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New York [U.S.], Mar. 14 (ANI): Under continuous pressure to provide evidence on Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that he was wiretapped by Barack Obama, the White House went on the back foot yet

NEW YORK -- Brayden Point had a 21st birthday to remember Monday night and it ended with a face full of shaving cream.

The rookie scored two goals -- including the game winner with 6:39 to play in th

NEW YORK -- For the second consecutive season, the Oklahoma City Thunder are heading to New York when a blizzard is expected to hit.

From the Thunder's perspective, the only blizzard they care about

The San Jose Sharks haven't lost many games this season. Perhaps their most stunning one of the season came in western New York against a franchise trying desperately to get back to the postseason for

New York [U.S.], Mar. 14 (ANI): The meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump has been postponed due to a looming winter storm in Washington.

Merkel, who will mee

New York [U.S.], Mar. 14 (ANI): The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an ominous report saying that fourteen million more Americans would be uninsured under the House Republican

New York [U.S.], Mar. 14 (ANI): Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is currently in custody over a corruption case, is set to be freed soon.

Mubarak's lawyer Farid al-Deeb has said that Mubar

New York [U.S.], Mar. 14 (ANI): After President Tayyip Erdogan warned the Netherlands that it will "pay the price" for the escalating the already intense diplomatic stand-off, Turkey announced that it

New York [U.S.], Mar. 14 (ANI): The United Kingdom Parliament has passed a bill, allowing Prime Minister Theresa May to begin the crucial talks on Britain's exit from the European Union.

The House of

New York [U.S.], Mar. 14 (ANI): President Donald Trump convened his first Cabinet meeting, in which four prospective members were missing, and blamed the Senate Democrats for the delay saying that the

New Delhi [India], Mar. 14 (ANI): An Indian-American woman came under fire from social media users for asking White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer inflammatory questions after confronting him in a

Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 14 (ANI): Representative of Balochistan at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Mehran Marri dubbed the multi-billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a

United Nations, Mar. 14 (ANI): North Korean ambassador to the United Nations, Kim In Ryong, has denied that the man killed in Malaysia was Kim Jong Nam, estranged half-brother of the country's leader

New Delhi [India], Mar. 14 (ANI): Hong Kong, New York and Melbourne will very soon enjoy Indian couture experience.

Greenroom Creative recently launched the first season of Indian Couture Experience,

WASHINGTON, U.S. - On the day that the Department of Justice was supposed to present the House Intelligence Committee with evidence backing U.S. President Donald Trump’s infamous wiretapping

Geno Smith is 26 years old and comes with starting experience as a former second-round pick of the New York Jets.

As a free agent, Smith is a possibility for the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants and

The New York Rangers assigned goaltender Magnus Hellberg to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.

Hellberg, 25, was recalled by the Rangers on an emergency basis on Saturda

RALEIGH, N.C. -- John Tavares scored 34 seconds into overtime and the New York Islanders produced a solid bounce-back result by defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Tuesday night at PNC Arena.

NEW YORK -- The New York Knicks turned in one of their more sparkling defensive efforts of the season, turning back the Indiana Pacers 87-81 on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.

New York (27-41) held

NEW YORK -- Russell Westbrook picked up his 33rd triple-double of the season and the Oklahoma City Thunder won their third game in a row, beating the Brooklyn Nets 122-104 on Tuesday night at Barclays

A Pittsburgh judge dropped all charges against former New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis stemming from an alleged aggravated assault incident last month.

Revis, 31, faced five criminal charges -

The LPGA Tour moves from Asia to Arizona's Valley of the Sun this week for the seventh annual Bank of Hope Founders Cup, the first of five consecutive tournaments in the United States after events in

New York Jets tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins has been suspended two games by the league on Wednesday for violating its substance abuse policy.

The move stems from Seferian-Jenkins' DUI arrest in S

INDIANAPOLIS -- Paul George scored a season-high 39 points, including 27 during the second half Wednesday night, and the Indiana Pacers pulled away from the Charlotte Hornets for a 98-77 victory.

Geo

NEW YORK -- With the realization that the New York Knicks will miss the playoffs for a fourth straight season, coach Jeff Hornacek is wisely using the remainder of the schedule to give his younger pla

Tim Tebow made what was likely his last spring training game with the New York Mets a memorable one, collecting a pair of hits in three at-bats Wednesday.

Tebow, who also made a leaping catch in righ

New Delhi [India], Marc. 13 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump took yet another swat at the media for being rude to his working representatives and asked them to be to be nice to do much b

New Delhi [India], Marc. 13 (ANI): Continuing to tear Obamacare apart, United States President Donald Trump has called ObamaCare as 'imploding' which would get worse this year.

He sai

New York [U.S.], Mar. 14 (ANI): In a reaction indication show of force following the increased provocations from North Korea, the United States has announced that it will permanently station attack

Dar es Salaam - A top Tanzanian television presenter has been suspended, along with eight fellow employees of the main state-run channel, for relaying fake news in which US President Donald Trump prai

Washington - President Donald Trump earned $153m and paid $36.5m in income taxes in 2005, paying a roughly 25% effective tax rate thanks to a tax he has since sought to eliminate, according to newly d

Montreal - A blizzard tracking north from the United States caused car pile-ups and school closures as heavy snows and powerful winds paralysed eastern Canada on Wednesday.

Up to 60cm of snow fell on

Mulvaney insists that although the State Department will see more than a quarter of its funds taken away "we believe that we have protected the core diplomatic function of State."

Secretary of State

'It would defund and take money away from programs like PEPFAR, the HIV/AIDS program, which last year kept 11.5 million people alive,' he said. 'We're talking about programs that save lives, that keep

SHANGHAI -

China's central bank raised short-term interest rates for the third time in as many months Thursday, a day after the end of the annual session of parliament where leaders warne

At an all-hands meeting Wednesday evening of House GOP lawmakers, Vice President Mike Pence and party leaders urged their rank and file to rally behind the legislation.

'It's our job to get it out of

The Trump administration went to work rolling back another Obama-era environmental regulation Wednesday.

Regulators announced they would review strict vehicle fuel efficiency standards finalized days

Kenny will be the first European Union politician to meet with Trump after British Prime Minister Theresa May. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was scheduled to come to the White House Tuesday, but tha

Greater focus on jobs

The G-20 is also to discuss ways to strengthen the global economy and create more jobs. Other issues include international financial regulation and efforts to c

PYONGYANG, North Korea - As the U.S. strike group arrives in South Korea for joint military drills - North Korea has issued another grave warning.

Pyongyang warned in a statement that if the

NEW YORK, U.S. - A Northeast snowstorm has reportedly placed about 18 million people under a blizzard warning - leading to normal life being disrupted in many pockets of the country.

The Nor&

BEIJING, China - Even as the U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson makes his first Asia visit, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has said that he remains optimistic about the future of China's

DUBLIN, Ireland - Dublin Airport has said that a number of transatlantic flights from Ireland have been cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions.

The stormy conditions that

CALIFORNIA, U.S. - As Verizon closes the deal with Yahoo, the internet giant has said that its chief Marissa Mayer is set to receive a $23 million severance package, slashed from the $55 milli

NEW YORK, U.S. - As U.S. Federal Reserve ends its two-day policy meeting later today, it is widely expected to hike key rates by 25 basis points - which would the second time in three months.

TOKYO, Japan - For America’s top diplomat, U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, who is on his maiden visit to Asia - the challenge is to calm nerves, reassure allies and deal with a proble

WASHINGTON, U.S. - In a bizarre occurrence, two pages from Trump's federal tax return for 2005 made an appearance in a media interview on Tuesday.

The document showed that Donald Trump ea

CALIFORNIA, U.S. - Following Yahoo’s announcement about the two large-scale cyberattacks, the Justice Department is now said to be preparing to charge four suspects.

The four suspects h

BOSTON, U.S. - During his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Taoiseach Enda Kenny will reportedly put forward a strong defence of the achievements and benefits of the European Uni

WASHINGTON, U.S. - The FBI has yet again returned to the limelight for all the wrong reasons - the department's head, Director James Comey has been dubbed as the one person who changed the cour

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