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US Locked In ‘slow-Going’ Talks With China On N.Korea Sanctions
Despite a push to quickly slap new UN sanctions on North Korea, the United States is bogged down in "slow-going"...
Pentagon ‘concerns’ Over Turkey Report of US Forces In Syria
The Pentagon has voiced concerns to Turkey after the NATO ally's state news agency disclosed the locations of 10 US...
S.Sudan Clashes Force Patients, Doctors To Flee Hospital
Thouk Reath, 19, was recovering from a leg amputation after being shot in fighting in northeastern South Sudan when the...
Saudi Airline Says US Laptop Ban Lifted
Saudi Arabia's national carrier said a US ban on laptops and tablets in the cabins of its US-bound planes had been...
Trump and Putin Had Another, Undisclosed Conversation At G20
Trump and Putin had another, undisclosed conversation at G20 US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart,...
Indonesia Bans Local Branch of Hizb Ut-Tahrir
Indonesia's government on Wednesday banned the local branch of Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir, rejecting criticism from...
Nigeria and the Hunt For Oil In Boko Haram’s Heartland
Nigeria is reviving its search for oil in the country's conflict-riven northeast, aided by China and emboldened by...
Four Albanian Migrants Are Caught Trying To FLY To Britain From Calais
Four Albanian migrants tried to fly from France to Britain in a light aircraft, in what is believed to be a first,...
Two Suspected Rebels, Indian Soldier Killed In Kashmir
Two suspected rebels and an Indian soldier were killed Tuesday in disputed Kashmir along the de facto border with...
Former Malaysia Leader Challenges PM To Attend 1MDB Meet
Malaysia's former leader Mahathir Mohamad urged the prime minister on Tuesday to attend a town hall meeting focusing on...
In China, High Security For Off-Road Race
Dozens of police officers wearing bulletproof vests and toting assault rifles guard the camp of an international...
Iranian President’s Brother Freed On Bail
Hossein Fereydoun, the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, has been released on bail following his arrest on...
Philippines’ Duterte Seeks Martial Law Extension
President Rodrigo Duterte has asked lawmakers to extend martial law in the southern Philippines as the initial...
Lithuania To Extradite $100 Mn Email Fraud Suspect To US
A Lithuanian man who allegedly swindled $100 million (87 million euros) from tech giants Google and Facebook must be...
Angola Rejects EU Poll Observers’ Demands
Angola has rejected conditions demanded by an EU election observer mission that had been preparing to witness next...
Kremlin Says ‘contradictory’ Reports On Baghdadi Death
Moscow on Monday said it was struggling to confirm if the leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is...
Children ‘exercise Less As They Get Older’
Children ‘exercise less as they get older’ The number of children doing an hour of exercise a day falls by nearly...
Kenya’s Social Media Election
A strikingly toxic campaign ad was unleashed online in Kenya just weeks before national elections -- a potentially...
Meeting of Minds As Netanyahu Visits Hungary’s Orban
Hungary welcomes Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday on a landmark visit that Prime Minister Viktor Orban...