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Australian PM puts FM in charge amid govt crisisReuters, Sydney Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Saturday appointed his foreign minister as acting prime minister...
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Spain takes over Catalonia, fires defiant separatist leaders
AP, Barcelona :Spain took formal direct control of Catalonia on Saturday, on paper firing the region’s defiant separatist government a day after lawmakers passed a...
Women who have accused Trump of sexual harassment are lying: White House
The Washington Post :All the women who have accused President Donald Trump of sexual harassment are lying, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said...
First charges filed in special US probe on Russia meddling
AFP, Washington :A Washington grand jury on Friday approved the first charges in the probe led by independent prosecutor Robert Mueller, CNN reported Friday, citing...
N Korea nuclear weapon use would meet `massive military response`: Mattis
AFP, Seoul :US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis warned Saturday that North Korea would face a “massive military response” if Pyongyang ever used its nuclear...
Trump approval rating plummeting even among white voters : Poll
Newsweek :President Donald Trump’s approval ratings took another hit Wednesday, with a Fox News poll showing the president’s numbers are poor even among his white...
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Australian court rules Dy PM ineligible for parliamentReuters, Canberra Australia’s High Court ruled on Friday that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is ineligible to remain...
Mattis says US goal is ‘not war’ over NKorea
AFP, Seoul :Washington’s goal “is not war” as it seeks to ease high military tension with Pyongyang, US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Friday,...
Tillerson again insists Assad must go
AP, Geneva :U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson doubled down Thursday on Washington’s call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to leave power, looking past recent...
Spain poised to roll back Catalonia’s regional autonomy
AFP, Madrid :Spanish lawmakers are poised to adopt extraordinary measures Friday to seize control of rebel region Catalonia in a bid to frustrate its independence...
Xi orders China’s army to be combat-ready as he starts new term
PTI, Beijing :Chinese President Xi Jinping has begun his second five-year term ordering the country’s 2.3 million-strong military, the world’s largest, to be absolutely loyal...
Trump speaks to Xi as Chinese leader tightens grip on power
AFP, Washington :President Donald Trump spoke to his counterpart Xi Jinping, the White House said Wednesday, after the Chinese leader solidified his grip on power...