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US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would impose a new 5-percent tariff on all imported Mexican goods beginning June 10 so as to pressure the country to halt…

Poland and Sweden were in favour of strengthening the Eastern Partnership -- an EU initiative to "promote economic integration and European values" in the six Eastern European countries, Swedish Foreign…

Greece's conservatives of New Democracy (ND) party won Sunday's European parliament elections, as well as the first round of local elections, according to the final official results released by the…

Astronaut Michael Barratt moves the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill aboard the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV September 1, 2009. Russian engineers are developing…

Foreign ministers of France and Germany on Thursday asked "unconditional release" of Ukrainian sailors Russia had captured in November 2018, urging Moscow to act swiftly to resume dialogue and de-escalate…

Brigitte Bierlein, President of the Constitutional Court, is to become the first female Chancellor of Austria, announced President Alexander Van der Bellen here Thursday afternoon. The 69-year old non-party lawyer…

Sri Lanka will host the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Colombo in May 2021 which will attract over 3,000 delegates, the Finance Ministry said here Wednesday.…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump held a phone conversation on Wednesday, and agreed to meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan in June,…

US Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday made his first-ever public statement about the investigation into the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, saying that charging President…

A new book featuring the success story of a Chinese entrepreneur made its debut at BookExpo America on Wednesday as the annual gala of the publishing industry kicked off in…