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Dickwella, Gunathilaka Give Sri Lanka Big Win
Openers Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka hit sublime centuries to help Sri Lanka humble Zimbabwe by eight...
Yemen Famine Risk Rising As Cholera Diverts Resources
Aid groups have pulled resources from the fight against malnutrition to battle cholera in Yemen, raising the risk of...
Trump Calls On the World To Act Against North Korea
President Donald Trump on Thursday called North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test 'very, very bad...
One Dead As Strong Quake Hits Central Philippines
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake killed at least one person in the central Philippines on Thursday, with at least five more...
Indonesian Teenage Boy Weds 73-Year-Old Bride
A teenage boy has married his 73-year-old lover in a remote village on Indonesia's Sumatra, officials said, after the...
UNESCO Keeps Great Barrier Reef Off ‘in Danger’ List
UNESCO said Thursday its World Heritage Committee (WHC) had decided not to place the Great Barrier Reef on its list of...
Chinese Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo’s Health Deteriorates
Fears about the health of China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo rose on Thursday as the hospital treating...
Civilians Trapped As Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul
Iraqi forces on Thursday battled the last remaining Islamic State group fighters in Mosul's Old City, where the UN said...
Wimbledon Fines For Bad Boys Tomic, Medvedev
Wimbledon bad boys Bernard Tomic and Daniil Medvedev have been fined for "unsportsmanlike conduct" following their...
Chinese Activist Liu’s Liver Function Deteriorates
The liver function of China's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo "has deteriorated", the hospital treating him said...
Trump Warns Future of the West At Stake
US President Donald Trump warned that the future of the West was at risk and lashed out at Russia and North Korea on...
Pizza Bytes! Pakistan Enchanted By First Robot Waitresses
Pakistan's first robot waitresses are serving up smiles for customers at an upscale pizza restaurant in the ancient...
Britain Opens Separate ‘jihadi Jails’
Britain said Thursday it had begun housing Islamist extremists in separate prison units to prevent them radicalising...
Flights Diverted As Potholes Bedevil Philippine Airport
Runway potholes forced the Philippines' main airport to divert several flights Thursday, officials said, in the third...
Trump Weighs ‘severe’ Response To N. Korea ICBM Test
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was considering a "pretty severe" response to North Korea's intercontinental...
N.Korea Says
Pyongyang warned it would be a "piece of cake" to destroy "gangster" South Korea, state media reported Thursday, as it...
Trump Says Russia ‘could Have’ Interfered With US Vote
US President Donald Trump on Thursday conceded that Russia may have interfered in the 2016 election that brought him to...
‘US-Led Strikes Killed 224 Civilians Since Allies Entered Raqa’
US-led coalition air strikes have killed at least 224 civilians since the Syrian forces it backs entered Islamic State...
Osaka ‘preparing Whole Life’ To Face Ex-Wimbledon Champ Venus
Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka wasn't even born when Venus Williams made her Wimbledon debut 20 years ago, but she...