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UN Climate Talks Wrap Up Under Threat of US Exodus

UN climate negotiations conclude in Bonn on Thursday with delegates putting on a brave face despite the threat of an...

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US Sticking By Iran Nuclear Deal Is Good News For Rouhani

The US decision to stick by the nuclear deal with Iran, despite new sanctions on its missile programme, provided...

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Grunge Rock Icon Chris Cornell Dies At 52

Singer Chris Cornell, the grunge rock pioneer and lead singer of the group Soundgarden, has died after performing with...

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US Presses Idea of NATO Taking Over Training of Iraq Troops

The top US military commander floated the idea late Wednesday of NATO assuming some responsibility for training troops...

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Turkey Calls For Ouster of US Envoy For Anti-IS Coalition

Turkey called Thursday for the removal of the US diplomat coordinating the international coalition fighting the Islamic...

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Mexico and US Engaged In Bitter Dispute Over Sugar

A looming trade conflict with the United States over sugar is threatening to disrupt the livelihood of residents in...

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Russia Probe’s Robert Mueller

Robert Mueller, named Wednesday to take over the US probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, has a reputation...

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Special Counsel To Probe Trump-Russia Links

The US Department of Justice Wednesday named a former head of the FBI as special counsel to lead the investigation into...

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Washington’s UN Envoy To Travel To Jordan, Turkey

US Ambassador Nikki Haley will make her first trip overseas this week as Washington's envoy to the United Nations,...

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Trump’s Struggling Presidency

President Donald Trump's White House has been plunged into crisis mode -- once again -- by explosive claims that he...

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Hit Sitcom ‘Roseanne’ Returns To US Screens In 2018

It was the smash-hit sitcom that entertained millions in the 1980s and 1990s and now it's back: "Roseanne" will again...

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US Maintains Iran Nuclear Deal Sanctions Relief

The United States decided not to reimpose sanctions on Iran's nuclear program Wednesday despite President Donald...

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Putin Offers To Release Meeting Record

Vladimir Putin has waded into the growing row surrounding US President Donald Trump and his links to Russia. US media...

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US Capital Slams

The city of Washington on Wednesday condemned a "brutal attack on peaceful protesters" after President Recep Tayyip...

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From Combat Videos To Candid Comments

From graphic videos of US military assaults in Iraq and Afghanistan, to candid comments by heads of state, secrets...

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US Congress Demands Ex-FBI Chief’s Memos

A senior Republican congressman has called on the FBI to hand over records of former director James Comey’s contacts...

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Trump Asked FBI’s Comey To Drop Flynn Inquiry

President Donald Trump asked FBI chief James Comey to drop an inquiry into links between his ex-national security...

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A Moderate Cleric Open To the World

President Hassan Rouhani has spent three decades at the heart of Iran's revolutionary establishment but is strongly...

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WikiLeaks Source Chelsea Manning Set To Be Released

Chelsea Manning, the transgender army private jailed for one of the largest leaks of classified documents in US...