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United States needs to maintain tariff threat against China: Lighthizer

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Computer theft: Spain probes North Korea embassy incident

Spain's El Confidencial news site first reported that a group of unidentified assailants bound and gagged workers at the embassy on February 22. The newspap...

Trump ordered officials to give Kushner top-secret security clearance

The newspaper said Kelly wrote in an internal memo that he had been "ordered" to give top-secret clearance to Kushner. "I would think there's a Congressiona...

Feds green-light formal extradition process for Meng Wanzhou

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Police said Brandel told them he was picked up Monday by two men who had bought Super Bowl squares from him. An upstate NY man staged his own abduction and ro...

Louis day care worker throwing child against cabinet

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Venezuelan vice president visits Moscow to rally support

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Kushner, Saudi crown prince discuss ‘increasing cooperation’ in Riyadh: White House

Under the Arab Peace Initiative drawn up by Saudi Arabia in 2002, Arab nations offered Israel normal ties in return for a statehood deal with the Palestinians...

Joe Biden Clarifies 'Decent Guy' VP Mike Pence Comments

Biden, who rarely tweets, responded in less than an hour. Mr Pence, a Christian evangelical, has repeatedly expressed controversial views seen as anti-LGBT. B...

Wilson-Raybould describes moment conversations with Trudeau became "inappropriate"

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EU Brexit negotiator says UK 'decision more important than extra time'

Attorney General Geoffrey Cox about potential tweaks or additions to reassure pro-Brexit British lawmakers that the border "backstop" is only a temporary measur...

3 dead after trains collide with vehicle on Long Island

A Long Island Rail Road train traveling to New York City crashed into a truck near the Westbury station, MTA officials confirmed on Tuesday night, killing t...

7-year-old Wisconsin girl with inoperable tumor wants your dog pictures

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Cohen 'Lied About So Many Things,' 'But He Said No Collusion'

Cohen said he had no evidence that Mr Trump colluded with an alleged Russian plot to influence the 2016 election, though he had his suspicions. He presented...

Algeria's Bouteflika to Submit Re-Election Papers Despite Protests

Bouteflika, 81, suffered a stroke in 2013, and was re-elected in 2014 for a fourth term until 2019. The ruling National Liberation Front party made an announcem...

Trump ‘Ordered’ John Kelly to Grant Jared Kushner a Top-Secret Security Clearance

Kushner was granted the high-level clearance last May after a lengthy background check. Though the President does have the authority to grant clearances, he d...

Quake 7.0 magnitude hits Peru: USGS

Despite early fears of a subsequent tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said one was not expected based on all available data. The quake struck at 3:5...

May to seek MPs' approval for new strategy

It is intended as an insurance policy if no answer can be found through a permanent trade deal at the end of a Brexit transition period, although critics fear...

Cohen arrives for secret testimony to House Intel Committee

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Tlaib and Pressley Put Racism on Trial During Cohen Hearing

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Amid Indo-Pak tensions, China cancels all flights to and from Pakistan

The CAA tweeted that passengers should check with their airlines for more details. Nearly 4,000 passengers and more than 30 flights at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi ...

Shamima Begum: ISIS bride escapes Syria refugee camp after death threats

Other jihadi wives are reportedly angry with her for talking about her plight and have made death threats. Now other hardline Islamist women in the refugee camp...

Here’s how the U.K.’s parliamentary Brexit debate will work

She looks to have postponed a moment of reckoning in the deeply divided legislature by promising lawmakers they will be given the chance next month to block a n...

Firefighters tackle Saddleworth Moor blaze

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US, UK, France move UNSC to ban Masood Azhar in fresh proposal

The US, the United Kingdom and France have moved a fresh proposal in the UN Security Council to designate Pakistan-based terror group JeM chief Masood Azhar as ...

Deaths reported after bomb and gun attack in Mogadishu

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Pam Northam Criticized for Passing Out Cotton During Mansion Tour

She wrote the first lady a letter on Monday, condemning her actions. First Lady Pam Northam drew condemnation after state employee Leah Dozier Walker ...

Philippines, US to discuss defense treaty, sea disputes - Manila

Pompeo says he raised the importance of human rights, a touchy subject amid President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal anti-drug crackdown. Pompeo is in the Philippines...