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Donald Trump is giving the gift of time-off to federal employees, announcing Tuesday he will excuse government workers from duty on Christmas Eve.        

The bill aims to reduce recidivism rates among federal prisoners.

One of the deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history continues to worsen in the Democratic Republic of Congo with as many as 319 people now dead.

The Trump administration is changing the way it reviews sponsors who want to care for migrant children in government custody

The cables quote China's president calling America a bully, show concerns about Russian nuclear weapons in Crimea and detail the White House walking back President Trump's words.

Google breached suppression laws by sending out emails headlined with the name of man charged with backpacker murder Google has been forced to explain to the New Zealand government why it breached the country's strict su...

With just 100 days until Brexit, the EU's executive cautioned that most banking, insurance and other financial firms in Britain would be cut off from the European Union if there is no divorce deal.

The US is planning a total withdrawal of its military forces from Syria, where they are nearing the end of the campaign to retake all of the territory once held by ISIS, according to reports. President Trump, who has lon...

Speaker Paul Ryan to deliver farewell speech to Congress Congress has two days to pass spending bills and avert shutdown • Protect independent, fact-based journalism with a year-end contribution and help us reach our $...

Poland has signed a long-term deal with a U.S. company for supplies of liquefied natural gas as part of an effort to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. Port Arthur …

A former Bosnian army commander pleaded not guilty to charges of war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war during the country's brutal 1992-95 war. Atif Dudakovic appeared before the …

Looks the like gender pay gap is going to take a while to shrink, about 202 years to be exact. Veuer's Natasha Abellard has the story.        

Inquest hears of 'significant lost opportunity' to investigate Alexander Perepilichnyy's death A coroner has ruled that a Russian millionaire died of natural causes when he collapsed outside his home in Surrey. Nicholas ...

The gown was designed by a Thai princess

Police in Lithuania say one Russian and several Lithuanians have been detained, suspected of being part of a ring spying for Russia. Prosecutor general Evaldas Pasilis says those arrested include …

CONCORD, N.H. -- A judge declined Tuesday to shorten the jail term for an elite prep school graduate convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old classmate in 2015, saying he needed to consider the victim’s family, w...

Three men have been arrested after two female backpackers were found with severe neck injuries in their tent at a popular trekking spot in Morocco. The tourists from Denmark and Norway, who were in their twenties, were d...

U.S. peace envoy calls 3-day negotiations "productive," as Taliban says no breakthroughs but key points of potential deal taking shape

Work and pensions secretary will consider policy changes to restore public confidence The work and pensions secretary, Amber Rudd, has signalled that she would consider further policy changes and rollout delays to restor...

An Uber driver who allegedly attacked police with a samurai sword outside Buckingham Palace has been found not guilty of preparing acts of terrorism.

A K-Pop band has broken ties with one of its members after accusations of sexual misconduct were made against him online.

The United Nations' World Food Program says it will be cutting services to nearly 200,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip due to a lack of funding. The …