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McCain-Led Delegation Visits Pakistan For Security Talks

A high-level US Senate delegation met Pakistan's top foreign affairs official and powerful military chief in Islamabad...

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Republicans Scramble To Revise Faltering Health Care Bill

US Senate Republicans, facing potential collapse of their "Obamacare" repeal effort, were making last-gasp changes...

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New US Ambassador Keen To See Chinese Dissident Go Abroad

The new US ambassador to China said on Wednesday he would "love" to see terminally-ill Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo get...

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Republicans Launch Bid To Win Support For Teetering US Health Bill

US Senate Republicans on Monday launched into a crucial week seeking to ram through the most consequential legislation...

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Chants Against Saudi Arabia As Iran Marks Jerusalem Day

Chants against the Saudi royal family and the Islamic State group mingled with the traditional cries of "Death to...

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Senate Republicans To Unveil Health Care Bill

US Senate Republicans were preparing to finally unveil their health care overhaul Thursday aimed at fulfilling...

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Putin Says US Sanctions Will ‘complicate Relations’

New US sanctions on Russia approved by the Senate will complicate the countries' relations, Russian President Vladimir...

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Behind the Scenes With America’s Most Violent Gang

A notorious Central American street gang famed for its heavily tattooed members and torturing its victims has now...

International

Senior US Prosecutor Bharara Fired ‘after Refusing Trump Call’

A former leading federal prosecutor in New York has revealed he was sacked by Donald Trump after receiving several...

International

Trump’s Lawyer Marc Kasowitz Rejects James Comey’s Allegations

US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer has rejected allegations made by James Comey, the former FBI director,...

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Obstruction of Justice and the Long Road To Impeachment

Fired FBI director James Comey withheld judgment Thursday on whether President Donald Trump's requests that he drop an...

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Melania Trump Readies Unforgettable Birthday Card For Husband

On the same day as President Donald Trump's actions were under intense and unflattering scrutiny in the US Senate, his...

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Iran Says Trump Reaction To Attacks ‘repugnant’

Iran denounced Donald Trump's reaction to deadly Islamic State group attacks in Tehran as "repugnant" on Thursday after...

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States Backing Terror Risk ‘falling Victim’ To It

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed sympathy for the victims of a terror attack in Iran that killed 13...

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Ex-Panama Military Ruler Manuel Noriega Dies At 83

General Manuel Antonio Noriega, former military leader of Panama, has died aged 83, officials have announced. Noriega...

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Putin A Bigger Threat Than Islamic State

Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to world security than the so-called Islamic State group, according...

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A Legacy Etched In Minds of Americans

John F. Kennedy -- young, heroic, charismatic -- embodied the overflowing promise of possibility of 20th century...

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Hall of Fame Pitcher, Congressman Bunning Dies

Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning, who went from baseball to serving in the US Congress, has died at the age of 85, the...

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Trump Targets MS-13 Gang To Buttress Immigration Crackdown

For a president obsessed with deporting "bad hombres" from the United States, the Latino street gang known as MS-13 is...