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Acting Director Disputes White House Claim that FBI 'Lost Confidence' in Comey

Comey himself was measured about the abrupt turn of events in a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and colleagues, urging them not to be concern...

Syrian Kurdish forces say they will push on to IS capital

Commanders in the Syrian Kurdish militia, the YPG, and the USA -led coalition against the Islamic State say Washington's decision to send more arms to the YPG w...

The Russian government embarrassed the White House

Before the interview, administration officials such as the vice-president, press secretary, White House counselor and deputy press secretary had maintained that...

China presses South Korea on THAAD missile system

Beijing sees the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system, newly installed in the South meant to guard against threats from the North, as a threat ...

Eddie Jones dismisses pool of death fears after England are drawn against

Scotland were grouped with Ireland and Japan in Pool A for the 2019 tournament along with a European qualifier - Romania now top the rankings - and a cr...

President Moon conducts first phone-call with Chinese President Xi Jin Ping

South Korean President Moon Jae-In spoke to the leaders of China and Japan on Thursday, hours after a telephone call with his USA counterpart Donald Trump happe...

Voters face straightforward choice between SNP and Tories - Nicola Sturgeon

They ignored the overwhelming result of the European Union referendum in Scotland. SNP councillors are now the largest group in 16 councils, including the cou...

Oval Office meeting with Russian officials raises eyebrows

The official requested anonymity to discuss matters of security. President Trump fired Comey Tuesday - telling NBC News Thursday that the former FBI director ...

Trump's Most Tweeted Words First 100 Days

As he marks the 100th day of his administration Saturday and pivots from a contentious period of marking a milestone he rejects but is fervently observing all t...

White House furious after being trolled with Russia Oval Office photos

When Russia's state-owned news agency TASS published pictures of President Donald Trump meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Ser...

Pope Francis delivers message of peace in Egypt

Direct conflict is possible, though "he would love to solve things diplomatically", he said in an interview with Reuters April 28. Rather, Francis urged the...

Trump meets Russia's Lavrov for 'rare' Oval Office talks

The White House blocked U.S. reporters from photographing the meeting, opting to allow only White House and Russian photographers to capture images of Trump's i...

Syria to dominate talks of Russian, US top diplomats in Washington

If President Donald Trump had been hoping to erase any implications that his abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey was tied to the agency's investigation in...

Mormon church is pulling 185000 teens from Boy Scouts

The church said it will stop participating in that program but will continue to enroll 8- to 13-year-old boys in the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. Kirk estimated...

Comey had 'broad support' in Federal Bureau of Investigation, acting chief says

It hasn't recovered from that". Democrats are anxious Comey's firing could jeopardise the ongoing FBI probe and have renewed calls for an independent investig...

United Kingdom election: Sturgeon plays down Tory threat in Scotland

ICM's research director, Martin Boon, said there was now a risk that the latest poll was over-stating support for Conservatives and under-representing the Liber...

Saudi Mercenaries Killed in Yemeni Forces' Attacks

Higher global oil prices helped Saudi Arabia shrink its budget deficit by 71 percent from the first quarter of 2016 to US$6.9 billion ( 26 billion riyals ) as o...

Cheika's Wallabies will take nothing for granted in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was among the dignitaries to take part in the draw at the historic Kyoto Guest House. Considered New Zealand's greatest t...

McConnell defends all-male health overhaul group

With GOP senators starting work on their version, Democrats wrote that the House bill "has an uncertain path to the president's desk". "Everybody ought to be ...

Watch Stephen Colbert respond to Donald Trump insults

Trump had grown angry with the Russian Federation investigation - particularly Comey admitting in front of the Senate that the FBI was investigating his campaig...

Israel Makes Impressive Security Preparations for Trump Visit

Now, given Trump's call to move the USA embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Congress believes the president may nix the policy and comply with the 200...

Kellyanne Conway Is Back, and My Heart Is Full

Cooper then couldn't help himself: "That makes no sense", he said . Meanwhile, she said she was happy to come out and give Trump's point of view over Comey's...

Pak violates ceasefire, woman killed along LoC

The BSF from time to time undertakes anti-tunnelling and cleaning drives on the worldwide border to find trans-border tunnels dug by Pakistani forces using whic...

Pakistani police: 15 killed in bombing that wounded lawmaker

The spokesman, Anwarul Haq Kakar, says the attack on Abdul Ghafoor Haideri's vehicle and entourage took place in the town of Mastung in Baluchistan province on ...

Justice Dept. Will Not Charge Police Officers in Alton Sterling's Death

Footage that's now been seen countless times shows the struggle between 37-year-old Sterling and the two officers last summer that led to him being fatally shot...

China's pressure on NKorea doesn't seem to be happening

It was Pyongyang's 50th known launch of a ballistic projectile since leader Kim Jong-un took power at the end of 2011, despite the North being barred from suc...

Trump and Putin to meet in July, Russian state media says

It was during a post-election meeting between Kislyak and Michael Flynn, who would become Trump's national security adviser , that the two discussed possible l...

Russian government releases photos of Oval Office meeting

Russia's Foreign Ministry tweeted a photo of Mr Trump shaking hands with Mr Lavrov and the Russian Embassy posted another of the president greeting another pa...

I wanted to fire 'showboat' James Comey anyway

Rod Rosenstein, a man more used to beavering away in obscurity over case law, has been thrust into the middle of one of the biggest U.S. political upheavals i...

Philippines' Duterte says chat with Xi was at Trump's request

Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., asked Trump to rescind a White House invitation, saying Duterte's human rights records should disqualify him, according to The Wash...