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CHINESE AND RUSSIANS QUEUE UP FOR REPLICA OF PRINCESS DIANA'SA SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING
Some have been there long enough to remember when Prince Charles placed the order for Diana's ring... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S TURNBULL URGES FREE TRADE IN FACE OF TRUMP THREAT
For both Australia and Japan, the U.S. remains a cornerstone of our strategic and security arrangements, Turnbull wrote... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA'S 2008 SPEECH ON RACE IN UNITED STATES
Barack Obama's first major discourse on race, was prompted by controversy over inflammatory remarks by Obama's African-American pastor in Chicago, the Rev Jeremiah Wright... READ MORE›
FAR-RIGHT FRENCH POLITICIAN LE PEN SIGHTED AT TRUMP TOWER
The leader of France's far-right National Front party, Marine Le Pen, was seen in Trump Tower in Manhattan on Thursday... READ MORE›
INAUGURATION SECURITY FOCUSING ON TRUCK ATTACK THREAT, HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS
We will see more protesters here than we have seen in past inaugurations,'' Geldart said... READ MORE›
TRUMP TWEET PUTS L.L. BEAN IN POLITICAL CROSSFIRE
Linda Bean defended the company and her donations in an appearance on Fox Friends broadcast Thursday... READ MORE›
JAPANESE PM SHINZO ABE ARRIVES IN SYDNEY
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has described Saturday's planned discussions as a very important agenda, and says the two countries have great relations and collaboration... READ MORE›
ONE OF THE MOST CATHOLIC COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WILL GIVE FREE BIRTH CONTROL TO MILLIONS OF WOMEN
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered agencies to ensure that 6 million Filipino women have access to birth control... READ MORE›
TRUMP PICKS VETERANS AFFAIRS INSIDER TO LEAD TROUBLED AGENCY
David Shulkin's nomination signals a more modest approach to change at the VA after Trump repeatedly pledged an overhaul... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP LEAVES 89-YEAR-OLD INAUGURATION ANNOUNCER 'HEARTBROKEN' AFTER REPLACING HIM WITH TRUMP SUPPORTER
Mr Brotman has been replaced by 58-year-old Steve Ray, a former Trump campaign volunteer and local freelance announcer who has worked with the MLB's Washington Nationals... READ MORE›
TRUMP, MCCAIN WEIGH IN ON MERYL STREEP'S GLOBES SPEECH
Streep noted that "Hollywood" is a reviled place... READ MORE›
HUGE CATHOLIC PROCESSION HELD UNDER HEAVY SECURITY IN MANILA
Maguid's group has been linked to a failed plot to bomb Rizal Park and the nearby U.S. Embassy in Manila in November... READ MORE›
JAPAN TO RECALL ENVOY FROM SOUTH KOREA OVER "COMFORT WOMEN" STATUE
Japanese ambassador to South Korea is recalled over a statue commemorating Korean women forced to work in Japanese military brothels in World War Two... READ MORE›
TOP PHILIPPINE MILITANT WHO PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISLAMIC STATE KILLED IN FIREFIGHT
Maguid was the leader of Ansar Khalifa Philippines, one of four groups that pledged allegiance to Islamic State in a YouTube video in 2015... READ MORE›
HERE'S WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAD TO SAY AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE
Diana's sons Princes William and Harry feature prominently... READ MORE›
HARRY 'CONSTANTLY IN TROUBLE', PRINCESS DIANA LETTERS SAY
In one, sent five days after Harry's birth in September 1984, Diana thanks Dickman for a card he sent and described how affectionate Prince William was toward his baby brother... READ MORE›
MOTHER'S QUEST TO FIND MISSING DAUGHTER IN GHOST SHIP ASHES
This wasn't my first trip to Oakland to look for Trista... READ MORE›
NONPROFITS WOULD RATHER SPITE TRUMP THAN HELP THOSE IN NEED
Nonprofits Brace for Big Changes Under Trump Administration. Progressive Foundations Brace for Trump Administration. California Endowment Commits 25 million to Fight Trump Changes. Ad..... READ MORE›
GUARD KILLED AS ARMED MEN LINKED TO MUSLIM REBELS FREE MORE THAN 150 FROM PHILIPPINE PRISON
The gunmen opened fire at guards at the North Cotabato District Jail in Kidapawan, prison warden Peter Bongat said on radio... READ MORE›
ONE DEAD AS SCORES ESCAPE IN PHILIPPINE PRISON BREAK
The prison break took place early on Wednesday morning at the North Cotabato District Jail near Kidapawan city, on the island of Mindanao... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 150 PRISONERS ESCAPE IN PHILIPPINES AFTER GUNMEN STORM JAIL
It is a rescue operation, jail warden Peter John Bonggat told local ABS-CBN television... READ MORE›
FACEBOOK SLEUTHS BRING HOME INDIA'S STOLEN ARTIFACTS
This operation went on for many years, said Prateep V Philip, who heads Tamil Nadu's Idol Wing... READ MORE›
MELBOURNE WARNED OF BEACH POO HAZARD AFTER STORMS
