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Argentine missing sub emits signal

Argentine missing sub emits signal

-- 2017-11-19 12:00:00

Signals have been detected that are thought to have come from an Argentine submarine that went missing with 44 crew on board, officials say. The defence ministry is now trying to trace the location o...

US destroyer collides with tugboat in Japan

US destroyer collides with tugboat in Japan

-- 2017-11-19 11:19:30

In the latest of a string of marine mishaps, a US warship collided with a Japanese tugboat in Japan’s Sagami Bay on Saturday. The Japanese tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the USS Benf...

US nuclear boss to resist illegal strike order

US nuclear boss to resist illegal strike order

BBC 2017-11-19 11:16:24

The top nuclear commander in the US says he would resist any "illegal" presidential order to launch a strike. Air Force Gen John Hyten, said as head of the US Strategic Command he provided advice to...

Trump reverses elephant trophy import policy

Trump reverses elephant trophy import policy

-- 2017-11-18 12:00:00

President Donald Trump has suspended the import of elephant hunting trophies, only a day after a ban was relaxed by his administration. Imports of trophies from elephants legally hunted in Zambia and...

Peru's President denies bribe allegations

Peru's President denies bribe allegations

Reuters 2017-11-16 02:01:44

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Wednesday claims he had worked as a consultant for Brazilian construction company Odebrecht SA [ODBES.UL], which is embroiled in an international bribe...

California gunman goes on rampage killing four

California gunman goes on rampage killing four

-- 2017-11-15 12:00:00

A gunman carrying a semi-automatic weapon and two handguns opened fire at multiple locations across a small Northern California community on Tuesday, killing four people before he was slain by police....

Clinton Foundation to face inquiry

Clinton Foundation to face inquiry

-- 2017-11-15 07:22:09

The United States plans to scrutinise the Clintons' charitable foundation and a uranium deal. The US Department of Justice already directed the prosecutors through a letter to launch an inquiry into...

US house to mandate anti-harassment training

US house to mandate anti-harassment training

-- 2017-11-15 01:07:27

The US House of Representatives will require anti-sexual harassment training for all members of staff, House Speaker Paul Ryan has announced.   The move came hours after two female lawmakers tes...

Trump travel ban goes into partial effect

Trump travel ban goes into partial effect

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

A US appeals court in California on Monday let President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban go partially into effect, ruling the government can bar entry of people from six Muslim-majority countri...

African-Americans confront more pollution than white Americans: Report

African-Americans confront more pollution than white Americans: Report

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

African-Americans in the US face a disproportionate risk of health problems from pollution caused by the country’s oil and gas industry, and the situation could worsen as President Donald Trump...

EU sanctions Venezuela following disputed elections

EU sanctions Venezuela following disputed elections

-- 2017-11-13 03:35:46

European Union foreign ministers approved economic sanctions including an arms embargo on Venezuela on Monday, blaming regional elections last month for deepening the South American country’s cr...

Trump says, Putin and I had good talk

Trump says, Putin and I had good talk

-- 2017-11-12 10:33:32

US President Donald Trump said he had "good discussions" with Russian leader Vladimir Putin when they met briefly at an Asia-Pacific summit in Vietnam. In a Tweet on Sunday, he blasted "haters and fo...

Tillerson warns against ‘proxy conflict’ using Lebanon

Tillerson warns against ‘proxy conflict’ using Lebanon

-- 2017-11-11 01:09:44

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday warned other countries and groups against using Lebanon as vehicle for a larger proxy fight in the Middle East, saying the United States strongly backed L...

Prospects for Putin-Trump meeting unclear

Prospects for Putin-Trump meeting unclear

Reuters 2017-11-10 12:30:07

Prospects for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump at this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit were unclear after the Kremlin said a mee...

US issues strict Cuba travel restrictions

US issues strict Cuba travel restrictions

-- 2017-11-09 11:44:19

The US administration has published a series of measures increasing limits on Americans' dealings with Cuba. The package includes a blacklist of state-owned companies and entities, including shops an...

