Hong Kong property tycoon jailed for five years in graft case
The former co-chairman of Hong Kong-listed developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, Thomas Kwok, was sentenced to five years in ...Essebsi declares win in Tunisia election, rival contests
Veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi declared victory in Sunday\'s presidential run-off vote, seen as the last step in Tunisia\'s shift ...20 jihadists killed in failed east Syria airport attack
At least 20 Islamist State (IS) group members were killed in the second failed jihadist bid in a month to ...Pakistan to appeal bail for Mumbai attacker
A Pakistani prosecutor says the government will try to cancel the bail granted to the main suspect in the Mumbai ...Iraqi Kurds say Mount Sinjar siege broken
Iraqi Kurds claimed Thursday to have broken a siege on a mountain where Yazidi civilians and fighters have long been ...Swiss central bank imposes negative interest rates
Following the fallout of the slide in the Russian ruble, Switzerland sought Thursday to prevent the Swiss franc from breaching ...IMF withholds bailout money for Cyprus
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it won\'t release $108 million (88 million euros) in rescue money for bailed-out Cyprus ...Eight children found dead at Australian property
Eight children ranging from babies to teenagers were found dead at a home in the Australian city of Cairns on ...EU leaders ready long confrontation with Russia
European Union leaders warned Moscow they were ready exercise their combined muscle over the long haul in a confrontation with ...U.S., Cuba restore ties after 50 years
The United States and Cuba agreed on Wednesday to restore diplomatic ties that Washington severed more than 50 years ago, ...
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