Analysts see push to integrate European defense accelerating

France's goal of building a European army still has a long way to go, but European defense cooperation has been boosted in the past few years, analysts said.

Federal death penalty to resume after 16 years

After a gunman killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, synagogue last year, US President Donald Trump told reporters the perpetrator "should really suffer the ultimate price".

Russia parades warships, aircraft to mark Navy Day

Russia showed its navy muscle by displaying its latest frigates at a parade to mark its Navy Day on the Baltic Sea on Sunday.

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The Deep-Rooted Racial Discrimination in the US Highlights Its Hypocrisy on Human Rights

The United States is a multiracial country. Its present racial structure and race relations have their historical roots in European colonial expansion and the African slave trade, and the influx of immigrants in modern times.

Europe melts under Sahara heat wave

PARIS - Even ice cream, Italian gelato or popsicles couldn't help this time.

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Li congratulates new UK PM

Premier Li Keqiang urged deeper political mutual trust and expanded pragmatic cooperation between China and Britain as he congratulated Boris Johnson on Wednesday on becoming the country's new prime minister.

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Paris braces for heat as Europe scorched again

PARIS - Parisians on Monday braced for potentially the hottest temperature in the French capital this week, as a new heat wave blasted into northern Europe. It could set records in several countries.

Britain plans European-led Gulf force after tanker seizure

LONDON - Britain on Monday said it was planning a European-led protection force for shipping in the Persian Gulf after Iranian authorities seized a British-flagged tanker in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the region.

Trump seeks Pakistan's help to end long war

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that he could end the nearly two-decade old war in Afghanistan in a matter of days, but it would kill millions of people and wipe the country "off the face of the earth".