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Israel Ignores UN Demand Against Settlements
Israel has ignored a United Nations resolution demanding it halt settlement building in the occupied Palestinian...
Bahraini, 18, Dies After Attack On Cleric’s Home
An 18-year-old Bahraini died Friday, nearly two months after he was shot in the head near a top opposition cleric's...
Campaign For Education of Children With Disabilities Kickoff
A campaign for the education of children with disabilities has taken off with over 16 schools in Ghana expected to join...
Escaping IS-Held Mosul, Residents Head Into Unknown
Bilal Abduljabbar clambers onto the back of an Iraqi army truck with his two teenage children to start the final stage...
UN To ‘urgently’ Send Rights Probe To Myanmar
The UN rights council agreed Friday to "urgently" launch an investigation into violations against Myanmar's Rohingya...
Lowest Bidders Threaten Nepal’s Quake-Hit Heritage
Caretaker Deepak Shrestha padlocked shut the quake-ravaged remains of the Trailokya Mohan Narayan temple in Nepal's...
South China Sea Installations ‘primarily’ Civilian
China is not militarising the disputed South China Sea, the country's premier insisted in Australia on Friday, claiming...
Taiwan Court Hears Landmark Gay Marriage Case
Taiwan's constitutional court began hearing a landmark case Friday that could make the island the first place in Asia...
Coral Reefs In Hot Water
A spike in water temperature lasting only days bleached all the coral in a South China Sea atoll, and killed 40 percent...
400,000 Afghan Children Expected To Drop Out of School
More than 400,000 Afghan children are expected to drop out of school this year in the face of growing insecurity and...
Manila Could Share Maritime Resources With China
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he was open to sharingBeijing in flashpoint South China Sea waters...
China Stun Koreans To Keep World Cup Hopes Alive
Yu Dabao struck in the first half as Marcello Lippi's China stunned South Korea 1-0 to keep their slim World Cup hopes...
Mosul Comes Alive With the Sound of Music
When the Islamic State group controlled eastern Mosul, playing music was a crime punishable by lashes. Today, music...
Akufo-Addo Urges African Leaders
African leaders have been called upon to institute and implement pragmatic programmes that will positively reflect in...
China, Nepal To Discuss Joint Military Exercises
China's defence minister will arrive in Nepal later Tuesday for talks on joint military exercises, a meeting that will...
China Watches Hong Kong Vote As Protests Threatened
Hong Kong will select a new leader on Sunday in a vote skewed towards Beijing that has once more opened up the city's...
Two Malaysian Hostages Found Safe In Philippines
Two ailing Malaysian seamen held hostage by Filipino Muslim militants for eight months were found Thursday aboard a...
Killer of Cambodian Government Critic Gets Life In Jail
A Cambodian court on Thursday jailed a former soldier for life for the brazen daytime shooting of a strident government...
UN Condemns Sri Lanka Over War Probe
As many as 40,000 Tamil civilians may have died in the last few months of the fighting The United Nations has condemned...