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Macron wins French presidency by emphatic margin: projections
May 7, 2017
Macron wins French presidency by emphatic margin: projections
Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen,…
Saudi Arabia, US in talks on billions in arms sales: US sources
May 7, 2017
Saudi Arabia, US in talks on billions in arms sales: US sources
Washington is working to push through contracts for tens of billions of dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, some…
Denmark bans six ‘hate preachers’ from entering the country
May 6, 2017
Denmark bans six ‘hate preachers’ from entering the country
Denmark on Tuesday banned five Islamic clerics and an American evangelical Christian pastor from entering the country, calling them "hate…
‘Mother’ should not be used to describe a bomb: Pope Francis
May 6, 2017
‘Mother’ should not be used to describe a bomb: Pope Francis
Pope Francis on Saturday criticized the naming of the US military's biggest non-nuclear explosive as "the Mother of All Bombs",…
Macron blasts huge hacking attack just before French vote
May 6, 2017
Macron blasts huge hacking attack just before French vote
French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's team blasted a "massive and coordinated hacking attack" against his campaign after a flood of…
Afghan Taliban take district near northern Kunduz in spring offensive
May 6, 2017
Afghan Taliban take district near northern Kunduz in spring offensive
Afghanistan Taliban militants captured a district just outside the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, officials said, pointing to…
FIFA lifts Messi four-game international ban
May 5, 2017
FIFA lifts Messi four-game international ban
Zurich (AFP) - FIFA on Friday overturned Barcelona star Lionel Messi's four-game ban from international matches imposed for swearing at…
Court sentences 4 men to death for 2012 New Delhi gang rape
May 5, 2017
Court sentences 4 men to death for 2012 New Delhi gang rape
An Indian court sentenced four men to death Friday for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in New…
UN extrajudicial killings investigator arrives on Philippine visit
May 5, 2017
UN extrajudicial killings investigator arrives on Philippine visit
Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, addresses a narcotics forum at a state-run university in Manila on…
House Republicans repeal Obamacare, hurdles still await in US Senate
May 5, 2017
House Republicans repeal Obamacare, hurdles still await in US Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly approved a bill to repeal Obamacare, handing Republican President Donald Trump a…