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How does impeachment of a US president work? 25 Oct 2019 - 06:30 pm

The U.S. House of Representatives is conducting an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump following complaints about a July 25 phone call in...

UN to probe abuses in Chile as strike continues 25 Oct 2019 - 12:45 pm

Santiago, The United Nations said Thursday it would send a special mission to investigate human rights abuses in Chile, where a general strike...

Tens of thousands evacuated as wildfires rage in California 25 Oct 2019 - 11:36 am

Los Angeles, California firefighters battled through the night to contain a fast-moving wildfire driven by high winds that was threatening to engulf thousands...

Protesting Republicans say impeachment probe violates Trump's rights. Is that true? 24 Oct 2019 - 10:55 pm

WASHINGTON: Republican lawmakers on Wednesday stormed a hearing room at the U.S. House of Representatives where a Pentagon official was to testify in...

Pence blasts NBA as 'wholly owned subsidiary' of China 24 Oct 2019 - 08:15 pm

Washington: US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday sharply denounced the NBA and its players for backtracking on criticism of China as he...

Police face dilemma over when to take suicidal officer's gun 24 Oct 2019 - 06:31 pm

NEW YORK: A law enforcement think tank wants police departments dealing with a suicide crisis in their ranks to rethink how they make...

Evacuations as wildfire roars through California country 24 Oct 2019 - 06:26 pm

Geyserville, United States: A fast-moving wildfire roared through California wine country early Thursday, prompting evacuations and threatening homes as authorities warned of the...

Trump says building a wall... in Colorado 24 Oct 2019 - 10:49 am

Pittsburgh, Donald Trump has made building a barrier to stop migrants on the US-Mexico border a central plank of his presidency, but on...

Shootout leaves nine dead in Mexico 24 Oct 2019 - 09:55 am

Mexico City: Nine people have been killed in southern Mexico in a shootout between two groups using high-powered weapons, authorities said Thursday. Several...

Bolivia's Morales set to win outright as disputed vote count nears completion 24 Oct 2019 - 08:51 am

LA PAZ, Bolivia's leftist leader Evo Morales was on track to win a fraught presidential race outright, edging to a decisive 10-point lead...

Russian 'agent' Maria Butina to be released from US prison 24 Oct 2019 - 08:14 am

Washington, Maria Butina, the red-headed gun advocate from Russia who built a network of high-level Republican contacts before being arrested for spying, is...

Argentina seeks to extradite ex-spy on sexual exploitation charges 23 Oct 2019 - 10:16 pm

BOGOTA/MEXICO CITY: Argentina is seeking the extradition from Mexico of a former spy accused of running a criminal organization that sexually exploited women,...

Biden: Trump has 'no idea' about working-class struggles 23 Oct 2019 - 07:40 pm

SCRANTON: Joe Biden hammered President Donald Trump's treatment of the middle class as he campaigned Wednesday in his childhood hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania,...

Republican lawmakers disrupt Democratic-led Trump impeachment inquiry 23 Oct 2019 - 07:40 pm

WASHINGTON: Republican lawmakers, encouraged by President Donald Trump to get tougher in fighting the impeachment inquiry against him, on Wednesday disrupted the Democratic-led...

Feds detain ex Russian Olympic official in South Florida 23 Oct 2019 - 07:40 pm

MIAMI: A former Russian Olympic Committee official who fled his country and claimed to have been poisoned after being criticized by Russian President...

2 being charged in death of missing girl found in trash 23 Oct 2019 - 05:20 pm

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Police say they will charge two people in the death of a 3-year-old Alabama girl whose body was found amid trash...

Trump says will remove US sanctions on Turkey 23 Oct 2019 - 05:20 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Turkey was making a ceasefire in northern Syria permanent, prompting the United States to lift...