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Trump backs Pence, dismisses ‘phony’ report he questioned loyalty

The question, which The Times said had been asked repeatedly, alarmed advisers and could indicate possible doubts Trump may have about his second-in-command . "...

Roger Staubach receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

The award is given to individuals "who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace...

Number Missing in Fire Jumps Dramatically

Steve Collins said Thursday. "We're having to stay at a Marriott, which is like $100 a night, and we're running out of money", Wilson said as he stood outside...

France Fuel Taxes Protest Ends With 1 Dead and 47 Injured

A motorist has accidentally hit and killed a protester taking part in a campaign of road blockades across France triggered by fuel tax rises, officials have sai...

Saudi-led coalition halts Hodeidah assault

Paul's effort followed his pledge to block a pending U.S. arm sales to Saudi Arabia, saying he has the votes to stop it. Yemen's riyal has lost more than ha...

One killed and dozens injured in French fuel tax protests

Police said three of the injured were in a serious condition, and officials said 24 people had been arrested and 17 held for questioning. According to various F...

Corrected: Japan cybersecurity and Olympics minister - "I've never used a computer"

Another joked that perhaps Sakurada was simply engaged in his own kind of cybersecurity. With less than two years to the opening of the 2020 Olympics , which...

North Korea to expel detained U.S. citizen, state media say

The man was detained last month after crossing the border with China. "North Korea relations", Center for the National Interest director of defense studies Harr...

Sub found after disappearing a year ago with 44 aboard

Ocean Infinity has reportedly committed to receiving payment from Argentina only if ARA San Juan is found. It was to receive a reward of $7.5 million if it fo...

Bolsonaro Offers Political Asylum to Cuban Slave Doctors

Rousseff's leftist government began welcoming Cuban medical professionals five years ago under a programme which, at first, proved to be a huge success for comm...

Trupti Desai to abandon Sabarimala visit after protests

The flood ravaged Pampa is bereft of basic pilgrim facilities. Adding to the woes of the stranded pilgrims, an uneasy calm prevails in Sabarimala and surrou...

Trump Names Mar-A-Lago Member And Handbag Designer As Ambassador

Relations between South Africa and the United States have been tested this year after Trump said farmers were being forced off their land and many of them kille...

Stacey Abrams Acknowledges Loss In Georgia Governor's Race

That ad, and her speech, cited purging a million Georgians voters from the state's voter lists, voting machine shortages, electronic pollbook failures, provisio...

Last Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of genocide in Cambodia

The brutal ultra-Maoist regime, led by Pol Pot, forcibly removed the population from towns and cities, and sent them to strict rural labour camps, an experiment...

US To Vote 'No' Instead Of Abstain On UN Resolution About Golan

While the resolution is non-binding, the annual ritual has served as an worldwide censure of Israel's decision in the early 1980s to bring the Golan under its s...

'Toxic' Is Oxford Dictionaries' Word Of 2018

They announced their decision via a video posted to their Twitter account. Previous years have also been influenced by the political landscape, with 2016 taki...

Cyclone Gaja continues to move across Tamil Nadu, heavy rains in offing

He announced Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the families of the deceased. Cyclone Gaja made landfall in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu around 1.40 a...

Trump Says He's Giving Mueller Questions a Personal Touch

Mueller already has brought charges against a series of former Trump aides, including his former campaign chairman and a former United States national security ...

Federal Judge Rules Trump White House Must Return Jim Acosta's Press Pass

The judge said the White House did not provide due process to Acosta, and he said the process was "so shrouded in mystery that the government could not tell ...

White House official criticised by first lady removed from post

Her office also suspected Ricardel of being the source of negative press about the first lady and her staff. Sanders did not specify the aide's new role. News o...

The career of Mexico's brutal Robin Hood, 'El Chapo' Guzman

Beltran Leyva, once a partner and later a rival of Guzman, was found guilty of USA drug charges and sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge in Washington...

Trumpy Bear Official Commercial; Yes, It's Real

And Trumpy Bear has made the big time after the bad ad aired during primetime on Fox News , giving the toy immediate social media cachet and even getting parod...

France strikes back against Trump, emphasising a lack of 'common decency'

Just a few days after they held an awkward meeting on the sidelines of ceremonies in Paris to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World ...

Julian Assange has been charged, prosecutors reveal inadvertently in court filing

But Joshua Stueve, a spokesman for the prosecutors' office that filed the document that was unsealed, admitted the court filing was an "error". Julian Assang...

Bangladesh scraps plans to repatriate Rohingya following mass protests

More than 720,000 Rohingya were forced to cross the border by a Myanmar army kickback against Rohingya militants past year. Frightened and angry Rohingya re...

Number of missing people in California wildfires doubles to over 630

Firefighters are also fighting two large wildfires in Southern California, where another three people have died. More than 75 tents have popped up at the Chic...

Traffic sham: Cops pull over cardboard 'bus' on Russian bridge

The funniest example of this came to light recently when a video of four men dressed as a bus trying to cross a bridge went virall. A passerby captured the enti...

Saudi-led coalition orders halt in assault on Yemen's Hudaida

United Nations special envoy Martin Griffiths is trying to salvage talks between the warring Yemeni parties after the last round in September collapsed when th...

Facebook hired PR firm to label its critics ‘agents of Soros’

Soros and his foundations, which I lead-an effort which has contributed to death threats and the delivery of a pipe bomb to Mr. Soros' home ". A November 14...

USA in China trade talks again, demands 'change of posture'

The FT report also said "signs have emerged" that Lighthizer was "now more involved and participating in the negotiations", though it did not provide evidence...

Trump Rages at Mueller Probe: 'Total Mess...Nuts...Screaming...Shouting...Threatening...Disgrace...'

The text of Trump's tweets: "The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess". He says the inquiry is a "witch hunt". Many of those criti...

China says high-level trade talks with USA have resumed

The two sides have been far apart during their months-long tariff dispute. Mnuchin is seen as an advocate within the administration of a deal, while others su...

Couple, homeless man charged with faking story that earned $400K in donations

Now, prosecutors told WCAU that the D'Amico, McClure and Bobbitt all conspired together in the hopes of getting and diving up the cash. A New Jersey couple ...

Monkey kills newborn after grabbing baby from breastfeeding mom

The baby died of his injuries at a local hospital. Monkey bites are the second most common attacks by animals in the South Asian country, after dogs. Relevant...

Germany’s Merkel calls for creation of European army

She was more tactful in putting it in the context of being an independent partner than Macron was when he said a European army might also face the United Stat...