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Melania Trump recovering in hospital after kidney surgery

Melania Trump recovering in hospital after kidney surgery

-- 2018-05-15 10:41:56

US First Lady Melania Trump has undergone surgery for what the White House described as a benign kidney condition. Her office said surgeons on Monday performed an embolisation procedure at the Walter...

Lima Group urges Venezuelan govt to suspend polls

Lima Group urges Venezuelan govt to suspend polls

-- 2018-05-15 10:34:37

The Lima Group of largely Latin American nations urged the Venezuelan government to suspend the presidential election scheduled for May 20, calling the process ‘illegitimate and lacking in credi...

Rhetoric over US exit from Iran deal rises

Rhetoric over US exit from Iran deal rises

-- 2018-05-14 10:41:11

The United States threatened on Sunday to impose sanctions on European companies that do business with Iran, as the remaining participants in the Iran nuclear accord stiffened their resolve to keep th...

Mexico bars trans imposters from running in elections

Mexico bars trans imposters from running in elections

-- 2018-05-12 13:19:28

A Mexican state electoral body rejected the applications of 17 aspiring male candidates from various parties who tried to register as transgender female contenders for the July 1 elections. The elect...

Lawmakers pushing Noble committee award Trump peace prize

Lawmakers pushing Noble committee award Trump peace prize

-- 2018-05-11 20:18:29

Barack Obama has won it. So did Jimmy Carter, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Now, Donald Trump’s supporters are pushing for him to be the next US leader to win the Nobel Peace Prize, as...

France condemns US move to re-impose sanctions on Iran

France condemns US move to re-impose sanctions on Iran

-- 2018-05-11 15:07:06

France has condemned the US move to re-impose sanctions on companies trading with Iran. The US says firms have six months to halt business and cannot enter into new contracts or they will face sanct...

Pompeo to hold talks with allies on Iran, say US officials

Pompeo to hold talks with allies on Iran, say US officials

-- 2018-05-10 13:17:07

Immediately on returning from North Korea on Thursday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will embark on talks with allies in Europe, the Middle East and Asia to try to persuade them to press Iran to c...

Trump's decision on Iran nuclear deal misguided: Obama

Trump's decision on Iran nuclear deal misguided: Obama

-- 2018-05-09 20:35:33

Former US President Barack Obama has said that President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal was “misguided.” “I believe that the decision to put th...

North Korea releases three American detainees

North Korea releases three American detainees

FE Online Desk 2018-05-09 20:12:33

North Korea has freed three Americans detained in labour camps of the country, removing a bitter and emotional obstacle ahead of historic US-North Korean summit. The three Americans are now on their...

Melania faces fresh plagiarism row

Melania faces fresh plagiarism row

-- 2018-05-08 16:43:55

US First Lady Melania Trump has been caught up in another plagiarism row, following the launch of her new online safety for children campaign on Monday. A booklet put out by Mrs Trump bore a striking...

Trump to reveal Iran nuke decision Tuesday

Trump to reveal Iran nuke decision Tuesday

-- 2018-05-08 10:19:22

US president Donald Trump will announce on Tuesday whether he will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and a senior US official said it was unclear if efforts by European allies to address Trump&rsquo...

New York attorney general resigns

New York attorney general resigns

-- 2018-05-08 09:57:20

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned has after allegations of physical abuse by four women were reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine. Governor Andrew Cuomo called f...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano wrecks dozens of homes

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano wrecks dozens of homes

-- 2018-05-07 13:16:16

The eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has destroyed 26 homes and is threatening hundreds more, with new fissures opening overnight on Sunday. Nearly 2,000 people have so far been evacuated. S...

Trump's CIA nominee wanted to withdraw

Trump's CIA nominee wanted to withdraw

-- 2018-05-07 11:01:55

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel, sought to withdraw over concerns about her role in the agency’s interrogation programme, two sources familiar with the matter...

Trump speaks with Britain's May on Iran, North Korea

Trump speaks with Britain's May on Iran, North Korea

-- 2018-05-06 14:54:04

US President Donald Trump spoke with Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday on issues including the Iran nuclear deal, a week before the president is to decide whether Washington will...