Colombia seizes largest stash of cocaine ever

Colombia seizes largest stash of cocaine ever

-- 2017-11-09 01:46:05

Colombian police have discovered 12 tonnes of cocaine in the largest single drug seizure in the country's history. The drugs were found buried in four banana plantations in the north of the country,...

Virginia elects first trans state legislator

Virginia elects first trans state legislator

-- 2017-11-08 12:00:00

A transgender candidate defeated an incumbent Virginia lawmaker Tuesday who sponsored a bill that would have restricted which bathrooms she could use. Democrat Danica Roem, a former journalist, is se...

Texas church shooter 'escaped mental hospital'

Texas church shooter 'escaped mental hospital'

FE Online Desk 2017-11-08 10:07:37

The gunman who killed 26 churchgoers in Texas fled from a mental health clinic in 2012, according to a police report. El Paso officers who detained Devin Kelley five years ago were told he was "a dan...

Trump issues stern warning to Kim Jong-un

Trump issues stern warning to Kim Jong-un

-- 2017-11-08 09:42:45

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a stark warning to North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un in an address to South Korea's parliament. "Do not underestimate us. Do not try us," he said, while a...

Trump arrives in Seoul for nuke talks

Trump arrives in Seoul for nuke talks

-- 2017-11-07 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump arrived in South Korea on Tuesday, the closest he has come to the frontlines of the nuclear standoff with North Korea, on a visit that could further aggravate tensions with P...

Two kids sue Trump over climate change policies

Two kids sue Trump over climate change policies

Reuters 2017-11-07 02:15:34

Two children, backed by the Clean Air Council environmental group, sued US President Donald Trump and two of his Cabinet members on Monday to try to stop them from scrapping a package of pollution-red...

Texas church shooting leaves 26 worshipers dead

Texas church shooting leaves 26 worshipers dead

-- 2017-11-06 12:00:00

A gunman dressed in black tactical gear massacred at least 26 worshipers and wounded 20 others at a white-steepled church in Texas on Sunday, carrying out the latest in a series of mass shootings that...

Trump in Japan as Asia tour begins

Trump in Japan as Asia tour begins

-- 2017-11-05 10:09:27

US President Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Sunday at the start of a 12-day trip to Asia with South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines also on his itinerary. It will be the longest tour of A...

Venezuela opposition leader seeks refuge in Chile

Venezuela opposition leader seeks refuge in Chile

-- 2017-11-05 01:49:13

One of Venezuela's most prominent opposition leaders has sought refuge in the Chilean ambassador's residence after being targeted for arrest by the Supreme Court. Chile's Foreign Ministry said in a s...

First US airstrikes against IS in Somalia

First US airstrikes against IS in Somalia

Reuters 2017-11-04 12:21:48

The United States carried out its first air strikes against Islamic State militants in Somalia and killed “several terrorists,” the U.S. military said on Friday.  The Pentagon’...

US mulls strict sanctions on Myanmar

US mulls strict sanctions on Myanmar

-- 2017-11-03 12:00:00

US lawmakers proposed targeted sanctions and travel restrictions on Myanmar military officials on Thursday over the treatment of the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority, one of the strongest effo...

Trump, Putin may meet next week

Trump, Putin may meet next week

-- 2017-11-03 07:11:41

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump may meet next week at an Asian economic summit to be held in Vietnam. Discussions were under way to set up an encounter at the Asia-Paci...

Shooting inside US Walmart leaves two dead

Shooting inside US Walmart leaves two dead

-- 2017-11-02 12:00:00

At least two people were killed and one wounded in a shooting inside a Walmart store in suburban Denver under US state Colorado on Wednesday, police said. Police in Thornton, Colorado, did not immedi...

NY attack suspect ‘felt good' about rampage

NY attack suspect ‘felt good' about rampage

-- 2017-11-02 11:48:11

An Uzbek immigrant accused of plowing a truck down a New York City bike path, killing eight people, told investigators he had been inspired by watching Islamic State videos and began planning the atta...

CIA releases massive Bin Laden files

CIA releases massive Bin Laden files

-- 2017-11-02 02:59:37

The CIA has released nearly 470,000 files seized during the 2011 killing of former al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. The new material includes his personal diary, documents, and audio and video files...