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India Shocked After National Killed In US

India has expressed shock after the fatal shooting of an Indian national in the US, amid reports that the attack may...

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White House Bans Certain News Media From Briefing

The White House has barred several major broadcasters and newspapers from attending an informal press briefing. The...

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In Name At Least, ISIL Is Defeated

ISIL is no more. At least, that's the case in the hallways of the Pentagon, where military officials have done an...

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White House Blocks News Organizations From Press Briefing

CNN and other news outlets were blocked Friday from an off-camera White House press briefing, raising alarm among media...

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Lance Armstrong Fraud Trial Set For November

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong's battle against a $100 million lawsuit brought by the US government over whether he...

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Trump Badmouths Sweden, Germany, Paris

US President Donald Trump intensified his verbal attacks on Sweden, France and Germany Friday, painting swaths of...

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Iran Complies With Nuclear Deal

Iran is complying with a landmark atomic deal signed with major world powers in 2015, according to a report from the UN...

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‘Now Is the Time For Action’

US President Donald Trump rallied his loyal supporters with a stridently populist and security-dominated message...

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China Says US Must Work Together On Solution To N. Korea

China called on the US to shoulder more responsibility in tackling North Korea's rogue nuclear programme Friday,...

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UN Syria Talks Open As Blast Reflects Fragility of Truce

The first full day of a fresh round of Syria peace talks began in Geneva Friday as a suicide bombing killed 42,...

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Caitlyn Jenner To Trump

Republican Caitlyn Jenner took to Twitter Thursday evening with a message to President Donald Trump: "Call me." The...

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Mexico Foreign Minister Vents ‘irritation’ At Rex Tillerson

Mexico's foreign minister has expressed "irritation" to President Donald Trump's envoys about recent US policies...

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Transgender Students Decry ‘dangerous’ Trump Decision

Activists, parents and transgender students Thursday vowed to resist the Trump administration's "dangerous" reversal of...

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Kusama’s Eternal Love of Polka Dots

She has two major exhibitions opening simultaneously in Japan and the United States at the venerable age of 87 -- but...

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China Continues ‘steady Pattern’ of S.China Sea Militarization

Recent satellite imagery appears to show China is completing structures intended to house surface-to-air missiles...

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Penguins, Flyers Take 50-Year NHL Rivalry Outside

Defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh and the Philadelphia Flyers, cross-state National Hockey League rivals each...

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Why Does the Capture of Syria’s Al-Bab Matter?

The Syrian town of Al-Bab was for three years a key jihadist stronghold in northern Syria, whose capture Ankara hopes...

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130 Bodies Found In Syria Mass Graves

The bodies of some 130 fighters shot execution-style or beheaded by rival jihadists have been found in mass graves in...

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The Facts Behind the US-Mexico Fight

Top US and Mexican officials were meeting Thursday in Mexico City over Washington's plans to crack down on illegal...