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Don­ald Trump said on Sunday he will skip this week’s first Republican presidential debate, arguing that Americans know him well so there’s no need for…

West African nations have rejected a call by Niger’s coup leaders for a three-year transition back to democracy, as the crisis-hit country’s neighbours weigh whether…

At least eleven people have been killed in an explosion in a coal mine in Yanchuan County, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, authorities said Tuesday. According…

Italian authorities have detained a migrant rescue ship for 20 days after it disobeyed an order about where to disembark its passengers, the charity which…

China said on Monday it had lodged complaints over a statement released at a first-of-its-kind summit of the leaders of the United States, South Korea…

Thailand’s ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra was jailed on Tuesday as he returned to the kingdom after 15 years in exile, hours before parliament votes to install…

Niger’s new military ruler has said a transition of power will not go beyond three years, and warned that any attack on the country “will…

Heavy rains lashed California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary raced in from Mexico, bringing warnings of potentially life-threatening flooding in the typically arid southwestern…

Police in northeastern Bangladesh used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition activists amid a political dispute over who will oversee the next election. According…

The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Hilary’s winds had significantly weakened but were still sustained at a hazardous 90 miles per hour (145 kilometers…