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Eight Afghan Police Killed In
Eight local policemen were killed by their colleagues after they were poisoned in their base in southern Afghanistan,...
US Military Faces Burgeoning Nude Picture-Sharing Scandal
The Pentagon faced a burgeoning scandal Friday as more pictures of naked female service members apparently shared...
Kenya To Clear More Hurdles Before Direct Flights To US Can Begin
Kenya must still clear several regulatory hurdles before direct or nonstop flights to the United States can begin,...
Critics of South Korea’s Ousted Park Call For Her Arrest
Opponents of South Korea's ousted leader, Park Geun-hye, demanded on Saturday that she be arrested a day after she was...
Trump Dismisses Dozens of Obama-Era Federal Prosecutors
The administration of US President Donald Trump moved to clean house at the Justice Department, demanding the...
Teams Broke Drug Laws In Peddling Painkillers To Players
National Football League teams violated federal laws on prescription drugs in peddling powerful painkillers and...
Trump Invites Palestinian Leader Abbas To White House ‘soon’
US President Donald Trump has invited Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to visit the White House "soon", the official...
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...
Jihadist Alliance Claims Mali Attack That Killed 11 Soldiers
A jihadist alliance uniting Malian insurgents loyal to Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 11...
Intimidation and Exam-Fixing Claims
Teachers at a high-flying East London academy have claimed they witnessed coursework and examinations being marked...
South Korean Court Throws President Park Out of Office Over Scandal
South Korea's Constitutional Court removed President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a graft scandal involving...
Japan ‘piggyback’ Official Steps Down
A senior Japanese politician criticised last year for being carried over flood waters while inspecting deadly typhoon...
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...
US Sends Marines To Support Raqqa Assault
The US has sent 400 additional troops to Syria to support an allied local force aiming to capture the so-called Islamic...
US Deploys More Troops In Syria, Turning Up Heat On IS
The United States turned up the heat on the Islamic State group Thursday, sending an additional 400 US troops into...
Trump Assails CIA After Hacking Materials Leak
President Donald Trump's administration levelled fresh criticism at the CIA Thursday after WikiLeaks published a trove...
US Move On North Korea Tests Risks China Clash
Washington is scrambling to develop a new strategy to counter North Korea's aggressive nuclear weapon and missile...
China Warns of ‘trade War’ If WTO Ignored
China warned Thursday that United States ignoring World Trade Organization rulings could trigger a "trade war" after...
Russia’s Putin To Meet ExxonMobil President
Russia's President Vladimir Putin was scheduled to meet president of oil major ExxonMobil (XOM. N) Darren Woods on...