Top U.S. diplomat Rex Tillerson likely to arrive in Pakistan on Tuesday: media

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ISLAMABAD (Xinhua) - The U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is likely to pay a stopover visit to Pakistan on Tuesday to discuss joint efforts against terrorism and expanding economic...

Russian journalist stabbed, assailant held: editor

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MOSCOW  (AFP) - An unknown assailant on Monday forced his way into the office of a Russian radio station that is critical of the Kremlin and stabbed a presenter in...

Japan's ruling camp wins two-thirds majority in lower house election amid opposition splitting-up

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TOKYO- Japan's ruling camp grouped by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner, the Komeito Party, has won a two-thirds "super majority" in Sunday's lower...

Pakistan court indicts ex-PM Sharif for corruption: official

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ISLAMABAD- A Pakistani court indicted ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on corruption charges spiralling from the Panama Papers leak, a senior government official said Thursday, in a case that...

India celebrates Diwali, Hindu festival of lights

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NEW DELHI- India Thursday celebrated Diwali, with people across the country lighting earthen lamps in their homes, bursting firecrackers and distributing sweets to mark the Hindu festival of lights.  ...

Cholera death toll rises to 2,151 in war-torn Yemen: WHO

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SANAA (Xinhua) - The death toll of the Cholera epidemic in war-ravaged Yemen has risen to 2,151 since it broke out in late April, the World Health Organization (WHO) said...

Cambodian PM condemns mass shooting in Las Vegas

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PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Wednesday condemned Sunday's deadliest shooting in Las Vegas, the United States, that killed at least 59 people and...

Trio takes chemistry Nobel for 'cool' method to study molecules

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STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Scientists Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson were awarded the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for cryo-electron microscopy, a simpler and better method for imaging tiny,...

About 11,600 successfully evacuated from Vanuatu's volcanic island Ambae

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SUVA (Xinhua) - The Vanuatu authorities on Wednesday evacuated the entire population, of about 11,600 people, from the island of Ambae where the Manaro Voui volcano has been erupting, the...

Four dead in suicide bombing in Libya's Misrata: security officials

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TRIPOLI (AFP) - At least four people were killed Wednesday in an Islamic State group suicide bomb attack at the main court building in Libya's third-largest city Misrata, security officials...

Indian cross-border firing kills two in Pakistan: officials

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MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) - Two civilians were killed and two others were wounded after Indian troops fired into Pakistani Kashmir Wednesday, in the latest cross-border violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours....

81 militants killed in Afghan forces operations within 24 hours: gov't

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KABUL (Xinhua) - Up to 81 militants have been killed and 19 others wounded during Afghan security forces' operations across the country within one day, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.  ...

EU urges dialogue in cautious reaction to Catalonia crisis

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BRUSSELS (AFP) - The EU on Monday called for dialogue to solve the crisis over Catalonia's banned independence referendum and for an end to violence in a cautious first reaction...

Leftist challenger to Hungary's Orban quits

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BUDAPEST (AFP) - Hungary's main leftist party was rocked Monday when its challenger to Prime Minister Viktor Orban at upcoming elections quit over his failure to build a pact with...

UN calls on Spain to probe referendum violence

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GENEVA (AFP) - The UN rights chief said Monday he was disturbed by the violence during a police crackdown on the banned independence referendum in the Spanish region of Catalonia...