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The Wall Street Journal quoted Donald Trump as saying in an interview on Thursday: "I probably have a very good relationship with Kim Jong-Un."

Nepal Telecom and China Telecom Global launched their services after they wrapped up the laying of optical fiber cables between Kerung in China and Rasuwagadi in Nepal, about 50 km north of Kathmandu, the companies said.

The US President announced the decision in a midnight tweet amid reports in Britain that a Trump visit would be met with protests.

Nearly a year into Donald Trump's presidency, US officials sometimes have to scurry to turn his tweets into policy.

Vietnam's Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh on Tuesday had told an Indian news channel that his country would welcome Indian investments in the South China Sea.

"Our current libel laws are a sham and a disgrace and do not represent American values or American fairness," Donald Trump said, renewing a long-held desire for curbs against what is written about him.

In the meantime, the official said, the government is moving ahead with plans to host US and Mexican trade negotiators in Montreal January 23-28.

The Malaysia Airlines jet disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people -- mostly from China -- on board en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, triggering one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.

Oprah Winfrey's rousing speech at Sunday's Golden Globes Awards ceremony ignited speculation that the billionaire talk show queen is harboring Oval Office ambitions.

US District Judge William Alsup granted a request by California and other plaintiffs to prevent President Donald Trump from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program while their lawsuits play out in court.

A federal judge in New Jersey revoked Baljinder Singh's naturalisation, reverting him back to lawful permanent resident under Green Card status, which means that he can be subject to removal proceedings.

It is not clear whether the spider survived the fire.

As protests have ebbed, the government has lifted restrictions it imposed on Instagram, one of the social media tools used to mobilise protesters. But access to a more widely used messaging app, Telegram, was still blocked, suggesting authorities remained...

Ties between the US and Pakistan have worsened since Donald Trump in a New Year's Day tweet accused Pakistan of giving nothing to the US but "lies and deceit" and providing "safe haven" to terrorists in return for $33 billion aid over the last 15 years.

The plane, carrying over 200 passengers from Chicago to Hong Kong, landed in Anchorage on Thursday evening due to a "passenger smearing faeces everywhere", Fox News reported on Friday.

In a series of tweets, the cricketer-turned-politician said Pakistan was being "blamed" for the US' failures in the so-called "War on Terror" in Afghanistan.