Barack Obama will renew his failed vow to close Guantanamo Bay and argue his drone war is legal and just on Thursday, in a speech reframing US anti-terror policy that will shape his presidential...
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Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in New Delhi the leaders would discuss an "overall plan for the future of bilateral relations" on June 7 and 8. It will be their first face-to-face encounter since Xi...
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The military that ran Myanmar for decades will continue to play a major role in the country, according to the former general who has presided over the transformation of a nation that only three...
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The US Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave presidents to wage a war on terror after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the...
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US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted that President Bashar al-Assad must step down amid a flurry of moves to organise peace talks to end Syria's...
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The top United States defence leaders were summoned to the White House yesterday to talk about the military's sexual assault crisis as the Pentagon's top general said women in uniform were losing...
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The US's top tax official has been fired as President Barack Obama tries to stem a rising tide of criticism over the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS's) targeting of conservative groups for special...
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It happened when the president had to interrupt his news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday to answer questions about the widening investigation into the Benghazi...
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The United States and Britain yesterday pledged to forge ahead with diplomatic efforts to end the civil war in Syria, saying they had found common ground with Russia on how to proceed.
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The return of O.J. Simpson to a Las Vegas court will remind Americans of a tragedy that became a national obsession and changed the country's attitude to the justice system, media and celebrity....
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To think of him not managing the club is unthinkable. I'm in a state of shock
Manchester United fan Roy Ng on Alex Ferguson (pictured)
All in all, we peasants simply don't...
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The leaders of the United States and South Korea vowed no concessions to North Korea after months of high tension, saying it is up to Pyongyang to end the crisis over its nuclear programme.
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