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Trump tweets, stays out of sight for hours after shootings 05 Aug 2019 - 01:13 pm

BRIDGEWATER, N.J.: As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours after...

Trump to address nation after US shootings leave 29 dead 05 Aug 2019 - 12:50 pm

El Paso, United States, US President Donald Trump will address the nation on Monday after two shootings left 29 people dead and sparked...

Trump orders flags flown at half mast after shootings 04 Aug 2019 - 07:59 pm

Washington: US President Donald Trump ordered Sunday flags on all government buildings to be flown at half mast for the next five days...

Bolsonaro vows to fight 'illegal deforestation' in Brazil 04 Aug 2019 - 02:14 pm

Brasília: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro vowed Saturday to combat "illegal deforestation," a day after the head of the agency that measures deforestation said...

French diplomat downplays Bolsonaro's 'capillary emergency' 04 Aug 2019 - 12:31 pm

Paris, France's top diplomat played down on Sunday a last-minute refusal by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to meet him during a recent visit,...

Nine killed in Ohio shooting, assailant dead: police 04 Aug 2019 - 12:16 pm

Washington, Nine people were killed in a mass shooting early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, police said, adding that the assailant was shot dead...

At least 10 shot dead in Ohio, US: local media 04 Aug 2019 - 11:26 am

At least 10 people were reportedly killed in a shooting in the U.S. state of Ohio, local media reported on Sunday. The attack...

Gunman kills 20, wounds 26 at Walmart store in El Paso, Texas 04 Aug 2019 - 08:44 am

EL PASO, Texas, A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing 20...

Trump invited Iran FM to White House: report 03 Aug 2019 - 04:31 pm

Washington: US President Donald Trump invited Iran's foreign minister to the White House last month at the height of tensions between the two...

Retirement of only black House Republican jars GOP for 2020 02 Aug 2019 - 07:27 pm

WASHINGTON: The only black House Republican, a critic of President Donald Trump, has joined a growing list of GOP lawmakers not seeking reelection...

North Korea's Kim won't 'disappoint me,' despite missile tests: Trump 02 Aug 2019 - 07:03 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump on Friday underlined his intense personal support for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, even if he admitted that...

Puerto Rico braces for clashes over island's next leader 31 Jul 2019 - 06:30 pm

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico's political crisis appeared to deepen on Wednesday as the island's outgoing governor and legislators - including those...

Brazil's Bolsonaro snubs French foreign minister for haircut 31 Jul 2019 - 05:00 pm

BRASILIA: Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro canceled a meeting this week with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian - getting a haircut instead...

Trump: Black leaders boycotting him go against 'own people' 30 Jul 2019 - 07:15 pm

JAMESTOWN, Virginia: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that black legislators boycotting his appearance at a Virginia event commemorating the 400th anniversary of the...

Trump wants forces reduced in Afghanistan by next US election: Pompeo 29 Jul 2019 - 09:18 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump wants combat forces reduced in Afghanistan by the next U.S. presidential election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said...

Three killed in US festival shooting, suspected gunman dead 29 Jul 2019 - 10:20 am

Los Angeles, Three people were killed and at least 15 others injured in a shooting at a major food festival in California on...

Trump calls Cummings a ‘brutal bully' and his district rat-infested 27 Jul 2019 - 07:10 pm

President Donald Trump unloaded on Representative Elijah Cummings, calling the Maryland Democrat a "brutal bully” and his Baltimore district "a disgusting, rat and...