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The researchers believe the local application of very small amounts of the agents could serve as a rapid and relatively inexpensive cancer therapy that is unlikely to cause the adverse side effects often seen with bodywide immune stimulation.

Trump's tweet came as he is set to approve the release of a controversial memo accusing the FBI of abusing its surveillance tools during its probe into alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election, setting up a clash with the intelligence a...

Intelligence officials warn the memo distorts facts and could jeopardise intelligence-gathering information. Once Trump gives his approval, it would be up to the House intelligence committee to take a final call on the report's release.

Of 213 incidents of hate violence documented, one in five perpetrators invoked Trump's name, his administration's policies, or his campaign slogans during attacks, the report claims.

Washington issues an annual human rights report which consistently ranks the North among the world's worst offenders, but Pyongyang's document focuses exclusively on the US.

"In the roiling unpredictability of today's world, to upgrade the capability of our country's deterrence strategy, to support our great power position... we must strengthen the reliability and trustworthiness of our nuclear deterrence and nuclear counters...

Ragbir, 43, was arrested on January 12 during a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and ordered immediate deportation, irking local community in New York.

It came a week after Taliban militants stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul, killing 22 people, including 14 foreigners, and setting off a 13-hour battle with security forces.

Pakistan launched a search Saturday for two alpinists who went missing while attempting to climb the country's second-highest peak Nanga Parbat, nicknamed "Killer Mountain" for its treacherous terrain.

There have been at least 130 separate chemical weapons attacks in Syria since 2012, according to French estimates, with the Islamic State group also accused of using mustard gas in Syria and Iraq.

Trump told his audience of politicians and leaders of industry, technology and finance that the United States was more attractive than ever to foreign investment under his year-old presidency.

Director-General Tony Hall pledged to close the gender pay gap by 2020, but the organisation has been criticised by its own journalists and by lawmakers for not acting fast enough.

"The reason I've not been to North Korea since being appointed the Chinese government's special envoy for Korean peninsula matters is very complex," Kong Xuanyou told reporters.

The team will be visiting Islamabad from Thursday for an assessment of Islamabad’s compliance with the world body’s sanctions regime.

He said he had no word on casualties but a clash was going on at the scene.

“I think everyone has seen that it’s precisely the United States’ unilateralist methods, and the noise it’s made on unilateralism, that are an unprecedented challenge to the multilateral trade system,” Chinese foreign spokesperson Hu Chunying told the med...