The Environment Protection Authority EPA in Victoria is forecasting poor water quality at 21 of the 36 beaches it checks in Port Phillip Bay... READ MORE›
LUCKY SHOT SAVED AMERICAN DURING ISTANBUL MASSACRE
I was with nine people, seven of us were shot, William Jacob Jake Raak told reporters at the Istanbul airport as he prepared to fly home... READ MORE›
U.S. GENERAL SEES ISLAMIC STATE'S CAPABILITY WANING IN EAST MOSUL
The coalition has bombed all five bridges connecting east and west Mosul, forcing Islamic State to transport casualties across the Tigris River by boat... READ MORE›
NAZANIN ZAGHARI RATCLIFFE FAMILY 'TREATED LIKE A BARGAINING CHIP'
Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe family 'treated like a bargaining chip'... READ MORE›
DELAWARE MAN WOUNDED IN ISTANBUL ATTACK SAYS HE PLAYED DEAD
Associated Press journalist Kathy Matheson in Philadelphia contributed to this report... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE TAKES CREDIT FOR NEW YEAR'S ATTACK AT ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB
Among the injured is a businessman from Greenville, Del.A William Jacob Raak,A 35, was visiting friends in Istanbul at the time of the attack... READ MORE›
OCCY JUNIOR MAKING HIS OWN MARK ON SURFING
Jay Occhilupo cut a determined figure competing in the recent Australian junior titles, held at Cape Wollamai on Victoria's Phillip Island... READ MORE›
US STATES, LEERY OF RUSSIA MALWARE, RE-EXAMINE CYBERSECURITY
A Russian state television channel on Saturday sought to discredit reports linking the malware to the Kremlin... READ MORE›
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THEY ARE SLAUGHTERING US LIKE ANIMALS
The rain-soaked alley in the Pasay district of Manila was my 17th crime scene, on my 11th day in the Philippines capital... READ MORE›
'TRUMP,' 'WHITES ONLY,' 'WHITE AMERICA'
Graffiti in high school 'trump,' 'whites only,' 'white america'... READ MORE›
'PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WAS BORN IN THE UNITED STATES'
Trump 'President Barack Obama was born in the United States'... READ MORE›
OBAMA: WOULD BE 'PERSONAL INSULT' TO LEGACY IF BLACK VOTERS DON'T BACK CLINTON
Obama was referring to Trump's admission this week that the president was born in the United States... READ MORE›
'I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO ELECT HILLARY CLINTON'
Obama in Philadelphia 'I really, really, really want to elect Hillary Clinton'... READ MORE›
IF THESE EXTRAORDINARILY POWERFUL IMAGES OF A DEAD SYRIAN CHILD WASHED UP ON A BEACH DONA??T CHANGE EUROPEA??S ATTITUDE TO REFUGEES, WHAT WILL?
In Britain, David Cameron and Philip Hammond have been criticised for the dehumanising language they use to describe refugees... READ MORE›
'DEAD PEOPLE GENERALLY VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS'
I'm sorry, dead people generally vote for Democrats rather than Republicans, the former New York City mayor told CNN's Jake Tapper on State of the Union... READ MORE›
NINETY-YEAR-OLD MAN FACES JAIL FOR GIVING FOOD TO HOMELESS PEOPLE
Mr Abbott said One of police officers came over and said Drop that plate right now, as if I was carrying a weapon... READ MORE›
ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTERS TAKE TO THE STREETS FOR THIRD NIGHT
In New York, demonstrators again gathered in Washington Square Park and by Trump Tower, where the Republican president-elect lives, on Fifth Avenue... READ MORE›
DUTERTE: HITLER KILLED 3 MILLION JEWS, I WILL KILL 3 MILLION DRUG ADDICTS
The United States, the United Nations and the European Union have all expressed concern about the conduct of the war on drugs... READ MORE›
FEMALE REPORTER: TRUMP CALLED ME THE C-WORD
Jennifer Lin, a former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, says that in 1988 Donald Trump called her the c-word after she wrote a story about his casinos... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES SECRET DEATH SQUADS: OFFICER CLAIMS POLICE TEAMS BEHIND WAVE OF KILLINGS
In his Manila brothel the police officer admits that he too contemplates that very point... READ MORE›
A GUIDE TO VOTER INTIMIDATION AND HOW TO REPORT IT
Voter intimidation is prohibited under federal law, which states that no person . . ... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES DUTERTE SAYS 'GOODBYE' TO WASHINGTON AND HELLO TO BEIJING
On Wednesday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said it was 'time to say goodbye' to the U.S. and so on Thursday, he said hello to China... READ MORE›
BEFORE POPE FRANCIS MET KIM DAVIS HE MET WITH GAY EX-STUDENT
Earlier on Friday, the Vatican said that Archbishop Vigano had arranged the pope's meetings in Washington, including the one with Ms. Davis... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP IS RUNNING OUT OF WAYS TO WIN
Many Republican strategists still expect Trump to hold on in Utah and Arizona, even if he loses the race... READ MORE›
AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY: WHY ARE MILLIONS OF TREES DYING ACROSS THE COUNTRY?
