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Trump attacks civil rights leader who questioned his election win

Trump attacks civil rights leader who questioned his election win

The pesident-elect Donald Trump began a long holiday weekend that honors slain black civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Obama administration ends special immigration policy for Cubans

Obama administration ends special immigration policy for Cubans

The Obama administration on Thursday repealed a measure granting automatic residency to virtually every Cuban who arrived in the United…
Amazon halts sales of Indian flag doormat after visa threat

Amazon halts sales of Indian flag doormat after visa threat

Amazon.com removed doormats resembling the Indian tri-colour flag from its Canadian website on Wednesday, after an Indian government threat to…
Chinese tabloid says U.S. needs to ‘wage war’ to block off South China Sea islands

Chinese tabloid says U.S. needs to ‘wage war’ to block off South China Sea islands

Blocking Chinese access to islands in the South China Sea would require the U.S. to "wage war", an influential Chinese…
Former MI-6 spy known to US agencies is author of reports on Trump in Russia

Former MI-6 spy known to US agencies is author of reports on Trump in Russia

Christopher Steele, who wrote reports on compromising material Russian operatives allegedly had collected on US President-elect Donald Trump, is a…
Belgium charges two new suspects over 2015 Paris attacks

Belgium charges two new suspects over 2015 Paris attacks

Belgium has charged two suspects with providing false documents to a man linked to the November 2015 Paris attacks, who…
China should be barred from South China Sea islands: Trump’s secretary of state nominee

China should be barred from South China Sea islands: Trump’s secretary of state nominee

US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state set a course for a potentially serious confrontation with Beijing on…
Afghan officials probe attacks as death toll rises to at least 50

Afghan officials probe attacks as death toll rises to at least 50

Afghan security officials began investigating Tuesday's attacks in the capital Kabul and the southern city of Kandahar as the death…
New Icelandic center-right coalition to give parliament vote on EU referendum

New Icelandic center-right coalition to give parliament vote on EU referendum

Iceland's center-right Independence, Reform and Bright Future parties agreed on Tuesday to form a coalition government after a two-month impasse…
Trump given unverified reports that Russia had damaging details about him

Trump given unverified reports that Russia had damaging details about him

Classified documents that the heads of four U.S. intelligence agencies presented last week to President-elect Donald Trump included claims that…
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