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Is Washington's 'disappointment' with UN's nominee for Libya envoy a sign of a growing rift between the two sides? Relations between the United States and the United Nations have sometimes been rocky. Various US governments have threatened to cut its funding or even have it moved...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, assuming the mantle of 45th president of the United States on Friday, pledged an "America first" administration that would take power from do-nothing politicians and return it to "forgotten" Americans. Trump, a combative New York real estate mogul who harnessed a...

By Euan Kerr Cedars resident Abdi Mohammed speaks against allowing HBO to do three days of filming for the controversial show "Mogadishu, Minnesota." HBO producer Jonathon Filley and translator Miriam Hussein listen. Euan Kerr | MPR News A resident group in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood in...

Johannesburg - The United States has announced more than $630 million in aid for Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria, where conflict has helped to cause what the United Nations calls the world's largest humanitarian crisis in more than 70 years. Saturday's statement says the...

Michel Temer became president by "tearing up the Brazilian constitution", says former President Dilma Rousseff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcUQ_evqEpg

Democratic candidate says sudden announcement with no explanation is ‘not good enough’ after FBI director notifies Congress of ‘pertinent’ discovery Hillary Clinton called on the FBI to “immediately” explain its review of a new batch of emails the agency said appeared to be pertinent to...

By: Newyork Times WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Operations commandos killed a senior leader of the Islamic State militant group in an early-morning helicopter raid in a remote area of northern Somalia on Thursday, U.S. officials said.

(CNN)One day after a shooting left five people dead at a mall north of Seattle, authorities arrested a 20-year-old suspect Saturday after an overnight manhunt that left the city on edge. Arcan Cetin is suspected of killing four women and a man Friday night at...

By Scott Clement and Dan Balz With three weeks until Election Day, Hillary Clinton holds a four-point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the White House, according to a newWashington Post-ABC News poll, with the Republican nominee hobbled by persistent perceptions that he...

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to his supporters moments after being declared the winner in the 2016 presidential election.