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The FBI fired Strzok, the agent whose disparaging texts about Trump during the 2016 campaign cast a cloud over investigators' work on two politically charged probes.

Turkey's currency fell again, rattling other vulnerable emerging markets, as Erdogan maintained a defiant stance and moves by the nation's central bank failed to assuage investor concerns.

A new French law will ban students ranging roughly from ages 3 to 15 from using smartphones in school, with only narrow exceptions.

Doubts lingered over North Korea's denuclearization claims, as Pyongyang and Seoul agreed to hold a summit in coming weeks.

The president sought to discredit former White House official Manigault Newman after she released a recording of a conversation with him.

HUD wants to shift the way it enforces an aspect of fair housing around the U.S., pivoting away from an Obama-era initiative.

Trump signed into law a defense-spending bill that received widespread bipartisan backing.

Afghanistan's defense chief said the country's U.S.-backed security forces were struggling to counter a Taliban offensive on Ghazni.

China disputed before a U.N. panel that it held as many as a million members of Muslim ethnic minorities in internment camps.

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August 14, 2018 02:47 ET (06:47 GMT)

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