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Taiwan saw off China's military six decades ago when its forces bombarded offshore Taiwanese islands and that resolve to defend the homeland continues to this day, President Tsai Ing-wen told a visiting group of former U.S.

Top court upholds Malaysia ex-PM Najib's jail sentence in 1MDB scandal

Two more bodies pulled from Iraq shrine landslide

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai to face no-jury trial

Dog's life in Cyprus as man's best friend dumped

Pope Francis has quashed rumours that he plans to resign anytime soon but his planned visit next weekend to the Italian city of L'Aquila will underscore the Catholic Church's need to regulate the status of pontiffs who step down instead of ruling for life.

Pakistan opposition warns Khan arrest would be 'red line'

Sri Lanka faces international censure over arrests

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, leading the race to become Italy's next prime minister, was accused on Monday of shameful electioneering by her rivals after posting a video of a Ukrainian woman being raped by a migrant in an Italian city.

Attorneys for Nikolas Cruz on Monday will begin making their case that the man who killed 17 people and wounded 17 others in a 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, should not be given the death penalty.

Nearly 9,000 Ukrainian troops killed so far, says Kyiv

This campaign aims to encourage millions of people around the world to make the switch from dairy milk to plant-based alternatives to live healthier and fuller lives.

Russia has vowed to avenge the "assassination" of Darya Dugina, the daughter of Vladimir Putin's spiritual guru Alexander Dugin.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a ceremony to thank and praise military medics for spearheading the country's fight against the coronavirus in the capital Pyongyang, state media said on Friday.

Australia's government said on Friday it plans to introduce new regulations targeting vehicle carbon emissions to boost the uptake of electric cars, as it looks to catch up with other developed economies.

Torrential rain hit parts of New Zealand for a fourth day on Friday, forcing hundreds of people from their homes as rivers overflowed their banks and waterlogged ground becomes unstable.

Germany's Scholz faces grilling over tax fraud scandal

Vitaliy Kim: south Ukraine leader with a sardonic side

Angolans head to the polls next week in what is likely to be a tense standoff between a ruling party in power for nearly five decades and an opposition with growing appeal to a frustrated, impoverished youth.

Greenland treads softly on tourism as icebergs melt

Chinese city dims lights in heatwave power crunch

Disappeared Chinese-Canadian tycoon jailed for 13 years

Malaysia prosecutors urge court to uphold ex-leader Najib's jail sentence

Vanuatu parliament dissolved as power struggle heads to court

Here are 3 ways to incorporate wearing bows into your everyday wear in a way that is both fashionable and useful!

Ancient Indian sport builds bridges across cultures in Hong Kong

Ukrainian forces said on Thursday they had beaten back a Russian attack in the southern region of Kherson, while the death toll from Russian shelling of Kharkiv city in Ukraine's northeast climbed as the nearly six-month war grinds on without let-up.

When Israeli missiles started landing in Gaza in early August, shattering glass and collapsing buildings, Jouman Abdu put on headphones, covered her eyes with a blindfold and stretched on the couch.

Estonia has repelled "the most extensive cyber attacks since 2007", it said on Thursday, shortly after removing Soviet monuments in a region with an ethnic Russian majority.