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France Faces US Reservations Over UN Backing For Sahel Force

France on Friday sought to address US reservations over its request that the United Nations offer political and...

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Polanski Rape Victim Pleads With Judge To Close 1977 Case

An American woman raped by filmmaker Roman Polanski as a teenager four decades ago pleaded with a California judge on...

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Trump Commits US To NATO’S Article Five On Mutual Defense

US President Donald Trump on Friday insisted that the United States remained committed to NATO's mutual defense pledge,...

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US SEC Begins Probe Into $ 2.25bn Bond Issue

The Minority’s petition to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission has triggered a full blown...

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Trump Leans On Family As Don Jr Comes Out Swinging For Dad

In business as in the White House, Donald Trump leans on family. While daughter Ivanka deflects criticism by projecting...

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White House Seeks To Move Beyond Russia Scandal

The White House hopes the confirmation by James Comey that Donald Trump was not under FBI investigation can draw a line...

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Swedes End Japan Challenge At America’s Cup

Sweden's Team Artemis eliminated SoftBank Team Japan from the America's Cup Challenger series on Friday to set up a...

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Trump Leans On Family As Don Jr Comes Out Swinging For Dad

In business as in the White House, Donald Trump leans on family. While daughter Ivanka deflects criticism by projecting...

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Syria Army Reaches Iraq Border After US Tensions

Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015 on Friday, a monitor...

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US School Massacre Conspiracy Theorist Gets Prison

An American woman who claimed the Sandy Hook school massacre, one of the worst mass shootings in US history, was a hoax...

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WTO Says US Failed To Fully Comply In Boeing Subsidies Dispute

The World Trade Organization said Friday the United States had not fully complied with a 2012 ruling ordering it to...

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Akufo-Addo Advocates Severe Sanctions Against Illegal, Unregulated Fishing

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advocated a severe sanction regime against those engaged in illegal and...

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Deutsche Bank Snubs US Demand For Trump Family Data

Germany's Deutsche Bank said Friday it would not disclose any information on its links to US President Donald Trump and...

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Trump Goes On the Attack After Comey Testimony

US President Donald Trump went on the attack Friday after ousted FBI director James Comey's dramatic Capitol Hill...

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Gulf Crisis Grows As Saudi, Allies Place Qataris On ‘terror List’

The diplomatic crisis surrounding the Gulf escalated further Friday after Saudi Arabia and its allies placed a number...

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‘justice Has Been Served’

In her first interview since being released from a top-security US military prison, WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning...

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US-Backed Force Advances In Fight For IS Syria Bastion

US-backed Syrian fighters Friday seized part of a district on the western edge of the Islamic State group's Raqa...

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NSA Leak Suspect Reality Winner Wrote ‘burn the White House Down’

A 25-year-old intelligence contractor accused of leaking a top secret report on Russian meddling in last year's US...

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EU Needs Stronger Defence Arm

EU nations must step up their military co-operation as they cannot simply rely on the US to defend them, EU Commission...