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The already unstable Asian peninsula was left even more jittery today after China and South Korea expressed outrage at Japan's Prime Minister visiting a shrine honouring his country's war dead. |
A bomb blast hit a public bus in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Thursday, wounding five people, the Interior Ministry said, in an attack that raised concerns that a wave of violence blamed on Islamic militants that has targeted security forces and military for ... |
Bangladesh's opposition accused authorities of placing their leader under virtual house arrest Thursday, as tens of thousands of troops were deployed across the country ahead of general elections next month. |
Chairman Mao, the founding father of modern China, remains a hugely controversial figure and his legacy is still up for debate. But he remains a presence in cities across China, in the form of more than 2,000 statues that were built to commemorate him. |
A Greenpeace activist who has been in Russia since a protest against Arctic oil drilling is preparing to return home to Wales. Anthony Perrett, 32, from Newport, was among the so-called Arctic 30 who were held over alleged hooliganism. |
BAGHDAD: A car bomb exploded near a church in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday as Christians celebrated Christmas Day, killing at least 12 people, security officials said. |
Pope Francis, celebrating his first Christmas as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, on Wednesday called for dialogue to end the conflict in South Sudan and all wars, saying everyone should strive to be personal peacemakers. |
Bangkok: Thailand's Election Commission (EC) called for a February poll to be postponed on Thursday after bloody clashes between riot police and anti-government protesters seeking to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and scuttle the ballot. |
ISTANBUL: The Turkish lira hit a fresh record low on Thursday following a cabinet reshuffle by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan amid a huge graft scandal. |
WASHINGTON: For years, US officials have pointed to the improvements in the everyday lives of Afghans made possible by billions of dollars in aid from the United States and elsewhere. |
Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was not poisoned with polonium, said Russian researchers on Thursday. The newest results agree with French findings released in December 2013 and partly contradict the Swiss report released in November 2013. |
Journalist Tetyana Chernovil, who was brutally beaten Wednesday, vandalizes a police minivan during a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 25. |
The Civil Aviation Authority said last night: "We need to know exactly what happened at the airport." Fed up: Passengers caught up in delays at Gatwick. |
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has urged the country's military to bolster its combat readiness, saying a war could break out "without any prior notice", state media reported Wednesday. |
A migrant boat capsized off the coast of Providenciales in Turks and Caicos on the morning of December 25. Local reports indicate that the boat was carrying an undisclosed number of Haitian migrants. |
NEW DELHI: An Indian gangster linked to dozens of murders escaped from police custody after apparently serving food laced with sedatives to officers guarding him, police and local media reports said Thursday. |
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden warns viewers in the UK about the threat to privacy by mass government surveillance. 26/12/13. |
KABUL - A pair of rockets fired by the Taliban struck the US Embassy in Kabul shortly before dawn Wednesday, sending hundreds of American diplomats and aid workers based at the mission scrambling into fortified bunkers to start their Christmas Day, the ... |
Mid-winter should ideally be a time for acclimatisation. The chill accentuates but by then it has been there for some time. People getting unwell in such times need more attention than others. |
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