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Cuba will respect Fidel Castro's dying wish that no statues be erected in his honour and no streets be named after him, President Raul Castro said Saturday. The national assembly will introduce legislation at its next session later this month so that "his wish is...

A press conference marking WikiLeaks' ten year anniversary will be held at Volksbuhne Theatre, Berlin on Tuesday, October 4. Among the speakers will be, via videolink, the founder and Editor-in-Chief of WikiLeaks Julian Assange, his lawyer Melinda Taylor, WikiLeaks media partner John Goetz and...

By JACK HEALY GARDEN CITY, Kan. — The newest pioneers in western Kansas arrive from Somalia and Myanmar, Mexico and Sudan: thousands of immigrants and refugees chasing work in the cattle yards and packing plants where pay starts at $16 an hour and little English...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next the waning days of President Barack Obama’s administration, he and his wife, Michelle, hosted a farewell party, the full import of which no one could then grasp. It was...

By Andrea Shalal and Amy Tennery | WASHINGTON/NEW YORK U.S. President-elect Donald Trump urged the government on Tuesday to cancel an order with Boeing Co for a revamped Air Force One - one of the most prominent symbols of the U.S. presidency - saying costs...

By Rachael Revesz Rep Steve King, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, is a chief proponent of the measure which was found to be likely illegal in a recent report Donald Trump was urged in a meeting to launch a large-scale, surveillance program of...

The United Nations has more than 100,000 peacekeepers, serving in sixteen missions on four continents. Their goal is to protect civilians, maintain peace and security. But their operations have caused controversy, including allegations of sexual abuse. Demand for peacekeepers in conflict zones continues to rise and the...

By Steve Holland | MANHEIM, PA. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump closed out a rough week for his campaign on Saturday by escalating personal attacks on Democrat Hillary Clinton, questioning her stamina and saying she should be in prison for her handling of classified emails. After...

The White House strongly suggested Monday that Donald Trump was the beneficiary of Russian meddling in the US election, pointing to Trump's own ties to Russia as evidence of Moscow's intentions. "You didn't need a security clearance to figure out who benefited from malicious Russian...

At an extraordinary press conference, the US president said new order will 'comprehensively protect our country'. US President Donald Trump said he will issue a new executive order to replace his controversial directive suspending travel to the United States by citizens of seven mainly-Muslim countries. At...