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BRUSSELS/PARIS/ANKARA: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used his final NATO meeting this week to sharply criticise Turkey, saying its purchase of a Russian weapons system was “a gift” to Moscow, according to five diplomats and officials.At the confidential foreign ministers’ video conference on Tuesday, Pompeo said Turkey was undermining…

A top Georgia elections official on Tuesday lashed out angrily at the rhetoric surrounding the U.S. election and the threats of violence that have resulted, specifically calling on President Donald Trump to rein in his supporters.'Stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence. Someone's going to get hurt, '…

Gabriel Sterling, Voting Systems Manager for the Georgia Secretary of State's office, implored for political leaders to condemn threats and violence against election workers. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling, a Republican, urged President Donald Trump and GOP senators to "stop inspiring potential acts of violence" against election…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Social distancing sign is displayed at a check-in area for Southwest Airlines Co. at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on an unusually empty Memorial Day weekend during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles 2/2 By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO…

Democratic Senator Mark Warner called the ongoing stimulus deadlock "stupidity on steroids" on Monday amid a bipartisan push to deliver further relief to Americans before Christmas.Eight months have passed since President Donald Trump signed the CARES Act and negotiations for a second stimulus package have been ongoing for more than…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that the military alliance is grappling with a dilemma over its future in Afghanistan, as the United States starts pulling troops out while attacks by the Taliban and extremist groups mount.More than 17 years after taking the lead on international security…

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to name Neera Tanden as his administration's director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), but the liberal think tank chief executive's past criticism of GOP senators could lead to a confirmation battle if Republicans retain control of the upper chamber.An unnamed person familiar…

By: Express News Service | New Delhi | November 29, 2020 2:33:31 am Farmers at the protest site at Burari, in New Delhi on Saturday. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)Eight opposition parties in a joint statement on Saturday said the attempts by police to stop the farmers’ march towards Delhi…

BRUSSELS—President-elect Joe Biden told NATO’s secretary-general in a recent telephone call of the U.S.’s “enduring commitment” to the military alliance—a relief for European allies after President Trump’s browbeatings and threats to leave. But the impending transition to more soothing tones from Washington has also sparked fresh, public squabbles in Europe…