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Republicans find no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion

Republicans find no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion

-- 2018-03-13 12:11:34

Republicans on a House panel have found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin in the US 2016 presidential election. Mike Conaway, who leads the inquiry, said the House I...

Colombia’s FARC suffers as conservatives dominate polls

Colombia’s FARC suffers as conservatives dominate polls

-- 2018-03-12 14:00:57

Colombia's conservative parties, opposed to the 2016 peace deal with FARC rebels, have taken the lead in the country's elections. Sunday's vote was the first in which the former FARC guerrillas, now...

Five die as chopper crashes into New York river

Five die as chopper crashes into New York river

-- 2018-03-12 10:43:50

Five people were killed when a helicopter crashed into the East River of New York City on Sunday evening, police say. Divers worked desperately to pull the five passengers from the helicopter but two...

Trump-North Korea meeting holds risks: CIA chief

Trump-North Korea meeting holds risks: CIA chief

-- 2018-03-12 09:38:24

CIA director Mike Pompeo has defended Donald Trump's decision to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying the president understands the risks. Mr Trump "isn't doing this for theatre, he is going...

Mexico border wall funding: Trump rejects Nieto’s demand

Mexico border wall funding: Trump rejects Nieto’s demand

-- 2018-03-11 14:59:49

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he rejected a demand from Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto that Trump say Mexico would not have to pay for a proposed US border wall. At a campaign rall...

Castro era sees end as Cubans head to polls

Castro era sees end as Cubans head to polls

-- 2018-03-11 12:54:00

Cubans go to the polls on Sunday in a one-party vote that marks the penultimate step in a political process that will culminate next month with the selection of the Communist-ruled island’s firs...

North Korea summit holds risks for Trump administration

North Korea summit holds risks for Trump administration

-- 2018-03-11 11:50:35

For at least two decades, leaders in North Korea have been seeking a personal meeting with an American president. Now, as a summit unexpectedly appears possible, analysts fear US President Donald Tru...

Trump tweets meeting with Kim 'in the making'

Trump tweets meeting with Kim 'in the making'

-- 2018-03-10 19:09:33

US President Donald Trump on Saturday has tweeted that a deal with North Korea is "very much in the making", a day after revealing he had agreed to meet its leader Kim Jong-un. Earlier, the White Hou...

Uruguay agrees to extradite ‘cocaine king of Milan’ to Italy

Uruguay agrees to extradite ‘cocaine king of Milan’ to Italy

-- 2018-03-10 15:08:43

Uruguay has agreed to extradite a notorious drug trader known as the ‘cocaine king of Milan’ back to Italy. Rocco Morabito was arrested last year in the Uruguayan resort town of Punta del...

Four die in fatal shooting in US, California

Four die in fatal shooting in US, California

-- 2018-03-10 14:52:47

Three women and their attacker have been killed during a hostage situation at a California veterans' home. The facility in Yountville was the scene of an hours-long police standoff on Friday after a...

Florida massacre: NRA files lawsuit challenging gun-control bill

Florida massacre: NRA files lawsuit challenging gun-control bill

-- 2018-03-10 11:26:53

The National Rifle Association has sued Florida after it passed a gun control law in the wake of a school shooting last month that left 17 people dead. Governor Rick Scott, a Republican and staunch a...

Court sentences 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli to seven years in jail

Court sentences 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli to seven years in jail

-- 2018-03-10 11:05:52

The former pharmaceutical chief executive, Martin ‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli found guilty of defrauding investors, has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The 34-year-old wept at a hearing...

Video games linked to real-world violence, says Trump

Video games linked to real-world violence, says Trump

-- 2018-03-09 20:43:01

Video games have been linked to real-world violence, US President Donald Trump told gaming industry leaders in a meeting after a school shooting last month reignited a national debate over guns. The...

Doctors in Canada protest for getting paid too much

Doctors in Canada protest for getting paid too much

-- 2018-03-09 20:29:01

More than 500 doctors in Canada’s Quebec have protested against a pay raise kick-starting a campaign demanding a decrease in their salaries, The Washington Post reported. On February 25, a group...

