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Immigration authorities announced a travel ban on Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor just minutes after the ousted prime minister said they were leaving on a weeklong trip overseas to rest after his thumping electoral defeat.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted "Bangabandhu-1", named after the Bangladesh founder, early in the morning from Cape Canaveral in Florida, bdnews24.com reported.

Kelly Sadler, a special assistant in the White House communications office, made the comments at a closed-door meeting attended by about two dozen staffers, The Hill newspaper said. The Washington Post also reported Sadler's remarks.

The United States plans to re-introduce sanctions against Iran, which produces around 4 percent of global oil supplies, after abandoning an agreement reached in late 2015 that limited Tehran's nuclear ambitions in exchange for removing U.S.-Europe sanctio...

Ecologist David Goodall, who is not terminally ill, said he was ready for the end. He answered reporters questions in the Swiss city of Basel while accompanied by members of groups that help people kill themselves.

The decision comes amid growing concern about a crackdown on his critics by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has ruled the country for 33 years, ahead of a general election set for July 29.

Pompeo was in the North to discuss arrangements for the high-stakes summit, expected within weeks, as well as to secure the release of three Americans detained in North Korea.

"For contracts that already exist, there is a wind-down period to allow an orderly termination of the contract, so that people who in good-faith reliance on the waiver of the sanctions -- have engaged in business are not totally surprised," Bolton explain...

Overcrowding in prisons often results in deplorable living conditions for inmates and prison staff, hence urgent prison assessment needed.

Michael Avenatti, the attorney representing porn actress Stormy Daniels, released a dossier alleging that Vekselberg and his cousin transferred "approximately $500,000" to Michael Cohen in eight payments.

The Texas lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Brownsville, argues that the Obama administration exceeded its authority by creating the programme without congressional action. The lawsuit attempts to force the issue by asking a different court to orde...

Abe, who was on a two-day visit to Israel, had been invited along with his wife Akie Abe to Netanyahu’s residence for a festive meal on May 2.

A US Air National Guard C-130 transport airplane crashed on Wednesday not far from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Georgia, officials said.

It was not immediately clear in what context the possibility of a subpoena was raised or how serious Mueller's prosecutors were about the move. Mueller is probing not only Russian election interference and possible coordination with Trump associates but p...

According to these officials, four of whom said they personally heard the insult used, John Kelly portrays himself as the only person in the Trump administration "curbing the erratic urges" of the Republican president, NBC reported.

Intelligence experts and diplomats said he did not seem to have presented a "smoking gun" showing that Iran had violated the agreement, although he may have helped make a case on behalf of hawks in US President Donald Trump's administration who want to sc...