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Amid protests across Iran, Trump lashes out at Tehran’s leaders

U.S. President Donald Trump denounced the Iranian government Saturday amid pro- and anti-government demonstrations in Iran. Supporters of the Iranian government took to the streets in Tehran as anti-government protests entered a...

China Denies Involvement in Illicit Oil Shipments to North Korea

China has denied facilitating oil shipments to North Korea in violation of United Nations Security Council sanctions, one day after U.S. President Donald Trump accused Beijing of doing so. "China has been...

Crime eases in the Philippines, a laurel for embattled President Duterte

TAIPEI — Crime fell more than one-fifth in the Philippines this year, delighting the public and indicating that perhaps President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly anti-drug campaign - which stirred international outrage over human...

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...

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