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  Trump speaks about the government shutdown [Alex Edelman/AFP] The US Senate voted unanimously on Friday to end a 35-day partial federal government shutdown with legislation to temporarily fund many agencies, but without the $5.7bn President Donald Trump had demanded this year to help build a wall on the US-Mexico border. The House of Representatives is expected […]

From left, Patrick Stein, Curtis Allen and Gavin Wright, who were charged with plotting to bomb an apartment building filled with Somali immigrants in Garden City, Kan. SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/AP WICHITA, Kan. — Three militia members face the possibility of life in prison for a foiled plot to massacre Muslims in southwest Kansas by […]

File photo of US envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad who is holding talks with Taliban representatives. (AP) The Taliban have appointed a co-founder of the movement as the new head of their political office in Doha, where talks have been held since Monday with US officials seeking to end 17 years of conflict in Afghanistan. […]

With the backing of the US-led coalition, the SDF are in the last phase of the operation that started on September 10 to defeat the ISIL in eastern Syria [Reuters] Military operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group in Syria are wrapping up and the last pocket of the group’s […]

Washington (CNN)The White House announced Friday that a second summit will take place between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in February. The announcement came after Trump met with Kim Yong Chol, North Korea’s lead negotiator on nuclear talks, for more than 90 minutes in the Oval Office and discussed “denuclearization […]

President Donald Trump holds up a picture of a wall during a meeting on border security in the Cabinet Room on Jan. 11. Immigration hard-liners have been disappointed that the president is pursuing his wall at the cost of stricter immigration policies elsewhere. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Democrats aren’t the only ones who wish President […]

  North Korea may not be ready to bring its intercontinental ballistic missiles and the idea of transferring its nuclear arsenal to China to the negotiating table as bargaining chips in talks with the US, analysts here said Thursday. “Moving ICBMs out of North Korea is what the US has been demanding but there’s no […]

Tenth homeless person dies during Rome’s cold snap A tenth person was found dead on the streets of Rome this week as the capital struggles to protect the homeless from a harsh winter. For language learners: we’ve highlighted some useful vocabulary in this news story. You’ll find the Italian translations at the bottom of the […]

PHOTO: The diesel generators have been switched on to deal with extreme heat in SA and Victoria. (ABC News: Leah MacLennan) Temporary diesel power generators owned by the South Australian Government have been switched on for the first time, as the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) deals with record-breaking heat conditions across SA and Victoria The State […]

Boeing’s Autonomous Passenger Air Vehicle (PAV) prototype is shown during an inaugural test flight, in Manassas, Virginia, U.S., January 22, 2019. (Reuters Photo) Boeing said Wednesday its prototype “flying car” — part of a project aimed at “on-demand autonomous air transportation” — has completed its first successful test flight. The electric vertical takeoff and landing […]