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Actor Samuel L Jackson feels Muslim Americans are the "new black kids" in US. He says people perceive them as a threat before even saying hello.

An Indonesian air force transport plane has crashed into a mountain, killing all 13 people on board, during a training exercise in the remote region of Papua, a search and rescue agency official said on Sunday.

President Rodrigo Duterte threatened Saturday to terminate a pact that allows U.S. troops to visit the Philippines, saying "bye-bye America" as he reacted with rage to what he thought was a U.S. decision to scrap a major aid package over human rights conc...

Several people were wounded on Saturday in a car bombing close to a public bus in the central Turkish city of Kayseri, reports said.

Militants loyal to the IS outfit who are active in parts of Nangarhar province are yet to make comment.

A new Islamic State attack on Palmyra in Syria from the besieged Mosul region of Iraq could be "orchestrated" to divert the attention of Syrian government forces from Aleppo and spare the militants entrenched in the city, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey L...

Exxon Mobil Chief Executive Rex Tillerson will be President-elect Donald Trump's choice as secretary of state, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, but he could face a struggle getting confirmed by U.S. senators concerned about his close ties...

Antonio Guterres was sworn in Monday as the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations, saying the world body must change to better confront global crises such as the war in Syria.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that her country, Europe's biggest economic power, won't be changing its policy on China and Taiwan after President-elect Donald Trump raised questions about the future U.S. stance.

Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama is being prosecuted for blasphemy, an offence that carries a five-year jail term in Indonesia.

Petraeus is on the shortlist to be secretary of state under Donald Trump, who will assume the US presidency at the end of Barack Obama’s term in January.

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted 78km south west of Kirakira, Solomon Islands on Friday, the US Geological Survey said.

South Korean lawmakers on Friday passed an impeachment motion against President Park Geun-Hye.

In a significant move, the US Congress has said that USD 400 million in aid to Pakistan cannot be released unless the defence secretary certifies that Islamabad is taking "demonstrable steps" against the Haqqani network, which is accused of targeting Amer...

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos travelled to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, together with representatives of the thousands of victims of the country's half-century conflict, the media reported on Friday.

Pakistan International Airlines on Thursday blamed engine failure for the horrific plane crash which claimed 48 lives, even as the country's top civil aviation body launched a probe into the tragic accident.