Government News
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Southeast Asian leaders will express serious concern over territorial disputes in the South China Sea when they meet in Manila this week, but a draft communique to be issued after the meeting indicates they will adopt subdued language on the conflict
April 25, 2017 -
Slovenian leader wants talks on new EU border controls that have caused traffic jams
April 25, 2017 -
Two North Carolina gang members have been sentenced to life in prison for the shooting deaths of a South Carolina couple who were to testify against other gang members in an attempted robbery case
April 25, 2017 -
Alitalia is expected to start bankruptcy procedures after employees rejected proposed salary cuts and layoffs cuts aimed at saving Italy's financially troubled flagship airline
April 25, 2017 -
U.S. government attorneys are appealing a Chicago immigration judge's decision to grant asylum to a teenage blogger from Singapore
April 25, 2017 -
The North Korean army's April 25 anniversary is not such a big day under Kim Jong Un, who has emphasized the birthday of the nation's founder 10 days earlier
April 25, 2017 -
North Carolina Republican legislative leaders have rushed to the courthouse to try to block expected efforts by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to get a new elections administration law thrown out as unconstitutional
April 25, 2017 -
German broadcasters say that Chancellor Angela Merkel will face challenger Martin Schulz in a single televised debate three weeks before the country's national election
April 25, 2017 -
The ship-repair industry in Virginia's Hampton Roads region is preparing to lay off more than 1,000 employees as Congress works to approve a new national budget
April 25, 2017 -
Researchers with Japanese antivirus firm Trend Micro say that the campaign of French presidential front runner Emmanuel Macron has been targeted by Russia-linked hackers
April 25, 2017 -
The U.N. secretary-general says international donors at a Geneva aid conference have pledged $1.1 billion to help beleaguered, war-torn Yemen this year
April 25, 2017 -
An Afghan official says the Taliban have killed eight policemen and overrun three security checkpoints in the northern province of Takhar
April 25, 2017 -
European parliamentarians are trying to mediate between Albania's political groupings in an effort to end an impasse following the opposition's boycott of parliament and June 18 parliamentary election
April 25, 2017 -
Voices from Pyongyang, Damascus, Tehran, Mogadishu, Moscow, Tel Aviv, the West Bank, Berlin and Mexico City consider Trump's first 100 days
April 25, 2017 -
Most immigrants entering the U.S. illegally are simply deported without prosecution
April 25, 2017