US midterm polls: President Trump offers every
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Retaliation for missile attacks
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Trump's White House releases deportation video games
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US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies
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Kerry, Albright slam Trump travel ban

A group of prominent Democrats including former secretaries of state John Kerry and Madeleine Albright yesterday called for a federal
6 February 2017

Trump remarks draw fire

President Donald Trump is drawing fire from Republicans and Democrats alike after playing down political assassinations in Russia and Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
6 February 2017

Trump says Pence will lead voter fraud panel

President Donald Trump says that he would put Vice President Mike Pence in charge of a commission to probe what he believes was voter fraud in last November's election.
6 February 2017

Trump pledges help to restore Ukraine peace

US President Donald Trump told Ukraine's leader on Saturday that he would work with Kiev and Moscow to try to end
5 February 2017

Merkel's poll lead shrinks in Germany

The lead in voter support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative alliance over the centre-left Social
5 February 2017

Peacekeeping to face axe

Washington's new UN envoy Nikki Haley is putting in motion a far-reaching review of UN peacekeeping that is likely
5 February 2017

Protests against US travel ban

Protests against US travel ban
5 February 2017

Asia's stability at stake

China yesterday warned the US it was risking instability in Asia after President Donald Trump's new defence secretary vowed to back Japan in any military clash with Beijing over a disputed island chain.
4 February 2017

Trump hit with $6m fine in golf club lawsuit

A Florida judge has ordered President Donald Trump to pay nearly $6 million in a breach of contract dispute at a country club he owns.
3 February 2017

Woman tied to 'black site' to be CIA No 2

A longtime CIA clandestine operations official reportedly involved in its much-criticized "black site" interrogations after the 9/11 attacks
3 February 2017

US judge extends deportation stay

A US federal judge on Thursday extended until February 21 a stay on visa holders from seven Muslim majority countries and refugees
3 February 2017

Trump moves to roll back financial regulation

President Donald Trump was scheduled yesterday to move to roll back key reforms enacted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, in
3 February 2017

Trump gives mixed signals

Israel yesterday discovered that settlement construction may not be as simple as it thought under US President Donald Trump,
3 February 2017

Mattis takes stock of N Korea threat

South Korea and the United States yesterday agreed to push through with the deployment of a US missile defence
2 February 2017

US judge rules in favour of Yemenis

In yet another challenge to President Donald Trump's travel ban, a California federal judge has issued a court order
2 February 2017

Clinton writing book of essays on her life

Hillary Clinton is putting her shock electoral defeat to Donald Trump behind her by publishing a book of essays
2 February 2017

Trump puts Iran on notice

President Donald Trump yesterday said Iran was now formally "on notice" after a recent missile test, while also
2 February 2017

UN chief calls for lifting travel ban

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for lifting a US ban on travelers from seven Muslim-
2 February 2017

Trump picks Gorsuch for SC

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime job on the US Supreme Court, picking the 49-year-old
1 February 2017

US travel ban not anti-Islam

US President Donald Trump's travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations is not anti-Islam, the United Arab Emirates foreign minister said yesterday.
1 February 2017