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Los Angeles: Hundreds of firefighters were battling a wildfire raging out of control in drought-stricken Southern California on Wednesday after flames...

Istanbul: Turkey began freeing 38,000 prisoners on Wednesday, after announcing a penal reform that will make space for tens of thousands of suspects rounded...

Washington: Republican Donald Trump hired the pugnacious head of a conservative news website and promoted a woman in a shakeup of his troubled presidential...

Oslo: The Earth is likely to get relief in 2017 from record scorching temperatures that bolstered governments' resolve last year in reaching a deal to...

Moscow: Russia used an Iranian air base to launch air strikes in Syria for a second day running on Wednesday, rejecting US suggestions its co-operation with...

Cairo: Desperate to elude roving financial police and fearful of new jail terms for black-market money-changing, Egypt's currency traders are driving...

Gaza/Occupied Ramallah: Palestinian political parties began registering candidates for municipal elections on Wednesday, the first step in years towards a...

Seoul: North Korea's deputy ambassador in London has defected with his family to South Korea, making him the highest-ranking Pyongyang diplomat ever to...

Johannesburg: South Africa's biggest parties have failed to form coalition governments in major economic hubs following elections this month, they said...

Beijing: China and a grouping of Southeast Asian nations aim to finish by the middle of next year a framework for a code of conduct to ease tension in the...