When his grandfather grew up near Philadelphia, he said, gigantic chestnut trees towered over eastern forests... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA CANCELS MEETING AFTER PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT CALLS HIM 'SON OF A WHORE'
Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with the president of the Philippines after Rodrigo Duterte appeared to call him a son of a whore ... READ MORE›
A HILLARY CLINTON SECRET: LOTS OF VOTERS REALLY LIKE HER | TORONTO STAR
She is infuriated when absolute morons accuse Hillary Clinton of riding on Bill Clinton's coattails... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINE LEADER DIRECTS AN EXPLETIVE AT OBAMA
Mr. Obama had planned to meet Mr. Duterte in Laos, but the White House said early Tuesday that the meeting had been canceled... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINE POLICE DETONATE BOMB NEAR U.S. EMBASSY
Ronald dela Rosa, the National police chief, told reporters the incident was a??an attempted act of terrorism.a??... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE CALLED FOR A 'SEPARATION' FROM U.S. HIS TRADE MINISTER IS NOW BACKTRACKING.
On Thursday night in Beijing, President Rodrigo Duterte called for a military and economic separation from the United States... READ MORE›
CLINTON EXPANDS OUTREACH TO MALE REPUBLICAN VOTERS IN WAKE OF TRUMP ISSUES
Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Oct. 13, 2016... READ MORE›
SWING-STATE POLLS SHOW TRUMP PATH TO WH NARROWING
In the poll, 45 percent of likely voters in North Carolina said they support Clinton, while 41 percent support Trump and 9 percent support Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson... READ MORE›
HILLARY CLINTON STUMBLES -- WILL HER CAMPAIGN FOLLOW?
Aware of potential impact The Clinton campaign was clearly aware of the potential impact of the video... READ MORE›
FORGET DUTERTE. THE PHILIPPINES LOVES THE UNITED STATES.
Filipino enthusiasm for the United States was considerably greater than attitudes in other traditional American allies in Asia, including Japan and South Korea... READ MORE›
OBAMA CALLS OFF MEETING WITH PHILIPPINE LEADER AFTER 'WHORE' JIBE
Mr Duterte was responding to the US president's promise to raise the issue of drug-related extra-judicial killings in the Philippines at their meeting... READ MORE›
ROMANIA WAS ABOUT TO APPOINT ITS FIRST MUSLIM PRIME MINISTER. THEN THE PRESIDENT INTERVENED
Romania's president has rejected the nomination of the country's first ever Muslim candidate for prime minister... READ MORE›
HILLARY CLINTON: TRUMP'S RHETORIC 'SEIZED ON' BY ISIS
Hillary Clinton addressed the terror attack in New York City and Minnesota over the weekend, saying there's much more we need to do... READ MORE›
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ABE COULD PLAY PEACEMAKER ROLE AFTER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT STIRS ANGER VOICES REGRET FOR OBAMA INSULT
Heydarian noted that Japan has close ties with the Philippines, which have only grown amid China's bellicose moves in the South China and East China seas... READ MORE›
80 MILLION UNEXPLODED BOMBS: OBAMA ACKNOWLEDGES SCARS OF AMERICA, PLEDGES MONEY FOR LAOS CLEAN UP
The total package is close to the US100 million the United States has spent in the past 20 years on clearing its UXO in Laos... READ MORE›
DUTERTE TELLS OBAMA 'SON OF A WHORE' REMARK WASN'T PERSONAL
Duterte made his initial remarks following weeks of criticism from the US against extrajudicial killings in the Philippines' bloody drug war... READ MORE›
NEW CHINESE VESSELS SEEN NEAR DISPUTED REEF IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
In a sweeping ruling against China on the South China Sea in July, an international tribunal in The Hague focused on Scarborough Shoal... READ MORE›
ASEAN, CHINA TO ADOPT COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL TO EASE TENSIONS IN DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA
The court infuriated Beijing by ruling that China had no historical title over the South China Sea and it had breached the Philippines' sovereign rights... READ MORE›
CHINA, ASEAN TO COMPLETE FRAMEWORK OF SCS RULES NEXT YEAR
China has blamed the United States and its allies in the region, such as Japan and Australia, for stoking tension in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
CHINA SAYS NEW SATELLITE WILL HELP SAFEGUARD INTERESTS AT SEA
China says new satellite will help safeguard interests at sea Report... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES TELLS CHINA TO UNCOMPROMISINGLY RESPECT RULE OF LAW
Japan has no claim in the South China Sea but it is in dispute with China over small islands in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
DON'T TALK ABOUT THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
For Beijing's leaders, control of the South China Sea is a critical show of resolve... READ MORE›
SOVEREIGNTY OF CHINA IS 'BOTTOM LINE'
Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou said on Monday that the ASEM summit was not an appropriate venue to discuss the South China Sea... READ MORE›
U.S. LAUNCHES QUIET DIPLOMACY TO EASE SOUTH CHINA SEA TENSIONS
I don't think China wants a confrontation with the United States, he told reporters... READ MORE›
BEIJING SAYS IT COULD DECLARE ADIZ OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA
International law experts said the ruling brought the United States, China and Southeast Asia to a dangerous crossroads... READ MORE›