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Moroccan police have arrested a British dealer in virtual currency Bitcoin wanted on fraud charges in the United States, a...

In Mosul, the missing are everywhere, their families hunting through the ruined Iraqi city for traces of lost husbands and...

Twitter failed to boost its user base and saw a drop in revenues in the past quarter, the social network...

France will set up processing centres in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean, President Emmanuel...

An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, calling...

Six months ago, businessman and political novice Adama Barrow took power in Africa's smallest mainland country after delivering a stunning...

Myanmar health authorities have asked the UN's health agency for help to combat a deadly outbreak of swine flu that...

Pakistan police on Thursday arrested four more men involved in the rape of a teenage girl as punishment for a...

Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said Thursday it posted a $1.87 billion loss last year, hit by "one-off" impairments on aircraft...

The biggest grossing German movie last year was a fizzy feel-good summer comedy about the country's refugee influx, "Welcome to...

France will set up processing centres this summer in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean,...

The head of Japan's reeling main opposition party announced her resignation on Thursday, less than a year after becoming the...

England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in the third Test at The...

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have banned a leading business website and magazine for one month for allegedly publishing...

A Japanese historian who helped save Cambodia's renowned Angkor Wat temple complex was among the winners of this year's Magsaysay...

A Malaysian lawmaker has been accused of ignorance after he claimed that women who deny their husbands sex were subjecting...

In heavy rain, North Koreans put down their umbrellas to bow before the mausoleum of founder Kim Il Sung and...

Controversy over a new cross-border rail link which will see mainland laws enforced in a Hong Kong train station escalated...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas backed calls for worshippers to return to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on Thursday after Israeli authorities removed...

Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti says the US city "would be stupid" not to agree to stage the 2028 Olympics,...