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Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the major city ...

"21 PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 14 of the aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern and southwestern ADIZ.

Washington: Secretary of State Marco Rubio embarks this weekend on his first foreign trip in office, heading to Central America to press President Donald Trump’s top priority – curbing illegal ...

Laijipa Naulivou has been appointed the new director of Rugby at the Fiji Rugby Union, replacing Conway Begg, who resigned ...

"This will be the golden age of America!" Donald Trump wrote on social media. "Will there be some pain? Yes, maybe (and maybe ...

When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. Instead, the Rwanda-backed insurgents are intent on showing they can restore order and ...

Britain's Vodafone mobile network successfully tested a direct-to-smartphone satellite phone service as part of an effort to ...

South Korean officials are launching an investigation into the cause of the fire that engulfed an Air Busan passenger plane, ...

Rwanda-backed fighters advanced on a second front in their offensive across eastern DR Congo on Wednesday after seizing ...

In our news wrap Wednesday, at least 30 people in India were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede during the world's ...

A fire aboard the Hong Kong-flagged ASL Bauhinia on Tuesday was not linked to Houthi attacks, the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Joint Maritime Information Center said on Wednesday. A maritime security ...