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Myanmar Seeks To Kick Start Stalled Peace Process
Hundreds of representatives from Myanmar's ethnic insurgent groups gathered in the capital on Wednesday for talks aimed...
Duterte Vows ‘harsh’ Martial Law In Southern Philippines
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Wednesday that martial law would be "harsh" and like a dictatorship, after...
Japanese Yakuza Arrested For Stealing Food
Life as a Japanese "yakuza" mobster is getting so hard that some are resorting to shoplifting food to stay in business....
Newark Airport Closed After Engine Fire Prompts Plane Evacuation
Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey temporarily shut down late Tuesday after an engine fire prompted the...
Trump Praises Duterte’s ‘great Job’ In Philippine Drug War
US President Donald Trump praised his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte over his immensely polarizing drug war,...
Trump Calls North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un ‘madman With Nuclear Weapons’
President Donald Trump called North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un a "madman with nuclear weapons" during a telephone call...
Samsung Investigating Galaxy S8 ‘iris Hack’
Samsung Electronics is investigating claims by a German hacking group that it fooled the iris recognition system of the...
Tom Cruise Says Top Gun 2 In the Works
Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise revealed Wednesday he plans a sequel to the cult action film Top Gun, with filming set...
Martial Law In Southern Philippines Could Last A Year
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday martial law in the southern region of Mindanao could last a year,...
Massive Slide Buries Stretch of Iconic California Highway
A massive rockslide has buried a stretch of California's iconic seaside Highway 1 which had already been hit by a...
Jump In Renewable Energy Jobs Worldwide
The renewable energy sector employed 9.8 million people worldwide in 2016, almost twice as many as in 2012, the Abu...
Qatar’s State News Agency Hacked By ‘unknown Entity’
Qatar said Wednesday its official state news agency had been hacked by an 'unknown entity', and subsequently carried...
Ex-CIA Chief Warned Russia To Stay Out of Election
Former CIA director John Brennan said Tuesday he became increasingly concerned last summer over contacts between Donald...
$6 Bn Man Michael Bay Honored By Hollywood
Michael Bay sank his hands and feet into the forecourt of Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday as he was honored...
Does India Risk Hague Return For Gogoi’s ‘war Crimes’ In Kashmir?
As news broke that India's army had commended a senior officer who tied a Kashmiri man to a jeep and used him as a...
India Launches Assault On Pakistan Army Posts To Deter Infiltration
India has announced that it has fired mortars at Pakistani army posts across their disputed border in Kashmir, a rare...
Uber Says It Accidentally Shortchanged Drivers In NYC
Uber on Tuesday said that it accidentally shortchanged drivers in New York City and plans to pay them what they are...
No. 10 Jang Leaves LPGA For South Korea Return
World number 10 Jang Ha-Na has dropped her LPGA Tour membership and returned home to South Korea, a decision she said...
NY’s Broadway Grosses Record $1.45bn Ticket Sales
New York's famed Broadway grossed its highest seasonal earnings on record, yielding $1.45 billion for the 2016-17...