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Trump says Ocasio-Cortez was ‘very disrespectful’ toward Pelosi 12 Jul 2019 - 11:00 pm

President Donald Trump weighed in on recent tension among House Democrats, saying Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not a racist and that freshman lawmaker...

New details on separated children as House liberals testify 12 Jul 2019 - 11:00 pm

WASHINGTON: Democrats revealed distressing new details Friday about migrant children separated from families as four of the party's star freshmen prepared to tell...

British police to investigate leak of ambassador's memos 12 Jul 2019 - 11:00 pm

LONDON: British police said on Friday they had opened an investigation into a leak of confidential memos that led to the resignation of...

Ukrainian fighter found guilty over killing of Italian photographer 12 Jul 2019 - 11:00 pm

MILAN: An Italian court sentenced a Ukrainian man to 24 years in jail on Friday over his role in the 2014 killing of...

Trump's Labor Secretary Acosta resigns amid Epstein case 12 Jul 2019 - 09:14 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigned on Friday amid fresh scrutiny of his handling of the sex abuse case against financier Jeffrey...

Epstein’s defenses: from due process to done deal, a glimpse 12 Jul 2019 - 09:14 pm

When accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein filed a bail request this week, he provided a glimpse of the strategies he is likely...

Trump rips tech firms at 'free speech' summit 12 Jul 2019 - 09:14 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump welcomed prominent conservative social media provocateurs to the White House on Thursday and said that along with himself, they...

New Orleans braces for flooding, Trump declares emergency ahead of Storm Barry 12 Jul 2019 - 01:45 pm

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans braced for severe flooding with residents told to hunker down as a growing tropical storm in the U.S. Gulf...

Defense lawyers seek detention at home for Jeffrey Epstein 11 Jul 2019 - 10:51 pm

NEW: Financier Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers, seeking bail for their client, said Thursday that he had long lived with the fear that federal prosecutors...

Truck hits Mennonite carriage, killing boy and injuring 4 11 Jul 2019 - 09:06 pm

FARMINGTON: A pickup truck slammed into a horse-drawn carriage in Missouri on Thursday, killing an 8-year-old Mennonite boy and seriously injuring two other...

Ex-Israeli premier plays down relationship with Epstein 11 Jul 2019 - 09:06 pm

JERUSALEM: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is playing down his ties with Jeffrey Epstein - the U.S. financier jailed on sex-trafficking charges....

Trump to announce executive action on census citizenship question 11 Jul 2019 - 09:06 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday will announce an executive action over his administration's effort to add a citizenship question to the...

Qatar Executive breaks the world circumnavigation speed record on Gulfstream G650ER 11 Jul 2019 - 07:38 pm

Doha: Qatar Executive (QE), together with the One More Orbit team, has made history by beating the world circumnavigation speed record for any...

'Our lost son': Migrant boy still separated from parents 11 Jul 2019 - 07:38 pm

BUDA, Texas: There were water balloons at Byron Xol's birthday party - bunches of them, filled a dozen at a time. He squeezed...

Acosta to take questions on his handling of Epstein case 10 Jul 2019 - 07:20 pm

WASHINGTON: Hoping to stave off intensifying calls for his resignation, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta plans to hold a news conference Wednesday to defend...

Pelosi: 'No regrets about anything' as feud tests Dem unity 10 Jul 2019 - 07:20 pm

WASHINGTON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez don't talk to each other much. But lately they're speaking at one another in...