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Electro Music Pioneer Braves Elements For Dead Sea Show
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre braved heavy winds that led to a late start for his concert at the Dead Sea...
Singapore Slashes Jail Term For Showbiz Pastor
The head of a wealthy Singaporean Christian church who spent $35 million in congregation funds on a failed bid to...
Syrian Refugees Settle In Egypt, Give Up On West
After fleeing to Egypt from the war devastating their country, more Syrians are abandoning migration to the West...
Reporters Without Borders Opens First Asia Office In Taiwan
International rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said it is opening its first Asia office in Taiwan after...
A Red Line Already Crossed In Syria
President Donald Trump's decision to strike the Syrian regime in retaliation for a chemical attack comes four years...
CIA Knew In Summer of Russian Effort To Back Trump
The CIA had evidence that Russia was interfering in the 2016 US election to boost Donald Trump earlier than previously...
Soupy Weather Smothers Shanghai GP Practice
Damp, soupy weather disrupted the Chinese Grand Prix's first free practice on Friday, delaying at least for a few hours...
Australian Trots Hit By Fixing Scandal
Australia's harness racing industry, known as the trots, was Friday rocked by fixing allegations as police charged a...
North and South Korea Face Off On Pyongyang Football Field
South Korea's flag will fly in Pyongyang on Friday as its women's football team takes on their neighbours in the first...
Algeria Tries To Motivate Jaded Voters Ahead of Poll
Campaigning starts on Sunday for next month's Algerian parliamentary election as authorities desperately try to...
US Lets 23andMe Market Genetic Health Risk Reports
US regulators granted Silicon Valley biotech firm 23andMe permission to become the first company to market reports...
S.Africa In Dock For Failing To Arrest Sudan’s Bashir
South Africa will on Friday seek to defend its failure to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is...
Soupy Weather Smothers Shanghai Practice
Damp, soupy weather disrupted the Chinese Grand Prix's first free practice on Friday, delaying at least for a few hours...
S.Africa’s Storied ANC Risks Losing Grip On Power
South Africa's ANC party, the celebrated political force that ended white-minority rule and ushered in democracy, had...
Pakistan Hotline Offers Safe Space For Women Harassed Online
When Pakistani social media starlet Qandeel Baloch was found strangled, a crime to which her brother proudly confessed,...
Lethal Nerve Gas That Kills In Minutes
The United States believes the Syrian government employed a sarin-like nerve agent in Tuesday's deadly attack in the...
Samsung Heir Accused of Bribery, Perjury As Trial Opens
South Korean prosecutors Friday accused the heir to the Samsung business empire of embezzling funds, committing perjury...
Australia Cricketer O’Keefe Fined For Drunken Remarks
Australian Test star Stephen O'Keefe has been fined Aus$20,000 (US$15,000) for making "highly inappropriate" comments...
US Launches Missile Strike Against Syria
US President Donald Trump ordered a massive military strike against Syria in retaliation for a chemical attack with a...