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New US claims for jobless benefits edged up in the second week of February but continued their record streak of...

Construction begun on new housing fell slightly in January, driven by sharp declines in building in the US West and...

Snapchat's corporate parent seeks to raise more than $2 billion for the fast-growing social media group in the tech sector's...

The confirmation hearing for US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has been set to begin on March...

Michael Jackson's "Thriller," the biggest album in history, on Thursday notched up another mark as it was certified as selling...

An improvised explosive device hit an army convoy on Thursday in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, killing three...

US household debt surged $460 billion last year, the biggest increase in 10 years, and has nearly returned to the...

A critically endangered Bornean orangutan was shot dead, hacked to pieces and eaten by workers after straying onto an Indonesian...

A 'scorpion' robot sent into a Japanese nuclear reactor to learn about the damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown had...

Donald Trump's shelving of the decades-long goal of a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict has excited Israelis and...

A massive car bomb ripped through a used car market in southern Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 45 people in...

Leading referee Mark Clattenburg is quitting the Premier League after 12 years to work in Saudi Arabia, it was announced...

The head of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and former British foreign secretary David Miliband on Thursday said the humanitarian...

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's victory in Somalia's presidential election last week brought joyous crowds into the streets of Mogadishu, a testament...

Iran said Thursday that Israel's atomic arsenal is the biggest danger to world peace, a day after US President Donald...

Pakistani cricket officials have vowed to stage the final of their Twenty20 league in Lahore next month, despite a powerful...

Thousands of Mongolian herders face disastrous livestock losses from a dreaded severe weather phenomenon known as the "dzud", the Red...

Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Thursday resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would require a two-state solution, a day...

Mozambique was battered by high winds, flooding and sea surges when cyclone Dineo made landfall late Wednesday but the storm...

An ally of disgraced Indian politician VK Sasikala was Thursday appointed the next leader of Tamil Nadu state, ending a...