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Trump fires hawkish national security chief Bolton

WASHINGTON, Sept 11, 2019 (AFP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the firing of hawkish national security advisor John Bolton, a move widely seen as boosting the president's push to negotiate with US foes in Afghanistan, North Korea and other trouble spots. Trump, who said he had disagreed "strongly"

Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now ‘dead’

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (AP) — U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now “dead,” President Donald Trump declared Monday, two

Johnson suspends UK Parliament after latest Brexit defeat

LONDON, Sept 10 (AP) — The simmering showdown between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Britain’s Parliament over Brexit came to

Pope in Madagascar insists: ‘Poverty is not inevitable’

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Sept 9 (AP) — Pope Francis insisted Sunday that poverty isn’t inevitable and that the poor deserve the

Trump says he canceled secret Taliban meeting at Camp David

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghanistan

Cracks in Saudi-UAE coalition risk new war in Yemen

BY MAGGIE MICHAEL ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Fighting between their allies in southern Yemen has opened a gaping wound in

London court rejects bid to stop PM Johnson’s suspension of…

London, Sept 6 (Reuters) London’s High Court on Friday rejected a legal challenge against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension

Zimbabwe ex-president Mugabe dies aged 95

HARARE, Sept 6, 2019 (AFP) – Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe with an iron fist from 1980 to 2017, has

Taliban car bomb rocks Afghan capital near US Embassy area

Afghanistan, Sept 5 (AP) — A car bomb rocked the Afghan capital on Thursday and smoke rose from a Kabul

Hurricane death toll climbs to 20 in devastated Bahamas

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — The ground crunched under Greg Alem’s feet on Wednesday as he walked over the ruins of