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In final week, Trump aims to flip Democrat strongholds 02 Nov 2016 - 09:23 am

Eau Claire, United States: Republican Donald Trump has spent much of the past week in enemy territory, desperate to poach a Democratic state...

Donald Trump, the Brexit connection 02 Nov 2016 - 09:17 am

London: A sense of kinship has emerged between British eurosceptics and Donald Trump supporters who are united in their efforts to unseat --...

Trump and Clinton on the attack as US race narrows 02 Nov 2016 - 09:12 am

Eau Claire, United States: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton launched bitter attacks on each other's character Tuesday as a new poll suggested the...

Nicaragua's First Couple look poised for election victory 02 Nov 2016 - 09:08 am

Managua: Some liken them to the power-hungry presidential couple in the American TV show "House of Cards." Others say they think of Lord...

Venezuela opposition eases off Maduro ahead of talks 02 Nov 2016 - 09:06 am

Caracas: Venezuela's opposition on Tuesday suspended a "trial" by lawmakers together with a planned mass march against the unpopular President Nicolas Maduro, ahead...

Wife of Orlando mass murderer denies advance knowledge of attack 02 Nov 2016 - 08:40 am

The wife of the gunman who shot 49 people to death at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, knew he had been watching...

In pitch to men, Obama says Clinton treated differently 02 Nov 2016 - 08:25 am

Columbus, United States: US President Barack Obama hit the campaign stump for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, telling voters not to be "bamboozled" by...

FBI releases Bill Clinton closed case files days before vote 02 Nov 2016 - 08:04 am

Washington: The FBI has unexpectedly released documents concerning ex-president Bill Clinton's pardon of the husband of a wealthy Democratic donor, in a surprise...

Clinton camp assails FBI director, presses for details 01 Nov 2016 - 04:54 pm

WHITE PLAINS, New York: Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign ratcheted up the pressure on FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, saying that if he...

Insight: In Ohio, a spelling error could cost you your vote 01 Nov 2016 - 01:04 pm

COLUMBUS, Ohio/WASHINGTON: Voting is no easy task for Roland Gilbert. The 86-year-old retired Ohio lawyer, who is legally blind, completes his absentee ballot...

Obama to hand over social media accounts to new president 01 Nov 2016 - 12:14 pm

WASHINGTON: The next president of the United States will start with a huge following on Twitter but a clean slate of tweets. It's...

US extends sanctions on Sudan 01 Nov 2016 - 10:21 am

Khartoum: President Barack Obama has extended US sanctions on Sudan for another year, saying Khartoum's policies remained an "extraordinary threat" to the national...

Explosion, fire in Alabama on gasoline pipeline kills one 01 Nov 2016 - 09:57 am

HELENA, Ala.: Colonial Pipeline Co shut down its main gasoline and distillates pipelines on Monday after an explosion and fire in Shelby, Alabama,...

How Clinton's childhood affected her politics 01 Nov 2016 - 08:51 am

Park Ridge, United States: The two-story brick house where Hillary Clinton grew up still stands at a street corner in the Chicago suburb...

Obama's consequential presidency draws to a close 31 Oct 2016 - 06:47 pm

Washington: History will remember Barack Obama as America's first black president. But his eight years in office have thoroughly shaken up America's role...

Clinton fends off FBI email fallout as polls narrow 31 Oct 2016 - 10:45 am

Fort Lauderdale, United States: Hillary Clinton battled to contain renewed FBI focus on her emails Sunday as Donald Trump blitzed western states in...

Clinton camp turns up the pressure on FBI chief over email probe 30 Oct 2016 - 09:43 pm

WASHINGTON: Top aides to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton angrily condemned FBI Director James Comey on Sunday for revealing the bureau’s probe of...