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The president continued to defend his struggle with China, telling reporters outside the White House it was up to him to do what past presidents should have d...

Canada accuses Britain of offloading responsibilities over 'Jihadi Jack' citizenship

Letts had his British citizenship revoked, and now he hopes the Canadian government can save him. "I've always felt I'm a mix". Letts said: "I genuinely thi...

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The US had been struggling to piece together an worldwide coalition to protect cargo ships travelling through the Gulf, with allies concerned about being dragge...

Scaramucci: America Must Unite to Prevent Trump's Re-Election

He noted that he has not yet formed the PAC, although he is in the process of doing so. Scaramucci has shifted from being a Trump insider and defender-even af...

US Drone Shot Down Over Yemen

A USA military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen's Dhamar governate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sana'a, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday. ...

Afghan President Vows to Eliminate IS Safe Havens After Wedding Attack

The blast, which took place late Saturday in the city's west, came as Washington and the Taliban are in the final stages of a deal to reduce the U.S. This yea...

Most voters would blame Donald Trump for recession

Booker wasn't the only Democratic candidate to respond to Jill Biden's comments. "I believe that I'm actually the party's best chance, for instance, to go and g...

U.S. Envoy To North Korea Turns Down Russian Ambassadorship

He is in Seoul for discussions with South Korean officials and said the United States is prepared to renew talks with North Korea as soon as Pyongyang is ready....

US President Trump reiterates call for Russian Federation to rejoin ‘G8’

During the previous Obama Administration, Russia was kicked out of the group which was originally G-8 countries. Trump added, "I could certainly see it being ...

New ‘Sovereign Council’ Sworn in to Lead Sudan

He also said that the prime minister would be appointed on Wednesday and take the constitutional oath before the chairman of the sovereign council and chief jus...

Trump dismisses recession worries, says not prepared for a China deal

Yet he also said he is considering a temporary payroll tax cut and indexing to inflation the federal taxes on profits made on investments, moves created to stim...

National Weather Service issues severe thunderstorm watch for Will County area

Environment Canada said it issues severe thunderstorm watches when conditions are favourable for the development of a storm that could produce large hail, damag...

Brazil's Bolsonaro claims NGOs may be burning the Amazon

New satellite data has captured giant rivers of smoke billowing across swathes of Brazil and other parts of South America as intense wildfires continue to rav...

Rep. Omar, Rep. Tlaib Israel trip planned by antisemite, pro-terror group

More pointedly, some pro-Trump organs have begun comparing him to an actual king of Israel, King David. President Trump holds up his fist as he leaves a Pen...

Indian PM raises Kashmir protests with British counterpart

India scrapped the Article 370 and 35 A of the Constitution, which gave special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir . "Kashmir is a very complicated ...

Merkel says Irish border is key Brexit issue

And third, another new argument that the backstop actually undermines the Belfast (Good Friday ) agreement, rather than protecting the peace settlement as the ...

Hong Kong Executive Carrie Lam Contends Extradition Bill is Dead

The moves appear to be a fresh attempt to engage with pro-democracy protesters, who came out in force on Sunday in a largely peaceful gathering that contrasted ...

US Warns Against 'Facilitating' Freed Iranian Tanker

Greece has confirmed that it will not facilitate the voyage of an Iranian oil tanker to Syria , after the USA warned Athens against allowing the vessel to dock...

Danish PM Calls Trump's Interest in Buying Greenland 'Absurd'

Trump's interest in acquiring the island, which has a population of around 58,000 people, is definitely not the first time the USA has attempted such a move. H...

Ireland officials reject British calls to renegotiate Brexit

He also argued that the backstop risked weakening the delicate balance between pro-Irish nationalists and pro-British unionists embodied by the Good Friday agre...

Cardinal George Pell loses appeal against child sex abuse convictions

A trial ran past year involving two complainants who were choirboys at St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne more than two decades ago. After more than two mont...

Attempted murder charges filed against man who allegedly shot 6 Philadelphia officers

In a news conference Thursday, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner referred to Hill as "someone who needed to be off the streets" due to his lengthy ...

French tourists face prison time for taking sand from Italian beach

Police found 90 pounds of sand from Chia beach in southern Sardinia inside 14 plastic bottles in the trunk of the couple's SUV as they were preparing to board ...

Wildfire forces 4000 people to evacuate Spain's Canary Islands

They had spread in two different directions and razed more than 1,700 hectares (4,200 acres) by Sunday afternoon, according to the island's provincial governmen...

'I Don't Buy' Tears of Rep. Tlaib

Tlaib's tears", the president tweeted . By suggesting that a lot of voters will have to rise above principle to support her husband, Jill Biden may be conced...

Scientists Iceland held a "funeral" of the glacier

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Two Women File New $100 Million Lawsuit Against Jeffrey Epstein Estate

Epstein allegedly "sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes", according to the federal indictment , which was unsealed on July 8, and w...

Russian Federation to nuclear test ban monitor: Test accident not your business

Conducted Sunday, the test of the medium-range ground-launched cruise missile came just weeks after the USA and Russian Federation formally left the 1987 In...

Armed hostage taker killed by police in Rio de Janeiro

Witzel said there was a "strong smell of gasoline" when he went inside the bus after the hostage-taker was killed. At least 6 of the hostages were released ...

3 women sue Epstein’s estate, citing rape, other sex acts

An autopsy report released last Friday concluded that he hanged himself. The will, which is dated August 8 - two days before Epstein was found dead by sui...

Spain sending navy ship to bring Open Arms migrants to Palma

Natasha Bertaud, another commission spokeswoman, said on Tuesday that the European Union executive was working "to find a solution for the people on board of th...

Far-Right And Leftist Groups Demonstrate In Portland

One of the groups behind Saturday's far-right rally is called Proud Boys, which says it is an organisation for young "Western chauvinist" men. More than 700...

European Union reiterates necessity of backstop in Brexit withdrawal agreement

The note also said the European Union regretted that London had not provided "any concrete proposals" for alternatives to the backstop, and that parts of John...

White House reportedly considering payroll tax cut to boost economy

The survey showed a steep decline in the percentage of economists who found the $1.5 trillion in tax cuts over the next decade "too stimulative" and likely to...