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Herat (Afghanistan): Gunmen in the remote central-western Afghan province of Ghor rounded up dozens of civilians and executed them on Wednesday in an attack...

Mogadishu: A group loyal to IS seized a small port town in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region on Wednesday, a move officials said gave it control...

Occupied Jerusalem: Prosecutors in Israel on Wednesday charged 13 people with inciting violence and terrorism after a wedding video showed far-right Jews...

Tokyo: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sought to assure Japan on Wednesday that his high-profile visit to China last week was about economics, not...

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's legislature descended into chaos on Wednesday as two pro-independence lawmakers defied a barring order and barged into the...

Sydney: A water ride that killed four people at an Australian amusement park in one of the world's deadliest theme park accidents had completed an...

Jakarta: Indonesia's parliament on Wednesday approved the government's 2017 budget, described by Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati as a...

Bangkok: Thailand's police chief said on Wednesday insulting the monarchy would not be tolerated and anyone considering doing so should get out of the...

Doral (Florida): US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Democrat Hillary Clinton's plan for Syria would "lead to...

London: Paul Beatty was on Tuesday named as the first American to win the prestigious Man Booker fiction prize, for "The Sellout", a biting satire...