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Fears For 2,000 People Trapped In Philippine City Battle

Security forces traded heavy gunfire with Islamist militants inside a southern Philippine city Monday, as fears grew...

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Sri Lanka Monsoon Toll Climbs To 164

Sri Lanka's monsoon toll climbed to 164 with the discovery of more bodies of people buried in landslides triggered by...

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Sri Lanka Steps Up Relief As Monsoon Toll Exceeds 150

Emergency teams rushed food and water Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for...

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Sri Lanka Rushes Aid To Half A Million Flood Victims

Emergency teams rushed to distribute aid Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced after the island's worst...

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Indian Aid Arrives As Sri Lanka Monsoon Toll Hits 100

Indian medical teams and emergency relief arrived in Sri Lanka Saturday as the monsoon-related death toll reached 100...

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Indian Woman Forced To Marry Pakistani Returns Home

An Indian woman who said she was forced to marry a Pakistani at gunpoint returned to India on Thursday after a court...

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Saudi Telecom To Form $500 Mn Venture Capital Fund

Saudi Arabia's largest telecommunications firm said Thursday it will set up a $500-million venture capital fund to...

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Indian Woman Forced To Marry Pakistani Returns Home

An Indian woman who said she was forced to marry a Pakistani at gunpoint returned to India on Thursday after a court...

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Myanmar To Deport Turkish Family Amid Crackdown Fears

Myanmar authorities have detained a Turkish family and are trying to deport them to Turkey, where activists fear they...

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US Warship Sails Near South China Sea Reef Claimed By Beijing

A US warship sailed near a reef claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea on Thursday, a US official said, the first...

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US Says Navy Ship Sails Near South China Sea Reef Claimed By Beijing

A US Navy ship has sailed in disputed South China Sea waters near a reef claimed by Beijing in the first "freedom of...

International

US Warship Sails Close To Disputed Mischief Reef

A US warship has sailed close to an artificial island built by China in the South China Sea, the first challenge to...

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Singapore Fines Ex-Trader Over Malaysia’s 1MDB Saga

A former stocks trader was fined in Singapore Wednesday for his role in an international money-laundering scandal...

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Jump In Renewable Energy Jobs Worldwide

The renewable energy sector employed 9.8 million people worldwide in 2016, almost twice as many as in 2012, the Abu...

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China Sidesteps Duterte Claim of War Threat Over Sea Row

China on Monday sidestepped claims by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte that it had threatened to go to war over the...

International

TPP Trade Deal Will Continue Without Trump

The controversial trade pact was dealt a blow when the US ditched the deal Asia-Pacific trade ministers have agreed to...

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Malaysia Bodybuilders Flex Muscles Despite Muslim Modesty

Their rippling muscles glistening with golden tanning cream, dozens of buff bodybuilders vied for the title of Mr...

Sports

List of Nominees and Winners For the 42nd MTN SWAG Awards

Ahead of the 42nd Sports Writers Association of Ghana Awards night to be held on May 27th, Ghanaweb unfolds the full...

Sports

Mimis Group Wins Maiden Edition of World Corporate Golf Challenge

Mimis Group golfers Benny Mimis and Sailesh Chudasama put up a sterling performance to win the maiden edition of the...