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Putin offers transcript to prove Trump did not pass Russia secrets By Denis Pinchuk and Andrew Osborn

Putin offers transcript to prove Trump did not pass Russia secrets By Denis Pinchuk and Andrew Osborn

Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump had not divulged any secrets during a meeting in Washington with Russian officials and offered to prove it by supplying Congress with a transcript. But a leading US Republican politician said he would have little faith in any notes Putin might supply. Russian President Vladimir […]

US Admiral: North Korea ‘Threat to the Entire World’

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US Admiral: North Korea ‘Threat to the Entire World’

In a speech delivered at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Tokyo on May 17, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), Admiral Harry Harris, called for deeper trilateral cooperation between the United States, South Korea, and Japan to address North Korea’s recent military actions and provocations. Image Credit: Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs The U.S. […]

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Iraqi forces recapture western Mosul’s al-Rifaie district, a major IS bastion

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Iraqi forces recapture western Mosul’s al-Rifaie district, a major IS bastion

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi government forces recaptured on Wednesday al-Rifaie district, a major area held by the Islamic State where intense battles have been running to retake the region. The Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell said the army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service took over the district completely and raised the Iraqi flags above its buildings. Iraqi soldiers […]

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Trump presses more countries take back U.S. deportees in immigration success

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Trump presses more countries take back U.S. deportees in immigration success

Between cajoling, threats and actual punishments, Homeland Security has managed to drastically cut the number of countries that habitually refuse to take back immigrants whom the U.S. is trying to deport, officials said Tuesday, notching an early immigration success for President Trump. The number of recalcitrant countries has dropped from 20 to 12 over the […]

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14 companies report ‘WannaCry’ damage in S. Korea

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14 companies report ‘WannaCry’ damage in S. Korea

South Korea’s state-run cybersecurity agency said Wednesday that 14 companies have been struck by the crippling ransomware “WannaCry” so far, which has been emerging as one of the biggest threats to global cybersecurity. Ransomware refers to malware that locks up files on a computer with encryption until the victims pay a certain amount of money […]

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An imminent new page in Turkey-US economic relations

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An imminent new page in Turkey-US economic relations

S. President Donald Trump’s preference for bilateral partnerships rather than multinational trade agreements may be the beginning of a new era for the economic relations between the U.S. and Turkey. Economic relations are expected to be discussed during the bilateral meeting to be held between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump in […]

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