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Court Acquits US-Egyptian In Charity Abuse Case

A court in Cairo on Sunday acquitted a US-Egyptian charity worker imprisoned for nearly three years in a case that drew...

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Philippines, US To Hold Annual ‘Balikatan’ Military Drills

The Philippine military said Sunday it would hold annual exercises with US troops next month, reaffirming its...

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Top US Official McMaster Visits Afghanistan After Bomb Attack

US National Security Advisor Gen. H. R McMaster arrived in Kabul on Sunday days after the American military dropped its...

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N Korea Missile Launch Fails Day After Military Parade

North Korea has failed to launch a missile on its east coast, South Korean and US military officials say, a day after...

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Peace Along the Border Despite N. Korean Threats

One soldier enjoys a cigarette, another sits reading quietly on the riverbank: seen from the Chinese side of the...

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PNG To Investigate ‘drunk Rampage’ At Australia Refugee Camp

Drunk soldiers "went on a rampage" and fired shots in the air at an Australian asylum-seeker camp in Papua New Guinea,...

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Amazon, Flipkart Battle In India For E-Commerce’s ‘last Frontier’

With 100 million new internet users every year, Amazon is betting big on India, but a major new investment in homegrown...

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Global Carmakers Converge On China As Rare Slowdown Looms

Global carmakers converge on China for the Shanghai auto show this week, with the industry bracing for a sharp sales...

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Serial Executions Take Toll On Executioners Too, Critics Say

Putting a prisoner to death "stays with you for a long time," says Ron McAndrew. The former warden of Florida State...

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‘Skinny Bundles’ Step Up Challenge To US Big Cable

For years, US cable operators got rich by offering fat "bundles" of hundreds of channels and raising prices regularly...

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Syria’s Assad Is An ‘arch-Terrorist’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is an "arch-terrorist" and it is time Russia realised he is "literally and...

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N Korea ‘missile Launch Fails’

North Korea has attempted to launch a missile on its east coast which is believed to have failed, South Korea’s...

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Johnson To Meet Bellucci In Houston ATP Final

Steve Johnson rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over top-seeded Jack Sock on Saturday to set up a title clash with...

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US Military Confirms Apparent Failed N.Korea Missile Test

The US Defense Department confirmed on Saturday that North Korea appeared to have fired a missile, and said the launch...

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N. Korea Fails In New Missile Test

A new North Korean missile test failed on Sunday, the South's defence ministry said. "North Korea attempted to test an...

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Fourteen Arrested In California As Trump Supporters, Opponents Clash

At least 14 people were arrested after opponents of President Donald Trump and supporters clashed at a march in...

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Britain Urges N. Korea To Stop Nuclear Weapons Drive

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Saturday urged North Korea to abide by UN resolutions and stop its pursuit...

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VP Pence Jets Into Seoul With Korea Tensions High

Vice President Mike Pence will arrive in Seoul Sunday, flying into a geopolitical maelstrom amid a possible North...

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Protesters March To Press Trump To Release Tax Returns

Thousands of protesters gathered Saturday in cities across the United States to pressure President Donald Trump to...