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Qatar Hands Over Response To Saudi-Led Demands To Kuwait
Qatar on Monday handed its official response to a list of demands by Saudi Arabia and its allies to the emir of Kuwait,...
Ex-Japan Policeman Breaks Records With Hello Kitty Collection
A 67-year-old former policeman with the world's biggest Hello Kitty collection has become the envy of little girls...
Trump, Merkel Plan To Meet Thursday Ahead of G20
US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel plan to meet in Hamburg on Thursday, the eve of a Group...
South Africa Skipper Du Plessis To Miss First England Test
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis is to miss the first Test with England which gets underway on Thursday due to...
Deadly Floods Hit Central, Southern China
Rainstorms have triggered floods across central and southern China, forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their...
Total Signs Major Iran Gas Deal, Defying US Pressure
French energy giant Total was set to defy US pressure on Monday, signing a multi-billion-dollar gas deal with Iran, the...
Nigeria’s First Lady To Visit Ailing Husband In London
The wife of ailing Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has left the country to visit him in London after first...
Militants Cling On To Hundreds of Buildings In Besieged Philippine…
Islamist gunmen led by one of the world's most wanted terrorists still hold about 1,500 buildings in a southern...
New Syrian Pound Features Assad For First Time
The Syrian Central Bank has released the war-ravaged country's largest currency note yet, featuring the face of...
Two Rebels Killed In Indian Kashmir Firefight
Two suspected rebels were killed and a civilian was critically wounded in a shootout with government forces in Indian...
Qatar To Respond After Arab Nations Extend Deadline
Qatar was to respond on Monday after Saudi Arabia and its allies gave a defiant Doha another 48 hours to accept a...
Maldives Opposition In Fresh Bid To Take Parliament
Maldives opposition parties on Monday launched a new bid to seize control of parliament through a third attempt to...
McCain-Led Delegation Visits Pakistan For Security Talks
A high-level US Senate delegation met Pakistan's top foreign affairs official and powerful military chief in Islamabad...
Sri Lanka Eyes Elephant Menace At Cricket Stadium
Sri Lanka is to deploy game wardens to stop wild elephants straying onto the pitch when the country hosts Zimbabwe for...
Lions Have ‘poked the Bear’, Says Coach Gatland
Warren Gatland says his British and Irish Lions "poked the bear" with their second Test win over the All Blacks and...
South Korea’s Moon Urges IOC Help To Invite North To Pyeongchang
South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Monday urged the International Olympic Committee to help with inviting North...
Singapore PM Faces Parliament Over Family Feud
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday rejected claims from his siblings that he abused power and engaged in nepotism...
Capello Hits Rock-Bottom In Chinese Super League
Fabio Capello's Jiangsu Suning slumped to the bottom of the Chinese Super League at the weekend after a defeat to a...
Astros, Nationals Boast Three Baseball All-Star Game Starters
Three starters each from the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals were selected for the 88th Major League Baseball...