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A giant saltwater crocodile, the longest on earth, has died while in captivity in southern Philippines. The ...

Syria`s Defense Minister Gen. Fahd Jassem al-Freij said Monday that the Israeli airstrike targeting a military ...

Hillary Clinton on Friday (Jan. 1) formally stepped down as the 67th U.S. Secretary of State, ending her four- year ...

The death toll from flooding caused by torrential rains in southern Philippines climbed to seven, the National ...

Actress Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for "Silver Linings Playbook" at the 70th annual ...

Russian and Chinese scientists say the leopard population in Russia`s Far East has not declined. The conclusion ...

Sri Lanka is to offer dual citizenship for Sri Lankan expatriates from this year, a statement by the presidential ...

Qualcomm, the world`s largest maker of mobile-phone chips, unveiled two new chips with high performance on Monday. ...

The Lebanese government adopted Thursday a three-part plan to tackle the influx of Syrian refugees, despite the ...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his "deep sorrow" over a deadly stampede which took place in the early ...

A total 332 were killed and 3,037 injured in road accidents throughout the country over the first six days of the ...

More than 200 casualties including at least 60 deaths were caused in a stampede on New Year`s Eve in Abidjan, the ...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a blood clot between her brain and skull behind the right ear, her doctors ...

Unlike previous New Year Eves, when Damascenes used to flock to the capital`s overcrowded streets with fireworks of ...

Greece welcomed the New Year with wishes for a swift exit from the severe debt crisis which has brought hardship to ...