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Obama Weighing Delay in Action on Immigr...

Obama Weighing Delay in Action on Immigration

WASHINGTON — President Obama is considering a delay of his most controversial proposals to revamp immigration laws through executive action until after the midterm elections in November, mindful of the electoral peril for Democratic Senate candidates, according to allies of the administration who... read more »

John Walker, Spy For Soviet Union, Dies ...

John Walker, Spy For Soviet Union, Dies in North Carolina Prison

RALEIGH, N.C. — A former American sailor convicted during the Cold War of leading a family spy ring for the Soviet Union has died in a prison hospital in North Carolina, officials said Friday. Retired Navy Warrant Officer John A. Walker Jr. died Thursday at the Federal Medical Center in Butner,... read more »

Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget deal and defence authorisation bill
Obama, in Estonia and at NATO summit, to...

Obama, in Estonia and at NATO summit, to send strong message to Putin

U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Estonia and attend a NATO summit in Wales next week to send a strong message to Russian President Vladimir Putin that his incursion into Ukraine must be reversed and to keep his hands off the Baltic nations. A fresh move into eastern Ukraine by Russian forces... read more »

Anti-corruption investigators target pro...

Anti-corruption investigators target prominent Communist Party foe

Anti-corruption officials in Hong Kong have launched an early morning raid on the home of an outspoken media tycoon known for his withering criticism of Beijing. Four officials from Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) arrived at the home of Jimmy Lai, 65, at just... read more »

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Powerful typhoon smashes Japan’s southern islands

A POWERFUL typhoon is pounding the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa, as residents take refuge from destructive winds, towering waves and storm surges. Airports closed and residents were... read more »

Iraq crisis : Emboldened Kurd secession bid faces major hurdles

Baghdad – Iraq’s Kurds would face enormous challenges if they were to secede, but the threat of an independence vote amid chaos nationwide could squeeze concessions from the... read more »

Seventeen coal miners die after blast in west China

Seventeen coal miners have died after being trapped by a weekend gas explosion in northwestern China, an official news agency reported on Monday. The miners were trapped Saturday by the... read more »

Andy Coulson receives 18 month jail for phone hacking case

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson, a onetime aide to British Prime Minister David Cameron, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for participating in a conspiracy to hack the... read more »

Japan to withdraw some sanctions on North Korea

Japan took a tentative step toward improved relations with North Korea on Friday by agreeing to lift some of its sanctions in response to the North’s decision to reopen a probe into the fate of at... read more »