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China, Saudi Arabia eye $65 bln in deals as king visits

Saudi Arabia's King Salman oversaw the signing of deals worth potentially $65 billion as he began a visit to Beijing Thursday, as the world's largest oil producer looks to cement ties with the world's second-largest economy. The octogenarian monarch, who has overseen the launch of an...

Judgment day for Trump's revamped travel ban

President Donald Trump's revised travel ban underwent its first legal challenge in federal court Wednesday before a judge who could conceivably halt it a day before it is scheduled to take effect. The 90-minute hearing was held in Greenbelt, Maryland not far from Washington and Judge...

US won't participate in UN Right Council without reforms

 U.S.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the United States will not continue participating in the Human Rights Council unless the U.N. rights agency undergoes "considerable reform." He gave no time frame for reforms to take place, saying in a letter to eight non-governmental...

Trump's 2005 tax bill revealed in media leak

The White House acknowledged late Tuesday that Donald Trump paid $38 million in taxes in 2005, a rare view into the president's jealously guarded finances that was leaked to the U.S. media. Trump reported an income of $150 million, and paid an overall tax rate of around 25 percent. But the...