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Trade Deficit Threat To National Security

The Trump administration's top trade advisor said Monday US trade deficits are a threat to national security that could...

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Indonesia Faces ‘huge’ Challenges To Host Asian Games

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) warned Monday that Indonesia faces "huge" challenges to prepare for the 2018 Asian...

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Four Ballistic Missiles Fired Into Sea

North Korea has launched four ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan. Three of them fell into Japan's exclusive...

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Trump Wire-Tap Claim Denied By Ex-Intelligence Chief Clapper

The director of national intelligence at the time of the US election has denied there was any wire-tapping of Donald...

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Battle-Hardened In Britain, May Prepares For Brexit Talks

British Prime Minister Theresa May is unlikely to bow to political expedience in Brexit negotiations but will make up...

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Helicopter With Nine Aboard Crashes In Japan

A helicopter conducting a mountain rescue exercise crashed with nine local officials aboard in Japan on Sunday and at...

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Trump Urged To Back Up Claims His Phones Were Tapped By Obama

US President Donald Trump has been urged to provide evidence to back his allegation that his predecessor, Barack Obama,...

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China Trims GDP Target, Citing ‘grave Challenges’

China's premier warned Sunday that the world's second-largest economy faces "grave challenges", signalling a further...

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China To Outline National Priorities As Congress Opens

China's rubber-stamp legislature opens its annual session on Sunday with Premier Li Keqiang due to announce the...

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Obama ‘never Ordered Trump Wire-Tapping’

President Donald Trump's accusation that his predecessor ordered his phones to be tapped is "simply false", Barack...

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N. Korea Hits Out At US Over Potential Terror Listing

North Korea warned Saturday that the US will "pay dearly" if it relists Pyongyang as a state sponsor of terrorism...

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China Defence Spending To Rise ‘around 7%’

China will raise defence spending by "around seven percent" this year as it guards against "outside meddling" in its...

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Trump Administration Considering Separating Women, Children At Mexico Border

Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U. S. authorities under a...

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Trump Backs Under-Fire Attorney General

President Donald Trump has defended Attorney General Jeff Sessions as "an honest man" amid calls for him to quit. The...

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Angela Merkel Visits Tunisia For Talks On Migrant Crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to press Tunisian leaders to step up efforts to help curb an influx of illegal...

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US Strikes Pound Qaeda For Second Day

US fighter jets pounded Al-Qaeda targets in Yemen for a second straight day on Friday, security and tribal sources...

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Dmocrats Renew Jeff Sessions Attack Over Russia Contacts

Democrats have stepped up their attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying his explanation regarding his...

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Democrats Renew Jeff Sessions Attack Over Russia Contacts

Democrats say they remain unconvinced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions' latest comments regarding his contacts with...

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‘Algeria’s Orwell’ Urges Writers To Fight Fundamentalism

Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, whose novel "2084" depicted a dystopian state governed by religious law, says writers...