Iraq Premier Visits US As Forces Press Anti-IS Assault Lutte…
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi left for Washington on Sunday to meet President Donald Trump as his forces press an ...
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Trump Did Not Refuse To Shake Merkel’s Hand
Donald Trump's spokesman has denied that the US president refused to shake hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they ...
Trump ‘looks Forward To Visiting China’
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has told China's President Xi Jinping that President Donald Trump looks forward to visiting ...
Xi To Meet Tillerson As North Korea Lobs Latest Taunt
Top US diplomat Rex Tillerson prepared to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday just hours after a North Korean ...
U.S., China Soften Tone, Say To Work Together On North Korea
The United States and China will work together to get nuclear-armed North Korea take "a different course", U. S. Secretary ...
US Issues Trade Challenge At Fraught G20
The United States on Saturday challenged long-standing global principles surrounding free trade, refusing to renew past anti-protectionist pledges and threatening ...
G20 Finance Ministers Drop Anti-Protectionist Pledge
Finance ministers from world's biggest economies have dropped an anti-protectionist commitment after opposition from the US. G20 ministers left the ...
Web-Based Counseling Lowers Blood Pressure As Much As Meds
People who received regular lifestyle counseling online were able to lower their blood pressure as much as a medication would, ...
Germany Owes NATO ‘vast Sums’
US President Donald Trump on Saturday accused Germany of owing "vast sums of money" to NATO, and said Berlin should ...
Cholesterol-Slashing Drug Does Not Impair Brain
A new cholesterol-slashing drug that has shown promise for high-risk patients does not impair brain function, according to a study ...
Tillerson To Face Chinese Ire Over Blame For North Korea Tensions
U. S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in China on Saturday for what is likely to be a prickly ...
Tillerson Brings Tougher N.Korea Line To A Wary China
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will press the tougher new US line on North Korea during talks in China on ...
Half of Washington’s Cherry Blossoms Dead After Cold Snap
This week's bitter cold snap killed about half of Washington's beloved cherry blossoms, and the survivors are now expected to ...
Trump Distances White House From GCHQ Wiretap Claim
Donald Trump has said he did not "make an opinion" over claims the UK's GCHQ spy agency carried out wiretapping ...
UN Official Says Quitting Over ‘Israel Apartheid’ Report
Jordanian UN official Rima Khalaf announced her resignation Friday, saying the secretary general had asked her to withdraw a report ...
Trump Accuses China of Doing ‘little’ To Contain North Korea
US President Donald Trump on Friday accused China of not doing enough to help contain North Korea's nuclear ambitions, after ...
A Defining Moment For US and Germany
The world’s most powerful man is about to meet one of its most influential women. A snowstorm forced the cancellation ...
Goldwyn To Tackle Real-Life ‘Scandal’ In Watergate Movie
Thirty-five years ago on Monday, Richard Nixon's re-election campaign approved plans to bug Democratic Party offices at the Watergate complex, ...
Trump Hosts Merkel After Snowstorm Delay
President Donald Trump hosts Germany's Angela Merkel at the White House Friday, a meeting delayed by a snowstorm and still ...
Trump, Xi Eye Mar-A-Lago Summit
The United States and China are finalizing plans for a summit between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago ...