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South Africa Bus Crash Kills 20 Children
At least 20 children were killed in a bus crash outside the South African capital Pretoria on Friday, emergency...
Taliban Kill At Least Eight Afghan Soldiers In Base Attack
At least eight Afghan soldiers have been killed and 11 wounded during an ongoing Taliban attack on their base in...
Iran FM Mocks US Claims It Is Violating Nuclear Deal
Iran's foreign minister mocked US President Donald Trump's claim Tehran was "not living up to the spirit" of the...
Kuwaiti Opposition Leader Freed From Prison
Prominent Kuwaiti opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak was released from prison Friday after serving a two-year...
Philippines’ Duterte Tours Russian Warship
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte toured a visiting Russian warship on Friday for the second time in barely four...
Indian Pair Jailed For Recruiting, Fundraising For IS
Two men accused of fundraising and recruiting for the Islamic State group in India were sentenced to seven years in...
‘Assad Blames Ex Al-Qaeda Affiliate For Bombing Evacuees’
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Friday blamed the country's former Al-Qaeda affiliate for a deadly bombing against...
Star Wars’ Hamill Goes To Dark Side In Cannes Festival Comedy
Star Wars legend Mark Hamill -- Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy -- goes over to the dark side in a new offbeat...
Qatari Hunting Party Kidnapped In Iraq Freed
A Qatari hunting party kidnapped in southern Iraq in 2015 has been freed and was being handed over to a Qatari...
War-Torn Afghanistan Sets Up Tourism Ministry
The president of war-torn Afghanistan is creating a tourism ministry in a bid to attract visitors to the country...
GE Profitable Again In Q1; Oil Business Still Weak
General Electric swung back to profitability in the first quarter Friday as its aviation and power businesses scored...
Spaniard, 36, Sentenced To Death For Brutally Killing Fellow Spaniard
A Spanish man flashed a smile and held up a Bible verse inked on his hand as he was sentenced to death in Thailand...
Gambia’s Race To Save Its ‘Roots’ On Kunta Kinte Island
As the rebel slave who defied his captors, Kunta Kinte immortalised in print and on screen in 'Roots', put The Gambia...
Iraq Forces Free 11-Year-Old Yazidi Girl In Mosul
Iraqi forces in Mosul have freed an 11-year-old Yazidi girl who was kidnapped and sold as a slave by the Islamic State...
Iran Election Campaign Kicks Off Without Ahmadinejad
Campaigning began on Friday for Iran's presidential election with incumbent Hassan Rouhani facing a tough battle...
Asian Games In Indonesia To Feature 39 Sports
The Asian Games in Indonesia will feature 39 sports, more than at the last event in South Korea, with some unusual...
MH370 ‘mostly Likely’ Lies North of Search Zone
Missing flight MH370 "most likely" lies north of a former search zone in the remote Indian Ocean, Australian...
‘No Doubt’ Syria Has Retained Chemical Weapons
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said during a visit to Israel Friday that there can be "no doubt" that Syria has retained...
S.Korea President Hopeful Denies Date Rape Conspiracy
South Korean presidential candidate Hong Joon-Pyo Friday denied his own autobiographical confession of complicity in an...