Trump throws Washington into state of anxious uncertainty
AP, Washington :Two weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump has thrown Washington into a state of anxious uncertainty.Policy pronouncements sprout up from the White House...
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Ivanka plays big role even without White House title
AP, Washington :Even without an official White House title, Ivanka Trump is proving to be a power player.Just this past week, the first daughter joined...
Worries rise anew that US could revive torture
AFP, Washington :President Donald Trump’s advocacy of waterboarding and the promotion of a CIA official who once led brutal interrogations have raised concerns that the...
Tensions flare between uneasy allies Greece and Turkey
AFP, Istanbul :Turkey is once again facing off against historic foe-turned-ally Greece in one of their fiercest rows in years, though the war of words...
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250,000 homes without power as storm hits FranceAFP, ParisGale-force winds battered France’s southwestern Atlantic coast on Saturday, leaving more than quarter of million homes without...
Farmer decapitates his wife with a sword and carries her severed head to a police station in India
Mail Online :A farmer decapitated his wife with a sword and carried her severed head to a police station after he caught her with another...
UN removes former Afghan warlord from blacklist
AP, Kabul :The United Nations has removed the name of a former Afghan warlord from its Islamic State group and al-Qaida sanctions list.According to a...
Turkish forces kill 51 IS militants in northern Syria attacks
Reuters, Ankara :Turkey hit 59 Islamic State targets and killed 51 militants in northern Syria as part of its ongoing incursion, the Turkish military said...
Mattis says no need for dramatic US military moves in South China Sea
Reuters, Tokyo :U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Saturday played down any need for major U.S. military moves in the South China Sea to contend...
US lawmakers urge Trump not to revive torture, repopulate Guantanamo
Dawon.com, Washington :The ranking members of five key committees of the US Senate have sent a letter to Secretary of Defence James Mattis and CIA...
Melania Trump, America’s low-profile first lady
AFP, New York :Two weeks after her husband’s inauguration, questions are mounting about what kind of first lady Melania Trump will be.The 46-year-old former model...
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US VP to attend Munich Security ConfceReuters, Berlin U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has accepted an invitation to attend the Feb. 17-19 Munich Security Conference,...