1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (333+ words) WASHINGTON (AFP) : The estate of convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has agreed to pay up to $35 million to settle the outstanding legal claims of potentially dozens of victims, according to a court filing Thursday. The agreement must be approved…...

4+ hour, 16+ min ago  (253+ words) WASHINGTON (AFP) : An airport in Florida will soon be renamed after US President Donald Trump, after a bill proposing the change was approved by the state's legislature on Thursday. Trump, a real estate mogul who has plastered his name on…...

4+ hour, 21+ min ago  (661+ words) Indonesian and US companies also reached 11 deals this week worth $38.4 billion, including purchases of US soybeans, corn, cotton and wheat, cooperation in critical minerals and oil field recovery, and joint ventures in computer chips. "We have negotiated very intensively over…...

6+ hour, 34+ min ago  (126+ words) THE HAGUE (AFP) : Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte will not be present at his pre-trial hearing at the International Criminal Court over alleged crimes against humanity next week, the court said Friday. "The hearing on the confirmation of charges shall…...

8+ hour, 41+ min ago  (621+ words) WASHINGTON (Reuters) : President Donald Trump has told Congress he is pursuing a civil nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia that does not include non-proliferation safeguards the U.S. has long said would ensure the kingdom does not develop "nuclear weapons, according to a…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago  (588+ words) SEOUL (AFP) : North Korea's ruling party has opened a landmark congress, state media said Friday, launching a political spectacle expected to unveil the next phase in the nation's nuclear weapons programme. Leader Kim Jong Un took centre stage with a…...

8+ hour, 51+ min ago  (550+ words) CARACAS (AFP) : Venezuela's National Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved a long-awaited amnesty law that could free hundreds of political prisoners jailed for being government detractors. But the law excludes those who have been prosecuted or convicted of promoting military action…...

9+ hour, 25+ min ago  (907+ words) The movements of additional American warships and airplanes, with the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier near the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea, don't guarantee a US strike on Iran " but they bolster Trump's ability to carry out one should he…...

13+ hour, 38+ min ago  (441+ words) (Reuters) : New Mexico's attorney general on Thursday ordered the reopening of the state's criminal investigation into alleged crimes at a ranch owned by late sex offender Jeffrey "Epstein, based on new information made public by the U.S. Justice Department, the state's…...

17+ hour, 11+ min ago  (316+ words) Citing the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota, the judge said that the White House had also "extended its violence on its own citizens." "The threats posed by the executive branch cannot be viewed in isolation," US…...