Vietnam culls 2 million pigs, urges whole nation to fight swine fever
Vietnam said on Friday it has culled 2 million pigs in a bid to curb an outbreak of deadly African swine fever and called on...
Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders says Twitter blocks his account
Dutch far-right politician and anti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders said on Friday that Twitter had temporarily blocked his account following remarks he made about a political...
Iranians, Iraqis march to back Palestinians, reject Trump Mideast plan
Tens of thousands of Iranians marking the annual “Quds (Jerusalem) Day” in the Islamic Republic on Friday condemned a planned Middle East peace plan touted...
Pompeo to Germany: Use Huawei and lose access to our data
The United States may no longer share sensitive security information with nations that install next-generation networks, like those made by China’s Huawei, that it regards...
Missouri’s only abortion clinic faces closure at midnight
Missouri could become the only U.S. state without a legal abortion provider on Friday as its only abortion clinic could lose its license to perform...
China, U.S. defense chiefs hold talks at Asia security summit
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan held talks on Friday at an Asia security summit in Singapore, amid heightened...
Qualcomm has strong argument to win reversal of U.S. antitrust ruling: legal experts
A rare public call by a U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) official for one of the agency’s courtroom victories to be reversed, in a case...
Trump poised to lift curbs on E15 gasoline in latest boost to U.S. farmers
The Trump administration will announce an end to a summertime ban on sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline as early as Friday, a spokesman...
Donald Trump in the UK: Brexit, Huawei and banquet with the queen
U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to wade into Britain’s Brexit turmoil during a visit to London next week in which he will also tell...
Eight tie in U.S. spelling bee as organizers run out of challenging words
Eight young super spellers beat the dictionary to be crowned co-winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in what officials said was a first since...