Troops deploy as Britain goes on top terror alert

Britain ordered soldiers to key sites on Wednesday and raised the terror alert to maximum after the Manchester concert suicide bombing by a local man of Libyan origin who may have been radicalised in Syria.

UN wants to shift $40 mln to Haiti cholera fund

The United Nations is proposing that $40.5 million from the unspent budget of the UN mission in Haiti be poured into a special fund to help its cholera victims, according to a report released Tuesday.

In bid to balance, Trump budget slashes benefits

President Donald Trump releases a 2018 budget request on Tuesday that includes huge Medicaid cuts and changes to anti-poverty programs as it strives to balance the budget within a decade, the White House said in previewing the plan.

Trump heads for Bethlehem to see Palestinian leader

Donald Trump makes the short trip from Jerusalem to Bethlehem on Tuesday to meet Mahmud Abbas, who hopes to convince the unpredictable US president to remain committed to an independent Palestinian state.

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