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President Donald Trump’s promises that surging economic growth in the United States would pay for massive tax cuts are falling flat. After an initial bounce in 2018 and in the first three…

Scores of foreign citizens, recruited by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as witnesses and informants, disappeared between 2015 and 2017 in the United States, according to a new audit. The Justice…

Indonesia’s communications ministry on Thursday said it would remove all cigarette advertisements from the internet, following a request from the health ministry. A cigarette, also known…

Canada will ban single-use plastics from 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday, declaring it a “global challenge” to phase out the plastic bags, straws and cutlery clogging the world’s oceans. “I am very…

President Donald Trump said Monday the US central bank has been “very, very destructive” to the economy by raising interest rates too quickly.Trump has repeatedly criticized the Federal Reserve and called on the independent…

Boris Johnson, the leading candidate to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s next prime minister, said he would withhold a previously agreed 39 billion pound ($50 billion) Brexit payment until the European…

The United States and Mexico have reached an 11th-hour deal to crack down on migration from Central America with President Donald Trump relenting on threats to slap potentially devastating tariffs…

Russian and U.S. warships nearly collided on Friday in the Philippine Sea, with both nations blaming each other for the incident. The two ships came within 15 to 30 metres of each other in the…

Russia and China have expressed opposition to any military intervention in Venezuela, calling for “inclusive political dialog” between conflicting parties and their adherence to the principles of…

U.S. Republican and Democratic senators said on Wednesday they would introduce legislation that would block President Donald Trump’s plan for $8 billion in military sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates…

The FBI has access to more than 641 million photos of people's faces in searchable form, a government watchdog official said on Tuesday.The information released in prepared testimony from US Government Accountability…

Thousands of protesters greeted President Donald Trump’s U.K. visit with anger and British irony Tuesday, crowding London’s government district while the U.S. leader met Prime Minister Theresa May nearby.…

The mayors of London and New York on Monday slammed U.S. President Donald Trump, joining a Twitter spat after he opened a visit to Britain by calling them “dumb and incompetent.” London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s office rejected…

Donald Trump has said Britain should embrace a no-deal Brexit if Brussels refuses to meet its demands. The US president said the UK should “walk away” from talks and refuse to pay the £39…

US President Donald Trump kicked off a state visit to Britain Monday by branding London’s mayor a “loser” before heading for lunch with Queen Elizabeth II, following delicate comments about Brexit.…

Texas-based televangelist is facing scrutiny following a recent TV interview in which he defended his use of three private jets and referred to the public as “a bunch of demons” that he needed to avoid while preparing his…

US President Donald Trump denied on Sunday that he had called Meghan Markle “nasty” just days before heading to Britain to be hosted, and lavishly feted, by other members of the royal family.And yet the remark about the…

Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, the 29-year-old commander of the almost negligible air force of the United Arab Emirates, had come to Washington shopping for weapons.In 1991, in the months after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, the…

A senior Saudi official has rattled off a series of accusations against Iran and said it was not deserving of respect as a state, amid heightened tensions between the two regional rivals.The Saudi Minister of State for…

North Korea has executed five officials for their part in the failed second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, according to a South Korean newspaper.Citing the newspaper, Bloomberg News…

Special Counsel Robert Mueller said on Wednesday that charging Donald Trump with a crime of obstruction was not an option because of Justice Department policy not to indict a sitting president.…

A man set himself on fire near the White House on Wednesday, the Secret Service said, adding that the individual was receiving first aid at the scene. The incident took place shortly after noon on the…

MacKenzie Bezos has promised to give at least half of her fortune to charity, just months after finalizing her divorce from the world's richest man.The newly minted billionaire has signed the Giving Pledge, which…

US President Donald Trump kept up pressure on Japan to cut its trade surplus with America, saying ahead of a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he expected some announcements, probably in August,…