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Wall Street Opens Lower After Record Run
Wall Street drifted lower on Monday, starting the week in negative territory after the Dow's record streak of all-time...
IS Claims Algeria ‘foiled’ Suicide Attack
The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility on Monday for a suicide bomb attack in east Algeria which...
Polisario Dismisses Morocco Pullback As ‘window Dressing’
Polisario separatists have dismissed as "window dressing" Morocco's announcement of a pullback from a zone of the...
Yad Vashem Asks Amazon To Remove Holocaust Denial Books
Israel's Yad Vashem has written to Amazon chief Jeff Bezos urging the internet retail giant to remove books which deny...
Big Mistakes At Awards Ceremonies
The Oscar mix-up that saw "La La Land" mistakenly named as Best Picture before "Moonlight" took the award might be the...
Philippine Envoy Vows To ‘destroy Criminals’ In UN Speech
The Philippine foreign minister told the UN rights council on Monday that Manila would "destroy criminals" in a defiant...
Aircraft Orders Push US Durable Goods Higher To Start 2017
New orders for US manufactured goods rose in January after two straight months of declines, bolstered by a large...
Libyan ‘hell’ Driving New Migrant Surge
Nightmarish conditions in Libya are helping to drive a surge in the numbers of migrants attempting to reach Italy in...
Israeli Planes Hit Gaza After Rocket Attack
Israeli aircraft hit targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday, hours after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory...
UN Envoy Decries Violence Against Rohingya In Myanmar
Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar have told how government forces gang-raped women, slit people's throats...
Avoid Insults, UN Urges Syrian Rivals At Tense Talks
A ban on mobile phones, recording devices and "offensive language": the ground rules handed out at Syrian talks reflect...
Gulf Cyber Attacks On Rise, Conference Told
Gulf countries must tighten coordination to fight an increasing number of cyber attacks, experts said on Monday, as one...
Hong Kong Activists Gatecrash Meeting of Leadership Hopeful Lam
Pro-democracy protesters Monday gatecrashed a press conference by Hong Kong leadership hopeful Carrie Lam, displaying...
Rare Japanese Woodblock Prints On Display In Poland
Polish-French art enthusiast Jerzy Leskowicz is obsessed with first-edition Japanese woodblock prints, and Katsushika...
Indonesian Collapses After Caning For Breaking Islamic Law
An Indonesian man collapsed while being publicly caned Monday for spending time with a woman who is not his wife in...
Migrant Rescues Off Libya Encourage Traffickers
The head of EU border agency Frontex on Monday criticised charities that rescue migrants off Libya, arguing that they...
11 Killed In Government Raids On Northwest Syria
Government air strikes on northwest Syria killed at least 11 people overnight, most of them civilians, the Syrian...
EU Expands North Korea Sanctions
The European Union imposed additional sanctions on North Korea on Monday over nuclear and ballistic missile tests...
Sri Lanka Prison Bus Shooting Kills Seven
Attackers opened fire on a prison bus outside Colombo on Monday, killing five prisoners and two armed guards in the...