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The US Justice Department and the FBI have new evidence showing possible obstruction by former President Donald Trump in the investigation of his handling of top-secret documents at his Florida residence, a new report says. Investigators from the two agencies have information that indicates Trump personally reviewed some of the documents at Mar-a-Lago after receiving …

Russia says it will expand its military capacity in its western and northwestern regions, near the border with Finland, as the Nordic country joins NATO. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Russia’s state-owned news agency RIA on Monday the beefing up of the military capacity in those regions was in …

Finland is set to formally become a member of the NATO military alliance on Tuesday in a historic shift that will end the country’s years of “military non-alignment” and double the US-led alliance’s land border with Russia. The Nordic country’s blue and white flag will be raised outside NATO’s Brussels …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his doors are closed for US Ambassador to Ankara Jeff Flake following the diplomat’s meeting with Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the presidential candidate for the opposition alliance. “What is (US President Joe) Biden’s envoy doing? He goes and meets with Mr. Kemal. Shame on you, use …

The death toll from a violent storm that whipped up tornadoes in the southern and midwestern regions of the United States rose to at least 32 over the weekend, according to officials and media reports. In Memphis, Tennessee, two children and an adult were found dead on Saturday after the …

Russia’s ambassador to Belarus says his country is bent on moving its tactical nuclear weapons close to the border with Belarus, placing them nearer than ever before to the threshold of US-led military alliance of NATO. Boris Gryzlov’s Sunday remarks came after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin announced in late March that …

Passport Office workers in the UK are launching a five-week strike in the long-running dispute with the government over pay and conditions, as the cost-of-living crisis is weighing on Britons’ lives. Over 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) at eight sites will walk out of their …

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has “milked” the expenses system to get taxpayers to foot her household bills, a report has revealed, as ordinary citizens are struggling to pay their bills amid the cost-of-living crisis. A damning report, published by The Mirror newspaper on Sunday, has revealed that the senior …

A US think tank has slammed a bid by a far-right Republican senator to call for sanctions on Argentine officials as yet “another expression of a dangerous addiction to sanctions and meddling” that remains a cornerstone of US foreign policy. Hours prior to US President Joe Biden’s meeting last week …

Security has been beefed up in Manhattan as former US President Donald Trump is set to fly from Florida to New York City ahead of his scheduled arraignment on charges related to hush money payments before the 2016 election. The first former US president to face criminal charges, Trump is …

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday he believes the country’s economy will grow “more than pessimists think,” noting he does not agree with forecasts of a slow gross domestic product growth. Lula said at a meeting with ministers his administration would announce further moves next week …

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi appealed against his conviction for defamation on Monday, seeking to overturn a judgment that resulted in his expulsion from parliament a year before a general election is due. Gandhi, 52, was convicted last month in a case brought by a state lawmaker from Prime Minister …

Two Palestinians have been shot dead during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, as the Israeli regime’s far-right Netanyahu administration intensifies its deadly raids across the occupied territories. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that confrontations broke out soon after Israeli forces stormed …

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has “milked” the expenses system to get taxpayers to foot her household bills, a report has revealed, as ordinary citizens are struggling to pay their bills amid the cost-of-living crisis. A damning report, published by The Mirror newspaper on Sunday, has revealed that the senior …

Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of organising the murder of a prominent war blogger in a St Petersburg cafe and arrested a young Russian woman who was shown in a police video admitting planting the bomb that killed him and injured over 30 others. Ukraine, which did not take responsibility …

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday demanded the “immediate release” of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia on suspicion of spying. “His arrest is of great concern. It is important to respect freedom of the press, the rights of journalists and the right to ask questions …

A Chinese balloon that flew across the US was able to gather intelligence from several US military sites, despite the Biden administration’s efforts to prevent it from doing so, NBC News reported on Monday, citing two current senior US officials and one former senior administration official. The balloon, controlled by …

Sanna Marin’s party ended in third place despite gaining seats in parliament. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who gained international media prominence for taking office at a record-young age and spending some of her leisure time partying, has conceded defeat in Sunday’s general election. Marin’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) is …

India has opted to offer its Indian Rupee (INR) as a trade currency alternative to the US dollar after it unveiled its latest “dynamic and responsive” foreign trade policy in a bid for de-dollarization. According to the Indian Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal, Indian Rupee will be used in trade countries …

Former US President Donald Trump maintains a significant lead in a hypothetical Republican primary poll over his other current and potential GOP challengers despite his indictment by a court in New York City, according to a new poll. The Yahoo News-YouGov poll was conducted a day after Trump’s indictment on …