Turkey's President Erdogan opens 'White Palace', amidst criticisms
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday unveiled a new presidential palace on the outskirts…
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International
Hundreds of African migrants storm Spanish border town again
Some 350 African migrants tried to storm a fence from Morocco into Spanish territory on…
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Singapore court upholds anti-gay law
Singapore's highest court on Wednesday dismissed a constitutional challenge against an archaic law criminalising sex…
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Taiwan bans senior officials from studying in China
Taiwan has banned its senior officials from studying in China for "national security" reasons in…
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British PM Cameron and son turned back by local barber
If one thinks, British Prime Minister David Cameron would be among the most familiar faces…
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300 feared killed as mudslide hits Sri Lanka's tea region
Mudslides triggered by monsoon rains swept through a tea-growing region of Sri Lanka on Wednesday,…
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'Go home', Italians tell US Ebola soldiers quarantined in Venice
The decision to put a dozen American soldiers returning from Liberia into quarantine for Ebola…
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Leader of Bangladeshi Islamist party to hang for war crimes
A special Bangladeshi court on Wednesday handed the death sentence to the leader of the…
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Russian exile escapes extradition to Russia
A Franco-Russian opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin has beaten a request by Moscow to…
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New report warns on coming TB-diabetes epidemic
A report warned Wednesday of a looming tuberculosis-diabetes epidemic as the two diseases intertwine in…
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