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EU and eurozone jobless rate remain steady
The unemployment rate for the eurozone stood at 12.1 percent in July, the same as the previous month and also the highest ...Saudi Arabia outlaws domestic abuse
Saudi Arabia has adopted a law that criminalises domestic violence, usually targeting women and children, in a decision hailed by activists.North Korea withdraws invite for US envoy
The U.S. State Department says North Korea has rescinded its invitation for a senior U.S. envoy to travel to Pyongyang to seek ...Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney dies aged 74
Irish writer and poet Seamus Heaney, who won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature, died Friday at the age of ...Malaysia: Desperately needing a new national narrative
The ritualistic month long celebration of Merdeka (independence) activities have largely lost their meaning. Discussion about the roles that different groups played ...John Kerry makes forceful case for US military intervention in Syria
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the United States will not wait for UN weapons inspectors to finish their ...Life on Earth ‘may have begun on Mars’
Life on Earth may have started on Mars and been blasted onto our planet by meteorites or volcanic eruptions, a major scientific ...Colombia says ready to negotiate peace with ELN rebels
Colombia said it was ready to start negotiating with its second-largest rebel army, potentially broadening a peace process aimed at ending Latin ...ASEAN ministers pledge further cooperation on defense, security
Southeast Asian defense ministers are expected to hold fresh talks on territorial disputes as they meet with their counterparts from elsewhere in ...Barcelona wins Spanish Super Cup
Barcelona won a record-extending 11th Spanish Super Cup title on away goals even after Lionel Messi missed a penalty in a 0-0 ...