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'We Believe You're Willing': Trump Declares Abbas Partner in Peace

Trump said he has always heard that a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians was the "toughest deal" to close. He added, "We will be discussin...

New Hamas chief backs hunger-striking prisoners

The 54-year-old with a salt-and-pepper beard takes charge of Hamas as it seeks to ease its global isolation while not marginalising hardliners within the moveme...

A 'war of regime choices': S. Koreans vote for new president

In a speech at the National Assembly hours after being declared the victor of Tuesday's election, Moon pledged to work for peace on the Korean Peninsula amid ...

Trump to Nominate 10 Federal Judges

If confirmed by the Senate, Stas would replace Diana Murphy, who resigned as an appeals court judge late past year. Leonard Leo, executive vice president of t...

Euro Slips as Traders Take Profits on French Election

The polls by Kantar Sofres Onepoint and Harris Interactive showed En Marche winning 24-26 percent of the vote, ahead of the Republicans on 22 percent and the ...

Backer of GOP health care bill dodges pre-existing conditions issue

It was Trump himself who proclaimed in January that repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act will lead to "insurance for everybody". Instead, Republicans...

Colorado Lawmakers React To New Health Care Bill

He pointed out that the Senate has already signaled that they intend to "start from scratch" on the bill. "We're going to draft our bill, and I'm convinced ...

Angela Merkel's party wins German northern state election

However, a survey by pollster Forschungsgruppe Wahlen for national broadcaster ZDF published on Thursday put support for the CDU at 32% in Schleswig-Holst...

In A Decisive Vote, South Koreans Picked A New President

Kim Sun-chul, 59, said he voted for Moon because "this country needs to restore democracy which has been so undermined by the Park government". The victor is ...

Le Pen supporters shrug off euro flip-flops, back Frexit idea

A high abstention rate could favour Le Pen, whose supporters typically tell pollsters they are staunchly committed to their candidate. "I think with part of t...

Amash wants independent commission to investigate Russian Federation following Comey departure

Mr Comey told the Judiciary Committee last week it would have been "catastrophic" to hide his decision to reopen an investigation into Mrs Clinton's emails just...

Trump administration approves supply of heavy weaponry to YPG/PYD terrorists in Syria

Washington is eager to retake Raqqa, arguing that it is a haven for IS operatives looking to plan attacks on the West. "YPG and PKK are the same entity, there's...

Yates testifies she warned about Flynn

Former acting US Attorney General Sally Yates has told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee she had warned Trump's staff that Flynn "could be blackmailed by the Ru...

Chelsea could own the EPL title on Friday

However, Conte, after a hard first couple of months, has rejuvenated the side and will complete a full circle if they beat West Brom on Friday night to reclai...

Macron Victory Leads Euro to 6-Month High; US Stocks Lagging

Le Pen, leader of far-right party the National Front, had accused Macron of being "weak" on Islamist terrorism shortly after she scooped 21.4 per cent of the po...

ASEAN leaders air concerns over threats to peace, stability

The Hague ruling, in a case brought by the Philippines in 2013, angered China because it invalidated China's claim of sovereignty over nearly the entire South C...

Nigeria identifies 82 freed Chibok girls; parents await word

The militant group has used kidnapping as a weapon of war against Western influence in Nigeria . The list was published early Monday after Nigerian President...

Judge agrees to toss Hernandez murder conviction

A MA judge agreed Tuesday to erase the former National Football League player's 2015 murder conviction after he killed himself last month. The ruling comes almo...

Michael Flynn Is Under Investigation Over Foreign Payment Accusations

Earlier this week , Cummings and House oversight committee chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) held a joint press conference, during which they revealed that ...

Phoenix Authorities Charge Man in Connection With 9 Fatal Shootings

During their hunt, they began referring to the suspect as the " serial street shooter ". " This case plagued our community for more than a year ...and left be...

Post Sukma attack, government asks security forces to target Naxal leaders

He further said that the Centre if needed would review and also revise the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) strategy, adding a meeting of officials of various state go...

White officer pleads guilty in black man's fatal shooting

Under the civil rights law to which Slager pleaded guilty, the ex-officer could be sentenced to as much as life in prison and a $250,000 fine for "using deadly ...

Liberal claims victory in South Korea presidential election

THAAD missile defense system; and the free trade agreement, experts said. Lee Sun-jin, chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, who briefed him on the m...

Chibok schoolgirls were swapped for 5 Boko Haram commanders

Once again, I congratulate you and your parents on your safe return . "The president was delighted to receive them and he promised that all that is needed to ...

Georgia Democrats call for special investigation into Comey firing

DeSantis said in a statement: "President Trump made the right decision to relieve FBI Director James Comey of his duties". "It's simply not credible that Pres...

Camden assists with West Mims fire, declares burn ban

The blaze was only 12 percent contained Sunday since April 6 when a lightning bolt ignited it at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge , fire officials said....

Obama Warned Trump About Flynn

Making her first public statements about the issue, Yates said she feared Moscow could try to blackmail Flynn because it also knew he had not been truthful abou...

United Nations climate talks frustrated over USA stance

Climate negotiators return for talks in Bonn on Tuesday under the cloud of Donald Trump's threats to pull America from the hard-fought Paris Agreement, as the p...

Jonathan Bernstein: House shifts health care attention to Senate

With that, our gente will also be impacted by Trumpcare, should it pass the Senate as is. The AHCA would no longer impose a tax penalty for those who don't ...

ACLU Announces It Won't Sue Trump Over 'Religious Freedom' Order

The ACLU looked at Trump's executive order and found that there was no policy to it. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) said Thursday it had a 17-pag...

Hiding info on Hillary probe wouldve been "catastrophic"

David Axelrod, who ran Mr Obama's 2008 campaign and later served as his senior adviser, said Ms Clinton was wrong to not put campaign resources into key states ...

UK Conservative lead stays strong ahead of June election: Opinium poll

The word "disastrous" is said to have been used by members of the party, despite the leader not viewing the results this way regardless of how many seats they l...

ACLU of Texas issues travel advisory in light of new immigration law

Opponents blast the Texas bill as a version of Arizona's immigration crackdown law, SB 1070, which sparked protests and led to legal challenges in 2010. Texas t...

Administration names 10 people for federal bench

She graduated first in her class from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, served in President George W. Bush's Justice Department and taught at th...

Truth will triumph: Arvind Kejriwal

The party asserted that was Mishra was making baseless allegations against Kejriwal "out of desperation" after being expelled from the Cabinet. Mr Mishra is sit...