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Manila: Philippine senators abruptly ended a hearing on Monday into allegations by a retired policeman that a "death squad" operated under...

Benghazi (Libya): East Libyan forces carried out fresh air strikes on Monday and said they were mobilising ground forces as they attempt to win back two of...

Hong Kong/Beijing: China's third most powerful leader said on Monday that Beijing had the right to "step in" to Hong Kong's leadership...

Occupied Ramallah: A Palestinian gunman fired at Israeli soldiers and military police during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday and the Israeli...

South of Mosul: The mouth of the tunnel is hardly visible on a muddy hillside overlooking Mosul, where fighting now rages between Iraqi forces and IS...

Beijing: China's defence budget will rise 7 per cent in 2017, to 1.044 trillion yuan ($151.43 billion), state media said on Monday, after the omission...

Manila: The Philippines police chief announced the re-launch on Monday of police anti-narcotics operations he hoped would be less bloody, "or even...

Manila: A retired policeman testified before a Philippine Senate hearing on Monday to killing nearly 200 people as part of a "death squad" under...

London: A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air, second-hand smoke...

Peshawar: Five Pakistani soldiers were killed by militants in a cross-border terrorist attack on three border posts in the country's restive northwest...