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Iran FM Says Netanyahu Faking History and Jewish Faith
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu of ignorance about history and the...
Jordan Gets Women’s Stadium For 2018 Asia Cup
The Jordan Football Association on Sunday inaugurated its first women's stadium in the capital Amman that is to feature...
Bangladesh To Fell Building Deemed
Bangladesh's highest court Sunday ordered the demolition of a lakeside building occupied by powerful garment groups, a...
Saudi King Arrives In Tokyo For Four-Day Visit
Saudi Arabia's King Salman arrived in Tokyo Sunday, making the first visit to Japan by a monarch from the oil-rich...
Star Abroad, Pest At Home, Indian Magician Fights Law
For a brief moment Ishamuddin Khan had the world at his feet: A pioneer of the "Great Indian Rope Trick" -- an illusion...
60 Years On; 6 of Ghana’s Greatest Achievements
Hip Hip Hip - Hurray!!! Champagnes popping, firecrackers going wild, merry making and excitement all around the...
Iraq Paramilitaries Say Mass Grave of Hundreds Found
Iraqi paramilitary forces announced Saturday that they had discovered a mass grave at Badush prison near Mosul...
China Says Industrial Policy Not Aimed At Foreign Firms
China on Saturday tried to downplay concerns it is reducing market access for foreign enterprises, days after a report...
Taiwan Detains China Student For Alleged Espionage
Taiwan prosecutors said a man from China, reportedly a recent graduate from one of the island's top universities, was...
Swiss Man Suspected of Abusing 80 Boys In Thailand
A Swiss man will go on trial this month on allegations he sexually abused more than 80 boys -- some as young as nine --...
Maldives Opposition Protests Saudi King’s Visit
Maldivian opposition parties protested Friday a planned visit by King Salman following reports that Saudi business...
S. Koreans Jubilant, Or Stunned By President’s Sacking
Thousands of younger demonstrators erupted with joy while a rival older crowd angrily clashed with riot police -- two...
Turkey-PKK Conflict ‘has Killed 2,000’ Since Truce Collapsed
The UN has accused Turkish forces of serious violations during unrest in the south-east of the country that left 2,000...
What Next After S. Korea’s Presidential Impeachment?
Friday's final verdict by South Korea's Constitutional Court to sack impeached president Park Geun-Hye has finally put...
China’s First Stealth Fighter Enters Service
China has put its first stealth fighter into military service, state-run media reported on Friday, in the latest...
Exxon Stumps Up $2.8 Billion For Mozambique Gas Gateway To Asia
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM. N), the world's biggest publicly traded oil producer, has agreed to pay Italy's Eni (ENI.MI)...
Japan, US Conduct Navy Drill In East China Sea
The Japanese and US navies are conducting joint exercises in the East China Sea as tension intensifies in the region...
Kidnappings Blight War-Scarred Kabul City
The bruises, scabs and chain markings have long faded but Haji Ghulam is still visibly traumatised by his month-long...
Ghana To Host Conference On International Trade
The conference is expected to be opened with a keynote address Secretary-General of UNCTAD Rescue Shipping and...