US announces $5.0m reward for Taliban leader Fazlullah

US announces $5.0m reward for Taliban leader Fazlullah

-- 2018-03-09 20:21:20

The US on Friday announced a USD 5.0 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Maulana Fazlullah, the chief of the banned terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan which has carried out s...

FARC rejects to participate in Colombian presidential election

FARC rejects to participate in Colombian presidential election

-- 2018-03-09 14:18:08

Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced Thursday that it would not contest the upcoming presidential elections in May, given the state of health of its leader and presidential candidate. FARC, or the Com...

Trump to meet Kim by May

Trump to meet Kim by May

-- 2018-03-09 09:37:14

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was prepared to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first US-North Korea summit, marking a potentially dramatic breakthrough in nuclear tensions wit...

Florida massacre: Legislators pass gun-safety bill

Florida massacre: Legislators pass gun-safety bill

-- 2018-03-08 12:23:08

Florida lawmakers, spurred by last month’s deadly high school shooting, have given final passage to a bill to raise the legal age for buying rifles, impose a three-day waiting period on all gun...

US goes soft on metal tariffs

US goes soft on metal tariffs

-- 2018-03-08 09:44:52

The White House says there could be exemptions to US plans to impose tariffs on metal imports, in a softening of its tough stance. Canada, Mexico and other countries may see "carve-outs" on national...

Holocaust row: Poland, US rejects high-level meeting ban reports

Holocaust row: Poland, US rejects high-level meeting ban reports

-- 2018-03-07 12:48:37

Media reports alleging that the United States had banned high-level meetings with Polish officials, as part of protest over the new Holocaust law, have been denied by Poland and the United States. A...

Trump vows to thwart any tampering in 2018 polls

Trump vows to thwart any tampering in 2018 polls

-- 2018-03-07 11:53:28

US president Donald Trump has said the United States will counteract any attempt at meddling in the November 2018 elections. Trump on Tuesday, said that there was interference by Russia and probably...

Key Trump economic adviser resigns

Key Trump economic adviser resigns

-- 2018-03-07 09:26:28

US President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn is resigning, the White House has said. It is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from President Trump's team. There has been...

Florida passes fresh bill, raises age to buy gun

Florida passes fresh bill, raises age to buy gun

-- 2018-03-06 18:56:38

Florida lawmakers have voted to enact new gun control measures, weeks after one of the worst school shootings in US history took place in the state. The Senate narrowly passed a bill that would raise...

Ex-Trump aide Nunberg refuses to comply with Russian probe

Ex-Trump aide Nunberg refuses to comply with Russian probe

-- 2018-03-06 11:49:24

A former campaign aide to US President Donald Trump has said that he will not co-operate with Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. Sam Nunberg f...

US warship in historic Vietnam visit

US warship in historic Vietnam visit

-- 2018-03-05 13:11:26

US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson is making a historic call at Vietnam, the first time a ship of this size has visited since the Vietnam War ended. The nuclear-powered carrier set anchor off the port c...

Florida Senate backs arming teachers rejecting weapon ban

Florida Senate backs arming teachers rejecting weapon ban

-- 2018-03-05 11:16:10

The Florida Senate has rejected a proposal to ban assault weapons and moved forward with a voluntary plan to arm teachers in schools. The proposal came following the deadliest high school shooting in...

Trump suggests talks with North Korea

Trump suggests talks with North Korea

-- 2018-03-04 17:44:09

US President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested he is up to hold talks with North Korea. The US president said it during the annual Gridiron Dinner in Washington lawmakers, administration officials,...

Mild tremor jolts El Salvador

Mild tremor jolts El Salvador

-- 2018-03-04 11:46:43

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook buildings in the El Salvador late on Saturday evening, according to a preliminary estimate given by El Salvador’s Natural Resources and Env...

Trump praises Chinese presidency extension for life

Trump praises Chinese presidency extension for life

-- 2018-03-04 10:22:30

US President Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday after the ruling Communist party announced it was eliminating the two-term limit for the presidency, paving the way for Xi to...

Man shoots, kills himself outside White House

Man shoots, kills himself outside White House

-- 2018-03-04 09:51:58

A man has shot and killed himself outside the White House in Washington, the Secret Service says. It said the man approached the White House's fence on Pennsylvania Avenue just before Saturday noon l...