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Samsung Chief Appears For Second Round of Questions In Graft Probe
Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee appeared at the South Korean special prosecutor's office for questioning on Monday as...
Asian Shares At 1-1/2-Year High, Yen Sags After Trump-Abe Meet
Asian stocks rallied to 1-1/2-year highs on Monday, helped by renewed hopes over U. S. President Donald Trump's tax...
Undercover Panorama Report Reveals Prison Chaos
Chaos in one of the biggest prisons in the country has been revealed in secret filming for the BBC. An undercover...
Netanyahu Hails US Veto of Palestinian As Libya Envoy
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday hailed the US veto of a Palestinian to be named UN envoy to Libya, saying...
Syria Opposition Picks Delegation For New Peace Talks
Syria's opposition on Sunday announced its 21-member delegation, including 10 rebel representatives, for a new round of...
Samsung Heir To Be Quizzed Again Over Corruption Scandal
South Korean prosecutors said on Sunday they would question the Samsung heir again as part of a probe into a corruption...
Church of England’s Sexuality Stance Criticised By Retired Bishops
Fourteen retired bishops have criticised the Church of England's stance on sexuality, before a crucial debate at the...
Chinese, US Aircraft In ‘unsafe’ Encounter Over South China Sea
A Chinese military aircraft had an "unsafe" encounter with a US Navy surveillance aircraft near a contested reef in the...
Turmoil, Legal Woes Define Trump’s White House Debut
A pile-up of controversies, sliding poll numbers, splinters within his own camp and a stinging setback in the courts:...
Fresh Whale Stranding On Notorious New Zealand Beach
Another 200 whales were stranded on a New Zealand coastline late Saturday, frustrating rescuers who had battled through...
Super Bowls Could Skip Texas Over ‘bathroom Bill’
A proposed Texas law that targets transgender people could prompt the NFL to keep future Super Bowls from Dallas and...
US Blocks Appointment of Former Palestinian PM As UN Libya Envoy
The United States blocked the appointment of former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad to be the new UN envoy to...
Florida’s Foreigners Living In Fear In the Era of Trump
When Venezuelan journalist Eulimar Nunez saw the airport chaos triggered by President Donald Trump's now-suspended...
Cambodia Opposition Leader Resigns For ‘sake of Party’
The self-exiled leader of Cambodia's opposition party said Saturday he would resign his post, a shock blow to a...
Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills Six In Afghanistan’s Helmand
At least six people were killed Saturday when a Taliban bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into Afghan soldiers who...
UN Chief Defends Choice of Ex-Palestinian PM As Libya Envoy
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday defended his choice of former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad...
Trump Vows To Win Travel Ban Court Fight
President Donald Trump has said he has "no doubt" his administration will win legal challenges to his travel ban. But...
Afghan Military Would Support More Foreign Troops, Official Says
The Afghan Defense Ministry welcomed on Friday suggestions by the commander of international forces in Afghanistan that...
Trump Aide Kellyanne Conway ‘wrong’ Over Ivanka Plug
The standards chief of the US Congress says a senior Trump aide was "wrong, wrong, wrong" to promote Ivanka Trump...