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Kim Jong-Un Vows To Execute South Korea’s Former President
Kim Jong-un has threatened South Korea's president with a 'miserable dog's death' over an alleged plot to assassinate...
Steve Earle, Country Outlaw Turned Renaissance Man, Refinds Roots
Steve Earle is a country rocker who has distinguished himself far beyond music, a Texan who long ago left the state,...
Children Lead the Way As Raqa Families Escape Jihadists
Trapped in their homes in Raqa and running out of supplies, Ahmad Shaabu, his family and their neighbours were...
Kenya’s Ngugi Dumps Swedish Book Fair Over Far-Right Newspaper
Kenyan literary icon Ngugi wa Thiong'o, often tipped for the Nobel literature prize, has pulled out of an annual...
Fears Surge of A Fresh War In Congo’s Nord-Kivu
The governor of Congo's restive eastern province of Nord-Kivu urged the army Wednesday to beef up operations against a...
North Korea Threatens To Kill South’s Ex-President Park
North Korea threatened on Wednesday to "impose the death penalty" on the South's former president Park Geun-Hye over an...
Deal Reached On Cuts To UN Peacekeeping
A tentative deal on nearly $600 million in cuts to the UN peacekeeping budget has been reached following weeks of tough...
Activists Who Probed Ivanka Trump Supplier Released
Three activists who were detained last month while investigating working conditions at a Chinese factory making Ivanka...
China Donates Arms To Philippines For Raging Islamist Fight
China on Wednesday donated thousands of guns to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to help Manila in its battle...
Hamas Building Gaza Buffer Zone As It Seeks Improved Egypt Ties
Gaza's rulers Hamas said they had begun building a new buffer zone along the southern border with Egypt on Wednesday,...
Mattis Says Assad Took Trump’s Chemical Warning ‘seriously’
US President Donald Trump's warning to the Syrian government not to carry out a chemical weapons attack appears to have...
Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Detained By Police
Hong Kong student pro-democracy campaigner Joshua Wong was detained by police on Wednesday after an anti-China protest...
30 Civilians Dead In Air Strikes On IS-Held Area of Syria
Most of the Syrian town of Deir Ezzor province is controlled by the jihadists and it has been the target of air strikes...
Bristol Pay Record Fee For Senegalese International
Senegalese international forward Famara Diedhiou will lead second tier Bristol City's line next season after the...
Hong Kong Protesters Stage Sit-In Ahead of Xi Visit
Pro-democracy protesters climbed a statue in Hong Kong Wednesday and staged a sit-in ahead of a visit by President Xi...
Japan-EU Trade Negotiations At Crucial Moment
Japan and the European Union are at a crucial moment in their attempt to sign a free trade deal, Japan's foreign...
Bollywood’s ‘Dangal’ Sets New Benchmarks For Success Abroad
Bollywood star Aamir Khan's hit wrestling movie "Dangal" has become the first Indian film to make 20 billion rupees,...
Afghan Teenager Has English Counties In A Spin
Afghanistan teenage leg spin ace Rashid Khan is being courted by two English counties according to Wednesday's Daily...
Myanmar Govt Defends Detention of Journalists
Myanmar's civilian government on Wednesday defended the detention of three journalists who were reporting on an armed...