WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is considering multiple tax cuts to bolster the economy that experts fear will enter into recession, a view the president denied.

Talking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he is thinking about reducing capital-gains taxes by indexing them into inflation, as well as enacting payroll tax cuts. (US-Donald Trump-Tax Cuts)

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KHARTOUM -- Sudan's Transitional Military Council (TMC) on Tuesday approved the formation of a joint sovereign council of 11 members, TMC's spokesman Shams-Eddin Kabashi announced.

The announcement came a day after the trial of Omar al-Bashir, the former Sudanese president, who faces corruption charges. (Sudan-Sovereign Council-Formation)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan may be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia.

Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday afternoon that Sullivan "could very well be" his nominee to fill the post after current U.S. ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman announced his resignation earlier this month. (US-John Sullivan-Russian Envoy)

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BAGHDAD -- A huge explosion at an ammunition depot occurred on Tuesday at a paramilitary Hashd Shaabi camp near an air base in Iraq's central province of Salahudin, a security source said.

At least two paramilitary Hashd Shaabi members were killed and five others were wounded by the explosion that occurred near Balad Air Base, some 80 km north of the capital Baghdad, Munaf al-Khazraji from the federal police told Xinhua. (Iraq-Explosion) Enditem

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