeau tells Trump a NAFTA pullout would be too painful

Trudeau says the two agreed instead they could sit down and work on ways to make the deal better, a renegotiation process similar to what's been done in the pas...

White House official: USA military preparing for N. Korea

Experts fear Pyongyang could be planning more tests - it has marked some key anniversaries in the past with nuclear tests or missile launches. The Trump admin...

MCD polls: BJP trounces AAP

BJP President Amit Shah, in order to counter 10 years of anti-incumbency in Delhi, has not fielded its incumbent corporator yet. The resentment among Congress...

French candidate Macron visits immigrant suburb

Opinion polls taken since the first round on Sunday suggest Mr Macron, candidate of the En Marche (On The Move) movement, will easily beat Ms Le Pen, who has te...

Trump's tax plan could cost an estimated $5.5 trillion

It's important to note that Trump's tax proposal, which is really just a one-page mock-up of basic concepts with little detail, has scant chances of rapid passa...

US admiral says N. Korea crisis is at worst point he's seen

It quotes senior Trump administration officials and longtime experts, saying the "drumbeat of bellicose threats and military muscle-flexing on both sides overst...

Texans trade up to get QB Watson

Their top pass-catcher last season in San Diego was 6-foot-4 Tyrell Williams, who could team with his new teammates to provide an imposing size matchup for any ...

Donald Trump warns 'major, major conflict' with North Korea is 'absolutely' possible

McMaster. Harris is testifying in three congressional hearings this week, but he's doing so without Gen. Vincent Brooks, the head of US Forces Korea, who was ...

Trump To Be First Sitting President Since Reagan To Address NRA

The lawsuit states that this ban is unconstitutional because it infringes on the Second Amendment. At the rest of the yearly NRA conference - held this year a...

Iranian soldiers ambushed, killed by armed group

The border guards were patrolling when they were targeted, Tehran Times daily reported. The Army of Justice, which has previously attacked Iranian security fo...

Markets Right Now: Global stocks rally after French vote

A leading nationalist candidate, Marine Le Pen, would have followed the path set by last year's vote in the United Kingdom to exit the European Union and the U...

XTurkish strikes kill over 24 Kurdish fighters in Syria, Iraq

It also killed six Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq on Tuesday in an apparent accident. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member Turkey consider...

'End the injustice' pleads Venezuelan official's son over unrest

The OAS has led an global chorus of concern over the economic and political chaos in the major oil-exporting country. Venezuela had threatened to withdraw...

After Arunachal, China justifies tweaking Taiwan's name

Taiwan immigration officials had apprehended and questioned Zhang Xiangzhong after he left his tour group, and authorities were deciding whether to deport him o...

Russian FM presses Tillerson over Syria probe

The new sanctions are the latest USA response to Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons, most recently in rebel-held northern Idlib, in an attack that killed m...

Trump doesn't write off chance of 'major, major' conflict with North Korea

She says the USA wants "to test that hypothesis to the maximum extent we can" for a peaceful resolution. The president followed that alarming statement by say...

Hazard, Costa inspire Chelsea to victory against Southampton

The Spaniard is not happy with his game time at the Santiago Bernabeu and the Italian paper confirms Morata will leave the Spanish capital at the end of the sea...

NFL Draft: Chicago Bears select UNC QB Mitchell Trubisky in 1st round

The first run of defensive players started with Arizona taking Temple's Haason Reddick at No. 13, which drew a big cheer from the huge crowd at Philadelphia's ...

Arkansas executes two inmates on the same night

He used a wheelchair and he had a leg amputated in prison because of diabetes. FILE - This combination of undated file photos provided by the Arkansas Departm...

Macron campaign for French presidency off to slower start than Le Pen

The latest polls (pictured in the infographic above) show that 90 percent of Macron voters plan to go through with it, compared to 83 percent for Le Pen. In cas...

Flynn was warned not to accept foreign payments in 2014

Kislyak. Spicer noted that Flynn's clearance was last re-issued by the former cabinet in 2016, while he received payments for a speech to the Russian televi...