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Taiwan presidential front-runner: Can't 'be bound' to China 28 Dec 2015 - 08:10 am

Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP, 2016 presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen stands at her podium before her first televised policy debate with...

In Paraguay, more flee worst floods in decades as levee creaks 28 Dec 2015 - 08:08 am

By Mariel Cristaldo and Sarah Marsh ASUNCION/BUENOS AIRES: With further rain looming, more families abandoned their homes on Sunday in Paraguay, the country...

Presidential hopeful Trump blasts Republican expected to endorse rival 28 Dec 2015 - 08:04 am

By Alana Wise WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump assailed a leading committee chairman in Congress on Sunday for backing Marco Rubio, Trump's...

UK military helps combat flooding as it spreads to cities 28 Dec 2015 - 07:55 am

Members of the army and rescue teams help evacuate people from flooded properties after they became trapped by rising floodwater when the River...

California wildfire 75 percent contained 28 Dec 2015 - 07:50 am

VENTURA, Calif. Hundreds of firefighters on Sunday mopped up the remnants of a wind-whipped wildfire that threatened dozens of Southern California coastal homes....

Car bomb explodes at Kabul airport 28 Dec 2015 - 07:42 am

A car bomb has exploded at Kabul's airport, Afghan officials said, adding that it was too early to speak of casualties. The interior...

Death of rebel chief may hurt Syria talks 28 Dec 2015 - 12:03 am

Beirut: The killing of Syrian rebel chief Zahran Alloush, fiercely opposed to both the regime and the Islamic State group, has eliminated a...

Victory near for Iraq forces as IS leaves key compound 28 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Baghdad: Islamic State group fighters pulled out of their last stronghold in Ramadi Sunday, bringing Iraqi federal forces within sight of their biggest...

Britain sends in more troops after 'unprecedented' floods 28 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Members of the emergency services rescue a group of people from a flooded street in Tadcaster, northern England, on Sunday. York, United Kingdom:...

Saudi seizes five million amphetamine tablets 28 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

(For representational purpose / AFP) Riyadh: Saudi authorities said Sunday that they had seized more than five million amphetamine tablets and arrested 11...

Hezbollah leader tells Israel to brace for retaliation over Qantar's death 28 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a commemoration service marking one week since the killing of...

All IS fighters have left Ramadi compound: force spokesman 27 Dec 2015 - 05:59 pm

Baghdad: The Islamic State group's fighters have all left the flashpoint former government compound in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, the spokesman of...

At least 11 died from in Texas storms that spawned tornadoes 27 Dec 2015 - 05:43 pm

GARLAND, Texas: Tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area caused substantial damage and at least 11 people died either from the storm or...

Filipino protesters land on disputed island in South China Sea 27 Dec 2015 - 05:42 pm

A Filipino soldier patrols at the shore of Pagasa island (Thitu Island) in the Spratly group of islands in the South China Sea,...

Iran cancels two football games over pollution 27 Dec 2015 - 05:35 pm

(AFP / File photo) Tehran: Iran postponed two premier league football matches on Sunday, state media said, as air pollution more than twice...

Iraqi forces surround Islamic State-held complex in Ramadi - spokesman 27 Dec 2015 - 05:22 pm

Smoke rises during an air strike in Ramadi city, December 26, 2015. BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces have totally encircled the government complex in Ramadi,...

Burundi rivals head for Uganda peace talks 27 Dec 2015 - 05:20 pm

Kampala: Rival Burundi factions travelled to Uganda on Sunday ahead of talks aimed at ending months of violence, diplomats said, as the African...

France bans Corsica demos after two days of anti-Arab protests 27 Dec 2015 - 05:17 pm

People demonstrate close to French police officers who cordoned off Ajaccio's poor Jardins de l'Empereur (Emperor's Gardens) housing estate, on December 27, 2015,...