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Ridiculed Trump Tweet Prompts New Legislation
A much-lampooned -- and now-deleted -- tweet by President Donald Trump has spurred a serious legislative effort aimed...
Montana Congressman Avoids Jail For Body Slamming A Reporter
A Montana judge Monday sentenced congressman-elect Greg Gianforte to community service, 20 hours of anger management...
Tunisian Sentenced To Jail For Smoking During Ramadan
A Tunisian court Monday sentenced to one month in prison a man who smoked a cigarette in public during the Muslim...
Bill Cosby Refuses To Testify At His Trial
Bill Cosby’s wife, Camille, made her first appearance at her husband’s sexual assault trial on Monday, taking a...
Bangladesh Arrests 10 Islamist Extremists As Raids Continue
Bangladesh police Monday widened a sweeping crackdown against Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants,...
Japan Zoo Celebrates Birth of Panda Cub
A Japanese zoo celebrated the first birth of a baby panda in five years Monday, with the tiny cub small enough to fit...
NY To Probe Money Moved From Eric Trump Charity To Dad’s Company
The New York attorney general has opened in investigation into allegations that funds raised by a charitable foundation...
Netanyahu Urges UN To Dismantle Its Palestinian Aid Agency
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Sunday for the United Nations to shut down its Palestinian refugee aid...
Qatar Says Gulf Citizens Can Stay Despite Crisis
Qatar moved Sunday to avoid an escalation of its feud with Gulf neighbours by telling their citizens they are welcome...
Iran Has Sent Five Planes of Food To Qatar
Iran has sent five planes of food to Qatar, Iran's national carrier told AFP on Sunday, days after Gulf countries cut...
Easyjet Plane Diverted After ‘suspicious Conversation’
A plane flying from Slovenia to the UK made an unplanned landing after the pilot had been alerted to a "suspicious...
Spain’s ‘jamon’ Conquers China
The aroma is so extraordinary it's like "a punch in your mouth" says Luqi Wu, one of several Chinese businessmen...
Theresa May’s Top Advisers Quit After UK Election Shock
British Prime Minister Theresa May appears to have begun a purge in her party after shock election results threw the...
Afghan Soldier Kills 3 US Service Members
Three US soldiers were killed and another wounded during a joint US-Afghan military operation in Nangarhar Province on...
Ghana Cocoa Board Debt Reaches $2.2 Billion As Prices Slump
Ghana’s cocoa regulator said it is 10 billion cedis ($2.2 billion) in debt after the nation missed its production...
Boeing and Iran’s Aseman Finalise $3bn Deal For 30 Jets
Iran's Aseman Airlines has finalised an agreement to buy 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets for $3.0 billion, the company said...
US Forces Back Philippine Troops In Islamist Held City
United States special forces are providing support to the Philippine military battling to dislodge Islamist militants...
Hamas Denies It Built Tunnel Under UN Schools In Gaza
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has denied that it or any other militant group built a tunnel under two UN schools...
House, Senate Investigators Seek Trump Tapes, Comey Memos
House and Senate investigators fired off a series of requests after former FBI Director James Comey's testimony,...