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Bangkok: Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday he would use a special order that gives the military sweeping powers to lift a ban on...

Johannesburg: South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was elected leader of the African National Congress on Monday in a close-run vote that will set...

New York: An Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over a major highway in Washington state on Monday morning, sending part of the train crashing down...

Tegucigalpa: Honduran military police fired tear gas at protesters who burned tyres and attacked buildings on Monday, after the Organization of American...

Mildenhall(England): U.S. military personnel fired shots on Monday as they stopped a man who tried to force his way into a British military base used by the...

Santiago: A mudslide that buried much of a village in southern Chile has killed 11 people while another 15 are still missing, authorities said late on...

Washington: The world's busiest airport in the US city of Atlanta was slowly resuming normal operations Monday after a power cut stranded thousands of...

Kabul: Militants stormed an intelligence agency training facility in Kabul on Monday, officials said, triggering intense fighting with police in the latest...

Madrid/Barcelona: The jailed leader of Catalonia's main pro-independence party has backed away from demands for unilateral secession from Spain, days...

Tripoli: The mayor of Libya's third-largest city Misrata has been killed by unidentified assailants who abducted him as he returned from an official...