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Russia deploys missile, violating treaty and challenging Trump

​Russia has secretly deployed a new cruise missile that American officials say violates a landmark arms control treaty, posing a major test for President Trump as his administration is facing a crisis over its ties to Moscow.

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Xi orders leading officials to fight against special privilege

​ Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday told leading officials to practice strict self-discipline and fighting the concept and phenomenon of special privileges.

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Trump's national security adviser Flynn trying to survive crisis

President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is struggling to get past a controversy over his contacts with Russian officials before Trump took office, conversations that officials said have raised concerns within the White House.

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US halts vetting Nauru refugees for now, Australia says

US officials have stopped screening refugees on Nauru for potential resettlement, Australia has confirmed.

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Travel ban ruling: judges refuse to reinstate Trump's order – live

President vows ‘see you in court!’ as ninth US circuit court of appeals in San Francisco unanimously rules nationwide halt to travel ban must stay in place

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House collapse kills 4 family members in Indian-controlled Kashmir

​Four members of a family were killed on Wednesday after their house collapsed due to heavy snowfall in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

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Heavy security, big protests to mark inauguration of Donald Trump as US president

Law enforcement officials are in the final stages of sealing off a heavily fortified security zone encompassing the Capitol and the historic National Mall here as they prepare for the inauguration on Friday (Jan 20) and the substantial protests it is expected to attract.

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UAE confirms five officials killed in Afghan attack

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has confirmed that five of its officials were killed in a bomb attack in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.

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Trump given unverified reports that Russia had damaging details about him

Classified documents that the heads of four U.S. intelligence agencies presented last week to President-elect Donald Trump included claims that Russian intelligence operatives have compromising information about him, two U.S. officials said Tuesday evening.

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Rules to keep China's disciplinary teams honest

The country's 500,000-plus corruption investigators are being placed under stricter supervision as a regulation to standardize graft probes was adopted on Sunday.

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U.S. intel report identifies Russians who gave emails to WikiLeaks -officials

The CIA has identified Russian officials who fed material hacked from the Democratic National Committee and party leaders to WikiLeaks at the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin through third parties, according to a new U.S. intelligence report, senior U.S. officials said on Thursday.

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TV series to expose corruption cases

Documentary is intended to educate the public and warn discipline officers

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Four killed in possible tornado as storms lash U.S. South

A tornado is believed to have killed four people in southeast Alabama on Monday, when winds sent a tree crashing onto a home as a heavy storm system pounded the U.S. South with rain, hail and strong winds, officials said.

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Doping: Russia officials admit sports doping, say not state-sponsored

Russian officials for the first time have admitted to mass doping in the country's sports system but dismissed suggestions that the "institutional conspiracy" was state-sponsored, the New York Times reported.

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Putin himself involved in US election hack: report

US intelligence officials now believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally involved in hacking during the American election campaign as part of a vendetta against Hillary Clinton, NBC News reported.

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Turkish police detain dozens of pro-Kurdish party officials: Media

Turkish police have detained 45 provincial officials from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) over allegations of links to Kurdish PKK militants, media reported on Monday (Dec 12).