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Google's venture to beam the internet to remote areas of the world via balloon has hit a legal snag in...

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

North Korean newlyweds, soldiers and children lined up to laud their country's rulers on Thursday, the birthday of the late...

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

Extravagant Indian weddings in palaces featuring elephants, foreign dance troupes and seven-course meals could become a thing of the past...

The leader of Nigeria's Senate on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari was well after visiting him in London, trying to...

Turkish bombardment of an Islamic State group-held town in Syria has killed 24 civilians, a monitor said Thursday, but Turkey's...

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura called Thursday for greater efforts in the push for peace in Syria, as he visited...

North Korean female assassins, armed with good looks and poison tools, are now the weapon of choice for a ruthless...

President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday said Raqa is not a priority target for his forces, saying his goal is to...

India has awarded drilling rights for 31 small oil and gas fields as it looks to reduce its costly dependence...

Looking like living dress-up dolls, elaborately costumed children are paraded through an eastern China village as firecrackers roar, commemorating the...

China is experiencing its deadliest outbreak of the H7N9 bird-flu strain since it first appeared in humans in 2013, killing...

LeBron James scored 31 points, Kyrie Irving added 26 and Kyle Korver had 22 to spark defending NBA champion Cleveland...

A coffee shop that recently opened in California is serving customers more than just steamy cups of latte or espresso,...

Six years after the start of an uprising that toppled a dictator, Libyans in Tripoli see no reason to celebrate...

Europe-based former All Black Pat Lam slammed Steve Hansen on Thursday after the world champions' coach labelled him an "ex-New...

Hong Kong's former leader Donald Tsang will soon learn his fate as the jury in his high-profile corruption trial began...

President Donald Trump has vowed to improve cyber attack defense, but security experts meeting this week say a fractious domestic...

Shouts reverberate under the concrete overpass as barefoot players jostle for the ball, a sad echo of Myanmar's long-lost footballing...