Le Drian was seen as the driving force behind France's counter-terrorism operations in West Africa and the Middle East, and a key player in efforts to fight the threat from Islamist militants at home by putting some 10,000 soldiers on the streets of France. Read More »

His reelection served as a stamp of approval for the 2015 nuclear agreement that Iran signed with six world powers under which Tehran has curbed its uranium enrichment in exchange for an easing of worldwide economic sanctions. "We also hope that he puts an end to their ballistic missile testing", Tillerson said at a joint press conference with his Saudi counterpart, on the first day of a visit by President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia. Read More »

While North Korea regularly tests shorter range missiles, it is also working to master the technology needed to field nuclear-tipped missiles that can reach the U.S. "Sanctions is something that we are looking at and we are going to continue to see where that takes us". "It is considered an IRBM [intermediate range ballistic missile] of enhanced caliber", he said, referring to a class of missile created to travel up to 1,860 to 2,485 miles. Read More »

Chelsea Manning left a military prison in Ft. The 29-year-old soldier was born Bradley Manning. Manning's identity has been the cause of much of the media coverage of her , since her gender at times seemed to pose a threat to her overall wellbeing. Read More »

Trump also said that at the dinner, he and Comey discussed whether the USA top cop would stay in his role and continue his ten-year term. The tax returns, the attorneys say, largely reflect income and interest paid by the web of corporate entities that made up The Trump Organization prior to Trump taking office. Read More »

The president's address was the centerpiece of his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, his first overseas trip since his January swearing-in. Zarif was responding to remarks made by Trump during his visit to Saudi Arabia, in which the United States president called on all nations to work towards isolating Iran. Read More »

If there were any doubts about whether the world has done enough to protect the vast troves of data existing in digital servers, a resounding answer was provided recently when a ransomware virus hit around 200,000 computers in at least 150 countries. Read More »

Bettors on both sides of the Atlantic are ramping up wagers in niche online markets over whether Donald Trump will serve out a full term as US president in the wake of controversies surrounding the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey . Read More »

It sure looked like Classic Empire would go on to win , but Cloud Computing ran him down on the outside to cross the wire for the Winner's Circle. It was a cool, cloudy afternoon at Pimlico, where the overcast sky became representative of the mood of the record 140,327 fans when Always Dreaming's Triple Crown hopes ended at the aging Baltimore racetrack. Read More »

Rough Sunday for Sergio: Defending champion Sergio Garcia was 4 over on the first four holes, including a ball in the water on No. 3. Tringale was fifth at 9-under with defending Nelson champion and Masters Tournament victor Garcia tied for sixth at 8-under. Read More »

His goal is what he calls "the ultimate deal" that would bring an elusive peace to the Holy Land. "There was never a president who came to Israel during the first few months of his term, and there was never a visit by an Israeli prime minister so early on his term". Read More »

The nationally known economist explained that job growth in and around Silicon Valley has been slowing of late, and that region has helped boost statewide numbers for more than a year. "Further supporting the improving labor market is the fact that the unemployment rate, at 4.1 percent, is at its lowest level since June 2001". Not adjusted for seasonal swings, the unemployment rate in San Diego County was 3.7 percent in December 2006, not going below 4 percent until last month. Read More »

A second man, Vladimir Strba of Slovakia, died Sunday after suffering from severe altitude sickness, according to the Times. Two people have already died this year, including the leading Swiss climber Ueli Steck, who was killed during a preparatory climb before attempting the Himalayan peak. Read More »

The Ducks held a significant advantage over the Predators at center, with the strength of the team down the middle of the ice, what with Kesler, Ryan Getzlaf , Antoine Vermette and Nate Thompson. If the National Hockey League truly wants to rid the game of sexist, homophobic and demeaning language, they need to be consistent with their punishments, not vary them according subjective judgments on how hurtful the language may be or who the player is. Read More »

He also reportedly praised the buy-offs of two judges, to thwart a separate investigation. In a speech to the nation Saturday, Temer said "Brazil will not be derailed" by the corruption case. Temer has only been in power for a little over a year following the impeachment of his predecessor Rousseff, a process his critics say he helped engineer in order to bring himself to power. Read More »

They eventually impeached him for attempting to replace his secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, without congressional permission, a contravention of the Tenure of Office Act, which stated that the president couldn't relieve members of his Cabinet without consulting the Senate. Read More »

Opposition parties have been demanding that the Election Commission return to the paper ballot system for a more transparent voting mechanism. At the all-party meet, the EC also said during elections, it would count a certain percentage VVPAT print outs to tally the votes cast. Read More »

On CBS's Face The Nation, Senator Marco Rubio was also critical of Saudi Arabia's historic record of human rights violations. "We will make history again with the opening of a new Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology - located right here, in this central part of the Islamic World", said Trump. Read More »

Right-wing members of the coalition, who hailed the new president in nearly messianic terms at the start, will be hard put to oppose him now if he proposes concessions in Yehudah and Shomron. Before Trump arrived, the Israelis on May 21 approved some economic concessions to the Palestinians that the USA president had requested. But as a businessman Mr Trump knows better than most that you can not do a deal if the parties involved don't want to talk turkey. Read More »

