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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: A Philippines presidential aide Sunday appealed to a IS-linked militant group to spare the life of a German hostage. In...

KUALA LUMPUR: The estranged older brother of North Korea’s leader died less than 20 minutes after being poisoned by a nerve agent, the...

BENGHAZI, Libya: Two soldiers were killed in a suicide car bombing in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi on Sunday, according to a military...

BAKU, Azerbaijan: Thousands of Azerbaijanis in Baku on Sunday commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Khojaly massacre, a 1992 attack which took the...

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi army on Sunday captured a major district in western Mosul amid an ongoing offensive to drive Islamic State terrorist group...

KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities have released a Czech national who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for espionage. Peter Jasek, a filmmaker, was...

Santiago: At least four people are known to have died and seven were missing after heavy rains struck Chile two days ago.   Rainstorms...

Rio de Janeiro: A huge float carried by an out-of-control truck at the Rio de Janeiro samba parade struck at least six people,...

Bandung, Indonesia: Indonesian police shot dead an attacker during a firefight at a government office Monday after a small bomb was set off...

Baghdad: Iraqi security forces and army foiled last night an attack organized by ISIS militants in Diyala province, northeast Iraq.  An Iraqi police...

COLOMBO: Gunmen opened fire on a prison bus in Colombo on Monday, killing five prisoners and two warders on their way to court...

Seoul: Special prosecutors investigating South Korea's swirling corruption scandal said they would decide Tuesday whether to indict the heir to the Samsung empire,...

Shanghai: Authorities have formally arrested seven people after a hotel fire sparked by unsafe welding and cutting work killed 10 people in central...

Santiago: Rainstorms and landslides in Chile killed four and contaminated a major river, forcing authorities to cut off drinking water to four million...

Geneva: Several more rounds of Syrian peace talks will be needed to reach any accord, the UN envoy bidding to kickstart the sputtering...

Dubai: How much will you fork out a special mobile number?  Balwinder Sahni just paid Dh4.5 million for a Du mobile number in...

Paris: With France's election just two months away, glad-handing at the annual farm show is not just a photo op for presidential hopefuls,...

KADUNA, Nigeria: Two German archaeologists who were kidnapped in central Nigeria have been freed, a police official said on Sunday.  No ransom was...