Myanmar holds first free election in 25 years
Voting unfolded smoothly in Myanmar on Sunday with no reports of violence to puncture a mood of jubilation marking the Southeast Asian ...Taiwan and China leaders hold historic talks
China and Taiwan must not let proponents of Taiwan\'s independence split them, China\'s President Xi Jinping told Taiwan\'s president on Saturday at ...Over 90,000 hit by Somalia floods
Over 90,000 people in war-torn southern Somalia have been hit by weeks of severe flooding, almost half of them forced from their ...Russia suspends flights to Egypt on security advice
President Vladimir Putin ordered the suspension of all Russian passenger flights to Egypt on Friday until the cause of a deadly plane ...Turkey detains 20 IS suspects in Antalya ahead of G20
Turkish police have detained 20 Islamic State suspects in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya, barely 10 days ahead of a summit being ...France to lift ban on gay men giving blood
France said Wednesday it will lift a ban on gay men giving blood, but only if they abstain from sex in the ...Turkey hits Kurd rebels, cracks down on Erdogan rivals
Turkey cracked down on rivals of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday and launched air strikes against Kurdish rebels, clearly signalling a ...Space station marks 15 years of nonstop human presence
Astronauts have circled the Earth on board the International Space Station for 15 years on Monday, a milestone for an orbiting space ...Erdogan says world must respect Turkish election result
A jubilant President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday cast the return of Turkey to single-party rule as a vote for stability that the ...Russia says air force hit Palmyra region in Syria
Russia\'s air force has struck the area around the Islamic State-held ancient city of Palmyra, the defence ministry said Monday, as Moscow ...
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