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US President Barack Obama voices concern about US vulnerability to Russia

US President Barack Obama holds an end-year press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, December 16, 2016. (Photo by AFP)US President Barack Obama has warned that America is becoming increasingly vulne...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 16, 2016
FBI, NSA staff among Yahoo hack victims: Report

The FBI is investigating the recently discovered hack of one billion Yahoo accounts.The personal data stolen from one billion accounts run by US internet giant Yahoo in 2013 included personal data belonging to the employees of government agencies lik...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 16, 2016
Bond between Israel and US runs deep: Donald Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the USA Thank You Tour 2016 at the Giant Center on December 15, 2016 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Photo by AFP)US President-elect Donald Trump has reiterated his incoming administration’s support for Israel,...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 16, 2016
White House backs claim Russian President Vladimir Putin directed US election hack

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on December 15, 2016. (Photo by AP)The White House has suggested President Vladimir Putin was personally involved in a covert Russian miss...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 16, 2016
Over 200 school shootings in US since Sandy Hook massacre

More than 80 family members and friends of people who were killed by gun violence gather for a news conference with Congressional Democrats to call for action on gun violence prevention at the US Capitol December 15, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 16, 2016
US anti-Syria hysteria hits new high: John Kerry accuses Bashar al-Assad of 'massacre'

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about the situation in Aleppo on December 15, 2016 at the State Department in Washington, DC. (Photo by AFP)US Secretary of State John Kerry, whose country has been sponsoring anti-government terrorists in Syri...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 15, 2016
Rudy Giuliani won’t be next US secretary of state: Trump

Former New York mayor Rudy GiulianiDonald Trump has announced that former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani will not join his incoming administration, as the US president-elect has widened his search to select the next American secretary of state.Trump sa...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 10, 2016
Wisconsin federal judge rejects bid to stop election recount

A supporter holds up a sign while Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein speaks at a news conference on Fifth Avenue across the street from Trump Tower on December 5, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by AFP)A federal judge in the US has rejected...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 10, 2016
US will deploy 200 extra forces to Syria’s Raqqah

US Special Operations Forces ride in the back of a pickup truck in the village of Fatisah in the northern Syrian province of Raqqah in May.The United States has announced plans to send 200 more troops to Syria to allegedly join operations aimed at re...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 10, 2016
Donald Trump shutters four of his Saudi-tied companies

President-elect Donald Trump looks on during a rally at the DeltaPlex Arena, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, December 9, 2016. (Photo by AFP)US President-elect Donald Trump has shut down at least nine of his companies since the November 8 election, includ...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 10, 2016
US needs to improve relationship with China: Donald Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump has called for the improvement of relations with China, the country he previously censured for its economic policies and alleged violation of trade rules. "One of the most important relationships we...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 9, 2016
Pentagon to deploy 2,300 more US troops to Afghanistan

The file photo shows US-led troops in Afghanistan.The United States military says it will deploy an armored brigade and an aviation brigade totaling about 2,300 soldiers to Afghanistan this winter.The Pentagon made the announ...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 9, 2016
Bloomberg national poll shows Americans believe US moving in wrong direction

US President-elect Donald Trump points to his supporters during his "Thank You" rally at Crown Coliseum on December 6, 2016 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. (Photo by AFP)US President-elect Donald Trump enjoys a 50-percent favorability, one month aft...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 8, 2016
Cuba negotiating 12 more US deals before Donald Trump

Josefina Vidal, the Cuban foreign ministry's director of US affairsThe government of Cuba is seeking to secure at least 12 more pacts with the United States through the administration of lame duck President Barack Obama before Donald Trump takes cont...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 8, 2016
US border agents killed thousands of migrants: Report

US Border Patrol agents (Bloomberg file photo)US Border Patrol agents have adopted inhumane apprehension strategies against undocumented immigrants who cross the US-Mexico border, committing a “great historical crime,” according to an advocacy gr...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 8, 2016
Federal judge shuts down vote recount in Michigan

Volunteers and city officials recount presidential ballots at the Oakland Schools Conference Center on December 5, 2016 in Waterford Township, Michigan. (Photo by AFP)A federal judge in the United States has stopped the recount of nearly 5 million ba...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 8, 2016
US black woman faces jail after being dragged naked by police

Denise Stewart, 50, is seen in a screenshot on the ground with just her underwear.An African American woman in New York City could spend a year in prison for allegedly assaulting an officer after being dragged from her apartment and left naked in a p...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 8, 2016
Hate crimes up in Michigan since Donald Trump's election

A Muslim woman seen walking past a wall spray-painted, "Muslims go home" (File photo)The US state of Michigan has seen a dramatic increase in hate crimes ever since Republican Donald Trump hammered his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the November...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 7, 2016
Donald Trump can walk away from Iran nuclear deal: US State Department

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a State Department meeting in Washington, DC. (File photo)The US State Department has said that President-elect Donald Trump will have the power to revoke the nuclear deal reached between Tehran and the P5+1...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 7, 2016
Nearly 70% of Latinos in US report discrimination: Study

Latinos and immigrants chant slogans and carry signs outside the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison to protest anti-immigrant legislative bills, February 18, 2016. (Photo by State Journal)Nearly seventy percent of Latinos in the United States say the...
by Jokpeme Viral World News - Popular Featured Trends And Breaking News on Dec 7, 2016