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N Korean soldier defects to S Korea across rivals’ fortified border Seoul: A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the rivals’ heavily...

Washington: Large crowds of protesters marched and rallied in cities across the US Saturday for “No Kings” demonstrations decrying what participants...

Islamabad: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and setting up of “mechanisms” to ensure lasting peace after days of violent...

Cairo: Iranian-backed Houthi rebels detained two dozen UN employees Sunday, a day after they raided another UN facility in the capital Sanaa, a UN...

Florida: President Donald Trump said Sunday he would slash US funding to Colombia because the country’s leader “does nothing to stop” drug production,...

Beijing: China’s ruling Communist Party will begin its three-day annual leadership conclave to discuss the new five-year plan, the impact of US...

Manila: A tropical storm lashed the northern and central Philippines on Sunday, leaving at least one person dead and forcing more than 22,000 people...

La Paz: Bolivians began voting Sunday in their country’s first presidential runoff that pits two conservative, capitalist candidates against each...

Nairobi: A large mushroom farm near the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is one of a kind: It grows fungi on an industrial scale — not as food for...

Beijing: China on Sunday launched a Pakistani remote sensing satellite along with two of its own onboard a single rocket, further deepening space...

Bangladesh: A massive fire broke out at the cargo village of Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday afternoon, forcing...

Beijing: Noted Chinese physicist and Nobel Laureate Chen Ning Yang, died in Beijing on Saturday. He was 103 years old. Yang was born in Hefei, east...