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File - Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, arrives for a pretrial hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C., with his defense counsel Lt. Col. Franklin D. Rosenblatt, left, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016.

Bergdahl lawyers: Trump's criticism prevents fair trial

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s scathing criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will prevent the soldier from getting a fair trial on charges he endangered comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, Bergdahl’s attorneys said Friday. In a motion filed shortly after Trump was sworn in, defense lawyers asked a military judge to

File - Far-right leader Marine le Pen answers reporters as she inaugurates her campaign headquarters, Wednesday, Nov.16, 2016 in Paris.

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Far-right leaders meet to discuss ‘free Europe’ vision

KOBLENZ, Germany (Reuters) – Far-right populist leaders from Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands meet in the German city of Koblenz on Saturday to present their vision for “a free Europe” that would dismantle the European Union. Marine Le Pen, who is expected to make it into a May 7 second-round run-off for the French presidency, is due to speak at the

Tesla Model S 85 parked in metered spot along State Street in downtown Montpelier, Vermont

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US ends probe of Tesla fatal crash without seeking recall

WASHINGTON: Tesla Motors Inc. will not face a recall or fine as a result of a fatal crash involving its Autopilot system, but US safety regulators are warning auto manufacturers and drivers not to treat semiautonomous cars as if they were fully self-driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Thursday

A woman seen jogging with her Tzi Tzu dog in Fort Bonifacio sidewalk , October 10 , 2008.

US woman tosses pup off bridge claiming ‘dogs can fly’

Houston: In a shocking incident, a woman in Florida tossed a dog off a bridge claiming ‘dogs could fly’. Before the woman threw the Jack Russell Terrier 30 feet off the Blue Heron Boulevard Bridge in Palm Beach County, Florida, she claimed dogs could

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, right, with Prince William holding Prince George, centre, and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge holding Princess Charlotte, left, on the balcony during the Trooping The Colour parade at Buckingham Palace, in London, Saturday, June 11, 2016. Hundreds of soldiers in ceremonial dress have marched in London in the annual Trooping the Colour parade to mark the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. The Trooping the Colour tradition originates from preparations for battle, when flags were carried or

Prince William to leave job as air ambulance pilot

LONDON — Prince William will soon leave his job as an air ambulance helicopter pilot to spend more time on royal

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Lewis, a waterside securityman with Maritime Safety and Security Team 91104, mans a .50-caliber machine gun aboard a U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat, May 12, 2010. A detachment of MSST 91104, from Galveston, Texas, is deployed to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to perform maritime anti-terrorism and force protection duties for Joint Task Force Guantanamo. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations. JTF Guantanamo photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Nistas. (871246) ( MSST 91104 deployed at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay )

DPS: Terrorism threat level 'elevated' in Texas

The current terrorism threat level in Texas is "elevated" as the result of potential danger from international terror

Campaigners demonstrate outside the United States Embassy, as they protest about the inauguration of U.S President Donal Trump, in London, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017.

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UK women set to march against Trump

Saturday's marchers say they will be voicing concerns over issues including racial and gender equality, affordable healthcare, abortion rights and voting rights. Demonstrations are being planned in 62 cities in 32 countries, with marches in the UK scheduled for

Demonstrations and protests against the presidency of Donald Trump in Chicago, 19 November 2016

Angry protests and inaugural celebrations play out side by side in Washington

America's political divide split fully open on the streets of the nation's capital Friday as Washington became a city of two peoples: The right gathered to celebrate Donald Trump's inauguration as president, and the left marshaled passionate and occasionally violent protests against him. Republicans ...

President Donald Trump signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House

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Donald Trump begins overhaul as first executive orders signed

One of Mr Trump's key election pledges was to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said President Trump's executive order was for federal departments to "minimise

Turkish tanks head towards the Syrian border, in Karkamis, Turkey, Wednesday Aug. 31, 2016. Turkey on Wednesday dismissed reports of a cease-fire deal with Kurdish rebels in northern Syria, and vowed to continue its week-old military incursion.

Russia signs deal for Syria bases, Turkey appears to accept Assad

BEIRUT — Russia signed a long-term agreement Friday to greatly enlarge its military presence in Syria, more than doubling the space for warships in Russia’s only Mediterranean port and securing rights to an air base that may already be adding a second runway. ...

