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Former US secretary of state Rex Tillerson enters the courtroom to testify in the Exxon trial on October 30, 2019 in New York

Facebook said its profit topped $6 billion on revenue that climbed 28 percent to $17.4 billion in the quarter that ended on September 30, 2019

The healthy US housing sector and solid consumer spending helped sustain economic growth in the July-September period

Fed policymakers made a key change in the wording of their statement

Congress will need to act before Nov. 22 to prevent another government shutdown.

The meeting reportedly took place on Jan. 16, 2018.

The former medical examiner was hired by Epstein's brother to oversee the autopsy following the late financier's apparent suicide.

Armenia rejoiced but Turkey was furious on Wednesday after the US House of Representatives passed a historic resolution recognizing mass killings of Armenians a century ago as genocide.With tensions already high over Turkey's assault on Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria, US lawmakers voted 405 to 11 on Tuesday in support of the measure to "commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance."

(FILES) This undated handout file photo obtained on July 08, 2019 shows Jeffrey Epstein; Rafael Reif said lawyers investigating MIT's links to Epstein told him he had signed a letter of thanks to Epstein after a gift to faculty member Seth Lloyd

President Trump had planned to sign a preliminary trade deal with China at the now-canceled APEC summit in the South American nation.

Chart showing US Federal Reserve interest rates, inflation and unemployment rates since 2015.

US Energy Secretary Rick Perry says the pipeline "would increase Russia's leverage over Europe's foreign policy" while President Trump says it makes Germany "a hostage to Russia"

Charlotte Charles (R) and Tim Dunn have asked the United States to extradite to Britain the American suspected of killing their son in a road accident in England

US forces that had been acting as a buffer between Turkey and the Kurds, both theoretically US allies, pulled back from the border at the beginning of October

White House national security official Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was to testify that he witnessed improper efforts to pressure Ukraine to provide political support for President Donald Trump

Democratic presidential hopefuls (from L) Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, former US vice president Joe Biden and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren are leading the race to win the nomination

Saudi Arabia drew top finance moguls and political leaders to its Davos-style investment summit Tuesday, in stark contrast to last year when outrage over critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder sparked a mass boycott.Organisers say 300 speakers from over 30 countries, including American officials and heads of global banks and sovereign wealth funds, were attending the three-day Future Investment Initiative (FII), nicknamed "Davos in the desert".

Behind the steel door, the cell is as packed as their eyes are empty -- haggard, scrawny prisoners in orange jumpsuits lying head-to-toe cover every inch of floor space.An AFP team was given rare access to one of the crowded detention facilities in northeastern Syria where Kurdish forces are holding Islamic State group (IS) suspects.As a Turkish offensive launched against Kurdish forces earlier this month wreaks chaos in the area, just how solid such doors will be is a question keeping the world on edge.

Just months ago, the most hardcore among them were still bent on defending the last sliver of the Islamic State group's "caliphate" in Baghouz, Syria.Today, they're crammed together: 5,000 presumed jihadists in an overcrowded Kurdish prison in the country's northeast.AFP correspondents obtained exclusive access to the site in Hasakeh province. They found thousands of detainees, including children, lying cheek by jowl in stifling, stench-filled rooms, orange jump suits covering emaciated frames.

Florida teen faces misdemeanor battery charges after punching man dressed as Trump at a local fair.

US consumer confidence dipped for the third month in a row in October 2019