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Elkeson Seals All-Chinese Grudge Match In AFC Champions League
Brazilian striker Elkeson scored once and forced an own goal as Shanghai SIPG downed Chinese rivals Jiangsu Suning 3-2...
Sri Lanka Bans Open Garbage Dumping To Protect Elephants
Authorities in Sri Lanka on Wednesday banned the open dumping of garbage near wildlife sanctuaries to discourage...
Taiwan Backlash Over Emirates Flag Ban
Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, faced fierce criticism in Taiwan Wednesday after it reportedly banned...
Kuwait Court Condemns 7 To Death For Raping Disabled Boy
Seven men have been sentenced to death for raping a disabled boy in Kuwait and threatening to leak footage of the...
Two Dead In Saudi School Shooting
A gunman killed two staff at a private school in the Saudi Arabian capital on Wednesday, a security source told AFP. "A...
Space Junk Could Destroy Satellites, Hurt Economies
The growing amount of fast-moving space debris orbiting the Earth could lead to catastrophic collisions with...
Kuwait Court Condemns 7 To Death For Raping Disabled Boy
A Kuwaiti appeals court on Wednesday sentenced seven young men to death for the abduction and rape of a disabled...
Trump Blasts Comedian Kathy Griffin Over Severed-Head Photo
Donald Trump castigated a well-known comedian on Wednesday after the release of a grisly-looking photo showing her...
Britain’s May In Saudi Arabia Seeking Deals
British Prime Minister Theresa May held talks with Saudi officials on Tuesday, hoping to tap the oil-rich kingdom's...
India’s Annual Growth Slows To 7.1%
India's growth slowed to 7.1 percent last year, according to official data released Wednesday, weaker than analysts...
Trump Poised To Pull Out of Paris Climate Deal
President Donald Trump's administration is poised to announce its withdrawal from the Paris climate deal, US media...
Saudi King Earns More Retweets Than Trump, Study Says
Donald Trump may be lighting up Twitter with strange new words and attacks on allies but in the battle for most...
A Handbag? For $380k, It’s Yours
A diamond-encrusted crocodile-skin Hermes handbag with white gold details has broken the record for the world's most...
China’s Ex-Statistics Chief Jailed For Life For Graft
China's ex-statistics chief was jailed for life on Wednesday for accepting 153 million yuan ($22.4 million) worth of...
Five Questions On Trump’s Potential Move of US Israel Embassy
US President Donald Trump faces a Thursday deadline to decide whether to move the US embassy in Israel to the disputed...
Bahrain Court Dissolves Secular Opposition Group
A Bahraini court dissolved a secular opposition party on Wednesday, a judicial official said, as authorities in the...
Philippines’ Duterte Slams Clinton Over Rape Criticism
Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte angrily hit back Wednesday at Chelsea Clinton for criticising remarks he made about...
Four Kenyan Police, Civilian Killed By IED
Four police officers were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in southeastern Kenya, a week after 14 others...
Israeli Rule ‘key Cause’ of Palestinian Hardship
Fifty years after Israel occupied the Palestinian territories, its policies in the West Bank and Gaza are at the root...