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Syria regime forces capture key southern rebel town: monitor
Middle East
January 26, 2016
Syria regime forces capture key southern rebel town: monitor
Syrian pro-government forces captured a strategic southern rebel town close to the Jordanian border after weeks of fighting, a monitor…
EU calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast
Middle East
January 25, 2016
EU calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on Monday called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated region where the Turkish…
Twitter to see executive shakeup: reports
Science
January 25, 2016
Twitter to see executive shakeup: reports
Twitter is losing at least three top executives, in a major shakeup at the social network, reports said Sunday. Those departing…
Heroine’s welcome home for Philippines’ Miss Universe
Life & Style
January 25, 2016
Heroine’s welcome home for Philippines’ Miss Universe
Tens of thousands of people in the beauty pageant-crazed Philippines are set to give newly crowned Miss Universe Pia Alonzo…
New Year glow for China’s ‘lantern capital’
Life & Style
January 25, 2016
New Year glow for China’s ‘lantern capital’
Carefully steadying the gleaming red lantern between her knees, a worker applied the Chinese character for "wealth" in golden glitter…
Hong Kong breaks record for least affordable housing: survey
Life & Style
January 25, 2016
Hong Kong breaks record for least affordable housing: survey
Hong Kong has the least affordable housing of 87 major global cities, with prices a record 19 times average pre-tax…
Protests rattle Azerbaijan as oil price slump hits economy
World
January 24, 2016
Protests rattle Azerbaijan as oil price slump hits economy
Hit hard by falling oil prices, ex-Soviet Azerbaijan has plunged into an economic crisis that has seen rare protests shake…
Germany ‘rejecting about 10% of migrants’: minister
World
January 24, 2016
Germany ‘rejecting about 10% of migrants’: minister
While Germany is still taking in around 2,000 refugees a day, it is now denying entry to about 200 others…
Gunmen kill police colonel, four others in Yemen’s Aden
Middle East
January 24, 2016
Gunmen kill police colonel, four others in Yemen’s Aden
Unidentified gunmen have killed a police officer and four others in Yemen's Aden in a wave of attacks targeting security…
Russia says Norway border post closed to migrants for ‘security’
World
January 24, 2016
Russia says Norway border post closed to migrants for ‘security’
Russia on Sunday confirmed it had shut for "security reasons" an Arctic border post with Norway to migrants being controversially…