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The Ukrainian government saw Sondland's push as part of a broader effort linked to Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his associates.

Dan Brouillette, a quintessential Washington insider, is a "total professional," the president said.

His tweets came after gunfire was heard in the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ayn despite a pause agreed to by the U.S. and Turkey Thursday night.

Migrants who crossed into the U.S. after July 16 are supposed to be subject to a tough new asylum rule. But there have been no deportations under the rule.

Bolivia's elections on Sunday are expected to be the fiercest of the last decade with incumbent Evo Morales likely to be challenged in a second round for the first time since 2006.

A design studio has come up with an innovative alternative to the usual on-board meal trays served on flights.

Analysis: The Trump administration's deal with Turkey is being framed in foreign policy circles as a capitulation to Ankara and a further gift for Damascus and Moscow.

"Getting the deal through parliament is going to be difficult but not necessarily impossible," one expert said.

"Airport security were all very puzzled and repeatedly asked if the bag was ours after it has been through the scanner," Nick Coole said.

The blast took place as dozens of people gathered inside the mosque for weekly Friday prayers.

A man appears to pass out on the subway platform in Buenos Aires, Argentina, accidentally knocking a woman into harm's way.

Analysis: The Trump administration's deal with Turkey is being framed in foreign policy circles as a capitulation to Ankara and a further gift for Damascus and Moscow.

Half of all households in Berlin are made up of only one person.

The system is known as a "risk-limiting audit" and uses advanced statistical analysis along with a dose of randomness to look for irregularities in vote tallies.

Airbnb is giving you the chance to stay at the life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse in Malibu - and it's all for a good cause.

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Thanks to Donald Trump, American women have a fresh, iconic photo of Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the White House on Wednesday. There she is, the only woman at a table of two dozen men, standing up to object to what lawmakers confirm was Trump’s verbal abuse.