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With a US government shutdown imminent, what happens to the economy?
About quarter of the US GDP is government expenditure. A drop in that spending will have knock-on effect on the economy.
Key US lawmaker calls to pause millions of dollars in aid to Egypt
Top Democrat on House foreign policy panel calls for withholding US assistance over Cairo's human rights record.
Scott Hall, Trump ally indicted in Georgia election case, pleads guilty
A Georgia bond bailsman, Hall was accused of participating in an effort to remove and tamper with election equipment.
NATO says it has authorised bolstering of forces for Kosovo
Kosovo’s prime minister welcomed the decision, saying Serbia’s attempting to destabilise its former province.
UN to send mission to Nagorno-Karabakh for first time in nearly 30 years
Armenia meanwhile asked the World Court to order Azerbaijan to withdraw its troops from civilian areas for UN access.
Protesters confront security forces as Iran marks anniversary of crackdown
Clashes came as a reported riot took place at a prison in southwest Iran.
Tupac Shakur: Witness to rapper’s shooting charged over 1996 murder
US authorities say Duane 'Keffe D' Davis 'ordered' the drive-by shooting that killed the celebrated US rapper.
What does the future hold for Nagorno-Karabakh?
It has been disputed for decades, but the region is now under Azerbaijan's control.
Suicide attack on tea shop in Somalia capital kills at least seven
Al-Shabab group claimed responsibility for the attack, which came a day after a deadly car bombing in Mogadishu.
Dozens dead after Pakistan rocked by bombings in two provinces
Suicide bombers attacked mosques in the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.