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Pete Marovich/Getty Images The White House has repeatedly rebuffed House Democrats’ oversight demands, from requests for President Donald Trump’s taxes to testimony from the former White House counsel. Democrats have gone so far as to issue subpoenas in some cases, but Trump has vowed to fight each one. Here are the major battles being waged […]

LAHORE: At least nine people, including six security personnel, were martyred when an Elite Force vehicle was targeted by a suicide bomber in Lahore on Wednesday. LAHORE: At least nine people, including six security personnel, were martyred when an Elite Force vehicle was targeted by a suicide bomber in Lahore on Wednesday. Three civilians were among the martyred and 21 people were injured in the […]

U.S. President Donald Trump (L), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Jared Kushner during a meeting at the King David hotel in Jerusalem, May 22, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump (L), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Jared Kushner during a meeting at the King David hotel in Jerusalem, May 22, 2017. An […]

Spencer Atkinson with RFA Fort Victoria at Cammell Laird Supply ship Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort Victoria, one of the largest vessels operated by the UK Ministry of Defence, has put to sea following the completion of a £44m refit by Birkenhead-based shipyard Cammell Laird. The year-long programme of work represented phase two of RFA […]

 European diplomats: Iran decision response to new US sanctions President Hassan Rouhani is expected to announce new decisions in response to the US unilateral sanctions on Iran and its “hostile acts” on the first anniversary of America’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian media reported on Monday. The new measures, as Iranian media said, […]

The Månstorp elderly care home currently caters to all elderly people, whether or not they have dementia. Photo: Pontus Lindahl/TT A municipality in southern Sweden wants to set up the country’s first ‘dementia village’, following a successful model pioneered in The Netherlands and Denmark. The town of Vellinge, near Malmö, is expected on Tuesday to […]

A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft takes off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. © Sputnik / Dmitriy Vinogradov Syrian militants fired 36 rockets at Russia’s Khmeimim airbase in two attacks on Monday, but both were repelled by the air defenses with no damage dealt, the Russian military said, adding that jets launched strikes in response. […]

AA Photo The decision of Turkey’s top election board for a rerun of the local polls in Istanbul will lift the shadow on the mayoral elections in the city and strengthen democracy, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, noting that irregularities and other breaches of law cast a shadow on the will of the people. “The […]

A Palestinian youth searches for his belongings under the rubble of a building that was destroyed by Israeli air strikes, in Gaza [Mohammed Salem/Reuters Palestinian officials say a ceasefire agreement has been reached with Israel to end a surge of violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel that has led to the deaths of […]

An Aeroflot captain who piloted the Superjet 100 in Moscow has revealed harrowing details of the accident, saying he had to crash-land with full tanks, which possibly led to the jet catching fire right after its bumpy touchdown. There was “a bright flash and a bang” moments before the pilots began an immediate descent into Moscow’s Sheremetyevo […]