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US New Home Sales Rise In June But Prices Retreat From Record
Sales of new US homes rose slightly in June, hitting their highest level in three months, as demand for housing...
UN Names Experts For DR Congo Massacres Probe
The United Nations named three international experts on Wednesday to investigate atrocities in the Kasai region of the...
Coach Longs For International Cricket To Return To Pakistan
Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said Wednesday he hoped a proposed tour of the World XI to the South Asian country would...
Woman Held At S.Africa Airport For Rhino Horn Smuggling
South African police Wednesday arrested a 24-year-old woman with 20 kilogrammes of rhino horn before boarding a flight...
Trump Says Transgender People Barred From US Military
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that transgender people may not serve "in any capacity" in the US military,...
Pakistan Police Arrest Village Council For Ordering Rape
Fourteen members of a Pakistani village council have been arrested for ordering the rape of a teenage girl as...
Priest’s Killers Failed To Divide France, Says Macron
Two teenagers who murdered an elderly French priest a year ago, after pledging loyalty to the Islamic State group,...
Bienvenue! French Zoo Announces First Ever Panda Pregnancy
Delighted French zoo officials were bursting with joy Wednesday at the news their female panda is pregnant -- a first...
Bangladeshi Twins Born Joined At Skull To Undergo Surgery
Bangladeshi twins born conjoined at the skull will undergo a difficult and potentially dangerous operation to separate...
Boeing Boosts 2017 Forecast As It Returns To Q2 Profitability
Boeing reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings Wednesday and lifted its full-year profit forecast, citing a...
Zimbabwe’s New Law On Judges Angers Mugabe Critics
A bill allowing President Robert Mugabe to appoint senior judges sparked outrage Wednesday from Zimbabwean opposition...
China Warns Botswana Over Dalai Lama Visit
Beijing issued a warning to Botswana Wednesday over its plans to host the Dalai Lama next month, asking the African...
Israeli Removal of Holy Site Metal Detectors Not Enough
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday welcomed Israel's removal of metal detectors from a highly...
Tripoli Asks Italy To Help Fight Traffickers In Libyan Waters
Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj has appealed to Italy to send ships into Libyan territorial waters to...
17 Members of Same Indian Family Found Dead In Floods
Seventeen members of the same Indian family were found dead Wednesday as floodwaters receded from a village in Gujarat,...
Philippines To Abolish Agency Hunting Marcos Plunder
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's government plans to abolish the agency tasked with recovering the billions of...
Egypt Squatters Lose Homes As State Seizes Land
Hala Gamal looks at a pile of rubble on Cairo's Warraq island -- all that's left of her house after a police operation...
Standoff At Jerusalem Holy Site After Metal Detectors Removed
A tense standoff was underway between Israel and Muslim worshippers at a Jerusalem holy site Wednesday despite the...
Philippines To Consult ASEAN On Joint China Sea Oil Search
The Philippines tried Wednesday to reassure Southeast Asian neighbours about its proposal to partner with Beijing in...