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UN Urges Aid To Avert Cholera-Induced Famine In Yemen
International donors must step up to prevent a cholera epidemic in war-torn Yemen from producing full-blown famine...
Bangladesh Arrests Suspect In Murder of Rohingya Leaders
Bangladesh police have arrested a man suspected of murdering two Rohingya leaders in the country's southeast where tens...
Tillerson In Qatar As Leaks Spark Fresh Gulf Tension
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Qatar Tuesday for talks on the Gulf diplomatic crisis as leaks of secret...
UN Rights Chief Urges Justice and Healing After Mosul
UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Tuesday for accountability and dialogue to heal the trauma of Mosul after...
Akufo-Addo Denounces Mistreatment of Ghanaians In Qatar
President Akufo-Addo on Monday called on the Qatari authorities to take steps to address the issue of the maltreatment...
Pakistan PM Clan and Ruling Party Reject Graft Report
Pakistan's governing party has rejected as "trash" a corruption report accusing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of living...
Japan Protests S.Korea’s ‘comfort Women’ Heritage Bid
Japan has lodged a diplomatic protest with South Korea over its support for registering with the United Nations...
Indian Leaders Condemn Deadly Attack On Hindu Pilgrims
Indian leaders and Kashmiri separatists united Tuesday to condemn an attack on a bus that killed seven Hindu pilgrims...
Gunmen Kill Eight In Thailand Over ‘personal Conflict’
Eight people, including three children, were killed by gunmen in Thailand's Krabi province, police said Tuesday, a mass...
S. Korea’s First Black Model Faces Widespread Racism
Teenage male model Han Hyun-Min's long legs and powerful strut have made him a rising star on South Korean catwalks,...
Kuwait, US, Britain Urge Quick Solution To Gulf Crisis
Kuwait, the United States and Britain Monday called on all sides in the Gulf crisis to resolve their dispute through...
Global Stocks Mostly Rise, Shrugging Off Fractious G20 Meeeting
Global stocks mostly rose Monday, shrugging off misgivings over a contentious G20 meeting ahead of highly-anticipated...
US Pressures Myanmar To Accept UN Rights Probe
US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday ramped up pressure on the Myanmar government to accept a UN fact-finding mission...
Hindu Pilgrims On Route To Amarnath Temple Killed In Militant Attack
At least six Hindu pilgrims were killed in Indian Kashmir on Monday when militants attacked police guarding them during...
Rohingya Refugees May Stay In Bangladesh ‘for Some Time’
Nearly half a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in squalid Bangladeshi camps face staying "for some more...
Thousands Flee As Tensions Escalate Over Kashmir
Thousands of people have fled their homes in Pakistani Kashmir, officials said Monday, as continued shelling between...
War Has Cost $226 Billion To Syria Economy
Syria's six-year conflict has ravaged its infrastructure and caused losses to its economy of $226 billion, according to...
Britain’s Arms Exports To Saudi ‘lawful’
Britain's High Court ruled on Monday that UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia are not unlawful, after campaigners argued...
Tillerson Looks To Defuse Qatar Crisis On Gulf Tour
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives Monday in Kuwait, the key mediator between Qatar and its Arab neighbours,...