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Democrats outraged at timing of Comey's firing

Sanders, speaking Thursday on ABC's "Good Morning America", said, "I have heard that directly from him ( Trump ), that that information was relayed directly t...

S. Korea's Moon to send delegation to China amid frayed ties

Mr Moon was part of the South's last liberal government, which pursued a "Sunshine policy" of reconciliation and dialogue with the North, and is widely expected...

Ex-congresswoman found guilty of taking money from charity

Brown, who served in the lower chamber from January 1993 - Jan. 2017, said she had made some mistakes, but maintained it was not intentional. The group was in...

Russian fighter jet flies close to US Navy plane

Davis said he could not elaborate on what factors contributed to the commander's assessment. "Distance is only one of many variables considered when defining ...

Kosovo gov't loses no-confidence vote, early election likely

Since the signing of the deal, the main opposition Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) party has organised violent street demonstrations and fired tear gas in par...

Chinese -president calls Korean-counterpart

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 hap...

Trump says he was always going to fire Federal Bureau of Investigation director

But Mr. Trump pressed him on whether it would be "honest loyalty." While the two had dinner Trump "made small talk about the election" and the size of his cr...

Moon in calls with China, Japan leaders

Moon's message here about the need for negotiations is sure to please Beijing , since it largely echoes the Chinese position. He is facing a delicate task bala...

Trump lawyers push back against Russia ties in letter

The President's actual tax returns were not made available to the media when the White House released the letter , so the claims couldn't be independently veri...

CIA sets up unit to address North Korean threat

The center will work closely with the entire USA national security community, it added. Pompeo said during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that he cre...

Girls Refusing Rescue Should Be Forced Out - Chibok Leaders

He said that if the government pursues issues of corruption in Nigeria with the same resolve with which it has pursued and negotiated the release of the 82 Chib...

Clashes erupt at Palestinian protest to support hunger strikers

The Israeli Prison Services released a video dated April 27 which appeared to show Barghouti eating food in the bathroom of his cell, ten days after the hunger ...

Can South Korea ETFs Continue To Surge After Presidential Election?

But Abe also said "dialogue for dialogue's sake would be meaningless" and he called on North Korea to demonstrate "sincere and concrete action", Hagiuda said, a...

North Korea calls US-South Korea plot a `declaration of war'

North Korea on Thursday demanded the handover of "terror suspects" involved in the plot but it did not identify anyone. In a press statement attached to its l...

Puerto Rico board files bankruptcy-like case to cut island debt

A judge still has to approve it. By contrast, Puerto Rico is struggling with a public debt burden totaling $74 billion of outstanding bonds and $49 billion ow...

Parents of freed Nigeria schoolgirls still wait to see them

She said all the girls would resume the new academic session in September, including the recently released 82 Chibok girls, adding that they will undergo skill ...

Israel trims United Nations budget again over Jerusalem resolution

While other countries have ordered the planes, Israel - which receives more than $3bn a year in USA defence aid - says it will be the first outside the United S...

N.Korea seeks extradition of S.Korea spy chief over "assassination plot"

Mr Murphy said, without providing specifics, that "considerable common ground was identified" between the U.S. and ASEAN on North Korea, adding the assassinatio...

After SKorean leader eyes North trip, Trump offers USA invite

Beijing objects to the USA missile-defense system THAAD recently deployed in South Korea because it fears the system's radar could be used to monitor the Chines...

China's Xi discusses nuclear issue with new South Korean president

First freeze North Korea's nuclear development, then engage with them economically before before working towards the ultimate goal of denuclearization. "Preside...

Donald Trump jabs Rosie O'Donnell over old James Comey tweet

The US president also acknowledged that Russia was on his mind when he made the decision to sack James Comey, who had been heading a probe into suspected Russia...

Before the ax, Comey was pushing Trump-Russia probe harder

Trump has now been accused of trying to undermine that probe. At the White House briefing later that afternoon, Huckabee Sanders said that Trump had lost conf...

Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to conduct geological survey to determine correct territorial boundaries

Pakistani Major General Nadeem Anjum said following Islamabad's retaliation, Afghanistan pleaded for ceasefire on Friday, which Pakistan accepted. "Afghan for...

82 released Chibok schoolgirls arrive in Nigerian capital

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it "facilitated the safe return" of the girls as a "neutral intermediary", some six months after 21 o...

Iran's Rouhani faces renewed charges as election looms

But he went further in his closing statement, vowing for the first time to target the remaining U.S. sanctions that are still hampering trade deals and prevent...

Trump attacks on fired Federal Bureau of Investigation chief meet resistance

Members of the administration, including Vice President Mike Pence, had argued that Trump merely accepted Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's assessment th...

South Korea to Send Envoys to China to Discuss THAAD, North Korea

China has vigorously opposed the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea, saying it threatens Chinese security and will do nothing to resolve te...

When Trump asked for 'loyalty' at private dinner Comey 'refused'

Sir Walter Scott's epic admonition, "Oh, what a web we weave when first we practice to deceive", perfectly describes the furor over President Trump's firing of ...

Soldiers' mutilation: India provides 'actionable evidence' of Pakistan involvement

India had on September 29 hit terror launch pads across the line of control 10 days after an attack by suspected Pakistani militants on a camp in Uri left kille...