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Trump lawyers want columnist's defamation suit to be tossedPresident Donald Trump's lawyers asked a judge Friday to throw out an advice columnist's defamation lawsuit over his response to her allegation that he raped...CEO Tim Cook sees pay ebb along with Apple performanceApple chief Tim Cook saw his annual pay slip to $11.6 million in 2019 after the company registered a weakerfinancial performance compared with the previous...Libya’s Haftar makes ‘call to arms’ over possible Turkey interventionLibya’s military strongman Khalifa Haftar has called on all Libyans to take up arms in response to a prospectivemilitary intervention from Turkey aimed at shoring...Trump stirs Mideast tensions despite talk of 'endless wars'With a single drone strike, President Donald Trump did more than just take out an avowed enemy of the United States. He may have have...UN condemns military escalation in, around Libyan capitalUnited Nations (UN) senior officials on Friday condemned the recent military escalation in and around Libyan capital Tripoli, which has been witnessing a violent war...US prepares for Iran's retaliation following Soleimani killingThe United States is preparing itself for any possible retaliation from Iran after a U.S. strike killed a top Iranian commander, a move that was...French hardline union calls for more strikesFrench hardline union CGT called on Wednesday for more strikes in France this month after president Emmanuel Macron pledged to push through an overhaul of...Protesters end siege of US embassy in BaghdadAfter a second day of tense protests at the US Embassy in Baghdad, thousands of pro-Iranian demonstrators dispersed Wednesday, ending a siege that had trapped...Ghosn met Lebanese president after fleeing JapanFugitive former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn met Lebanon's president after fleeing from Japan, where he was smuggled out of house arrest by a private security...Some flee, others restock before Australia's wildfires growThousands of tourists fled Australia's wildfire-ravaged eastern coast Thursday ahead of worsening conditions as the military started to evacuate people trapped on the shore further...Sommaruga takes over Swiss presidencyCabinet member Simonetta Sommaruga of the Socialist Party took over the Swiss presidency on Wednesday, a largely ceremonial role that rotates between leading political parties.The...Palau bans 'reef-toxic' sunscreenPalau's pioneering ban on "reef-toxic" sunscreens took effect Wednesday as the tiny Pacific island nation introduced strict environmental measures that also include one of the...Repatriation of Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria underwayCameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji said Tuesday that the repatriation of some 700 Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria is underway.The first batch of...Syrian army deployment on border with Turkey to bring security, peace to SyriaA visiting Iranian official said on Tuesday that the deployment of the Syrian army on the border with Turkey will bring security, peace and stability...Israel's largest natural gas field starts operating: ministryIsrael has begun flowing natural gas from its largest gas field Leviathan to the country's transmission system, the Ministry of Energy announced Tuesday.The gas field...U.S. to deploy 750 troops to Middle East after embassy attack in BaghdadU.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Tuesday that the United States will deploy about 750 troops immediately to the Middle East, a move...Raging wildfires trap 4,000 at Australian town's waterfrontWildfires burning across Australia's two most populous states Tuesday trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions and killed at least two people while...2 officers hurt, man killed in shooting near SeattleA confrontation between police and a man in a car erupted in gunfire early Tuesday, leaving two officers wounded and the 23-year-old man dead, authorities...