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WASHINGTON -A lawyer for Steve Bannon is seeking to withdraw from representing the adviser to former President Donald Trump in his criminal contempt case, citing the possibility of being called …

By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI -The Taliban and the United Arab Emirates are poised to strike a deal for the Gulf nation to run Kabul airport and several others in Afghanistan …

NUSA DUA, Indonesia – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday told a meeting of G20 foreign ministers that if the grouping is to remain relevant, it must hold …

By Michael Holden and Muvija M LONDON -As many as a dozen candidates were on Friday eyeing up replacing Boris Johnson as British prime minister after he was forced to …

By Stephen Eisenhammer LUANDA – José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Angola for nearly four decades, winning a brutal civil war and overseeing an oil-fuelled boom that did little to …

NUSA DUA, Indonesia – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday “shocking” and “profoundly disturbing,” describing him as a …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has acknowledged that there is resistance by some national Catholic Churches on implementing measures to protect children from sexual abuse by clergy …

(Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election. Abe, who sought to lift the economy out …

By Yimou Lee and Martin Quin Pollard TAIPEI/BEIJING – Chinese fighter jets crossed the median line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday in what the island’s government slammed as …

LONDON – Moscow’s city replaced a street sign outside the British Embassy on Friday with one that read “Luhansk People’s Republic Square”, in honour of an east Ukrainian breakaway territory …

LONDON – A judge at the High Court in London ruled on Friday a newspaper article about Prince Harry’s legal battle with the British government over his security arrangements was …

LONDON – Britain’s Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie, are changing the location of a planned wedding party, an ally of the prime minister said on Friday, denying allegations that …

DUBLIN – Ireland’s main opposition party, Sinn Fein, said it will table a motion of no confidence in the government next Tuesday, testing the ruling coalition after it lost its …

TOKYO – Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, who sought to lift the economy out of chronic deflation with his bold “Abenomics” policies, beef up the military and counter China’s …

TOKYO – Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died, public broadcaster NHK said on Friday. Abe, 67, had been delivering a stump speech near a train station in the …

(Fixes typo in headline) MOSCOW – Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday the United States had asked that U.S. fighters detained in Ukraine be recognised as combatants, …

SEOUL – North Korean towns along the border with China were flooded this week after heavy rain, threatening to exacerbate an already critical food and economic situation in the country. …

By Brendan O’Brien WAUKEGAN, Ill. – The man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens of others at an Independence Day parade outside of Chicago admitted to authorities that …

MANNING: The Biden Admin’s Title IX Rule Should Be Stopped Dead In Its Tracks Teresa Manning on July 8, 2022 The Biden Education Department’s new proposed Title IX Rule is going to …

By Stephane Mahe SAUMUR, France – Inside a packed circus tent in central France’s Loire valley, Ukrainian acrobat Anastasiia Mazur delights the crowd with her balletic routine from a suspended …

By Elizabeth Piper, Andrew MacAskill and Tsvetelia Tsolova LONDON – Ninety minutes after resigning as British prime minister on Thursday, Boris Johnson called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. He told the …

TOKYO – Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, launched his “Abenomics” policies to lift the economy out of deflation, beefed up Japan’s military and sought to counter China’s growing clout …

SYDNEY – Clear skies in Sydney on Friday brought relief to Australia’s largest city after nearly a week of downpours, with thousands of residents returning home to take stock of …

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES -American actor James Caan, who starred as gangster Sonny Corleone in epic mafia film “The Godfather,” has died at age 82, his family said in …

(Reuters) – The Biden administration on Wednesday took a first step toward limiting single-use plastic in federal procurement following pressure from environmental groups. The move by the U.S. government, which …