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The "X-Men" spinoff "Logan" -- starring Hugh Jackman as the metal-clawed, mutant anti-hero Wolverine -- dominated North American box offices...

Pakistan staged its biggest cricket match in almost a decade Sunday, as a packed stadium in Lahore watched the final...

Bollywood director, producer, screenwriter and costume designer, Karan Johar has announced that he has become a father to twins through...

Israeli archeologists have unearthed a "rare and mysterious" Bronze Age dolmen in the Galilee hills, the Israel Antiquities Authority said...

The Israeli government on Sunday approved a plan to partially decriminalise marijuana use in public in favour of fines and...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo began a whirlwind visit to Israel on Sunday, pledging solidarity with Jews as the United...

Bahrain's upper house of parliament on Sunday approved a constitutional amendment which grants military courts the right to try civilians,...

A mother-of-two sobs as she carries her young son down a street in war-torn Mosul following heavy clashes today between...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday not to allow a street in an Arab Israeli town to be named after...

Bangladesh will be hoping to improve their woeful away record with a win against an under-strength Sri Lankan side when...

Somalia's prime minister said Saturday that at least 110 people had died from drought and drought-related illnesses on Thursday and...

The White House on Sunday called for Congress to follow up on Donald Trump's explosive and unsubstantiated allegation that Barack...

US Soccer unveiled a new policy Saturday requiring players to 'stand respectfully' during national anthems. The move comes six months...

Japan's emperor Akihito met Thailand's new monarch on Sunday during a brief visit to pay respects to his recently departed...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe returned home Sunday from Singapore where he had flown earlier this week for a medical review,...

Iran's hardline former president Mahmud Ahmadinejad became the latest leader to join Twitter on Sunday, despite having been instrumental in...

A Sudanese court on Sunday sentenced three human rights activists to a year each in jail after convicting them of...

The United States on Sunday launched a new wave of air raids against Al-Qaeda in Yemen, as jihadists fled from...

Bangladesh on Sunday outlawed a group which claims links to Al-Qaeda and is blamed for the machete murders of nearly...

Five tombstones were overturned in an historic Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn, the latest in a spate of apparently anti-Semitic incidents...