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Australia Approves Same-Sex Marriage
The first same-sex weddings are expected to take place in Australia in early 2018. Australia’s Parliament has voted...
Strains Grow In Unhappy Marriage of Trump, Republicans
It may not yet be a full-blown divorce, but the relationship between Donald Trump and the Republican Party is fast...
Ex-Warlord, Footballer Weah Begin Liberia Presidential Campaigns
Liberia's 20 presidential candidates, including a former warlord, footballer George Weah and a former fashion model,...
Iran Rules Out Halt To Missile Tests As Tension With US Rises
A defiant Iran vowed on Saturday to press ahead with its missile programme and condemned new US sanctions, as tensions...
Trump’s Hand Forced By Senate Vote
The United States Senate has voted 98-2 to impose new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, despite objections...
Three US Senators Balk At Health Bill, Putting Reforms In Peril
US Republican efforts to reform health care neared collapse Thursday as three senators threatened to oppose a partial...
Three US Senators Balk At Health Bill, Putting Reform In Jeopardy
US Republican efforts to reform health care hit the skids Thursday when three senators threatened to oppose a partial...
US Republicans Abandon Border Adjustment Tax Proposal
The White House on Thursday abandoned a proposal to create a border adjustment tax which it had touted as a way of...
Iran In ‘successful’ Test of Satellite-Launch Rocket
Iran on Thursday "successfully" tested a satellite-launch rocket, days after warning Washington of a response to new US...
US Congressman Leaves Hospital Six Weeks After Being Shot
Steve Scalise, the US congressman shot last month by a gunman angry about President Donald Trump, has been released...
US Republicans Jump-Start Health Care 2.0, Outcome Uncertain
Reinvigorated US Senate Republicans on Wednesday resumed their marathon effort to uproot Obamacare, but what their...
US Congressman Shot In Baseball Field Attack Leaves Hospital
The 51-year-old US Representative Steve Scalise, seen in 2014, "is in good spirits and is looking forward to his return...
Iran Will Respond In Kind To US Breaches of Nuclear Deal
President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran would respond in kind to any breach by the United States of the...
Young Nigerians Push For Removal of Political Age Limits
Hundreds of young Nigerians marched on the country's parliament on Tuesday, calling for lawmakers to remove age...
McCain To Return To US Senate As Health Vote Teeters
US Senator John McCain returns to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer, his...
US Congress To Vote On Russia Sanctions, Tying Trump’s Hands
The US Congress is poised to approve tough new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea this week after reaching a...
US Congress Reach Deal On Fresh Sanctions
Leaders of both parties in the US Congress have agreed on legislation that allows fresh sanctions to punish Russia for...
Philippine MPs To Vote On Martial Law Extension Bid
The Philippine Congress opened a special session Saturday to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte's bid for an extension...
Philippine MPs To Vote On Duterte Bid For Longer Martial Rule
The Philippine Congress sits in a special session Saturday to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte's bid for longer...