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Deadline nears for US to rule on Salvadoran temporary residents

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans living and working legally in the United States for nearly two decades will know on January 8 whether the U.S. government will allow them to...

State department: US, Russia agree to continue diplomacy over N. Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have "agreed to continue to work toward a diplomatic solution to achieve a denuclearized Korean peninsula," the U.S. State...

Former Colombian paramilitary chief extradited from US

A former Colombian paramilitary chief who is wanted for thousands of crimes was extradited Tuesday to Colombia from the United States. Hebert Veloza Garcia faces numerous charges in Colombia, including murder and...

US Defense Department sued over ‘flawed’ background checks of gun buyers

Three large U.S. cities are suing the Defense Department for allegedly failing to provide "significant numbers" of records to the FBI's national background check system for gun ownership. New York, San Francisco...

UN Security Council Unanimously Imposes Additional North Korea Sanctions

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed Friday to impose another round of sanctions on North Korea, targeting sectors that fuel its illicit weapons programs. “As we have in the past,...

Republicans celebrate US tax reform victory

CAPITOL HILL — U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters in Congress are celebrating the passage of a U.S. tax overhaul, the first major legislative victory of Trump's presidency. "We are making...

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