Brazil tour bus crash claims nine lives

Brazil tour bus crash claims nine lives

-- 2018-05-06 10:23:16

A head-on collision between a tour bus and a car left at least nine people dead in Brazil’s southern Parana state on early Saturday, said highway police. The accident occurred around dawn when...

US revives Second Fleet to face ‘assertive’ Russia

US revives Second Fleet to face ‘assertive’ Russia

-- 2018-05-05 17:56:43

The US Navy has said it will re-establish its Second Fleet, as Russia becomes more assertive. Chief of Naval Operations Adm John Richardson said the fleet, disbanded in 2011, would oversee forces on...

Trump ends temporary protections for Hondurans

Trump ends temporary protections for Hondurans

-- 2018-05-05 10:19:43

The Trump administration has announced the end of temporary protections for thousands of Honduran immigrants. Up to 57,000 people could be forced to leave the US by 5 January 2020, when their tempora...

Trump orders Pentagon to cut US troops in S Korea

Trump orders Pentagon to cut US troops in S Korea

-- 2018-05-04 22:22:57

US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to prepare options for reducing the number of US troops in South Korea, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing several people briefed on the...

Date, place for North Korea meeting set: Trump  

Date, place for North Korea meeting set: Trump  

-- 2018-05-04 20:53:25

US President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters that the date and location were set for a meeting with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, which would be announced soon. The White House has sa...

Hawaii declares state of emergency over volcano eruption

Hawaii declares state of emergency over volcano eruption

-- 2018-05-04 17:58:23

Mount Kilauea volcano on Friday has erupted near a residential area on Hawaii's largest island, prompting a local state of emergency and the mandatory evacuation of 1,700 residents. Extremely high le...

Trump denies campaign funds paid off porn actor

Trump denies campaign funds paid off porn actor

-- 2018-05-03 18:27:56

President Donald Trump on Thursday has denied any money from his campaign was used to buy an adult film actor's silence over an affair he says never happened. He admitted in a tweet lawyer Michael Co...

Trump about to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal

Trump about to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal

-- 2018-05-03 12:25:57

US President Donald Trump has all but decided to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord by May 12 but exactly how he will do so remains unclear, two White House officials and a source familiar wit...

UN urges Trump not to walk away from Iran nuclear deal

UN urges Trump not to walk away from Iran nuclear deal

-- 2018-05-03 11:35:45

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged Donald Trump not to walk away from an international deal designed to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Speaking to the BBC, Mr Guterres said ther...

US military plane crash claims nine lives

US military plane crash claims nine lives

-- 2018-05-03 10:45:47

Nine people are feared dead after a military cargo plane crashed in the US state of Georgia, officials say. They were aboard the C-130 plane when it came down beside a highway intersection near the l...

One dead, three missing in Brazil blaze

One dead, three missing in Brazil blaze

-- 2018-05-02 17:36:05

A 22-storey abandoned office building occupied by hundreds of squatters was engulfed in flames and collapsed in the centre of Sao Paulo early Tuesday, shooting a massive black cloud of smoke into the...

Illegal campfire sparked Arizona wildfire: US officials

Illegal campfire sparked Arizona wildfire: US officials

-- 2018-05-02 13:58:08

US authorities say an illegal campfire sparked the wildfire in Arizona that has prompted evacuations while burning 30 buildings and threatening about 1,000 homes and other structures. Coconino Nation...

Texas sues Trump administration over ‘DACA’ programme

Texas sues Trump administration over ‘DACA’ programme

-- 2018-05-02 12:10:42

Texas and six other Republican-governed states on Tuesday sued the Trump administration to try to end a programme launched by Democratic former President Barack Obama that protects immigrants brought...

Canada MPs urge Pope to apologise for school abuse

Canada MPs urge Pope to apologise for school abuse

-- 2018-05-02 11:20:56

Canadian members of Parliament have voted to ask the Catholic Church to apologise for its involvement in the abuse of indigenous students at school. The residential schools took children from their f...

Huge blaze brings Brazil building down

Huge blaze brings Brazil building down

-- 2018-05-01 20:10:40

A 26-storey building has collapsed after being engulfed in flames in Brazil's largest city, São Paulo, killing at least one person. More than 150 firefighters were battling the blaze which i...