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A rare, signed copy of The Beatles` album "Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band" has been sold for a record $290,500 ...

Soldiers raided a suspected hideout for Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria`s largest city of Kano ...

The United States on Thursday nominated General Philip Breedlove, a veteran pilot in Europe, as the top commander of ...

Up to 11,200 troops could be needed for a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali but a "parallel" military force will have to ...

China has agreed to buy two dozen fighter jets and four submarines from Russia, state media reported Monday, the ...

A wave of tit-for-tat sectarian kidnappings took place in a sensitive area of northeast Lebanon on Sunday, a security ...

Indonesia`s largest private airline company, the Lion Air, becomes one of the world`s fastest growing carrier as it ...

Flags flew at half-mast across Bangladesh on Thursday as the country mourned its president Zillur Rahman, following ...

The body of Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman was flown to Dhaka on Thursday following his death in a Singapore ...

Kuwait, where expats make up 68 percent of the population, plans to reduce the number of foreigners living in the Gulf ...

A Chinese drama that touches on sensitive topics including police corruption won the best picture at the Asian Film ...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon "remains convinced that the use of chemical weapons by any party (in Syria) under any ...

Palestinians want President Barack Obama`s milestone visit this week to lead to a more active US approach to resolving ...

A wave of attacks in Iraq killed 50 people on Tuesday and officials delayed provincial polls, highlighting security ...

Seven US Marines were killed and seven more wounded when a mortar round exploded while still in its launch tube during ...