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Qatar won't back down in face of pressure: minister

Also on Friday Saudi Arabia and its three allies issued a list of 49 people - including Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi - and 12 Qat...

Post Tehran twin attacks, Iran arrests 41 ISIS suspects

Iran has slammed US President Donald Trump's response to Wednesday's twin terror attacks in Tehran as " repugnant ", as the death toll from the ISIS-claim...

Turkish president approves troops to Qatar

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Saudi Arabia and allies release Qatar 'terror list'

The announcement intensifies the diplomatic and economic campaign to isolate Qatar, a small Gulf Arab state which is a critical global supplier of gas and hosts...

Iran says arrests seven suspects linked to Tehran attacks

It suggested there were only five attackers rather than the six originally reported. A boy is evacuated during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central ...

Donald Trump says James Comey lying, willing to testify under oath

William Brangham has the story. The only real question is whether that very near future will ever finally come around ― as his clinging to the baseless clai...

Bill Cosby trial: Gloria Allred booted from courtroom after cellphone goes off

Constand disagreed with the attorney's suggestion that they were in bed together. "Wasn't your friendship with Mr. Cosby in part for him to assist you in the ...

Rex Tillerson calls on Arab nations to ease blockade on Qatar

But Mr Trump said that he, Mr Tillerson and military leaders decided during his trip to Saudi Arabia last month that a public rebuke was needed. The three g...

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain welcome Trump's scolding of Qatar

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday urged Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states to ease their blockade against Qatar, saying it was causing unint...

Qatar Defiant As Gulf Arab Allies Deepen Nation's Isolation

In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani repeatedly denied that his country funde...

Congressmen seeking any tape recordings of Comey with Trump

Asked by a reporter if he had told Mr Comey to drop the investigation into Mr Flynn, Mr Trump said, "I didn't say that". California Congressman Adam Schiff, t...

Thais in UAE warned not to comment on conflict with Qatar

Mauritania on Tuesday became the eighth country which had cut ties with Qatar after Saudi, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, Maldives and Mauritius. "I personally d...

Comey a Leaker, His Testimony Proves 'No Collusion, No Obstruction', Says Trump

Comey's testimony underscored the discord that had soured their relationship. Standing with Iohannis, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation partner, Trump at ...

'Coalition of crackpots': Newspapers savage Theresa May over election nightmare

With the competition for some seats fierce, some candidates made it to parliament by the thinnest of margins. May's political standing has been dealt a huge b...

Trump '100 Percent' Willing to Testify Under Oath on Comey Allegations

President Donald Trump , speaking at the White House, commented June 9 about ex-FBI Director James Comey's testimony . "Yesterday showed no collusion, no obstr...

Trump's Personal Attorney Denies Comey Allegations, Says Comments Vindicate President

Comey, speaking under oath, said the administration had offered "shifting explanations" about why he was sacked. Comey said Sessions recused himself for a varie...

Trump's lawyer to file complaint against James Comey

The brief Twitter hiatus for Trump came after the president's officials criticized the media for focusing on Trump's tweets despite the fact that he is the ...

Double bombing in Iraq: more than 30 people were killed

A suicide bombing in central Iraq has reportedly killed at least 30 people and wounded 100 others. Various reports said the blast took place in the smaller to...

Trump to Reporters: Comey Statements Under Oath Weren't True

The president had previewed his attacks against Comey in an early-morning tweet that broke his previous day's silence on his favorite social media megaphone. Pr...

Scottish SNP Lost Votes Due to Plans to Hold New Independence Referendum

What lies behind these changing fortunes? Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has called on Ms Sturgeon to take a second independence referendum ...

Involved shooting leaves suspect dead in Philadelphia

Police said he cleared a stoppage and fired as the man ran, killing him. Ross had said Thursday night that part of the encounter was caught on surveillance vide...

Bodies and wreckage found in search for missing plane

The four-engine Chinese-made Y-8 turboprop aircraft had left Myeik, also known as Mergui, heading for Yangon on a route over the Andaman Sea. There were fears...

Chandler company plays big part in United States missile defense shield program

The US put its Ground-based Midcourse Defense ( GMD ) missile shield to the test on Tuesday, firing an intercontinental ballistic missile from the Marshall Isla...

Theresa May's political power is 'massively weakened' following United Kingdom snap election

It seems as though she will be hanging on as leader, but be clear why: because the timing of the Brexit talks means senior Tories don't think it wise to plung...

U.S. calls on Arab nations to ease blockade against Qatar

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said that UAE notified the U.S. about the plan shortly before it went into effect. For years, Gulf states and Egy...

Donald Trump slams James Comey after accusations on lying

After Mr Trump tweeted that there may be recordings of their conversations, Mr Comey said he felt the need to reveal his written account of their Oval Office ...

Accused NSA Leaker Reality Winner Will Enter Not Guilty Plea

Victor served in the Air Force from December 2010 to 2016, leaving as a senior airman who was a cryptologic language analyst. Reality Leigh Winner, 25, was ...

Trump '100 per cent' willing to testify on Comey

Trump was addressing reporters for the first time since Thursday's explosive testimony in which Comey branded the president a liar, and said he was sacked ov...

Trump calls former Federal Bureau of Investigation director Comey a "leaker" after testimony

Reports out of Comey's closed-session testimony before the committee say that there may have been a third undisclosed meeting between Sessions and Kislyak...

Corbyn team 'stunned' by exit polls on election night

The Conservatives and the DUP , a socially conservative party that backed Brexit , are expected to work together on a vote-by-vote basis rather than enter a f...