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Obama and Trump at the White House. AFP

White House Aides Struggle to Defend Trump over Tweets

by Ashley Parker and Jenna Johnson | Mar 9, 2017 | World

Washington- The White House is seeking to defend President Donald Trump’s unfounded claim that former president Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower near the end of the presidential campaign, sending out several administration officials — both on and off camera — to...

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FBI Director James B. Comey. (Reuters)

FBI Asks Department of Justice to Reject Trump’s Wiretapping Claim

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 7, 2017 | World

Washington – FBI Director James B. Comey asked the Justice Department this weekend to publicly reject President Donald Trump’s assertion that President Barack Obama ordered the tapping of Trump’s phones, according to the New York Times. The newspaper said that...

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US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Trump Demands Congress Investigate Obama’s ‘Wiretapping’ against him

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 6, 2017 | World

Washington – A team at the US Congress will investigate President Donald Trump’s accusation that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped him during the 2016 US presidential campaign. The White House asked a Congressional committee to examine whether the Obama...

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Turkish soldiers accused of attempting to assassinate President Tayyip Erdogan on the night of the failed last year’s July 15 coup, are escorted by gendarmes as they arrive for the first hearing of the trial in Mugla, Turkey, February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kenan Gurbuz

Erdogran Assassination Plot Suspects Go on Trial

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Feb 21, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- In Mugla, southwestern Turkey, 47 suspects charged with attempting to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the failed coup of July 15 were put on trial. Turkish authorities accuse U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen of issuing orders to Gulen...

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Chain link fence and concertina wire surrounds a deserted guard tower within Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Camp Delta at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Extremist Challenges Trump to Send New Prisoners to Guantanamo

by Mounir al-Manawri | Feb 17, 2017 | World

Washington – U.S. officials have revealed that Sudanese extremist leader Abu Khaybar, affiliated to al-Qaeda in Yemen, was captured by the Americans last autumn. He was held by another country, mentioned the New York Times. Arresting Abu Khaybar caused intense...