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20 May 2017
Former FBI Director James Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump last week amid an agency probe into alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. election, has agreed to testify before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee at a public hearing, the committee said in a statement on Friday.
20 May 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump delays naming a replacement for fired FBI director James Comey, despite expectations he would name former Senator Joe Lieberman before leaving on a week-long overseas trip.
20 May 2017
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis delivers a somber caution on North Korea, saying any military attempts to resolve the crisis would be "tragic on an unbelievable scale."
19 May 2017
Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner departs federal court after pleading guilty to one count of sending obscene messages to a minor, ending an investigation into a "sexting" scandal that played a role in last year's U.S. presidential election.
19 May 2017
Bloomberg’s Sahil Kapur reports on the Trump agenda amid the administration being investigated.
19 May 2017
Iran is voting for its new president, in an election that will define its future relation with the West.
19 May 2017
The auction of a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, who died in 1987, grossed the highest price ever for an American artist and the sixth biggest sale in world history.
19 May 2017
Two Chinese aircraft carry out what the U.S. military describes an "unprofessional" intercept of an American plane meant to detect radiation while it flew in international airspace.
19 May 2017
Britain's prime minister, Theresa May, will campaign for more welfare cuts, curbs to benefits for some immigrants, revealing her conservative party's election platform on Thursday.
19 May 2017
Germany is free to withdraw its troops stationed at Turkey's Incirlik air base if it wants to, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday, adding Berlin should change its attitude towards Ankara.
19 May 2017
More than 100,000 civil servants have been sacked in Turkey, and another 47,000 people arrested - all alleged supporters of the US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen - since a state of emergency was imposed in the wake of the failed coup last July.
19 May 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump defended his firing of FBI Director James Comey on Thursday and said he did not ask Comey to end his probe into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
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A South African judge presiding over Jacob Zuma's arms corruption trial recused himself on Monday, in a move likely to add further delay in an affair already dating back more than two decades.
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Germany has decided to supply battle tanks to Ukraine. International law experts are now debating whether this makes Germany a "war party."
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At one university residency south of Paris, students are living among cockroaches, mould and in overall unhygienic conditions, despite studying at some of France's top universities. The CROUS of Versailles, a state-run agency, offers financial aid and affordable housing to students, but some of the accommodation it provides is barely fit for purpose.
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Washington says Moscow is not complying with the pact as tensions soar over Russia's war in Ukraine. The treaty, which in its current state is due to continue to 2026, limits the two countries' nuclear capabilities.