Trump cabinet members tried to soften the message on expanded U.S. immigration enforcement during talks in Mexico, but officials there signaled little progress had been made on differences.

The chemical substance used to kill the half brother of North Korea's leader last week was a U.N.-banned nerve agent called VX, Malaysian police said.

North Korea appeared to lash out at China in a state-media commentary, using unusually pointed rhetoric.

Trump's strategy to accelerate the ISIS fight will, at least initially, tweak and add a little more muscle to the existing plan, officials said.

Turkish-backed rebels seized one of the militant group's last urban strongholds in northern Syria.

Iraqi military forces were nearly in control of Mosul's international airport, military officials said.

Language critical of a climate deal was struck from an executive order at the request of Trump's kin.

Some GOP state leaders are pushing to revamp Medicaid programs as Congress struggles to repeal the ACA.

Philippine police arrested a senator who is one of the most vocal critics of Duterte and his war on drugs.

The Conservative Party won a key local election in northern England, delivering a blow to Labour.

German police detained a man suspected of planning a terror attack.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 24, 2017 02:47 ET (07:47 GMT)

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