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US Claims Syria Strike, Denies Targeting Mosque Where 46 Killed
The US said it carried out an air strike in Syria against an Al-Qaeda meeting but denied deliberately targeting a...
Shakib, Mushfiqur Half-Centuries Inspire Bangladesh
Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim fired fifties as Bangladesh closed in on Sri Lanka's first innings total on day...
Israel Carries Out Air Strikes On Syria
Israeli aircraft carried out several strikes on Syria overnight, prompting the launch of ground-to-air missiles in...
Japan’s World Cup Blueprint ‘lost’, Says Joseph
Japan coach Jamie Joseph has expressed dismay that notes on the team's swashbuckling 2015 World Cup run were not...
Four In Court Over Murder of Top Myanmar Lawyer
Four men accused of plotting the murder of a prominent Myanmar lawyer and adviser to de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
Palestinian Police Wage War On Stolen Israeli Car Traffic
At the police officer's gesture, the bulldozer smashes its shovel into a blue Hyundai -- the latest of thousands of...
Hong Kong Protesters Jailed For 3 Years For Anti-China Clashes
Three young Hong Kong protesters were jailed for three years Friday on "riot" charges for their part in anti-China...
Goldwyn To Tackle Real-Life ‘Scandal’ In Watergate Movie
Thirty-five years ago on Monday, Richard Nixon's re-election campaign approved plans to bug Democratic Party offices at...
Ancient, Near-Pristine Buddha To Make Kabul Museum Debut
Having withstood time, the elements, looters and war, a spectacular Buddha restored and removed from one of...
Trump Hosts Merkel After Snowstorm Delay
President Donald Trump hosts Germany's Angela Merkel at the White House Friday, a meeting delayed by a snowstorm and...
Trump, Xi Eye Mar-A-Lago Summit
The United States and China are finalizing plans for a summit between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at...
World Bank Indirectly Backs Harmful SE Asian Projects
World Bank investments in commercial financial institutions are indirectly allowing land-grabs, evictions and pollution...
Injured Kohli Stays Off Field On Day Two
India skipper Virat Kohli did not take the field Friday while recuperating from a shoulder injury on the second day of...
Indonesia Summons UK Envoy Over Coral Reef Destruction
Indonesia summoned the British ambassador Friday after a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a London-based company...
Westbrook Posts 34th Triple-Double In Thunder Win
Russell Westbrook delivered his 34th triple double of the season as the Oklahoma City Thunder won their fourth straight...
US Claims Deadly Syria Strike, Denies Targeting Mosque
The US military said it carried out a deadly air strike on an Al-Qaeda meeting in northern Syria and would investigate...
K-Pop Band Praise Plastic Surgery Beauty
Rounder eyes, narrower faces, bigger breasts: a South Korean girlband is celebrating the country's obsession with...
China Re-Brands Cold War Nuclear Bunker As Tourist Draw
It was a top-secret Chinese nuclear facility with a deadly Cold War mission -- to make plutonium for an atomic bomb --...
Nuclear-Hit Fukushima Gets Nod For 2020 Baseball
Nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima won formal approval to host baseball during the Tokyo Olympics on Friday -- and may have...