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Spanish Record Climber Tops Everest Twice In A Week
Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in a week, his team said...
Palestinians Ban Divorces During Ramadan
The head of Palestinian Islamic courts on Sunday told judges not to grant divorces over Ramadan, fearing the month-long...
Afghan Takes On Waves, and Cliches, At Surfing Fest
Afridun Amu, the first competitor to represent Afghanistan at the World Surfing Games, had no illusions about his...
South Korea Shuttlers Upset China To Win Sudirman Cup
South Korea Sunday won badminton's Sudirman Cup for the first time in 14 years with an emotional 3-2 victory over...
Sri Lanka Steps Up Relief As Monsoon Toll Exceeds 150
Emergency teams rushed food and water Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for...
ISIS Murder 19 Civilians In South Philippines
ISIS-linked terrorists have murdered 19 civilians in the Philippines including a woman and a child. This week 85 people...
Indian Kashmir Under Ramadan Curfew After Rebel Leader’s Killing
Authorities clamped a curfew across most of Indian-administered Kashmir for the first day of the Muslim Ramadan...
Airbus Starts Building First Helicopter Plant In China
Airbus has begun building its first helicopter assembly plant in China, and the European planemaker plans to produce 18...
Afghan Road Accident Kills 15 Family Members
At least 15 members of a single family were killed when a pickup truck veered off the road and plunged into a river in...
Secession Fears Cloud Myanmar Peace Talks
Talks to end decades of bitter civil war in Myanmar have faltered, a government spokesman warned Sunday, blaming ethnic...
2,000 Trapped As Fighting Rages In Philippine City
Two thousand fearful civilians were trapped on Sunday inside a southern Philippine city where troops are battling...
Bangladesh Reinstalls Controversial Statue After Outcry
Bangladesh on Sunday reinstalled a controversial statue deemed un-Islamic by religious hardliners on the grounds of the...
Faced With Ban, Myanmar Hardline Monks Change Name
Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement announced Sunday it was rebranding under a new name, days after Buddhist...
Co-Pilot In Plane Crash Near Everest Dies of Injuries
The co-pilot of a cargo plane that crashed at a small airport near Mount Everest, killing the pilot, has died from his...
China Says Fighter Jets’ Intercept of US Plane ‘safe’
China on Sunday denied the Pentagon's charge that an encounter between Chinese fighters and a US surveillance plane...
Philippines’ Duterte Vows To Ignore Supreme Court On Martial Law
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will ignore Supreme Court and congress as he enforces martial law...
Iran Leader Slams Saudis As America’s ‘milking Cow’
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched a fierce attack against regional rival Saudi Arabia, saying it...
Sri Lanka Rushes Aid To Half A Million Flood Victims
Emergency teams rushed to distribute aid Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced after the island's worst...
Government Ready To Mediate In Australia Cricket Pay Row
Sports Minister Greg Hunt said Sunday the federal government was prepared to provide mediation between Cricket...