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The former New York mayor heaped special scorn on Senator Mitt Romney, a former Republican presidential candidate who said Friday he was “sickened” by the report’s findings. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Trump lawyer attacks Mueller report as ‘calumny, lies and distortion’

Rudy Giuliani mounted a combative defence of Trump in Sunday talk show appearances, taking aim at Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators

Following a phone call between DOnald Trump and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the White House condemned the attacks on “infrastructure vital to the global economy.” (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Trump says doesn’t want to hear ‘suffering’ Khashoggi tape

Trump says he has been fully briefed on an audio recording of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder but does not want to listen to it himself

President Donald Trump insists CNN has “been exposed” for peddling “fake news” and “garbage journalism.”

Trump: I’m not a racist

Senator David Purdue, a Republican from Georgia, called charges that Trump is racist "ridiculous".

Chavez suffers lung woes as aides allege ‘psychological war’

Venezuela’s government accused opposition leaders of waging a "psychological war" to destabilise the country, as Hugo Chavez battles a lung infection.

Obama vows to keep military ‘strongest on the planet’

Barack Obama rode a wave of anti-war sentiment to the White House but he vowed on Monday to maintain ”the strongest military on the planet”.

US military HQ in Africa put on the back burner

Controversy surrounding the United States military’s new Africa Command has forced the Pentagon to put plans for establishing a headquarters in the continent on a slow track.

Drug traffickers shift to semi-submersibles

Drug traffickers have shifted to semi-submersible craft and other smaller, harder-to-detect boats to elude surveillance, causing a sharp drop in cocaine seizures last year,…

Russia threatens to leave missile treaty

Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened on Friday in talks with United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to abandon a key nuclear-missile treaty, while also telling…

US to test 700-tonne explosive

The United States military plans to detonate a 700-tonne explosive charge in a test called ”Divine Strake” that could send a mushroom cloud over Las Vegas. ”I don’t want to sound…