Trump To Visit UK In July
US President Donald Trump is to visit the UK on Friday 13 July, after previously cancelling a trip amid claims he would face mass protests. It will not be the full-blown state visit Mr Trump was...
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Close Trump Aide Resigns
Hope Hicks, one of President Trump’s longest-serving advisers, is to step down as White House communications director. The 29-year-old former model and ex-Trump Organization employee has been by Mr...
Google Chrome Launches Default Ad-Blocker
Google has launched an ad-blocker for its Chrome web browser that is designed to prevent “annoying” and “intrusive” ads being shown to users. Google announced the move to curtail full-page...
Google Chrome Launches Default Ad-Blocker
Google has launched an ad-blocker for its Chrome web browser that is designed to prevent “annoying” and “intrusive” ads being shown to users. Google announced the move to curtail full-page...
US Coast Guard Won’t ‘break Faith’ With Trans Members
The head of the US Coast Guard said Tuesday he would not "break faith" with transgender personnel, after President Donald Trump said they would be banned from the military. In a series of three...
Scaramucci Out As Trump’s New Chief of Staff Takes Reins
Foul-mouthed spin doctor Anthony Scaramucci was fired as White House communications director Monday, just 10 days after being named to the post and hours after Donald Trump's new chief of staff was...
US Hits ‘dictator’ Maduro With Sanctions Over Disputed Venezuela Vote
The United States hit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with direct sanctions on Monday over a disputed and deadly weekend vote that, while consolidating his power, has largely isolated him at home...
Embattled Trump Replaces Chief of Staff
US President Donald Trump ousted his beleaguered chief of staff Reince Priebus on Friday, replacing him with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly after vicious White House infighting spilled into...
Trump’s Transgender Military Ban ‘not Worked Out Yet’
The White House has not yet decided how it will implement the president’s ban on transgender people serving in the US military. Mr Trump’s surprise Twitter announcement on Wednesday has been met...
France Announces Plan To Vet Asylum-Seekers In Libya
France will set up processing centres in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean, President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday. "The idea is to create hotspots to...
Trump’s Transgender Military Ban ‘not Worked Out Yet’
The White House has not yet decided how it will implement the president’s ban on transgender people serving in the US military. Mr. Trump’s surprise Twitter announcement on Wednesday has been met...
US-Backed Syria Force Ousts IS From Half of Raqa
A US-backed alliance has ousted Islamic State group jihadists from half of their Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said Wednesday, less than two months after its fighters broke into the city. The Syrian...
Trump Says Transgender Personnel Barred From US Military
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that transgender people may not serve "in any capacity" in the US military, upending a key policy from Barack Obama's administration and drawing swift...
Philippines To Abolish Agency Hunting Marcos Plunder
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's government plans to abolish the agency tasked with recovering the billions of dollars plundered by late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his allies, a cabinet...
US Moves One Step Closer To Imposing Fresh Russia Sanctions
The US House of Representatives has voted to impose fresh sanctions on Russia, despite President Donald Trump objecting to the legislation. Senior officials will be targeted in retaliation for...
White House Hails Israel For Removing Holy Site Metal Detectors
The White House welcomed Israel's decision to remove metal detectors from a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site on Tuesday after their installation triggered deadly violence, saying the Jewish state...
Tillerson Staying On As Top US Diplomat
Top US diplomat Rex Tillerson does not plan to step down, the State Department said Tuesday, quashing reports citing differences with the White House. Since taking the helm of the State Department in...
US House Set To Vote To Sanction Russia, Iran, NKorea
The US House of Representatives will vote Tuesday to slap new sanctions against Russia, a move that limits President Donald Trump's ability to tinker with the penalties and has also triggered uproar...
Philippines’ Duterte Demands US Return Symbolic Church Bells
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has demanded the United States return church bells seized by American forces in a bloody campaign more than a century ago, in another blast at his country's...
Man Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ Attacks Police On Morocco-Spain Border
A knife-wielding man shouting "Allahu Akbar" charged across the border between Morocco and the Spanish territory of Melilla on Tuesday, attacking and injuring a police officer, authorities said. The...