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Washington white nationalist rally sputters in sea of counterprotesters
At the head of the white nationalist group was Virginia activist Jason Kessler, who helped organise last year’s event in Charlottesville.
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Trump sets out tough conditions for lifting US-Zimbabwe sanctions
The Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act effectively extends US sanctions against Zimbabwe.
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Russia to Washington: Curbs on its banks would be act of economic war
The warning, from Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, reflects Russian fears over the impact of new restrictions on its economy and assets.
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Spike Lee hopes Trump watches film 'BlacKkKlansman'
'BlacKkKlansman,' based on the true story of an African-American police detective in the 1970s who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan, arrives in movie theatres on Friday.
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Russia denounces new US sanctions as illegal, mulls retaliation
Moscow has been trying with mixed success to improve battered US-Russia ties since Donald Trump won the White House in 2016.
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US can't be trusted, Iran's Rouhani tells North Korea
Iran dismissed a last-minute offer from Washington for talks this week, saying it could not negotiate after the Trump administration reneged on a 2015 deal to lift sanctions in return for curbs on Iran’s own nuclear programme.
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US judge rules against Trump policy restricting transgender troops
President Donald Trump announced that he would endorse a plan to restrict the military service of transgender people who experience a condition called gender dysphoria.
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Trump tweets on California wildfires spark confusion, debate
US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that environmental laws were somehow compounding wildfire woes drew derision on Twitter.
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'If I see them, I'm going to shoot them'
The debate around media freedom has been ratcheted up after a caller threatened to kill two CNN news anchors live on air.
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Trump says his son sought information on Clinton from Russians in 2016
The Republican president had previously said the meeting was about the adoption of Russian children by Americans.
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US court orders Trump administration to fully reinstate DACA programme
US District Judge John Bates in Washington, DC, said he would stay Friday’s order, however, until 23 August to give the administration time to decide whether to appeal.
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Trump rejects conservative Koch donor network
Trump’s comments follow media reports that the Koch donor network sought to distance itself from Trump and the Republican Party at a weekend gathering in Colorado.
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Trump thanks Kim as North Korea transfers remains of missing US soldiers
A White House statement earlier said: “We are encouraged by North Korea’s actions and the momentum for positive change.”
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Trump says US ready to make a 'real deal' on Iran’s nuclear programme
Iran on Monday dismissed Trump’s angry warning that Tehran risked dire consequences “the like of which few throughout history have suffered before” if it made threats against the United States.
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Iran dismisses angry Trump warning against threatening US
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hit back at Trump’s warning, which the US leader delivered written in capital letters in a late-night tweet.
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Trump warns Iran to 'never, ever threaten' US or suffer consequences
Iran has faced increased US pressure and looming sanctions following Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from a 2015 international deal over Iran’s nuclear programme.
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Trump sits down with Putin after denouncing past US policy on Russia
Donald Trump opened the meeting with warm words for Vladimir Putin and said it was a longstanding goal of his to improve the relationship between the two countries.
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Germany: We can no longer fully rely on US White House
Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday Europe could not rely on Donald Trump and needed to close ranks after the US president called the European Union a “foe” with regard to trade.
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Iran's supreme leader calls for government to be backed in face of US sanctions
The likely return of US economic sanctions has triggered a rapid fall of Iran’s currency and protests by bazaar traders usually loyal to the Islamist rulers, and a public outcry over alleged price gouging and profiteering.
