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Pentagon Blocks Some Pakistan Military Payments

The US Defense Department has withheld $50 million in Pakistan military payments after Pentagon chief Jim Mattis...

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Two Ex-Rebel Leaders Jailed In I. Coast Over Pay Protest

Two former rebel leaders in Ivory Coast were jailed Tuesday after the ex-fighters obstructed a road into the central...

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McCain Calls For Pakistani ‘cooperation’ Against Extremists

US Senator John McCain visited Kabul Tuesday and warned neighbouring Pakistan that Washington was counting on its...

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Hong Kong Tycoon and Ex-Deputy Leader Lose Graft Appeal

Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok and ex-deputy leader Rafael Hui will serve out their jail terms after their final...

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Taliban Deputy Leader Insists No Hand In Kabul Attacks

The head of the Taliban-allied Haqqani network has ruled out any involvement in a wave of deadly bombings in Kabul,...

International

Jeremy Corbyn Calls On Theresa May To Resign

Jeremy Corbyn has called on Theresa May to resign as election results point to a hung Parliament. Speaking following...

International

Alex Salmond Loses Seat To Conservatives

The SNP's former leader Alex Salmond has lost his Gordon seat to the Scottish Conservatives. The Tories also defeated...

International

Tories On Course To Be Largest Party

The Conservatives are on course to be the largest party but may not have an overall majority, according to the latest...

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Calls To Release US, Australian Hostages After Taliban Threat

A university in Afghanistan appealed to the Taliban Friday to release an American and an Australian abducted last year,...

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Four Killed As Kabul Protesters Clash With Police Over Truck Bomb

At least four Afghans were killed Friday when police fired live rounds to disperse stone-throwing protesters seeking to...

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Angry Kabul Protest Over Deadly Truck Bombing

Afghan police fired aerial gunshots and water cannon Friday to stop dozens of protesters from marching on the...

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Who Carried It Out?

No militant group has so far claimed responsibility for Wednesday's powerful blast that ripped through Kabul's...

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Britain Arrests ‘large Part’ of Manchester Attack Network

Britain has arrested a "large part" of the network behind Manchester's suicide bomb attack, police said on Friday, as...

International

Venezuela Student ‘killed By National Guard’

A student who died at an anti-government protest in Caracas last month was killed by a tear gas canister fired by the...

International

Hollande Vows ‘response’ To Macron Hack Attack

Strict election rules are now in place ahead of Sunday's vote French President François Hollande has promised to...

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Islamic Jihad Rejects Palestine State Within 1967 Borders

The radical Palestinian group Islamic Jihad has rejected Hamas's new policy of easing its stand on Israel and accepting...

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Hong Kong’s Divisive New Leader Faces Tough Task

Hong Kong's new leader Carrie Lam, seen as tough and capable by supporters but hated by the pro-democracy camp, faces a...

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Video Protest Over Divisive Hong Kong Vote

As a committee weighted towards Beijing gathered Sunday to choose Hong Kong's next leader, ordinary residents posted...

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Activists March Ahead of Vote For Hong Kong Leader

Pro-democracy activists and hundreds of supporters marched in Hong Kong Saturday ahead of a vote for the city's next...