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Chinese Doctors Scramble To ‘rescue’ Ailing Nobel Laureate

A Chinese hospital said Tuesday it was still scrambling to save terminally-ill Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, fuelling...

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Japan Protests S.Korea’s ‘comfort Women’ Heritage Bid

Japan has lodged a diplomatic protest with South Korea over its support for registering with the United Nations...

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Strong Quake Off New Zealand But No Damage

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand Tuesday, officials said, with minor shaking in the South...

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Military Plane Crashes In Mississippi; At Least Five Killed

A US military aircraft has crashed in the US state of Mississippi, killing at least five people, US media reported...

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Trump Son Met Russian To Get Dirt On Clinton

Donald Trump's eldest son on Monday admitted meeting a Russian lawyer to get dirt on his father's 2016 rival Hillary...

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Trump Son Admits Meeting Russian For Dirt On Clinton

Donald Trump's eldest son on Monday admitted meeting a Russian lawyer to get dirt on his father's 2016 rival Hillary...

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DR Congo’s Opposition Blasts Election Delays As ‘provocation’

The main opposition party in the DemocraticRepublic of Congo on Monday blasted as a "provocation" and a power grab an...

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Turkey Opposition Chief Meets Jailed MP After Mass Rally

Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Monday visited a jailed MP in an Istanbul prison, a day after finishing...

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India Begins Search For Missing Citizens After Mosul Victory

India on Monday announced it will send a top minister to Iraq in an effort locate dozens of its missing citizens after...

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Afghanistan Enacts Law To Control Cyberspace

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has signed into law a cybercrime bill targeting online crime and militancy by...

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Bomb Kills Police Chief, Guard In Southwest Pakistan

A bomb Monday killed a police chief and his guard, and wounded 11 others in a southwestern Pakistani town bordering...

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Japan’s Men-Only Island Gets UNESCO Nod

A men-only island in Japan where women are banned and male visitors must bathe naked in the sea before visiting its...

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Syria Sides Meet Again In Geneva, With Expectations Low

Syria's government and opposition meet Monday for a seventh round of UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva with little...

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Jihadists Battle Libya Forces In ‘liberated’ Benghazi

Jihadists are still battling Libyan forces in Benghazi days after strongman Khalifa Haftar and his self-styled army...

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Philippine Air Strikes Target High-Rise Snipers

Snipers in high-rise buildings are the main problem facing Philippine forces battling to crush pro-Islamic State...

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France Unveils Brexit Plan To Lure Bankers From London

The French are planning to lower taxes on high earners, scrap a levy on financial transactions and build three...

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Top US Justice Officials To Visit Guantanamo

The top US justice officials are to visit the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Friday amid signs the Trump...

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Melania Trump Stuck At Residence Over G20 Demos

US First Lady Melania Trump was stuck inside her guesthouse in Hamburg on Friday because of anti-G20 protests, her...

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G20 Protestors FIREBOMB A Police Station In Hamburg

A police station has been firebombed and cars and buildings set alight in the German city of Hamburg, where world...