Thousands file through the streets during the Women's March as a skywriting plane spells out "Trump" above in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.

Thousands protest Trump as ‘sister marches’ begin in Australia and New Zealand

Thousands of protesters in Australia and New Zealand on Saturday joined the first of hundreds of womens’ marches organised around the world in a show of disapproval of US President Donald Trump as he began his first day in office. In Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, about 3,000 people - men and women gathered for a rally in Hyde Park before marching on the U.S.

A firefighter sprays water on the burned hulk of a bus that crashed and burst into flames near Verona, northern Italy, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.

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At least 16 dead in Italy school bus crash

A bus carrying school children has crashed in Italy

Current CEO Carlos Ghosn has been credited with reviving Nissan. In 2010, Nissan announced that its hybrid technology is no longer based on Toyota's.

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Nissan to review U.K. investment stance once Brexit terms clear

DAVOS, Switzerland--Nissan will review the case for future investment in Britain when the terms of the country's departure from the European Union finally become clear, the Japanese carmaker's Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said on Friday. Nissan said in

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak addresses the opening of an extraordinary session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation foreign ministers on the situation of the Rohingya Muslim Minority in Myanmar at a conference center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017.

Myanmar rebuffs Malaysia for organizing OIC meeting on Rohingya

Myanmar rebuffed Malaysia Saturday for organizing a meeting of Muslim governments to put pressure on Myanamar over the plight of Rohingya Muslims following a military crackdown that sent at least 66,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh ...

President Donald J. Trump, left, listens as first lady Melania Trump speaks at The Salute To Our Armed Services Inaugural Ball Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington.

Trump takes office, vows to stop 'American carnage'

Pledging emphatically to empower America's "forgotten men and women," Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, taking command of a riven nation facing an unpredictable era under his assertive but untested leadership. Under cloudy, threatening skies at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Trump painted a bleak picture of the

A police convoy with Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman leaves Brooklyn Federal Court following his arraignment, Friday Jan. 20, 2017, in New York.

A murder house, a gold AK-47 and $1m bribes: how El Chapo built Sinaloa cartel

Joaquín Guzmán is on trial in the US for running the world’s biggest narcotic operation but the Mexican kingpin’s removal is unlikely to stem the flow of drugs

In this file photo dated Thursday, March 10, 2016, British Home Secretary Theresa May speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU justice and interior ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels.

Theresa May 'confident' of striking trade deal with US

Theresa May has emphasised the importance of Nato and the European Union for security and said she is "confident" of striking a trade deal with the United States despite Donald Trump's "America first" strategy. The Prime Minister moved to deal with concerns about the new president's apparently nationalist approach and said she would hold "very frank" talks with him

A person protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline holds a sign reading "We can't drink oil, 15 November 2016

Police and Protesters Clash At Dakota Access Pipeline Days Before Inauguration

As President-elect is setting plans for Friday's inauguration, clashes have been happening on and off at the Dakota Access pipeline construction site where protesters have been tear gassed and fired at with bean-bag rounds, according to Reuters. Almost 40 have been arrested since Monday at the site, as the shrinking protest camp worries that Trump will back the pipeline fully

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India Media: New Delhi Buys $3B Worth of Weapons, Ammo From Russia, Israel

India has reportedly acquired some $3 billion of weapons after quietly purchasing ammunition, tank engines, anti-tank missiles and rocket launchers from Russia and Israel . ...

Vladimir Putin at a concert on the occasion of the day of the city of Moscow

Spain Arrests Russian Programmer Over Hacking On US Request

Spanish officials announced on Thursday that they arrested a Russian computer programmer on orders from the United States while waiting on a decision to extradite him, according to Al Jazeera. Stanislav Lisov, 31, was arrested on January 13 from the Barcelona airport from an FBI warrant issued through Interpol.The court said a Madrid judge questioned him by videoconference over

The policemen who dressed as women to hide from IS

Turkey’s Parliament Approves Constitutional Reform Package

Kremlin denies accusations Donald Trump is 'their man' as all-night parties celebrate Republican's inauguration