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US-backed forces in Syria on Monday cut off a key supply route between the Islamic State group's stronghold Raqa and...

Five Pakistani soldiers and 10 militants were killed in a coordinated overnight raid at several border posts on the frontier...

Iraqi security forces advanced Monday towards a compound of jihadist-held government buildings and a bridgehead, on the second day of...

Twinkle-toed Japanese footballer Kazuyoshi Miura has racked up another astonishing landmark by eclipsing former England great Stanley Matthews in the...

At least six police officers were killed Monday in a surprise pre-dawn raid by ethnic minority rebels on a town...

Pakistan's ageing Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq on Monday made himself available for next month's series in the West Indies, ignoring entreaties...

North Korea launched four missiles on Monday, three of them landing in Japan's exclusive economic zone -- waters extending 200...

India's national airline claimed Monday to have set a new record with the first round-the-world flight staffed entirely by women....

The Philippine police chief said Monday his forces had "reloaded" and were back fighting their president's deadly war on drugs,...

Yemen was hit by a fifth consecutive night of suspected US air strikes targeting Al-Qaeda members in the impoverished nation,...

They may look good enough to eat, but Japan's mouthwatering food replicas are only for show as restaurateurs compete for...

South Africa are backing their pace attack to snap New Zealand's unbeaten run at Dunedin's University Oval when the first...

Lokesh Rahul and Abhinav Mukund reached 38-0 at lunch on the third day of the second Test Monday after Ravindra...

Malaysia's prime minister Monday said he expects no apology from North Korea over its comments on the investigation into the...

Carlos Tevez scored on his Chinese Super League debut for Shanghai Shenhua as he started repaying wages that have reportedly...

A Palestinian was killed Sunday night in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of...

All nine people aboard a helicopter that crashed during a mountain rescue drill in Japan over the weekend were killed,...

Waving white pom poms in the air, dozens of grey-haired cheerleaders in matching red and white uniforms hop and skip...

Varanasi boat owner Prabhu Sahani backed Narendra Modi as his MP in the 2014 general election. But the Indian prime...

Dana al-Gosaibi's passion for horses has been hard to pursue in Saudi Arabia, where conservatives resist women's involvement in sport....