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New international pact launched to end tax “treaty shopping”

PARIS, France (Reuters) - About 70 countries on Wednesday (June 7) launched a new international tax convention to prevent multinational…

N.Korea fires what appeared to be land-to-ship missiles – S.Korea

(Reuters) - North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple land-to-ship missiles off its east coast on Thursday (June 8),…

Twin attacks claim at least 13 lives in Tehran

IRAN (Reuters) - At least 13 people died in the twin attacks by militants against Iran's parliament and the Imam…

UK police carry out controlled explosion near new London US Embassy site

LONDON, United States (Reuters) - Eyewitnesses posted videos to social media of a bomb disposal team near the site of…

Pence praises 12 “elites” who join ranks of NASA’s 2017 astronaut class

HOUSTON, United States (Reuters) - United States Vice President Mike Pence congratulated America's newest astronaut candidates at the Johnson Space…

At UN ocean conference, US takes aim at illegal fishing

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday put a spotlight on global efforts to combat illegal…

Iran leader shrugs off IS attacks in Tehran

by Ali Noorani and Eric Randolph Agence France-Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) - Iran’s supreme leader shrugged off attacks on Wednesday…

Trump returns to White House amid release of Comey testimony

WASHINGTON DC, United States (Reuters) - United States President Donald Trump returned to the White House from Ohio on Wednesday…

South Korea to freeze new THAAD deployment pending probe

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - South Korea will suspend any further deployment of a controversial United States missile defense system…

Twelve dead as IS claims first attacks in Iran

  by Ali Noorani and Eric Randolph Agence France-Presse TEHRAN, Iran - Gunmen and suicide bombers stormed Iran's parliament and…

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