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Court Acquits Three Over 2005 Delhi Bomb Blasts
An Indian court Thursday cleared three defendants over a series of bomb blasts in New Delhi in 2005 that killed 62...
Yemen Air Raid Kills Eight Women, Child At Funeral
An air strike killed eight women and a child at a funeral reception near the Yemeni capital, witnesses said Thursday,...
US Jobless Claims Edge Upward In Mid-February
New US claims for jobless benefits edged up in the second week of February but continued their record streak of low...
New US Home Construction Slows In January
Construction begun on new housing fell slightly in January, driven by sharp declines in building in the US West and...
Snapchat Owner Prices IPO, Seeks More Than $2 Bn
Snapchat's corporate parent seeks to raise more than $2 billion for the fast-growing social media group in the tech...
Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch Hearing Set For March 20
The confirmation hearing for US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has been set to begin on...
Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Tops Record 33 Million Sales Mark
Michael Jackson's "Thriller," the biggest album in history, on Thursday notched up another mark as it was certified as...
IED Kills Three Pakistani Soldiers
An improvised explosive device hit an army convoy on Thursday in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of...
US Household Debt In 2016 Posts Biggest Jump In A Decade
US household debt surged $460 billion last year, the biggest increase in 10 years, and has nearly returned to the peak...
Indonesian Orangutan Brutally Killed and Eaten
A critically endangered Bornean orangutan was shot dead, hacked to pieces and eaten by workers after straying onto an...
‘Scorpion’ Robot Mission Inside Fukushima Reactor Aborted
A 'scorpion' robot sent into a Japanese nuclear reactor to learn about the damage suffered in a tsunami-induced...
Israeli Joy, Palestinian Alarm At Trump Two-State Shift
Donald Trump's shelving of the decades-long goal of a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict has excited...
Huge Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least 45
A massive car bomb ripped through a used car market in southern Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 45 people in the...
Referee Clattenburg Quits Premier League For Saudi Role
Leading referee Mark Clattenburg is quitting the Premier League after 12 years to work in Saudi Arabia, it was...
Syria Crisis Still ‘appalling’
The head of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and former British foreign secretary David Miliband on Thursday...
Somalia’s New Leader Faces Delicate Balancing Act
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's victory in Somalia's presidential election last week brought joyous crowds into the streets...
Iran Says Israel ‘biggest Threat’ To World Peace
Iran said Thursday that Israel's atomic arsenal is the biggest danger to world peace, a day after US President Donald...
Pakistan Vow To Host PSL Final Despite Lahore Blast
Pakistani cricket officials have vowed to stage the final of their Twenty20 league in Lahore next month, despite a...
Mongolian Herders Reel Under Dreaded ‘dzud’ Weather
Thousands of Mongolian herders face disastrous livestock losses from a dreaded severe weather phenomenon known as the...