Politics

US government shutdown in effect after spending measure fails to pass - 01/20/2018

Washington - A shutdown of the US government was underway Saturday after Congress failed to pass short-term spending legislation.   A last-ditch procedural vote late Friday in the Senate fell...

US vice president visits Middle East amid tensions over Jerusalem - 01/20/2018

Cairo - US Vice President Mike Pence kicks off his trip to the Middle East on Saturday in Egypt overshadowed by tensions sparked by President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's...

US House passes bill to avert shutdown; its odds in Senate tougher - 01/19/2018

Washington (dpa) - The US House of Representatives late Thursday passed a temporary funding bill to keep the government running, but a shutdown still looms because the bill faces uncertainty in the...

Macron hits back at criticism of police treatment of migrants - 01/16/2018

Paris - Allegations of mistreatment of migrants, especially in Calais, are nothing more than an attack on French migration policy, says President Emmanuel Macron, defending the country's security...

Iran rejects Trump demands for renegotiation of nuclear deal - 01/13/2018

Tehran – Iran says the 2015 nuclear deal is not up for renegotiation, after US President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw from the agreement if its "terrible flaws" were not fixed.   "The...

Reports: Germany summoned Iranian ambassador over spy - 01/09/2018

Berlin - Germany's Foreign Ministry reportedly summoned the Iranian ambassador last month over a Pakistani-born man who was convicted of spying for Iran on a German politician.   Ambassador Ali...

Theresa May set to announce cabinet reshuffle - 01/08/2018

London - British Prime Minister Theresa May was Monday set to begin reshuffling her cabinet, with reports suggesting around six senior ministers will be moved or sacked.   Foreign Secretary...

Iranian hardline cleric calls for 'no mercy' for protesters - 01/06/2018

TEHRAN, Farshid Motahari (dpa) - Iranian hardline cleric Ahmad Khatami urged worshippers in a sermon to treat people demonstrating across the country against Iran's government and religious elite as...

Trump vents rage as author defends 'Fire and Fury' reporting - 01/06/2018

WASHINGTON, Frank Fuhrig (dpa) - A new book portraying Donald Trump as uninformed and unfit for the US presidency flew off bookstore shelves in Washington on Friday as author Michael Wolff refuted...

Violence returns to Syria's Eastern Ghouta after a short lull - 01/06/2018

BEIRUT, Weedah Hamzah (dpa) - Violence returned late Friday to the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region, near the capital Damascus, after bad weather halted a week-long fight for a few hours, a...
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