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UN Photo/Cia Pak President Nicolás Maduro Moros of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly. The people of Venezuela are being harassed and attacked in the economic, political, diplomatic spheres, and facing “permanent aggression by the media” at the hands of the United States, President Nicolás Maduro told […]

“They’re going to have a big shot at speaking and making their case,” President Donald Trump said of the women accusers. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo   In a Monday night television interview, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh seemed confident that President Donald Trump had his back. “I know he’s going to stand by me,” Kavanaugh […]

Bill Cosby spent his first night in prison alone, in a single cell near the infirmary, as he began his three-to-10-year sentence for sexual assault. Corrections officials announced Wednesday that Cosby — now known as Inmate No. NN7687 — will serve his sentence at SCI Phoenix, a new state prison about 20 miles from the […]

S. Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighters have reportedly conducted reconnaissance missions over or near Somalia and were ready to respond to requests for close air support from American forces in that country during their first-ever deployment to the Horn of Africa region aboard the USS Essex amphibious assault ship. There are now reports that U.S. military could employ these same […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, Sept. 25. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, Sept. 25. The structure of the United Nations needs reform as […]

The Korean War could be declared over this year, as a consensus appears to have been reached between South and North Korea, and the United States. In an interview with Fox News, President Moon Jae-in, who is on a five-day visit to the U.S., said he had “ample discussions with U.S. President Donald Trump on […]

  President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly THE PRESIDENT: Madam President, Mr. Secretary-General, world leaders, ambassadors, and distinguished delegates: One year ago, I stood before you for the first time in this grand hall. I addressed the threats facing our world, and I presented a vision to achieve […]

The warning from Bolton came after the US president and his Iranian counterpart clashed at the United Nations General Assembly [Darren Ornitz/Reuters] The US National Security Adviser has launched a scathing attack on Iran saying there will “be hell to pay” if Tehran tried to harm the US and its allies. The warning from John Bolton came […]

As President Donald Trump prepares to address the United Nations General Assembly, his foreign policy record is not working in his favor ahead of November’s midterm elections. | Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump once expected that his brash and disruptive style of foreign policy, while horrifying to Washington elites, would be political asset with […]

AA Photo Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met Monday with the leaders of Japan and Iran in New York. The closed-door meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani came a day before Erdoğan’s address to the U.N. General Assembly’s 73rd session. The theme of this year’s general assembly is Making […]