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Police Hunt Suicide Bomber Inside Pakistani Court
Police are hunting a suicide bomber believed to be on the loose inside a Pakistani court complex, officials said...
Uber Hires Holder To Probe Sexual Harassment Claims
Uber has hired former attorney general Eric Holder to review workplace conditions after a ex-employee alleged sexual...
Nepal To Hold First Local Elections In 20 Years
Nepal will hold its first local elections in two decades in May, the government has announced, a key moment in the...
Widespread Flooding Hits Indonesian Capital
Jakarta was hit by widespread flooding on Tuesday after hours of torrential rain, with thousands of homes inundated,...
Japan’s Silver-Tongued Lotharios Sell Dreams To Lonely Women
Cigarette smoke hangs thick in the air of a Tokyo nightspot as Aki Nitta sips champagne with a trio of sweet-talking...
Hong Kong’s ‘Beef Ball’ Takes Bite Out of Gender Gap
Hong Kong's Chan Yuen-ting will smash another hole through football's glass ceiling when she makes history in the AFC...
Thai Junta Urged To Drop Case Against Torture Activists
Rights groups on Tuesday urged the Thai army to drop defamation charges against three activists over a landmark report...
A Boost For Nollywood With ‘The Wedding Party’ Success
Nollywood film "The Wedding Party" has shown Nigerian cinema at the top of its game, with its success at the box office...
Blockbuster Cousins To Pelicans Deal Made Official
Star center DeMarcus Cousins was traded from the Sacramento Kings to the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday in a...
HSBC Says Net Profit Dived 82% To $2.48 Bn Last Year
HSBC said Tuesday that net profit fell 82 percent in 2016, calling it a period remembered for its "largely unexpected...
Sri Lankan ‘Eddie the Eagle’ Takes Snowboarding Plunge
Following in the traditions of plucky triers such as Jamaica's bobsledders and British ski jumper Eddie 'the Eagle'...
Australia Renew Rivalry With Cricket Top Dogs India
Steve Smith's Australia have the chance of halting India's Test juggernaut in a series between the world's top two...
At Least 11 US Jewish Centers Get Bomb Threats
Nearly a dozen Jewish community centers across the United States received bomb threats that led to evacuations, in the...
Lu, Edmund Among Winners In ATP Delray Beach Openers
British eighth seed Kyle Edmund and Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun booked a second-round matchup on Monday at the ATP Delray...
Armed Guards At Kim Morgue, Reports Say Son Arrives For Body
Malaysian armed guards on Tuesday stood watch at the hospital holding the body of Kim Jong-Nam, the assassinated...
Kim Killing One Week On
A week since news broke that the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been assassinated, a clearer...
Five Dead As Plane Crashes Into Melbourne Shopping Centre
A light aircraft exploded Tuesday in a "massive fireball" with police saying none of the five people aboard survived as...
Taiwan ‘White Terror’ Brought Back To Life For Gamers
As the 70th anniversary of a bloody political purge in Taiwan looms, a new horror video game set during the island's...
Kim Dotcom Legal Saga Far From Over, Lawyer Says
Kim Dotcom's marathon extradition battle will run for at least another year, despite a New Zealand court ruling that he...