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Myanmar Makes Record Seizures of Illegal Timber
Myanmar seized a record amount of illegal timber this financial year as part of a government clampdown to protect the...
China Offers Huge Anti-Terror Awards In Xinjiang
China has created a 100 million yuan ($14.5 million) fund for "anti-terrorism" awards in a violence-wracked part of the...
Gamba Osaka Off To AFC Champions League Flyer In Adelaide
Japan's former winners Gamba Osaka dominated their AFC Champions League Group H match, outclassing Australia's Adelaide...
Toure Says City Need Two More To See Off Monaco
Manchester City's Yaya Toure says his side must score at least two more goals against Monaco if they are to reach the...
Iraq Forces Poised For Mosul Airport Assault
Iraqi forces readied on Wednesday for an assault on Mosul airport after blitzing jihadist positions in a renewed...
Israeli Parliament Takes Closer Look At Staffers’ Skirts
Israel's parliament will retain a contentious dress code banning short skirts, but will make its enforcement and...
Germany To Send Home More Rejected Asylum Seekers
Germany will speed up expulsions of rejected asylum seekers under measures agreed by Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet...
Australia PM Slams UN Resolution As He Welcomes Netanyahu
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attacked the United Nations for "one-sided resolutions" against Israel's...
S. Korea Court ‘sets Date For President’s Final Impeachment Hearing’
South Korea's Constitutional Court will hold its final impeachment hearing to rule on the fate of President Park...
The Afghan Practice of Child Sex Slavery
Afghanistan is set to criminalise the practice of "bacha bazi" -- the sexual exploitation of boys -- with a slew of...
Clashes Over Death of Shiite In Bahrain Police Raid
Bahrain police clashed with demonstrators following the death of a young man who attempted to escape arrest, witnesses...
Turkey Says ‘100 IS Fighters’ Left In Syria’s Al-Bab
Turkey said Wednesday fewer than 100 Islamic State jihadists were still holed up in a flashpoint Syrian town which has...
Rival Syrian Camps Due In Geneva Ahead of Talks
Rival Syrian camps were due in Geneva Wednesday for UN-brokered talks to end the six-year conflict with persistent...
Ex-Hong Kong Leader Jailed 20 Months For Misconduct
Hong Kong's former Chief Executive Donald Tsang has been sentenced to 20 months in prison on February 21 after he was...
Smith Rejects India Whitewash Forecast
Steve Smith dismissed predictions Wednesday that Australia face another series whitewash against India but admitted...
Study Shows Many Are Likely To Live Into Their 90s By 2030
Average life expectancy will soar into the 90s in many parts of the world in a decade, a study predicts. Despite...
S. African Court Rules Against Govt Plan To Pull Out of ICC
A South African court on Wednesday ruled the government's plan to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
Thailand To Bar ‘ultras’ From Football World Cup Qualifiers
Thai football authorities said on Tuesday they would cancel the tickets of around 800 'ultras' for three World Cup...
North Korea Diplomat Wanted Over Kim Killing
Detectives probing the assassination of Kim Jong-Un's half-brother want to question a North Korean diplomat, Malaysia's...