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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be in North Korea next week. He is going to talk about the plans that Pyongyang has to complete his nuclear activities.

The brain behind the attack on the American embassy in the Libyan Benghazi in 2012 was sentenced to 22 years in prison in the US. The Washington Department of Justice announced the sentence on Wednesday.

The 28-year-old left Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from the Bronx gave a resounding surprise in Democratic primaries in New York. She defeated the 56-year-old veteran Joe Crowley, who has been in the House of Representatives in Washington since 1999.

Seventeen American states are taking the Trump government to court because they want to put an end to separating immigrants from their children. The states call this policy 'cruel and unlawful.' They demand that the children be reunited with their parents.

After months of debate and consultation, an American organization for youth libraries (ALSC) has renamed a prestigious book award named after Laura Ingalls Wilder. The organization decided to do so because Ingalls Wilder would have used racist language in her book series Het kleine huis on the prairie.

Syrian rebels in south-west Syria do not have to rely on US military support in their fight against the Syrian army that is trying to regain ground with the help of Russia. This is evidenced by a message that the US military has issued to leaders of the Free Syrian Army (FSA).

A restaurateur in Virginia has spokeswoman Sarah Sanders of the White House out of his case because she works for President Donald Trump. Sanders announced on Saturday via Twitter that she 'politely' responded to the request to leave the Red Hen in the city of Lexington.

A former diplomat of the Vatican has been sentenced to five years in prison for the possession and distribution of child pornography. The court in the Vatican also imposed a fine of 5000 euros on Saturday.

While First Lady surprised Melania with an unexpected visit to a rescue center for children crossing Mexico's border from Mexico, her husband Donald Trump in Washington saw that a bill for financing the wall he wanted was once again killed.

Immigrant children who pass the southern border of the United States will be held together with their parents. President Trump confirms that decision today, says a government official at the Reuters news agency.

Activists were furious in Washington when they saw Kirstjen Nielsen, who was jointly responsible for the harsh anti-immigration policy, eating at a Mexican restaurant. The left-wing demonstrators therefore angrily entered the popular restaurant MXDC Cocina Mexicana, near the White House. 'Shame' and 'stop divorcing family members', they called on the minister. Nielsen is Minister of Homeland Security.

The US steps out of the UN Human Rights Council. That reports sources around the US government. Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo and the ambassador at UN Nikki Haley will announce the departure Tuesday (American time).

'First Lady' Melania Trump finds it terrible that children are separated from their parents at the border. According to her spokeswoman, she also thinks that 'the American government should let the heart speak.'

If the appearance is not deceiving, Merkels `Willkommenskultur 'ends today with the' open borders'. Minister Horst Seehofer (Home Affairs) wants to close the Bavarian border for refugees who have already applied for asylum in another EU country.

Paul Manafort, the former campaign leader of President Donald Trump, still goes into the cell. Prosecutors accuse the 69-year-old businessman of trying to influence witnesses while under house arrest while awaiting trial.

Steve Bannon, former Chief Advisor to President Trump, tried to blow up the power relations in Washington and the US through the White House. Now he puts his cards on crypto coins.

US President Donald Trump has given his approval for levies on Chinese goods, worth $ 50 billion.

The United States wants North Korea to take major steps in the area of ​​disarmament in the coming years. American minister Mike Pompeo (Foreign Affairs) expressed the hope in Seoul that 'large-scale disarmament \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; can take place within 2 to 2.5 years.

North Korea is no longer, the biggest and most dangerous problem of the United States, as President Barack Obama described it \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27 ;. That tweeted US President Donald Trump on his return to Washington on Wednesday. There is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea, says Trump. ' So sleep well tonight. \u0026 # X27; \u0026 # x27;

A top advisor to US President Donald Trump regrets his fierce criticism of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trade advisor Peter Navarro previously suggested that Trudeau 'deserves a special place in hell', but has regretted his choice of words.

The oil sector represents the largest decrease in production capacity in thirty years. The buffer held by Opec countries is threatening to drop to 2% due to high demand, the bottom since 1984. In conflicts or production constraints, there is not much of a price increase.

Chinese hackers have broken into the computers of a company that works for the US Navy. As a result, sensitive information has been captured, including plans for a supersonic torpedo that can be fired from submarines on enemy ships. The system should be operational by 2020. The Washington Post writes this Friday.

Paul Manafort, former campaign leader of US President Donald Trump, has tried to influence possible witnesses against him. Special prosecutor Robert Mueller has therefore asked the judge to take Manafort back into custody.

The wife of the American president Trump, Melania, is present at the White House on Monday at a meeting of a society of relatives of fallen soldiers, The Gold Star families. It is her first public appearance since 10 May. American media have been wondering for a long time what is going on with her.

The import duties on steel and aluminum that US President Donald Trump now also imposes on the European Union, Canada and Mexico, has fallen badly within his own party.

Kim Kardashian visits the White House in Washington on Wednesday for a meeting with Donald Trump. Kim speaks to the US president about the reform of criminal law. Kardashian and her attorney Shawn Holley have prepared the meeting for months, according to Vanity Fair.

President Trump, on Memorial Day, the day on which the United States commemorates their war dead, especially 'commemorated' its own policy. In a message, he wished everybody 'a happy Memorial Day' and tweeted that 'those who have fallen for our country would have been very happy and proud if they were to see the USA now'.

A group of US government officials has arrived in North Korea for preparatory talks about a possible summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Two US naval ships sailed close to islands in the South China Sea on Sunday, claimed by China. The warships were about twelve nautical miles from the coast of some of the Paracel Islands.

Venezuela has released an American who was imprisoned in the South American country since 2016. President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that the released Josh Holt is expected Saturday night (local time) in Washington.