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Mahama Speaks At AfDB Meeting In India
Mr. Mahama was invited by the bank and the Indian Government Former Ghanaian leader John Mahama is in India to attend...
Bangkok Military Hospital Bomb Attack Wounds 20
A small bomb struck a Bangkok military hospital on Monday wounding more than 20 people, police said, three years to the...
Quality of Life On Rise For Many Africans, Report Says
Africans are seeing a steady improvement in the quality of their lives, with some countries even nearing world...
Three Years After Coup, Rural Thais Yearn For Democracy
Three years after their latest coup, Thailand's arch-royalist military is firmly dug-in. Dissent is banned, a...
Hope In Taiwan Ahead of Landmark Gay Marriage Ruling
A court ruling in Taiwan this week could make the island the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a...
Philippines’ Duterte Heads To Russia In Blow To US
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte flies to Russia on Monday to meet his hero, seek arms and steer his nation's...
Cathay Pacific Sacks 600 Staff In Major Shakeup
Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific said Monday it would cut 600 staff as part of a major overhaul to slash...
Asian Energy Firms Lead Market Gains On Hopes For Oil Ouput Cut
Energy shares led a broad rally across Asian markets on Monday as oil prices were boosted by growing hopes that an...
Trump Visits Israel Amid Tight Security
US President Donald Trump is visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories, as he continues his Middle East trip. He...
Southern Yemenis Stage Independence Rally
Thousands of Yemenis who back southern secession demonstrated in second city Aden on Sunday as a self-proclaimed...
Bahrain Shiite Cleric Gets Suspended Jail Term
A Bahraini court on Sunday sentenced revered Shiite cleric Isa Qassim to a suspended one-year jail term for illegal...
Ousted South Korean Leader Park Due To Go On Trial
Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye is due to go on trial Tuesday over the spectacular corruption scandal that...
CDC Warns of Parasitic Infection, Toxic Gas
he CDC received word of 32 outbreaks linked to swimming pools or water playgrounds in the US Beware of contaminated...
ISIS Executes 19 Civilians In Syria, Including Two Children
ISIS has executed 19 civilians in Syria, including two children, human rights activists have claimed today. The...
Afghan VP Dostum Departs For Turkey Amid Rape Probe
Afghanistan's embattled vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum has left for Turkey, officials said Saturday, in what could...
Tuk-Tuks and Flags As Cambodia Opposition Eyes Bellwether Local Polls
Tuk-tuks blaring pop music and flag-waving supporters of Cambodia's embattled opposition led a rally on Saturday for...
US and UK Far From Top 10 In Global Health Rankings
The US and UK lagged far behind other leading nations in a new global healthcare report. Although both nations are seen...
As Trump Sets Out, US and Saudi Arabia Blacklist ‘terrorist’
As US President Donald Trump prepared to head to Saudi Arabia on Friday, Washington and Riyadh issued their first...
China Threatened ‘war’ Over Sea Row
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday China's leaders told him they were prepared to go to war over...