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President Donald Trump is seeking to impose a 20 per cent tax on imports from countries which has a trade deficit with the US like Mexico in order to finance the construction of a border wall along its southern border, the White House said.

Pena Nieto was scheduled to be in Washington on January 31.

The final death toll from Italy's devastating avalanche stands at 29 after the remaining bodies were pulled out of the rubble of a hotel crushed by tons of snow, firefighters said Thursday.

US President Donald Trump's administration is drafting an executive order that would allow the CIA to reopen overseas "black sites" that were used to torture suspects after 9/11, US media reported on Wednesday.

The North Korean regime is on an inexorable decline towards collapse, with its people increasingly disillusioned but its nuclear ambitions undimmed, a top defector said on Wednesday.

The number of births in China has risen nearly 8 percent in the year after the government loosened its unpopular one-child policy.

The other robber fled the mall, firing his weapon and injuring a man and a woman. These two individuals, along with the injured robber, were taken to local hospital, said San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood.

The Sunday Times newspaper, citing a senior naval source, claimed that the Trident II D5 missile failed after being launched from a British submarine off the coast of Florida in June.

Ruling out the much-talked about US-China trade war under the Trump presidency, founder of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Jack Ma said the poor plight of American economy was due to the costly wars waged by Washington and has nothing to do with trade ti...

In Russia, giving one's spouse a slap is nothing extraordinary for many people. This week, the Russian parliament is expected to take a step closer toward decriminalizing it altogether.

Pakistan has accused Dr. Shakil Afridi, who is hailed as a hero by US officials, of running a fake vaccination campaign in which he collected DNA samples to help the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) confirm Osama bin Laden's identity.

The UN does not see a serious, long-term impact on India's economy from the demonetisation, although it will have a short-term effect because of reduced consumer spending, according to an official monitoring the global economy.

The producers make the fake-branded food seasonings by buying used spices and herbs such as star anise, pepper and fennel from melon-seed processing factories in nearby Wangkou town, drying the ingredients and grinding them into powder in dilapidated low-...

Donald Trump enters the White House embroiled in scandal, in a pitched battle with the intelligence services and news media, and facing a world on fire.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Saunday that if US President-elect Donald Trump moves the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem it would have "extremely serious consequences".

Muslim villagers in western Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state said Sunday that they hope positive change will result from a U.N. envoy's visit to the region, where soldiers are accused of widespread abuses against minority Muslims, including murder, rape a...