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Hundreds of Homes Evacuated In London Over Fire Risk Fears
More than 700 flats in tower blocks on an estate in the Swiss Cottage area of north-west London have been evacuated...
US Wanted Terror Leader May Have Fled Philippine City
One of America's most wanted terrorists may have escaped a five-week battle with Islamist militants in a southern...
Voting Starts In Sprawling PNG Elections
Voting began in Papua New Guinea elections Saturday with the Pacific nation's leader urging peaceful polling to show it...
Hezbollah Says ‘thousands’ of Fighters To Respond If Israel Attacks
The head of Lebanese movement Hezbollah on Friday warned Israel against attacking Lebanon or Syria, saying "hundreds of...
Bomber Sows Death Among Civilians Fleeing Mosul
A suicide bomber blew himself up Friday among civilians fleeing the Old City of Mosul, where increasingly desperate...
Springboks Turn Jeers To Cheers In Rugby Resurgence
Coach Allister Coetzee, defence specialist Brendan Venter and skipper Warren Whiteley and his Golden Lions have been...
Chants Against Saudi Arabia As Iran Marks Jerusalem Day
Chants against the Saudi royal family and the Islamic State group mingled with the traditional cries of "Death to...
North Korea Conducts Rocket Engine Test
North Korea has tested a rocket engine that could be fitted to an intercontinental ballistic missile, a US official...
PNG Goes To Polls Looking To Write New Chapter
Papua New Guineans go to the polls Saturday in an election the country's leader sees as a turning point for a Pacific...
‘El Chapo’ To Sue Netflix Over Series
Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman plans to sue Netflix and Univision for allegedly defaming him with a TV...
Local Qaeda Leader In Yemen Killed By US Air Strike
A US air strike has killed a regional Al-Qaeda leader and two associates in Yemen's Shabwa province, a jihadist...
Qatar Ideal First Diplomatic Crisis For Oilman Tillerson
The Qatar crisis presents Rex Tillerson with his first challenge as Washington's top diplomat and an opportunity for...
India’s Opposition Pitch Dalit For President
Opposition parties Thursday picked a former parliament speaker from India's lowest Dalit caste as their presidential...
Senate’s Obamacare Replacement Bill Will Cut Medicaid, Defund Abortion
Senate Republicans would cut Medicaid, end penalties for people not buying insurance and erase a raft of tax increases...
Morocco Protest Leader ‘beaten’ During Arrest
The leader of a protest movement in northern Morocco was "severely" beaten and verbally abused by police during his...
Benin Protestors Rally Against President’s Liberalisation Drive
Over a thousand people took to the streets of Benin's economic capital of Cotonou on Thursday to protest against...
Kensington Council Chief Quits Over Grenfell Tower Fire
The chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea council has resigned amid criticism over the borough’s response to the...
Trust the President; He’ll Deliver On His Promises
I just finished reading the rambling litany of complaints about the problems besetting our country from the fanatically...
Republican Win In Georgia Gives Trump Breathing Room
Finally, some good news for Donald Trump: battling dismal approval ratings, the US president on Wednesday relished a...