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Golfer Lexi Thompson Says Trump ‘not A Bad Player’
Lexi Thompson praised US President Donald Trump's golfing prowess Tuesday after a recent round with the American...
Netanyahu Hits Back Ahead of Gaza War Report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on the defensive ahead of a report Tuesday expected to criticise him...
Tokyo Won’t See Rio-Style Golf Pull-Outs, Says Park
Olympic golf champion Park In-Bee on Tuesday said she didn't expect Tokyo 2020 to be hit by serial withdrawals, after a...
Packed Thai Prisons Need Urgent Reform
Thai prisons are massively overcrowded with some inmates forced to sleep sideways, a rights group said Tuesday, urging...
Asiacell To Offer Free Access To Wikipedia In Iraq
The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, said Tuesday that telecoms operator Asiacell will...
Burkina Jihadists Claim Attack On Police Positions
A night attack on two police positions in Burkina Faso was claimed by jihadists who killed 12 soldiers in the area in...
North Korea Diplomat In China Amid Coal Cut Tension
A senior North Korean diplomat arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks with government officials, the first known visit...
Egypt Lawmaker Says His Expulsion Is Warning To Opposition
An Egyptian lawmaker who was one of the few dissenting voices in parliament said Tuesday his expulsion over accusations...
Bangladesh Starts Head Count For Rohingya Relocation
Bangladesh authorities have began a census of Rohingya refugees living in the country's southeast as part of a...
Philippines’ Duterte Sorry For Dead German Hostage
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologised on Tuesday for failing to save an elderly German hostage who was...
Israeli Police Begin Evacuating West Bank Settler Homes
Israeli police on Tuesday began removing residents and protesters from nine West Bank settler homes set to be...
Pro-Islamic State Militants Re-Emerge As Philippine Nightmare
With ultra-fast boats, millions in ransom payments and sympathetic locals, pro-Islamic State militants on lawless...
Turkey Says Wants To Be Part of Raqa Operation
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Ankara wanted to work with its allies to capture the Islamic State...
Syria Ex-Qaeda Says Opposition Leaders Must ‘step Aside’
The head of Al-Qaeda's former Syrian branch said weekend suicide attacks in third city Homs were a message for...
Indonesian Islamist Leader Testifies At Jakarta Governor Trial
The head of an Indonesian Muslim hardline group insisted Tuesday that Jakarta's Christian governor had committed...
Two Women To Be Charged With Kim Murder
Two women arrested over the nerve agent assassination of Kim Jong Nam are to be charged with his murder, Malaysia said...
Kohli Will Be Back ‘bigger and Stronger’, Says Starc
Mitchell Starc may have won the opening duel against Indian skipper Virat Kohli by getting the star batsman out for a...
India Needs More Inclusive Growth
India's rapid economic growth has lifted 140 million people out of poverty in the past decade but many of its people...
India’s Tata Settles $1bn Dispute With Japan’s NTT Docomo
Indian salt-to-steel conglomerate Tata said Tuesday it had reached agreement with NTT Docomo to pay the Japanese mobile...