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Trump and Japan's PM Shinzo Abe discuss 'grave and growing' North Korea threat
Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations, said in a statement China must decide if it is willing to back imposing stronger UN sanctions on North Korea.
From a church sanctuary, Colorado woman resists deportation
Sabido has been battling to stay in the United States for most of the last 30 years after crossing the border illegally from Mexico.
Trump threatens to end insurance payments if no healthcare bill
In a Twitter message on Saturday, Trump said 'if a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!'
Australia foils Islamist plot aimed at aircraft in counter-terrorism coup
Five properties were searched on Saturday across the Sydney suburbs of Surry Hills, Lakemba, Punchbowl and Wiley Park.
North Korea missile prompts US bomber flight over Korean peninsula
North Korea said it conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday that proved its ability to strike America's mainland.
Trump replaces chief of staff Priebus with retired General Kelly
President Donald Trump replaced his beleaguered White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, after only six months on the job on Friday.
North Korea tests another missile, says all of US is now within range
North Korea said on Saturday it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that proved its ability to strike America's mainland.
Baby Charlie Gard dies in hospital after life support removed
Charlie Gard, a British baby who became the subject of a bitter dispute between his parents and doctors over whether he should be taken to the United States for experimental treatment, has died, the Daily Mail newspaper's website said on Friday.
Victory for campaigners as US judge blocks attempt to deport Iraqi Christians
A federal judge in Michigan halted on Monday the deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi nationals from the United States, the latest legal victory for the Iraqi nationals facing deportation in a closely watched case.
Israel says Jerusalem mosque metal detectors to stay after bloody Palestinian clash
Israel will not remove metal detectors whose installation outside a major Jerusalem mosque has triggered the bloodiest confrontations with the Palestinians in years, but could eventually reduce their use, Israeli officials said on Sunday.
'Shocking verdict' as Egypt court sentences 28 to death over 2015 prosecutor killing
A Cairo criminal court on Saturday sentenced to death 28 people over the 2015 killing of Egypt's top prosecutor after the death penalty was approved by the country's top religious authority, and it also jailed 15 others for 25 years each.
US abortion support groups put on a more public face, clash with pro-life protesters
Patricia Canon drives poor rural Kentucky women to distant abortion clinics each week, part of a national army of volunteers who are growing bolder even as abortion foes ratchet up opposition to the activists they have branded as 'accomplices to murder.'
White House spokesman Sean Spicer out as Trump seeks to fix image
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer resigned on Friday, ending a short and turbulent tenure that made him a household name and the butt of late-night television comedy lampoons, amid further upheaval within President Donald Trump's inner circle.
Freedom of religion is worth fighting for in Europe, says Angela Merkel
'We have realized in the past few months that Europe is more than just bureaucracy and economic regulation, that Europe and living together in the European Union have something to do with war and peace, that the decades of peace after World War Two would have been completely unthinkable without the European Union,' said Merkel
As churches shut down summer activities, Berlin 'dismayed and furious' over murder of German women in Egypt
German officials said on Saturday they had been left 'dismayed and furious' by the stabbing of two German women at an Egyptian beach resort, calling it a deliberate attack on foreign tourists.
Iraq's Prime Minister congratulates troops for 'great victory' over IS in Mosul
The battle has left large parts of Mosul in ruins, killed thousands of civilians and displaced nearly 1 million people.