Explainer: Can Trump use executive privilege to block congressional probes?
Like numerous U.S. presidents before him, Donald Trump has invoked the legal doctrine known as executive privilege to try to block congressional investigators from getting...
Turkey says it has already bought Russian S-400 defense systems
Turkey has already bought S-400 defense systems from Russia and hopes they will be delivered in July, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, an...
Trump says U.S. will deploy 1,000 troops to Poland
U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday that he will deploy 1,000 U.S. troops to Poland, a step sought by...
Algeria’s ex-PM, former minister detained over alleged corruption: state TV
Algeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia be held in custody after he faced a judge over a corruption investigation, state...
Stocks dip as banks, energy shares fall
Wall Street ended down slightly on Wednesday, with bank stocks declining as prospects of a U.S. interest rate cut rose and energy shares tumbling along...
Russia showing its ’empirical face’: Poland’s Duda
Polish President Andrzej Duda during a Rose Garden news conference on Wednesday said its friendship with Russia is a “difficult one” after the situation in...
Philip Green’s Arcadia avoids collapse as creditors back deal
Philip Green’s Topshop-to-Dorothy Perkins fashion empire staved off a collapse into administration on Wednesday as creditors approved his sweetened restructuring plan....
Ex-Stanford sailing coach avoids prison in U.S. college admissions scandal
A former Stanford University sailing coach avoided prison on Wednesday in the first sentencing to result from the U.S. college admissions scandal after admitting he...
Starbucks’ Howard Schultz pauses presidential campaign efforts after back surgeries
Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks who began building an independent campaign for president earlier this year, announced on Wednesday that he was pausing...
Republicans in Congress push back on Trump weapons packages to Saudi Arabia, UAE
Republican members of Congress pushed back on Wednesday against President Donald Trump’s plan to sell $8 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United...