But Trump appeared to back off on his promise early in his presidency, and the White House told reporters last week that the president is still undecided on the issue. It looks unlikely Trump will manage to get Netanyahu and Abbas to shake hands during his 28-hour visit to the Holy Land, and the prospects of him setting a timetable for a resumption of peace talks also look dim. Read More »

The two leaders, meeting in Berlin the day after Macron's inauguration, pledged to create a new "road map" for medium-term cooperation and reviving the EU. And in France, opponents of such reforms have already vowed to launch street protests against any attempt by Mr. Macron to liberalize France's highly regulated labor market. Read More »

Under Obamacare, insurance companies are required to offer coverage for pre-existing conditions , and for essential services, including maternity services, mental health and drug addiction treatment, to name a few. "The federal program ran out of money nearly a year before it was scheduled to end". The states have filed a motion to intervene in a court case that could decide whether critical payments, called cost-sharing-reduction payments, are made to insurers in the ACA's individual ... Read More »

Jason Chaffetz says he is going to have a conversation with former FBI Director James Comey Monday. Burr says the committee wants to hear from Comey on his role in the development of the US intelligence agencies' assessment that Russian Federation interfered in last year's election. Read More »

McMaster, was provided to the occupant of the White House not by the "Feds" (FBI) but the NSA and Central Intelligence Agency. To discuss this, Paul Pillar joins us now in the studio. administration official said had originally come from Israel. I think it would be good for him if he did. "I am familiar with a few other cases over the years in other countries where they made use of materials - perhaps even in a more scandalous manner than was described by the media in this case". Read More »

Trump on Twitter defended his interactions with the Russians, saying he shared "facts" amid the mutual fight against ISIS. "The source of information was particularly valuable for tracking Islamic State's attempts to place explosive devices on commercial airplanes". Read More »

The malware is supposed to get to your systems through emails or clicking on the links and opening attachments in spam emails and downloading from unknown sources. Now, in order to prevent the victim from accessing the private key for the decryption part, WannaCry deletes the key from the local system. Or should governments and its agencies, and private organizations be mandated to update their systems once support for a software officially ends? In what it said was a "highly unusual" step, ... Read More »

Later on, we had enough of its hostile practices and interventions, as we have seen in Yemen and other countries in the region", he said, adding "We say this, as we confirm, at the same time, our appreciation of and respect to the Iranian people, who will not be blamed for the crimes of their regime. Read More »

So far, no evidence of collusion has been presented, but the question has consumed the first four months of Trump's presidency and spurred multiple crises that have left the White House shell-shocked. He was also said to have told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak that "I'm not under investigation". Read More »

This method, which allows quick and massive infections of computers with security weaknesses, has been found in previously known North Korean cyberattacks, including the Sony hack in 2014 blamed on North Korea. The idea that North Korea could be behind the attack is not a reach. "It wouldn't stand up in court as it is". "We are talking about a possibility, not that this was done by North Korea", Choi told AP. Read More »

However, at a combative news conference Thursday, he fell short in trying to resolve questions about investigations into his campaign and his first four months in office. Comey, all 6 feet, 8 inches of him, trying to avoid being noticed by the president of the United States by blending in with the drapes in the White House Blue Room. Read More »

Several rivers and lakes have reached near 50-year peak levels in Quebec province, between Gatineau in the Canadian capital region and Montreal 200 kilometers (125 miles) downstream, Quebec Public Safety Minister Martin Coiteux announced. Flood watches remain in effect in the regions of Montreal, Outaouais, the Laurentians, Lanaudière, the South Shore and Mauricie, where the St. Lawrence River, Lac Saint-Louis, the Milles-Iles River, Riviere des Prairies and Saint-Maurice River have burst ... Read More »

Kompany suffered another injury ravaged campaign and returned to make only his third Premier League start of 2016-17 in last month's 2-1 defeat to champions Chelsea. Sergio there is no doubt about that; Gabriel there is no doubt about that. The Italian was booed and jeered throughout the match with Watford fans clearly to see the club move in a new direction next season. Read More »

Race favorite Always Dreaming faded badly and finished eighth in the 10-horse race. The dream of another Triple Crown victor will remain just that for 2017 as Cloud Computing, a colt that skipped the Kentucky Derby , went on to outduel Classic Empire to win the 142nd Preakness Stakes by a head at Pimlico Race Course May 20. Read More »

The White House denied Comey's version of events, saying in a statement that the president had never asked Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including that of Flynn. "We can't afford to lose this one". "It's a pretty common practice for them to thread tweets, whether it's breaking news or not, and to double it up like we did with the push", Bishop said. Read More »

The Western Wall was part of the retaining wall around the biblical Jewish temple complex that once sat on what Jews call the Temple Mount. Both Palestinians and Israelis will be on alert to see what language Trump uses when he meets Abbas. Read More »