Trump agrees with North Korean leader Kim on Biden
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un agree on their assessment of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, White House press secretary Sarah
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Trump and Abe bond over burgers, sumo and golf
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday played golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and presented a trophy to the winner of a sumo tournament,
Trump to have banquet with queen
U.S. President Donald Trump will attend a banquet at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth and hold talks with outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May during his
Harvey Weinstein ‘to settle with accusers for $44m’
Harvey Weinstein, women who accused him of sexual misconduct, his former film studio’s board members and the New York attorney general’s office have reached a tentative
SpaceX putS first internet satellites into orbit
SpaceX, the private rocket company of high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched the first batch of 60 small satellites into low-Earth orbit on Thursday for Musk’s
US charges Julian Assange with espionage
The US Justice Department unveiled 17 new criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, saying he unlawfully published the names of classified sources and conspired
China denounces US ‘rumours’ about Huawei ties to Beijing
China on Friday denounced US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for fabricating rumours after he said the chief executive of China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
‘American Taliban’ Lindh released from US prison
John Walker Lindh, the American captured in Afghanistan in 2001 fighting for the Taliban, was released early from federal prison on Thursday, the Washington Post
Iraq weighs captives’ rights against fear of new Islamic State
Iraqi farmer Shaker Salih says he feared IslamicState, but feared its defeat even more. His problem is persuading people to believe that he did not support
Trump accuses Democratic leaders of ‘tearing the United States apart’
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused the top Democrats in Congress of “tearing the United States apart” by pursuing investigations stemming from the now-concluded
Washington state will allow composting of human bodies
Washington has become the first state in the US to approve composting as an alternative to burying or cremating human remains. Governor Jay Inslee signed
Trump administration considers tapping U.S. TSA funds for border
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is considering tapping more than $230 million from the Transportation Security Administration to fund operations on the U.S.-Mexico border
Iran’s reach puts US forces, allies in striking range
Threats of conflict between the United States and Iran have highlighted the places and ways their forces, proxies or allies could clash. Iran backs militias
Rouhani rejects talks with Washington
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected talks with the United States on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump said Iran would call and ask for negotiations “if
Missouri governor expected to sign new abortion restrictions
Missouri’s Republican governor could sign a law as early as this week banning most abortions in the Midwestern state after the eighth week of pregnancy,
Biden holds US election kick-off rally, rivals sharpen attacks
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday will hold a presidential-style rally intended to make his march toward becoming the Democrat to take on
Ex-CIA officer handed 20 years for spying for China
A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges that he spied for China and sought to expose agents who
US warns airlines flying over Persian Gulf
US diplomats have warned that commercial airliners flying over the Persian Gulf face a risk of being “misidentified” amid heightened tensions between the US and
Exxon Mobil evacuates foreign staff out of Iraqi oilfield
Exxon Mobil has evacuated all its foreign staff members out of Iraq’s West Qurna 1 oilfield and is flying them out to Dubai, three sources
U.S. issues warning on airspace near Gulf
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an advisory to U.S. commercial airliners flying over the waters of the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to