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US President Donald Trump's planned state visit to Britain later this year got no mention in Queen Elizabeth II's speech ...

China's notorious Yulin Dog Meat Festival opened today despite rumours that authorities would impose a ban this year. Pictures taken ...

Islamic militants occupied a primary school and took hostages in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday, a few hours drive ...

Uber said Wednesday that its embattled chief executive Travis Kalanick had agreed to step down from his job, as the ...

Manchester United have been cleared by Fifa of wrongdoing in the deal to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus last August. ...

Intense fighting in the Central African Republic killed at least 40 people Tuesday and injured dozens more, dashing hopes for ...

At least 40 people were killed in clashes on Tuesday in the Central African Republic, aid and security sources said, ...

Russia has said it is suspending a special hotline to communicate with the US-led coalition about operations in Syria, raising ...

A polio outbreak in war-ravaged Syria has paralysed at least 17 children since March, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, ...

Hurbain Souomi was only five years old, but he still remembers the day he trekked 50 kilometres (30 miles) across ...

Cholera has killed 1,170 people in war-ravaged Yemen and the number of suspected cases is now at nearly 2,000 a ...

Nearly 2,000 people are believed to have drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, the UN's refugee agency said ...

China on Tuesday expressed sorrow over the death of US student Otto Warmbier following his release from North Korea in ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the start of work Tuesday on a new settlement in the occupied West Bank ...

Top White House aide -- and presidential son-in-law -- Jared Kushner is among the most powerful men in America, but ...

At least 126 migrants were feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of Libya while trying to make ...

The United States is seeking to re-establish a military hotline with Russia that has been vital in protecting both sides' ...

Ghanaian-British Filmmaker Amma Asante has been honoured with an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Asante was awarded for her ...

Burundian police on Saturday night uncovered eight grenades hidden in a small bush at Sororezo in Kanyosha district in Bujumbura ...

A total of 10 militants have been killed and 15 others injured as clash erupted in Qaisar district of Afghanistan’s ...