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  Barack Obama and Donald Trump on Thursday put past animosity aside during a 90-minute White House meeting designed to quell fears about the health of the world's pre-eminent democracy. As protests against the Republican property mogul's shock election rumbled across US cities and world capitals...

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

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

(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...

Donald Trump's popularity has surprised those on all sides of the political spectrum. The self-proclaimed billionaire businessman turned reality TV star turned presidential candidate has captured and polarised the public in equal measure. But with the US presidential election less than two months away, what...