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Trump slams Sessions as not a ‘real’ attorney general

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Trump slams Sessions as not a ‘real’ attorney general

The comments are the latest attack from President Donald Trump, who has long harassed Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the Justice Department’s 2016 election probe. | Getty   President Donald Trump wrote online Tuesday that Jeff Sessions is not a “real” attorney general, heaping fresh blame onto him for the Russia investigation […]

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Brazil seizes 1.3 tonnes of cocaine on Italian ship reportedly attacked by pirates

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Brazil seizes 1.3 tonnes of cocaine on Italian ship reportedly attacked by pirates

File photo: Joe Raedle/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP. Brazilian authorities said on Monday August 13th that they seized 1.32 metric tonnes (2,910 pounds) of cocaine aboard an Italian-flagged ship in Brazil’s main port of Santos, near Sao Paulo. “The drugs were divided into 1,202 tablets distributed in 41 sacks” in two containers on the Grande Francia ship, […]

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Turkey to boycott US electronic products, Erdoğan says

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Turkey to boycott US electronic products, Erdoğan says

AA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday that Turkey will impose a boycott against U.S. electronic products amid an ongoing and deepening rift between the two NATO allies over a number of issues. Speaking at a symposium organized by the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) in the capital Ankara, Erdoğan said: […]

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West Sweden car burnings may have been coordinated on social media: police

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West Sweden car burnings may have been coordinated on social media: police

A burned-out car in Frölunda, Gothenburg. Photo: Adam Ihse/TT Dozens of cars burned in several cities in Sweden on Monday evening. Gothenburg police and fire services were alerted to the first blaze after 9pm, after which several more calls came in from the city as well as Trollhättan, Lysekil and Falkenberg some 100 kilometres away. […]

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Armed police arrest a man outside Parliament after a car crashed into security barriers, leaving two people injured By Rebecca Taylor, news reporter

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Armed police arrest a man outside Parliament after a car crashed into security barriers, leaving two people  injured  By Rebecca Taylor, news reporter

Two people have been injured and a man has been arrested after a car crashed into security barriers outside parliament. A silver car crashed into security barriers in Westminster at 7.37am, prompting a huge response from armed police. It is being investigated by counter-terror officers . The driver, wearing a white shirt and a black […]

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Trump approves defense budget delaying delivery of F-35 warplanes to NATO ally Turkey

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Trump approves defense budget delaying delivery of F-35 warplanes to NATO ally Turkey

File photo U.S. President Donald Trump approved late Monday a defense budget law delaying the delivery of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets to Turkey in a move that goes against trade agreements and disregards international trade law. In a ceremony at Fort Drum military base in New York, Trump expressed his pleasure for Congress’ quick […]

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Harry Kazianis: Is North Korea breaking its word to Trump?By Harry J. Kaziani

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Harry Kazianis: Is North Korea breaking its word to Trump?By Harry J. Kaziani

  North Korea threatens to halt denuclearization process The Kim regime takes issue with the Trump administration’s support of international sanctions impacting the country; reaction from Bill Richardson, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Recent comments by North Korea’s foreign minister could signal that dictator Kim Jong Un may break his vague pledge to […]

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Two Koreas agree on 3rd Moon-Kim summit to be held in September By Kim Yoo-chul, Kim Bo-eun

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Two Koreas agree on 3rd Moon-Kim summit to be held in September By Kim Yoo-chul, Kim Bo-eun

Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, left in the front row, shakes hands with Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, after the two Koreas agreed to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September, following a ministerial-level meeting held in the North’s side of Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Monday. […]

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Merkel to meet Putin on Saturday for talks on Ukraine and Syria

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Merkel to meet Putin on Saturday for talks on Ukraine and Syria

Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin are set to meet for talks this weekend. Photo: DPA Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin this weekend to discuss the conflicts in Syria and Eastern Ukraine. The two leaders will meet at Schloss Meseberg outside Berlin on Saturday for talks on Ukraine and Syria, […]

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Iran unveils next generation missile amid rising tensions with US

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Iran unveils next generation missile amid rising tensions with US

Iran unveiled a next generation short-range ballistic missile on Monday and vowed to further boost its capabilities, Iranian media said, at a time of rising tensions with the United States. State broadcaster IRIB said the new Fateh Mobin missile had “successfully passed its tests” and could strike targets on land and sea. “As promised to […]

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